Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz

For Sunday, December 49, 1905
Topic: What Truth Has Chiefly Appealed to Yon
Matthew xiii 81: Isaiah Ill 1915. lii 1-12
Matthew xii:52. Then said he unto them,
Therefore every scribe which is Instructed
unto the kingdom of heaven Is like unto
man that is an householder, which bringeth
forth out of his treasure things new and
old.
Isaiah ln:is-15 and Iii liz From the
Expositor's Bible. Rev. George Adam
Smith, d. D., on Isaiah"
Most wonderful and mysterious Of all is
the spectral fashion in which the prophecy
presents its Hero. He is named only in
the first line and once again elsewhere He
is spoken of as He. We never hear or see
Himself. But all the more solemnly Is He
there; a shadow upon countless faces. a
grevous memory on the hearts of the
speakers. He SO haunts all We see and all
we hear, that we feel 1t Is not Art but
Conscience that speaks of Him. Here is
now the prophecy itself, rendered into Eng
hsh quite literally, except for conjunction
here and there, and, as far possible, in the
rhythm of the original:
Isaiah Iii = 49,
Behold. my servant shall prosper
shall rise, be lift up. be exceedingly high.
Like Ms they that were astonied before thee were
70 married from a mans was his visage.
And his form from the children of men
Before him shall kings shut their mouths
For that which had never been told them they see
And what they had heard not they have to con-
slider.
Who gave believing TO that which we heard.
And the arm of Jehovah to whom was 1t bared7
For he sprang like sapng before him.
As a root from the ground that is parched;
He had no form nor beauty that we should regard
Nor aspect that we should desire him.
Despised aud rejected of men,
Man OF pains and familiar with aillng.
And do cover the face from,
Dcspised and we did not esteem him.
enrely orr ailments he bore
And our pains he did take for his burden.
But we've accounted him stricken,
smtttcn Of God and degraded .- -,
He was crushed Tor guilt that was ours.
The chastscment Of our peace was upon him,
Ey his stripes healing is
or us all like TO sheep went astray.
Every man TO his way we did turn,
And Jehovah made light upon him
The guilt of us all.
Oppressed he did humble himself
Nor opened his mouth;
As lamb TO the slaughter is led.
As sheep fore her shearers is dumb,
Nor opeEed his mouth.
Nv and law he taken.
And OF his age who reflected
That he wrenched from the land of the living
him.
go they made with the wicked his grave,
Yea with the feon his tomb
Though harm had he done,
Neither guile in his mouth.
Bnt Jehovah had purposed TO hruse him,
Had laid him sickness:
So IL his lie should o1er guilt offering
A seed he should see he should engthen his days.
And the purpose Of Jehovah by his hand should
prosper:
From the travail of his soul shall he see
BY his knowledge he satisfied.
Ny Servant. the Rigbteous, righteousness wins he
for many,
And their guilt he takes for his load
Therefore set him share with the great,
Yea, with the strong shall he share the spoil;
Because that he poured out his life unto death,
Let himself with trsnsgressors be reckoned;
Yea, he the sin of many hath borne,
And for the transgressors he interposes.
'-The first strophe gives us the general
theme. In. contrast to human experience
God reveals in His servant that suffering Is
fruitful, that sacrifice is practical. Pain,
On Gods service, shall lead to glory.
THE second strophe Of the prophecy