Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-29
By
Edgar E.
Folk. DID.

very monotonous tone the FOLLOWING pas
sages of Scripture: 20 God, the heath
en- are come into Thine inheritance; Thy
holy temple have they defiled; they have
laid Jerusalem on heaps. The dead bod
les of Thy servants have they given 10
be meat unto the fowls of the heavens,
the flesh OF Thy saints unto the beasts
o the earth. Their blood have they
shed like water round about Jerusalem;
and there was none to bury them. we
are become a reproach to our neighbors'
a scorn and derision TO them that are
round about us. How long, Lord? wilt
Thou be angry forever? Shall Thy
jealousy burn like fire? Pour out Thy
wrath upon the heather that have have
not known Thee, and upon the Kingdoms
that have not called up Thy name For
they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste
his dwelling place. o remember not
against us former iniquities; let Thy
tender mercies speedily prevent us; Tor
we are brought very low. Help u.s.
God of our salvation, for the glory or
Thy name; and deliver us. and purge
away our sins, for Thy names sake.
Wherefore should the heather say,
Where is their God? Let him be known
among the heather in our sight by the
reyenging of the blood OF Thy servants
which is shed. Let the signing OF the
prisoner come before Thee; according 10
the greatness of Thy power preserve
Thou those that are appointed to die;
And render unto our neighbors seven
fold into their bosom their reproacn'
wherewith they have reproached Thee'
Lord. SO we Thy people and sheep OK
Thy pasture will give Thee thanks for
ever; we will show forth Thy praise to
all generations" Cps. 70; and But now
o Lord, Thou are our Father; we are the
clay, and Thou our potter; and we are
all the work of Thy hand. Be not wroth
very sore. o Lord, neither remember IN
touity forever; behold, see, be beseech
Thee, we are all Thy people. the hoiy
cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wider
ness. Jerusalem as desolation. Our holy
and our beautiful house, where our IA
theirs praised Thee, is burned UP with
S,re.-and ali our pleasant things are laid
waste Wilt Thou refrain Thysel1 Ior
these things, o Lord? Wilt Thou hold
Thv peace, and afflict US very sore?
Qsaiah ga: SID.
While these passages are usually reau
in a very perfunctory way soHetiineS
two together reading out of the same
book, yet on the part OF some OF thehl
at any rate, there are genuine signs Oh
sorrow the tears courslng GOWN lne
cheeks of some old men. II is pathetlc
sight one OF the most pathetic in all the
world.
looked the fact that the chapter In Isaiah
nreceding the one from which they read
tells about Him who was to restore the
glory of Israel, who "came unto his own
and his own received him not who was
rejected by the ancestors Of these Jews
and is now rejected by these Jews
themselves: who is this that cometh
from Edom, with dyed garments from
Bozrah? this that is glorious in his APP
parel, travelling in the greatness OF MS
strength? I that speak In righteousness,
mighty to save. Wherefore art thou req
in thine apparel. and thy garments ike
him that treadeth in the winefat! nave
trodden the winepress alone; and of the
neople there was none with me: for will
tread them in mine anger, and trample
them I'm my fury; and their blood shall be
sprinIxled upon my garments, and l Will
stain all my raiment. For he said, surely
they are my people, children that Will not
lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their
addiction he was afflicted, and the angel
Of his presence saved them: in his love
and In his pity he redeemed them; ana
he bare them, and carried them all the
days Of old. But they rebelled, and vex-
ed his holy Spirit: therefore he was
turned to be their enemy, and he fought
against them" Qsaiah 60 1-3, S, 9, 100. In
the SD chapter of the same book are
those beautiful and pathetic words:
''Vyho hath believed our report? and to
whom is the arm of the Lord revealed!
For he shall grow up before him as a
tender plant and as root out OF dry
ground; he hath no form nor comeliness;
and when we shall see him, there Is no
beauty that we should desire him. He
is despised and rejected OF men; man
of sorrows, and acquainted with GRIEF;
and we hid as 1t were our faces from
him; he was despised, and we esteemed
him not. Surely he hath borne our
sriefs. and carried our sorrows; yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten OF God
and afflicted. But he was wounded for
our transgressions, he was bruised for
our iniquities; the chastisement of our
peace was upon him: and with his stripes
we are healed. All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned every one
to his own way; and tn Lord hath laid
on him the iniQuity of US all. He was
oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he
opened not his mouth; he Is brought as
a lamb to the slaughter, and as sheep
before her shearers is dumb, so he open
eth not his mouth. He was taken from
prison and from judgment; and who shall
declare his generation7 for he was cut
off out OF the land of the living; for the
of my people was he
stricken And he made his grave with
the wicked, and with tho rich in his
death; because he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit IN his mouth.
Yet IL pleased the Lord to bruise him;
he hath put him to grief; when thou
shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed, he shall prolong
his days, and the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper In his hand. He shall see
of the travail of his soul, and shall be
satisfied; by his knowledge shall my
righteous servant Justify many; for he
shall bear their iniquities. Therefore
will divide him q portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with
the strong; because he hath poured out
his soul unto death; and he was number
ed with the transgressors; and he bare
the sin Of many, and made intercession
for the transgressors." isaiah 5S1-10.
The Jews forget, too, how he himself
when he came. said as he looked at
Jerusalem, 20 Jerusalem, Jerusalem
thou that killest the prophets, and ston-
est them which are sent unto thee, how
often would have gathered thy children
together, ever as hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and we would
not! Behold, your house is left unto
YOU desolate For / say unto you, we
shall not see me henceforth. till We shall
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the
name Of the Lord" Matt. % :37-39). Again