The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
The Gracious Call.

The lesson for Sunday, Feb. z, may be
found In Isaiah So: 1-13.
INTRODUCTORY.
Have patience, teachers and fellow Sum
day-school workers After the bright light
of the gospel the DINNER radiance OF the
Old Testament record tries your eyes lit
tie, perhaps But be not too hasty In pro-
test, lest on the one hand the impression
should go abroad, regarding the Book. that
the prophetic portions are unimpOrtant or
unfruitful; and. on the other hand, the
very erroneous notion should get out that
you were not of a studious or painstaking
turn of mind Doubtless more careful
searching will be necessary than before.
The writer OF these notes always girds him
self for good piece of hard work when he
opens the Old Testament pages But 1t Is
healthy work, work that richly pays. And
remember this, the word OF the Master him
self: "They are they which testify OF me-"
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Ho. direct transliteration from the He
brew. The word oh In English would
render the usual significance OF this ex-
clamation.-Every one that thirsteth.
/ Douay: All you that thirst. In the He
brew hyphen connects the two. thus: all
/ thirsty. Without The root of the word
means destruction, emptiness, lack, l. O.,
lack OF means.-Price, 1. e., "purchase
moneys
/ Spend. From the word meaning to lift or
poise, hence TO weigh. The method of ORR
entail exchange-Labor. The Margin
suggests earnings. This, however, Is "a
secondary meaning, the first Specification
OF the verb being to toll. The word wages,
though, would doubtless give a fair render
Ing. 1t Is one OF the meanings given by
Davies Fat ye that which is good.
Literally, Eat ye good -Fatness. The
first meaning Is freshness. 1t refers to any
thing that is nourishing. The Douay pre-
fers the simple future here, making a
declarative statement your soul shall be
delighted In fairness. The Hebrew will adj
init either rendering.
! Incline. pictorial expression. to stretch
out or extend. Your soul shall live.
; Similar form to the verb delight in the
verse above, so favoring the Douay trans
! lation -Everlasting covenant Literally,
a contract OF eternity. Sure. Emphatic
! position, placed last. From this word our
amen comes.
A witness. suggestive word. its first
meaning to bind or make firm. 1. e.. to GER
tify.-The people. Better people, |. O.,
the nations spoken OF in the verse below,
-Leader or prince. See Margin.
! That thou knowest not. Two connected
words, not-known, 1. e., unlknown.-Run.
A word strongly suggestive of haste, speed.
/ One form of 1t means a courier. Because
of. or for the sake of; the object or aim Is
! suggested by this observation-disclosures
! Original meaning to glow Tor make to
! glow) hence adorn, beautify.
|
! Hebrew terseness. Six words in the original
! for seventeen in the translation. While he
may be found is, for instance, circum-
| locution, the best perhaps we can make, to
express one word in the Hebrew. Findable
might crudely suggest it Call we upon,
or invoke, call to him.
| Forsake. First meaning. let go.-Un-
righteous man. Hebrew: Man of unright-
! eousness -Abundantly pardon. Douay:
bountiful to forgive Margin: he Will null
tiply to pardon. Literally, he will go on
to pardon, |. e., he keeps on forgiving.
Thoughts From the word to weave,
hence to think or purpose. Ways. From
| the root TO STEP to walk. Hence method of
| executing "purpose. Saith the Lord. A
peculiar expression used only in sacred
associations; as it were. the oracle of the
| Lord.
But wstereth the earth. A peculiar He
brew idiom, but quite suggestive, until, or
unless it watereth the earth.
Instead of or, more expressively, in the
place OF, QIteral).-Name. With the i'm
plication vf pledge and prophecy. An
everlasting sign, or stamp OF eternity
| That shall not be cut off, or, not to be cut
Off.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
"Hon Does it not re,aind you OF the
| town-cri What Is the teacher, preacher,
any Christian, but a crier OF the gospel?-
All thirst is the meaning OF 1t; is there any
!
soul need, Is not this call to such as he?-
without money signifies lacking money.
| Is not this Just the basis on which God
! gives? GAIL The fitness he requireth is to
feel your need OF him, food eating Is
ii not u Christian virtue? Husks for swine
ere not very nourishing TO able bodied men.
And yet are not many trying to nourish
their souls on such poor food? And are they
not paying. like the prodigal, n good price
for Ii, too?
Do not the feet turn as the ear iEclines?
To incline the ear TO Satan, is it not to come
, unto him; to incline the ear to God is 1t not
TO come unto him?-Was David n "witnessn
to Gods "sure mercies?" Then is not his
testimony strong to-day as ever-the
witness OF his life with God?-Did not
Isaiah with his "people" and "nations"
sound out, against Jewish narrowness, the
full note of the free salvation OF Christ's
day?-If the Jehovah was 20 the Gentiles
= an "unknown God" was not the true Israel
: OF the future to the Jews, as here intmat-
ed, an unknown nation?-Is IL the Jew or
the King of the Jews that makes so many
feet run into Jerusalem? Is Ii Israel or the
Holy One of Israel that turns mems
thought to the church OF to-day? Do good
works glorify us, or the Father In heaven?
Call We upon him (call him), is not that
just what blind Bartimeus did when he was
nearp And is not that what you or can do
| now? any time?--If the only thing for a
wicked or unsaved man TO do is TO let go.
why cannot one give up and be saved right
now? Why not?-But he did once meet
with me and Ihave backslidden. Very well,
come TO him again; he Keeps on saving,
/, those who keep on trusting or who return to
trusting. IL we "confess our sins,n Is he
not "faithful and just to forgive us our
sins7n Is there not hope for us all?
AUST as am, and waiting not
To rid my soul OF one dark blot,
To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
o Lamb OF God, come. / come"
How much higher are the heavens than
the earth? So much better Is God than any
mans thought OF God. Are you taking
the rain and snow as Gods messengers to
lead your thought up To him? Can any
one stop the rain, the snow? Can any one
hinder Gods oracle? VIII IL not cut its
| way through to the end? And is the end
not blessed? Joy, peace. singing. clapping
| OF hands, do not these mean good things?
Have the trees ever clapped their hands
for you? Get Gods thought, find Gods
| way, and see. What is Gods name? Fir
instead OF thorn. myrtle instead OF briar.
n NJ - -.