The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-23

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copyright. 1898. by d. VI. stearns.l
/. ''In tho year that King Uzziah died
Mw also the Lord sitting upon a throne,
high and lifted mp, and His train filed the
temple" Although King Uzziah died
lepcr, yet his life as a whole was fright In
the sight Of the Lord III Chron. xvi, D.
There 10 King who never dies, and He is
on the throne Of the universe We are not
qualified 10 serve Him as we should until
we continually realize His position and
our relationship to Him. The word Lord"
Is Adonai, not Jehovah, and signifies my
master or possessor. It was none other
than the Son of God whom Isaiah saw
John XII, AID. Ezekiel was qualified for
service by a vision OF the Lord as a man
upon tho throne Eek. 1, 26).
3. "Above it stood the seraphin.
These holy beings are mentioned only in
this chapter in the Bible, while cherubim
are mentioned many times from Genesis
| to Revelation. / am persuaded that the
cherubim represent the church, the body
of Christ, as part Of Himself, enc with
Him in His glory and power when tho
kingdom shall have como. The seraphim
burning ones) may possibly be identical
with cherubim. Compare Rev. iv with
this chapter.
). And one cried unto another and
said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of His glory"
Compare the only other thrice holy in
Scripture i'll Rev. iv, 8. On the last clause
of this verse see the marginal reading and
compare chapters xi, Q; Mum. xiv, 81;
Hab ii, Il. There is no self praise in
heaven, but all unto in glorifyi1g Him
who alone is worthy to be praised. No
flesh shall glory in His presence. The
Lord alone shall bo exalted in that day q
Cor. i, 20, 81; lisa. ii, II, 10.
4. "And the posts of tho door moved at
the voice of him that cried and the house
was filled with smoke" In Ex. xix, 1S;
Isa iv, 8, smoke and cloud are associated
with the presence OF the Lord. We think
also of the pillar of cloud that led Israel
and of the tabernacle and temple filled
with His glory at their dedication Elk. H.
"a; l Kings viii 10, 1D.
8. "Then said l, Woe is me! for / am
undone." As the prophet saw the King
in His glory he was filled with n sense of
his own inworthiness Compare Job xiii,
5, 6; Dan. X, 8; Rev. !, Ii. To serve the
Lord as we should we must not only be
filed with n sense of His worthincss, but
also with a deep sense of our own un-
wCrthiness. Not wisdom of words, but
the power of God is to do tho work Not
any might or power of ours, but His Spirit.
This is His way Il Cor. ii, 4, 5; Zech. iv, 81.
&. "A live coal from off the altar" The
brazen altar in tabernacle and temple is
suggestive Of the work of Christ on Cal
vary for US, when He shed His own blood
for our sins, gave Himself a sacrifice for
sin once for all. The golden altar speaks
of His present work of intercession for us.
By the one we are saved and by the other
we are kept day by day
Z. "Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and
thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin
purged" The mouth suggests the heart,
for out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh (Math. xii, "a; XIV, 1S).
Nothing but the sacrifice of Christ can
take away our sins or give us a clean
heart No works of ours can help. Is Is
His work alone that does it, and we must
accept it as His gift, as Adam and Eve Ac-
cepted the coats of skins which the Lord
Himself provided by the shedding of blood
(Gen. iii, 81: Rom. vi, 23).
S. "Also heard the voice of the Lord
saying, Whom shall send, and who will
go for us9 Then said !, Here am 1; send
me.' To bring the timo when the earth
shall be filled with the glory of the Lord
messengers must 60 forth in His name
and proclaim His namc and declare His
doings, that He may be exalted lisa. xii,
a. These messengers must be redeemed
people. knowing their sins forgiven, recog
nizing as their Lord tho ono living and
true God, who says Whom shall l send?''
and also the Trinity, who say, 'Who will
60 for us?" When we romen'ber that al
though in ourselves utterly unworthy, We
are yet commissioned by King, even the
King of kings. having all power in heav
On and on earth, and th8b He is in heaven
for us, ordering and arranging all the de-
tails of tho work which He would have uS
tlo, or rather do through us, it gives greAs
quickness and confidence in His service.
8, TO- 'And He said, Go and tell this
people" Then follows a commission
which sounds anything but encouraging.
for he is told that the people will not per-
ceive what he is setting before them BOr
understand his message. The commission
to Jeremiah and Ezekiel was in somewA hat
similar terms (JeH. 1, 1913; Eek. Iii, 10;
xxxiii. 30-32). The words of these verses
in Isaiah are quoted three times in the
New Testament (Math. Kill, IA, 15s John
xii, 40; Acts xviii, 90, 27). and also re-
| ferred to in Rom. II, 8. When our Lori
sent forth the twelve, He said, Behold
send you forth as sheep in the midst Of
wolves (Math. Z, 49, He afterwart taught
them that not all tho 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, dc
shall be satisfied, the kingdom shall bC
the Lords, and every purpose of the LORD
shall be performed lisa Kill, 4; lii, IL
Obadiah 81: Jer. II, S9).
11-l3. "Then said 1, Lord, how long?'
) The Lords purposes seem slow of fulfill
, ment, and it oft fBems to our eyes lik
prolonged and unnecessary delay, but tn
time will como when there shall be della
! no longer (Rev. x, 6, Il. ", margin), AM
we shall SEQ that for all seoming della
there has boen q cause (Ezek. xiv, 23l
| Isaiah was n messenger TO Judah lisa