The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-11-12

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30. nThus saith tho Lord God Of Isrnsi.
That which thou hAss prnysd y No aGsinsU
oenpachssib. king of As1yssA. I hsvs
board" In the fouissonsA yssx "a RSss
bah ths king Of An51is osas AGaios1
Judah and grvas,y blasphsmed Ne Los1
both By word and by lssssS. HosekiaA
vhsn hs had read ths iv>sss. spsead " b.
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paan and always found ,rssk Il We Ash
anything according TO lHis will He hear
eth US II John v, ~, and u Is His win
that we tell Him everything and bave
careful anxiety sbout nothing. SEQ In
verse 10 that the great desire of tho king
fn asking for the overthrow Of Sennaoherib
was that ell the enrth might know thas
the God of Israel was the only true God.
21. "This 10 the word that the Lord
hath spoken consuming him, The virgin,
tho daughter Of Zion. hath despised thee
and laughed thee TO scorn." The people
of God In Judah, called the daughter Of
Zion. the daughter Of Jerusalem compare
Lam. II, 18), having God as their defender
and ayenger, need fear no enuIny. In such
strength Moses and Joshua lived; Gideon
also, and David when ho went fearlessly
against Goliath. When we seek only the
honor and glory Of God, He will not fail us.
20. Whom hast thou reproaobed and
blasphemed, tho Holy One Of Israolf"
As In the nsxt worse, '.By Thy inessepGsss
than hast rcproaohed the Lord. ." They
make against The God OF Jerusalem a.
against the gods Of the people Of tho ssrsb.
the works Of the hands OF man. and for
this cause Hesekiah, the king, and the
psophet Isaiah, the son Of Amos, prayed
end cried 70 heaven III Chron. xxxii. IA
a. God hoard thsiS prayer, md now W
will 500 how He answered II
%. II will turn thss.beck h5 the ws5
ohs1housnmeAw zhis y part Of tbs
cord ofths I6rdooncsfnins Ssnnsoherih.
Dusnho vsyss -, ~ Knew Nhy abods and
Thy going out and Wy coming in and Wy
yaae against ns." He who cseatsd al
things can ~ bounds that none can pass.
We can only - hsrs ard, thsrs oS DO this
cr that II the Lord win fJsa N, sbl Msn
docs not ssop Va .sonsidsrshat al BIZ words
snd even bis thoughts are known TO the
Lord (Pa cxxxix. 1-4). and that 10 10 Inn
possible to hide any thing from Him. Even
Adam, blinded by satan. thought he could
hide from God among tho trees (Gen. III,
o.. Happy are those who live % In the
sight OF the Lord.
80. "And this shall be sign unto thee"
BY comparing this verse with Lev. XIV,
81, 22, the Sign seenis 70 have been the
special blessing Of God upon the Sabbath
year, or, in other words, the blessing Of
God on His obedient people. What but tho
hand OF God could cause land to produce
q three years crop in one years In the
r. V. margin Of Prov. K, 22, we read that
the blessing OF the Lord maketh rich and
toll addeth nothing thereto.
30. .s.The remnant that Is escaped Of the
house of Judah shall yet again take root
downward and bear fruit upward" The
doctrine that 1t is ever the few out Of the
many who are really the Lords and who
.;lorify Him Is found IN all Scripture. The
stories Of Noah, Of Lot In Sodom, Of Elijah
and such statements as Few thero be
that find it, "An afflicted and poor peo-
pie who shall trust in tho Lord, indicate
that which God sees to be ever true. See
Math. vii, IA; Zeph. Ill, 10.
81. "Out Of Jerusalem shall 90 forth
remnant; the zeal Of tho Lord Of Hosts shall
do this. The zeal of tho Lord OF Hosts shall
also bring tho kingdom Of peace on earth
which shall have no end lisa. TX, y. All
shall be accomplished in and through the
Son OF David, our Lord Jesus Christ, Of
whom 1t Ia written, "The zeal OF thine
house hath eaten me up" FPS. Xix, 0; John
II, ~. 1t Is nothing with the Lord TO
work with many or with few; nothing Is
too hard for Him Gil Chron. xiv, IL; Jer.
xxxii, III.
80. Therefore thus saith the Lord con-
cerning the king Of Assyria" Our Lord
doeth according to His will In the army OF
heaven and among the inhabitants OF the
Garth (Dan. iv, 35). His thoughts and
purposes arc as good as accomplished lisa.
xiv, "a; Jer. II, 29).
8s. ''By the way that he came. by the
same shall no return and shall not come
into this city, saith the Lord" This was
the decision Of Him who had NIL the hosts
OF heaven under His control and all power
to carry out His purposes. Hecould say,
"Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther"
(Job. xxxviii, 1I). Even the great ad-
versnry must stop when God shall say 50,
and he shall go to tho pit for thousand
years, and to the lako Of fire forever.
"a. "For will defend this city to save
II for mine own sake and for my servant
Dayid's sake Sec also chapter *, Q,
and compare lisa. xxi, 5; Zech. xii, 8.
Tho ~ wills" OF Jehovah are study Of
greatest possible benefit. They often oc-