The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-10-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON w, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAl SERIES. OCT. 90.
Text Of the Lssson, lisa. vi. l-13-N1emory
Verses. s-s-Golden Text, lisa. Vi. g.
Commentary Prepared by the Rev. d.
M STAMINA

Verses, S-8-Golden Text, lisa. vi, g.
M. Stearne.
[Sopyrisht 1898, by d. NJ. Stearns.]
l. I'm the year that King Uzziah died
saw also the Lord sitting upon throne
high and lifted up, and His train filled the
temple" Although King Uzziah died
lsper, yet his life as whole was "right in
the sight Of the Lord"N Chron xvi, A.
There is King who never dies, and He liz
on the throne OF the universe We are not
qualified TO serve Him as we should until
we continually realize His position and
our relationship t0Aim. The word Lord"
Is Adonai, not Jehovah and signifies my
than the Son of God whom Isaiah saw
(John xii. AZ Ezekiel was qualified for
service by vision of the Lord as q man
upon the throne (Ezek 4, 26).
g. "Above it stood the seraphim. -
These holy beings are mentioned only in
this chapter in the Bible, while cherubim
are mentioned many times from Genesis
to Revelation. am persuaded that the
cherubim represent the church, the body
Of Christ, as part of Himself, one with
Him in His glory and power when the
kingdom shall have come. The seraphim
(burning ones) may possibly be identical
with cherubim. Compare Rev. iv with
this chapter.
8. "And one cried unto another and
said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of His glory"
Compare the only other thrice holy in
Scripture in Rev. ", 8. On the last clause
of this verse see the marginal reading and
compare chapters xi, 9; Mum. xiv, 81;
Hab. II, II. There is no self praise in
who alone is worthy to be praised. No
flesh shall glory in His presence. The
Lord alone shall be exalted in that day Il
Cor i, 90, 81; lisa. ii. IL, ~.
T. And the posts of the door moved at
the voice of him that cried and the house
was filled with smoke' In Elk. xix, IS,
lisa Nv, s, smoke and cloud are associated
with tho presence of the Lord. We think
also of the pillar of cloud that led Israel
and of the tabernacle and tomple filled
with His glory at their dedication q x, 81,
"a; Kings viii, 10, ny
g. Then said l, Woe is moi for / am
undono AS the prophet saw tho King
in His glory he was filled with n sense of
his own unworuhiness. Compare Job xiii,
s, 8; Dan. x, s.; Rev. i, II. To serve the
Lord as wo should we must not only be
filled with sense Of His worthiress, but
also with deep sense Of our own I'M
wcrthiness Not wisdom of words. but
the power of God is to do the work. Not
any might orpower of ours, but His Spirit
This is His way Il Cor. ii, A, s.; Zech. iv, g.
6. "A live coal from off the altar. The
brazen altar in tabernacle and temple is
suggestive of tho work of Christ on Cal
vary for us, when He shed His own blood
for our sins, gave Himself q sacrifice for
sin once for all. The golden ALTAR speaks
of His present work of intercession for us.
BY tho one we arc saved and by the other
we are kept day by day.
T. 'Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and
thine iniGuity is taken away, and thy sin
purged." The mouth suggests the heart,
for out of the abundance of che heart the
mouth speaketh (NIath. xii, "a; XIV, 1S).
Nothing but the sacrifice Of Christ can
take away our sins or give us q clean
heart No works of ours can help. 1t is
His work alone that does 1t, and we must
accept it as His gift, as Adam and Eve &C
copied the coats of skins which the Lord
Himself provided by the shedding of blood
(Gen. iii, 81: Rom. vi, 23).
S. ''Also heard the voice Of the Lore
saying, Whom shall send, and who will
= GStAN
mo-" To bring the time when the eartf
shall be filled with the glory of the Lore
messengers must go forth in Els name
and proclaim His name and declare Hi
doings, that lie may be exalted Elsa. xii
Al. These messengers must be redeemed
people, knowing their sins forgiven, recog
nizing as their Lord the one living ant
true God, who says Whom shall send?'
and also the Trinity, who say, 'Who will
go for us?" When we remember that al
though in ourselves utterly unworthy, WI
are yet commissioned by King, even TIN
King of kings. having all power in heay
Ell and on Garth, and that He is in HEAVIER
for us, orderin. and arranging all the &c
tails of the work which He would have II
do, or rather do through us, it gives groa
quickness and confidence in His service.
8, TO- And He said, Go and tell thi
people," Then follows a commission
which sounds; anything but encouraging
for he is told that the people will not per
ceive what he is setting before them no
understand his message. The commission
to jeremiah and Ezekiel was in somewh hi.
similar terms der. i, 1910; Eek. ill., 7-9
xxxiii, 30-82) The words of these verse
in Isaiah are quoted three times in I'll