The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-22
CONFERENCE.-THE 4th chapter, lying be-

CONTENT. Tho 54ti, chapter lying :, be- ?,
only seventeen verses should be care are
fully read by the student to !, f !, IN tn "
! the suffering Saviour isaiah directs at.
| tontion to tho church and predicts us
great prosperity. The safety OF inc poo-
pe their edleatlon and their sure re- p heid
terms, calculated Ito give comfort m. ana
| hope. Such announcements follow ma,
urly the s t,sn Of the r srIaes
and they arc preliminary to the iny W. o,
tion contained In tho lesson OF to-day.
Hero Is splendid display Of Chri Is. q,
: pmaT Of th sse ag G9 tut 0ff he
Opportunities OBJ #of the new dispensation
awakened q lively hopo. 49,,
future appeared Ito DO present. It was
BY people yet to be born. but. as !. Il !, u u
had already are nr rsess 70 ones
cries the inspired man. seeking TO a 1,re.Is
the attention Of those who are indlner.
ent to their. own welfare The thirsty
expression fully setting forth the SOULS
great need, used In other places with
good effect (John@iv:D, and carried ior.
war; the G9sns ast % OF 0 apG
poor who have no money, may, obtain 1t.
The figure s then changed M's' offepe Jared
then tn gre greatly esteemed (Psa. ,cv:1D, and
withal dainty, food, the kind when ,I.' Is
not mentioned. Water, wine, m ,i,iR 80 a1 10
be had in experimental religion, %ith nov
cost. the free gifts Of Christ (Rey iii ,S9.,
TILE RCEPRoOF (yerses Q, 3):-The FOLLY
Of pe9RSe ra59Hs nejeet what
most valuable to them and seek what
is of comparatively little worth. After
the call. the prophet turns to co N na
Chase what Is profitable, and he remon..
stratcs with them Wherefore DO ye h nGt
so unwisely?,Whny labor ior t fron, w .'ich
things Eat that which is f Eo1a' one me
piete Is the description here Of az those Sc ,
made by tine on WILDLY good
ana forgetful of heavenly good. II, how how,
ever, they will hear, their, souls shall
live Roa yii: W;11th rof all saeh q The he
Hebrews f I.es there shall be made an ever
lasting covenant like unto, that MADE MADE
with King David (Acts XII ~: Inns ms
means the blessings Of the covenant
VIII" THE W WITNESS oversees 1, 5).-There,is
here a remarkable allusion, appa rc:.V,
To Dayid-rea lily, & to Christ. - ne 1oi iilst,
because Of his loyalty to God IN estap-
fishing theocracy and in maintaining me
Institutes Of Moses. received promises that
were fulfilled in Messiah. who was ca!led
the Son of David (Matt. ix:2D. n ence
King David was, indeed a leader OF me
people, but in a larger and better sense
jesus was such a leader Ger, xxx;oo IN.
deed, 1t was e&pected that Ia his khg!y
office, Jesus woltld reproduce DAVID. anu
SO his contemporaries understood. Plaln,
IL. He, as the Son, Of David. SHAH cal!
na tions or peoples then unknown, and
thew shall come to Him. This Is pre-
dictIon Of that universal sway OF Mes
siah which so filled the public thought,
although greatly distorted into a politi-
cal supremacy (Gen. xlix:1o). Now this
leader and universal king Is the one to
whom the prophet invites, to whom the
people ought to come for the glory, that
will follow.
many things granted to men uncondition-
ally out of the unfailing store house OF
good God. These are so numerous ana an
their bestowal 80 constant, that men lall
TO notice their source Games 11O Moth
ing Is required save the open hand to re-
ceIve what the open hand offers; but
there are other gifts which are condition
ally granted, because they cannot be
profitably and properly, received without
conditions God prescribes what VIII
qualify man to receive and then promises
to grant when those conditions are met.
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