Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-10-20
ISAIAH CALLED TO SERVICE.
sunday school Lesson in the Inter-
national series for October 20.
1sOs-IsaIah GsI-I3.

re ~so-s- Of tho rctcus
/ Of Amaziah and Of Uzziah q Chron.. chaps
p. 2e)- A general view of the work Of
j Isaiah, especially chaps. If
TIME of this vision. IN the yea OF Uz-
ziah's death. 3. c. 80, or. rev. chroa.. T37.
PLACE.-In Jerusalem. the prophets
home The vision was probably in the
temple.
1. Isaiah and His Times.-1. His
name means The salvation of Je-
hovah"
III. Isaiah's Vision-vs IA /. in
the year that King Uzziah died." He
well remembers the date of his spiritual
birth. Il saw" in vision, in the court
of the temple. The Lord sitting upon a
thrones" Isaiah describes no face, but
only a presence and a session. &c. A.
Smith. High and lifted up:" Far
above all kings. all nature, all powers
and principalities-in good less, 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:" flame 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:" 1t
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
af ha III
ganized 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. MOVED at the voice." Trem-
bled, vibrated. as we have felt in
great church at the sound of the great
organ. THE house was filled with
smoker" 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. ). Woe is me. for am
undone:" Il 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.
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His conviction of sin arose from
the contrast of his own soul with the
thrice holy King.
6. Then few one of the seraphim:"
Gods Messengers: Having a living
COAL" or "a glowing stone."
Z. He laid it upon my MOUTH His
unciean lips, on the sin. Thine in
EQUITY 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 sin
purged:" Cleansed away.
IV.-The Cali.-N. s. Having been
cleansed. he was prepared to listen to
the call of God, and carry, as the ser
aphim 10 Him, The altar Goals of sacri-
fetal love and forgiveness TO His ma
ton. 8. Whom shall l 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
prepared him % do the work. but in
spired him % yield 10 the call
V. The Disheartening Work to Be
Y &c L
people:" This is not to be his first
message 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 sweet song. and seeing
the signs of coming evil. but only as
dream, a fiction.
10. "Make:" Go on and do your duty
even though these effects follow 1.-THE
heart:" The source of feeling; the
seat Of conscience and the moral ma
ture Fat" Dull covered up so that
outside things viii make no impress
sion.
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 is
not failure. There is to be success.
though afar OF, and in a different
form. 1T shall be a tenth:" A 1.-THE,
n small portion. The remnant often
referred to in Isaiah's prophecies. 1T
shall return:" From the exile. as the
second part of Isaiah so fully de-
scribes. And shall b. eaten:" De-
stroyed again as before, referring TO
successive captlvities, and perhaps
! looking forward to the destruction of
Jerusalem by the Roma2s, Whose
+ substance is in them when they cast
.heir leaves" They seem to be dead,
but they are not, and shall produce
leaves again.