Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson Vll.--Second Quarter. For
May ID, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
'e<t OF the Lesson, lisa. vi, 1-13.
Memory Verses, 6-s-GoIden Text.
lisa. vi. s-Commsntary Prepared by
Rev. o. M. Stearns.

OzZlah. King OF Judah. was evidently
much helped by prophet name,i
Lechariah. who had visions of Cod
And now we see in this lesson tho,
Isaiah received his commission n, con
nection with vision of God. IL WAS
so with Ezekiel and Zechariah. who
wrote the prophecy called by his name.
also with Moses and Joshua and Gid
con. Daniel also had Il vision of t;od
aud il was not until Job couId S,v
Now mine eye seeth thee" that he re-
ceived fullneSs Of blessing There is
no vision of God or knowledge of God
except through the Son of God. whom
we know as Jesus Christ our Lord. No
man knoweth the Father save the Son
ana he To whomSOever the Son will re-
veal Him. No man cometh unto the
/ rather but by Me. He that hath seen
Me hath seen the Father Matt. xi.
"a; John xiv. Il. o.. We are not fully
| qualified for service until we have so
seen God In Christ that no mortal man
is big enough to come between Him
ana our souls vision. The Lord alone
must be seen and exalted. and we
must cease from man Qsa. ii, IL. Il.
22).
In the year that King Uzziah died
Isaiah saw throne and a king who
ilveth forever, who said to John in
Patmos, Il was dead. and behold am
alive forevermore" Rev. /. IS). This
same John. quoting from our lesson
chapter and referring to this vision.
said. These things said Isaiah when
be saw HIS glory and spoke of Him
John XII, All. Notice that the one
whom Isaiah saw on the throne Is
called Lord capital l.. small ord, not
the same as LORD in verses 3, 3. II.
where the name Is all capitals. The
former Is "Adonai." my master. NV
proprietor, the one who owns me,
whereas the latter is Jehovah" the
great Il am who was and Is and is
TO be the Creator rs my Redeemer. II
any mortal man owns us and he dies
we may be in sore distress. but II the
one whose we are and whom we serve
Is the ever living man on the throne
then we will have peace always.
1t Is very great lesson to learn to
see no man any more save Jesus only !
with ourselves Mark tx, 81 Isaiah /
saw the seraphim close TO the throne.
whereas Ezekiel and John saw cher /
ubim CEzek. and Rev. ~. with Eek. /
K, 20). We know from Rev. V. 0. 10. /
and the association of the cherubim |
Win the mercy seat and the vail that /
they represent the glorified redeemed 1
from among the nations. The sera-
plim may represent the same as they
only, seraphim and cherubim, cry
holy. holy, holy. They look forward
TO and speak Of the time when the
earth shall he full of His glory. Gov
ering face and feet with their wings
suggests that il IS not what we are or
what we do that counts for anything,
but Win the wings that fly we must
soar higher. even us on eagles wings.
and behold oaly Himself. The face
Indicates character. what we are, and
the feet our walk. what we do. but
our only comfort is In what He Is and
what He does.
The effect of this vision of the glory
OF the Lord upon the prophet was that
he saw himself as wholly undone and
hpclean. This is what we need-such
a vision af the beauty of the Lord that
we shall forever bate and abhor our
selves and see ourselves as sinners in
His sight, according to Isa lxiy, 6:
Dan. X, s; Rom. vii, Is; 3-19 Thus
seeing ourselves we shall have no con
qemnation for other sinners, nothing
but the compassion Of Jesus Christ
When there is this deep and thorough
conviction of sin. then II is u short
road 10 forgiveness and cleansing, for
He came TO Save sinners, and His blood
cleanseth from all sin. Note that
heavenly agency does 1t all. iniquity
Is taken away. sin purged. the sinner
IS perfectly helpless. as were Adam
and Eve when the Lord God made
coats Of skins and clothed them
1T Is our privilege to know that He
has by Himself purged our sins and
IS now on the right hand Of the Mai
esty on high QIeb. |. 3D. Then we
are ready to hear the voice from the
throne saying. Whom shall ! send
ana who will go for us?' Notice the
~" and us" the one living and true
God In the three persons of Father
Son and Holy Spirit. Was ever such
1 wonderful commission offered to
nortals rs to represent the Trinity be.
fore men? See I'm John xiv, II, %.
how they are said TO dwell In the be-
lever and In ii Cor. iv, 10. IL, that
he life OF Jesus Is TO be made mani
Test I'm these mortal bodies.
We have only to yield and obey. The
power Is His. and the life is His, and
he message is His. and He will take
are Of the results, andIwe are assur.
ID that He will not fail nor be dis
lisa. Kill, ~. It is ours to