The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-13
Icopy-ight. lSss. by D. N. stearns-l

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90. THUS saith thc Lord God of Israel;
That which tlon hast prayed 60 me against
SennaohGrib, king aof Asgyria, + have
heard" In the fourteenth year Of Heze-
kiah the king of Assyria came against
Judah and greatly blasphemed the Lord
both by word and BY letter. Hezekiah,
\ when he had read the letter, spread itf be-
fore the Lord and prayed (verses 4-10I
Many times have followed Hezekiah's D
/ plan and always found rest. II we ask
anything according to His viii He hear
eth US Il John v, 14l, and it is His will
that we tell Him everything and have
careful anxiety about nothing. i Sec I'm
I verse 10 that the great desire uf the king
| IN asking for the overthrow OF Sernacherib
was that all the earth might know that
the God of Israel was the only true God.
81. "This Is the word that-ahe Lord
hath spoken concerning him, The virgin,
the daughter OF Zion, hath despised thee
! and laughed thee 60 scorn." "ii Tho people
of God in Judah, called the daughter Of
| Zion. the daughter Of Jerusalem compare
Lam. II, 49,, having God as their defender
and avenger. need fear no enemy. In such
strength Moses and Joshua lived; Gideon
also, and David when he went feaslessly
| against Goliath. When we seek only the
honor and glory Of God, He win not fail us.
%. Whom hast thou reproached and
blasphemed, the Holy One Of Israelf"
/ As in the next verse, by thy messengers
than hast reproached the Lord" They
| spake against the God Of Jerusalem as
against the gods of the people of the earth,
the works of the hands OF man, and for
this cause Hozekiah, the king, and tho
prophet Isaiah, the son OF Amor, prayed
and cried TO heaven Gil Chron. xxxii. 10,
22). God hoard their prayer, and now we
will see how He answered 1t.
%. 81 will turn thee back by the way
which thou camest." This Is a part of the
word of the Lord concerning Sennacherib.
SEQ also verse 2s, 81 know thy abode and
thy going out and thy coming in and thy
\ rage against me-" He who created all
things can set bounds that none can pass
We can only go here and there or do this
| or that If the Lord will (Jas. iv, l5l. Man
does not stop to consider that all his words
and even his thoughts arc known to the
Lord FPS cxxxlx, 1-4), and that it is inn
possible to hide anything from Hin. Even
Adam, blinded by satan, thought he could
hide from God among the trees (Gen. iii.
| 81. Happy are those who live as in the
sight of the Lord.
20. "And this shall bo q sign unto thee ("
By comparing this verse with Lev. XIV,
| 2l, 22, the sign seems to have been the
special blessing of God upon tho Sabbath
| year, or, in other words, the blessing of
| God on His obedient people What but the
| hand of God could cause land to produce
a three years crop in one year? In tho
| X. V. margin of Prov. K. %. VIC road that
the blessing Of tho Lord maketh rich and
toll addeth nothing thereto
80. 1.-THE remnant that is escaped of the
house of Judah shall yet again take root
downward and bear fruit upward The
doctrine that it is over the few out of the
many who ere really tho Lords and who
Rlorify Him is found in all Scriptu{e. 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 the Lord, I" Indicate
that which God sees to be ever true See
Math. vii, Il; Zeph. iii, I2
81. "Out Of Jerusalem shall 20 forth a
remnant; the zeal of the Lord of Hosts shall
do this. The zeal of tho Lord of Hosts shall
also bring the kingdom of peace on earth
which shall have no end lisa. ix, Tl. All
shall be accomplished in and through the
Son Of David, our Lord Jesus Christ, of
whom it Is written, "The zeal of thiua
house hath eaten me up FPS Xix, o; John
ii, I'D. 1t Is nothing with tho Lord to
work with many or with fow; nothing is
too hard for Him III Chron. xiv, IL; Jer
xxxii, 10.
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 tho Inhabitants of the
earth (Dan. iv, 35). His thoughts and
purposes arc as good as accomplished lisa.
xiv, "a; .Jer. Ii, 29).
SO. By the way that no came, by the
same shall he return and shall not come
into this city, saith tho Lord This was
the decision of Him who had all the hosts
of heaven under His control and all 1ower
to carry out His purposes. He could sly,
Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther
(Joh. xxxviii, III. Even tho great ad-
Versary must stop when God shall say so,
ana no shall go to the pit for q thousand
years, and to the lake of fire forever.
"a. For 1 will defend this city to save
1t for mine own sake and for my servant
David's sake" Sec also chapter xx. q
and compare Isa. xxi, 8; Zech. xii, g.
The II wills" of Jehovah are a study of
greatest possible benefit. They often &C.
cur IN sevens and in connection with the
statement Il am Jehovah" See Ex. vi.
Us; Gen. xvii, Is; Ps. xci, 14-I6. Be-
cause He is what He is He will do what He
says, not for Israel's sake, but for His own
sake. Sec Eek. xxxvi, 22; Ps. cyi. 8.
Wemust not look for worthiness or merit
In ourselves, but in Him who alone is
worthy (Ps. CIV, /; Rev. V, 4, 81. Take
oil the comfort you can find in such pas
sages as Isa. Kill, 25; John II, I2.
IS: And it came to pass that night
that the angel of the Lord went out and
smote in the camp of the Assyrians an
hundred fourscore and five thousand"
Tho work Of this angel Is also mentioned
In 1sa. xxxvii, SO. and in II Chron. xxxii.
Il. When the devil is to be bound and
cast into the bottomless pit, it is written
that one angel will do it (Rev. xx, 1-3).
Consider in each Of these cases the power
OF an angel and then think of tie millions
upon millions Of them mighty in strength,
oolng His commandments, hearkeninR
unto the voice Of His word (Rev. V, IL;
rs. ciii, 20l Think of the anoal,s dis-a