The Yale expositor., 1899-11-24

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in vivid descriptiveness OF Christ
Other prophets give an outline OF our
Savior's features. Some OF them pre-
sent as It were. the side face OF Christ;
others a bust OF Christ; but Isaiah
gives us the full length portrait OF
Christ. Other Scripture writer's e%ceI
| IN some things. Ezekiel more weird
/ David more pathetic, Solomon more
! epigrammatic. Habakkuk more SUP
lime; but when you want to see
Christ coming out from the gates VI
prophesy in all his grandeur ana sloFy,
YOU involuntarily turn 20 Isaiah 90
that if the prophesies in regard "
/ Christ might be called the "OratoIlo
Of the Messiah" the writing OF Isaiah
Is the "HaIlalujah Chorus" where al
the batons wave and all the trumpets
come in. Isaiah was not man plcheu
IN out of insignifoance by Inspiration
He was known and honored. JosephuS
and PhiIo and Sirach eXtolled MN III
their writings. What Paul was ainoHs
the apostles, Isaiah was among the
prophets.
Nv text finds him standing on
mountain Of inspiration, looking OUT
into the future, beholding CHRIST au-
vancing and anxious that all men
might know him; his voice rings down
the ages: Seek we the Lord whlle he
: may be found" oh says some oHe'
that was for olden times. NO. my
bearer. If you have Travelled in other
lands YOU have taken circular leI'ei
r NJ credit from some banking mouse III
t New York, and in st. petersburg OF
Venice. or Rome, or Melbourne OF Cal-
cutta. YOU presented that letter ana
e got financial help Immediately. Anu
e want YOU to understand that the
/. text instead of being appropriate Tor
: one age, or for one land, is clrculaF
letter for all ages and for all Janus
and wherever it is presented for help,
) the helm comes: Seek we the LORD
1t while he may be found.
n 7 come today with no hairspun the
e cries of religion. with no nice distihc-
e tons. with no elaborate disqulsltlon'
J. but with an urgent call to personal re-
1t ugion. The gospel of Christ is pow
< erful medicine: it either Kills or cures
2 There are those who say i Would IiN'
X 10 become a Christian. l have DeeI
IL waiting a good while for the rlSh
kind of influences TO come" ana SUI
Won are waiting. You are wiser II
-" worldly things than you are IN relis,
l Gus things. If you want to get 10 al
II banv you go to the Grand CehIrt
o. depot or 10 the steamboat wharf, ana
o. having got your ticket, you do not 81
u down on the wharf or SIT IN III
@' depot; you get aboard the BOAT .
u train. And yet there are men VINO Sd
.e- they are waiting 10 get to heaven
IT. waiting waiting, but not with intelli
e. cent waiting. or they would get O.
ISIS hoard the line of Christian influence
by that would bear them into the klnguoi
u" Of God.
cts Now YOU know very we'll that t
seek a thing is to search for it wit
earnest endeavor. If you want 10 Sc
ice a certain man in this city, and theI
ms is a matter of $4,000 connected VIII
NIX, your seeing him, and YOU cannot
re- FIRST find him, you do not give up q
My search. You look in the directory. b'
or Won cannot find the name; you go
an circles where you think. perhaps, |
ust may mingle, and, having found u
Of mart Of the city where he lives, d
cal nerhaps not knowing the street, you
its through street after street, ana lro
on, block 10 block, and you keep on scare
lily ing for weeks and months.
ugh You say: 1T is matter OF SlO'V
and whether I see him or not" on, IN
lrv- men we're as persistent in seeking I
lex Christ, Had you one half that persis
wer ence you would long ago have fou
that him who is the Joy OF the forgiV
eely spirit we may pay our debts, we N
the attend church, we may relieve |
,per moor. we may be public benefacto
tnbe and vet all our life disob
the Tho text. never seek Cod neN
the gain heaven. oh, that the spi
the OF God would help me, while
the try to show you, in carrying out
or idea of my text. first. how to seek
tho Lord. and in the second place, VIII
,und to seek him.
otoe I remark. in the first place, you
line to seek the Lord through earnest
co GO believing prayer. God is not an au
:, .. crat or a despot seated on thro
- with his arms resting on brazen lilo
80. and a sentinel pacing up and down
r.. 20 the foot Of the throne. God is fat
49, seated in bower, waiting for
children to come and climb on
knee, and get his kiss and his be
~ ~ diction. Prayer is the cup with VIII
n,S we go to the fountain OF liv
n.y. water" and dip up refreshment for
'ne thirsty soul. Grace does not come
'ar's' the heart as we set cask at the
Nun ner OF the house to catch the rain
; Tue the shower. 1t is a pulley fastened
on the throne OF God, which we 7
bringing the blessing.
l do not care 80 much what posi-
you take in prayer, nor how large
au- amount OF voice you use. You m
these get down on your face before Coo