The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-10-13
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Dased upon Pe,oubet's Select Noteal
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tAe Lord, saying: Whom shall send, and
Who win 20 for usf Then seid I, Here am
I; send ms;-Iss. Ga
OF Amasiah and Of Uxxiah q Chron.. chapa
q %. 4 general view Of the work Of
Isaiah. especially chapa Ia
TINE OF this vision, In the year OF Ux-
saah's death. B. c. $50. or. rev. chron-. IT,
PLACE.-ln Jerusalem. the prophets
home. Tho vision was probably In the
temple.
/. Isaiah and His Times.-l. His
name means The salvation Of Je-
hovah."
II. Isaiahs Vision--vs. - 1. "In
the year that King Uzziah died:" He
well remembers the date Of his spiritual
birth. n saw" In o vision, In the court
of the temple. The Lord sitting upon a
throne;" Isaiah describes no face, but
only o presence and session. &C. A.
Smith. "High and lifted up:" Far
above all kings, all nature. all powers
and principalities-in goodness, in
power and In glory. "And his traip:"
His royal robes, resplendent and flow-
ing, as an expression Of his glory.
"Fiiled the temple:" or palace above
and around this roya presence. "Stood
the seraphim:" "fame bearers, ""burn-
ing ones" Each one had six wings:"
Suggesting their readiness and swift
ness TO carry Gods commands.
3. sand one cried unto another:" 1t
was an sntiphonal song proceeding
without interruption. Some of them
commenced and others responded
''Holy. holy, holy:" This is called the
"Trisagion," or thrice holy. The word
is repeated for emphasis, to express
the superlative OF holiness. "The Lord
Of hosts," OF the whole universe, or
ganized as into nations workers.
armies and choirs; all angels, all stars
and worlds, all forces, all principali-
ties and powers. Jehovah is Lord of
lords, and King Of kings ''The whole
earth is full Of his glory:" Every part
shall manifest his glory to the utmost
corner.
4. The posts Of the door," "The
foundations Of the threshold" DE
litzsch. "Movei n, the voice." Trem-
bled, vibruted. ~ we have felt in a
great church n, the sound Of the great
organ. "rhe house was filed with
amoke'" Not Of cloud and mystery,
but Of tho incense of praise. kindled on
the altar Of incense by the seraphim
songs.
1I1.-Conviction of Sin. and Forgive
ness.-Vs. 81. 8. "Woe Is me, for I am
undone:" IT am lost" Because am
man Of unciean lips;" His words,
the natural expression Of his heart,
were sinful. n dwell in the midst of a
people of uncleap lips:" He partook
Of the nature and the sins of his people,
even when he did not sin by direct act.
"For mine eyes have seen the King"
His conviction OF sin arose from
the contrast Of his own soul with the
thrice holy King.
9. Then flew one of the seraphim:"
Gods Messenger: "Having a living
coal, or "a glowing stone"
Z. HE laif It upon my mouth" His
unclean lips, on the sin. Thine in
iquity is taken away" The assurance
of forgiveness from God accompanied
the visible expression Of forgiveness.
not only for himself, but IN behalf of
the whole people of unclean lips to
whom he was to be sent. sand thy sin
purged:" Cleansed away.
W.-The Cali.-V. s. Having been
cleansed, he wac prepared to listen to
the call of God, and carry, as the SER
aphim to Him, the altar Goals of sacri-
fetal love and forgiveness to His ma
tion. 8. "WhoIn shall 1 send?' To
show the vision of God, and the way Of
"Then said I. Here am I;
send me-" The whole vision not only
prepared him to do the work. but in
spired him to yield to the call.
V. The Disheartening Work to Be
Done.-vs. 0-12. 0. "Go, and tell this
people:" This is not to be his first
message TO them, as his prophecies
show, but is to be his message when
they have rejected Gods Word. "Hear
q but understand not:" Go on
as you have been doing, hearing the
warning rs sweet song, and seeing
the signs Of coming evil. but only ms
a dream. fiction.
10. "Make:" Go on and do your duty
even though these effects follow. "The
heart:" The eource Of feeling; the
seat of conscience and the moral na-
ture. "Fat:" Dun, covered up so that
outside things will make no impress
sion.
II. Lord. how long," VIII this be
the only result? When will there
come something better? "Until the
cities be wasted:" Describing the cap
tivity which was to come upon Judah |
$50 years later.
vi. Final Succcss.--V. IL. Then God
shows him that after oil, his work Is
not failure. There Is to be success.
though afar OF, and in different
form. ut shah be tenth:" A 1.-THE,
a small portion. The remnant often
referred to in lsaiah's prophecies. ut
shall return:" From the exile, az the |
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