The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21
ISAIAH CALLED TO SERVICE
Sunskay School Lesson In the Inteos
national series for October "a,
ISoS-Is ~AnIp 0sl-i3

THE sECTION.-The story OF the reigns
OF Amaziah and OF Uzziah q Chron.. chaps.
Is. 2s). general view OF the work OF
Isaiah. especially chaps. l-6.
TIME OF this vision, In the year OF Cz-
ziah's death. B. c. $50. or. rev. cfron. 49,
PLACE.-In Jerusalem. the prophets
home. The vision was probably In tho
temple.
1. Isaiah and His Times.-l. His
name means The salvation OF Je-
hovab"
III. Isaiah's visiou.-Vs. Ia. !. In
the year that King Uzziah died. He
well remembers the date of his spiritual
birth. II saw" in vision, in the court
OF the temple. The Lord sitting upon
throne;" Isaiah describes no face, but
only a presence and a session. &C. A.
Smith. High and lifted ups" Far
above all kings, all nature, all powers
and principalities--in goodness, in
power and in glory. "And his train:"
His royal robes, respondent and flow
ing, as an expression OF his glory.
"Fiiled the temple:" or palace above
and around this royal presence. STOOD
the seraphim:" "fiane bearers, burn
ing ones" Each one had six wings"
Suggesting their readiness and swift
ness to carry Gods commands.
3. "And one cried unto another:" II
was an antiphonal 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
yan;zed 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. "Move1 at the voice." Trem-
bled, vibrated. as we have felt in a
great church at the sound of the great
organ. THE house was filed with
smoke:" Not OF cloud and mystery,
but of the incense of praise, kindled on
the altar of incense by the seraphim
songs.
III.-Conviction of Sin, and Forgive
ness.-vs. 81. 3. "Woe is me, for am
undone:" 81 am lost" Because am
a man Of unclean lips:" His words,
the natural expression of his heart,
were sinful. Il dwell in the midst Of a
people of unclean 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.
6. Then flew one of the seraphim:
Gods Messengeg: Having a living
coal" or "a glowing stone"
z. "He laid il upon my mouth" His
unclean lips, or 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. And thy elm
purged:" Cleansed away.
IN.-The Call.-V. S. Having been
cleansed. he was prepared to listen to
the call of God, and carry, as the SER
aphim TO Him. he altar Goals OF sacri-
fetal love and forgiveness to His ma
ton. 8. "Whosn shall send?" To
show the vision of God, and the way Of
salvation. Then said I, Here am i;
send me:" The whole vision not only
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spired him to yield TO the call.
V. The Disheartening Work 10 BE
Done-Vs. 9-12. Q. go. and tell this
people:" This is not to be his frS
mes sage to them. as his prophecies
show, but Is to be his message when
they have rejected Gods Word. Hear
but understand not:" Go on
as you have been doing. hearing the
warning as a sweet song, and seeing
the signs Of coming evil. but only as
n dream. n fiction.
10. "Make:" Go on and do your duty
even though these effects follow. THE
heart" The source of feeling; the
seat Of conscience and the moral mn
ture. Fat" Dull. covered up so that
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sion.
IL. Lord. how long?" Will 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 Success.-V. 13. Then God
shows him that after all, his work il
not failure. There is to he success
though afar OFT, and in a different
form. at shall be n tenth" \ 1.-THE
small portion. The remnant often
referred to in Isaiah's prophecies. at
shall return:" From the exile. as the
second part Of Isaiah so fully de-
scribes. And shall be eaten:" De
stroyed again ms before, referring &c
successive captivitics, and perhaps
looking forward TO the destruction oil
Jerusalem by the Romans. Whose
substance is in them when they cast
their leaves" They seem to be dead
but they are not. and shall produce
leaves again.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS