The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-10-22

s. "Aiso / heard the voice Of tho Lord
saying, Whom shall aUnd, and who will
20 for usf Thon said /, Here am /; send
me-" To bring the time when the earth
shall be filed with the glory Of the Lord
messengers must 40 forth In His name
and proclaim His name and declare His
doings, that He may be exalted Elsa. xii,
Al, These messengers nnst be redeemed
people, knowing their sins forgiven, recog-
nizing as their Lord the one living and
true God, who says "Whom shall sendP"
and also the Trinity, who say, "Who will
20 for us?" When we remember that al
though in ourselves utterly unworthy, we
are yet commissioned by King, even the
King of kings, having all power In heav-
en- and on earth, and that He Is In heaven
for us, ordering and arranging all the de-
tails Of the work which He would have us
do, or rather do through us, it gives great
quickness and confidence In His service.
8, 10. "And He said, Go and tell this
people" Then follows commission
which sounds anything but encouraging,
for ho Is told that the people will not per-
ceive what he is setting before them nor
understand his message. The commission
to jeremiah and Ezekiel was in somewhat
similar terms (Jer. l, 1913; Eek. Ill, TO;
xxxiii, 30-s2). The words Of these verses
In Isaiah are quoted three times in the
New Testament (Math. xiii, IA, Is; John
xii, 40; Acts xviii, 26, ~, and also re-
ferred to In Rom. xi, 8. When our Lord
sent forth the twelve, He said, "Behold
send you forth as sheep in the midst OF
wolves (Math. K, 49, He afterward taught
them that not all the seed sown would
bear fruit, that tares would grow with the
wheat, that birds would get In the branches
and that the food would become leavened,
but He also told them for their encourage
ment Of the treasure and the pearl and
that He had given up all to buy the field
and the pearl. He is not discouraged, He
shall be satisfied, the kingdom shall be
the Lords, and every purpose of the Lord
shall be performed Elsa. xiii, 4; lii, IL;
Obadiah 81; Jer II, 29).
lib. "Then said l, Lord, how longf"
The Lords purposes seem Glow of fulfill
ment, and it oft seems to our eyes like
prolonged and unnecessary delay, but the
time will come when there shall be delay
no longer (Rev. <, 6, r. ", margin), and
we shall see that for all seeming delay
there has been cause (Ezek. xiv, S3).
Isaiah was messenger to Judah lisa. !,
y, and our Lord Himself and His apostles
were sent first to Israel, but it has come to
pass as He said, and Israel has been re-
moved far away and her land is desolate.
Yet the Lords portion, a faithful rem
nant, has always been in Israel, even in
her worst days, and shall yet burst forth
into much lifeto the glory of God When
the trees cast their leaves, they seem to be
dead, but the life being there becomes
manifest In due time. There will be a
springtime for Israel when she shall bios
som and bud and fill the face of the earth
with fruit lisa. xvii, 6). Let us now tell
every creature Of tho redemption that is in
Christ Jesus, SO that from all nations
those who will may come to form Ills
body, the church. If we receive the same
treatment as the prophets and apostles, let
US not think it strange.