The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-09

tard seed and the leaven Matt. 13);
and Daniels stone cut without hands,
that became a great mountain filing
the whole earth (Dan. 2:34, 35); and
Isaiah's vision of an earth full Of
the knowledge Of TIE Lord, as the
waters cover the sea" lisa. 11:9).
VI A Viyifying Stream. Tvs. 6-12.
Ezekiel is next Ii de to see that the
wonderful stream. though it gains
nothing from the region around, yet
enriches that region in every way.
6. Son of man" Ezel1iels favorite
designation of himself. Hast thou
seen this?" Do you understand what
you have seen SO far? Then let us
go farther. Caused me to return to
the brink" r. ", bank"
Z. "At Or. ", "upon") the bank OF
the river were very many trees" nat
urally springing up where there was
water (Psa. 1:3). "The tree OF life on
each bank Of the river. which yields
its fruit every month and whose leaves
are for healing, is detail transferred
directly from EzelSiel's imagery to fill
out the description of the glorious
city of God. "-Expositor' Bible.
8. Toward the east country" The
region about the Jordan. GO down
into the desert" r. ", "the Arabah,"
the depressed valley of the Jordan
and the Dead Sea, extending south to
the Red Sea- GO into the sea" The
Dead Sea. THE waters shall be
healed" Restored to their natural
condition, made fresh from salt.
8. ''The rivers" Hebrew. the two
rivers" Perhaps the double river"
l. e., the mighty river. Perhaps refer
ence is had to the junction of the mir
aculous stream with the Jordan.
Everything shall live" Not imply
ing that the fishes were dead before,
but, where before there was no life,
now there shall be life everywhere,
"a very great multitude of fish,"
10. From En-gedi,' Fountain Of
the kid" situated about the middle Of
the west shore of the Dead Sea, 'even
unto En-eglaim. (" Fountain of the two
calves" an unknown locality probably
near the mouth of the Jordan-all
this stretch of shore shall be place
TO spread forth nets" So the r. V.
Fish shall be as abundant there as in
"the great sea" the Mediterranean.
IL. sBut"-a most practical reserva-
tion--"the marshes (marshes) there
OF shall not be healed" The depres-
sions around the Dead Sea, which
were filed when the water overfowed,
and which. when they retired or were
evaporated, became reservoirs of salt
Robinson.
70. by the river shall grow
all (kinds Of trees for meat" For
food. Compare the trees in Eden,
Gen. 2:9. Their leaves shall not
fade, r. ". 'wlthcr, nor their fruit be
consumed. r. ". fail but new fruit"
(Hebrew, first fruits') shall come on
them according to his months" n.
W., every month" the fruit for food
and the leaf for healing; like the trees
in Rev 1872, yielding fruit every
month, and the leaves were for the
healing Of the nations" All this fer
tility Ezekiel Is careful to tell US in
closing his vision is due solely TO the
divine source of the waters, because
they issued (R. ", "issue'D
ont of the sanctuary" Thus the be- y
tiful passage returns to the thought
with which 1t started (V. ID.
r.. Dfvar ~ Calua4fnn
1t springs from God--the Holy Of
Holies-by sacrifice-past the altar
through worship-through the tenn
Pile"
1t is ever outilowins. True religion
is always missionary, just as light and
heat by their very nature leap out
ward from their source.
1t is ever growing. There are times
Of local and apparent retrogression,
but they are only eddies in the mighty
onward Bweep of Gods church.
It is bordered by evergreen trees.
True religion never loses its power
and charm.
1t is perpetual blessing. fruitful
every month and every hour. A Chris
tian knows DO winter.
It goes to the worst places. True
religion shows itself in the spirit Of
the Moravian missionaries, that they
deliberately selected for their fields
the most difficult regions, icy Labra-
dor, frozen Alaska. and feverish Surf
nam, the Dead Mans Land" of South
America.
Wherever 1t goes, 1t heals. The
corruptions of heathenism are fearful,
the tortures imposed upon suspected
the cruel treatment OF wom-
en- and little children, the tyranny Of
crafty priests, the fostering diseases
born OF unbridled lust Health of body
and soul go where Christianity goes.
1t does all things for man, It takes
his whole nature, it feeds his mind,
and beauties his body,
renews his soul.
Wherever it goes, life springs up,
energy, activity, like the multitude Of
fishes In the Dead Sea. Christianity
has been the great inspirer of the
worlds art, literature. music and archi-
lecture.
Christianity is therefore the main
stay Of commerce. Wherever It goes.