The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
Sunday School Column
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son for Teachers and Pupils
By CHAs. x. MEYERS

omcers Of the Crawford County sunday
school Association.
President. :. Rev. 8. J. DePree. Denison
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Treasurer. >. Sears McHenry. Denisoh
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Woolston, Boyer.
July 9.-The Suffering Servant OF
Jehovah. lisa. 50, 10 to SO. IL.
We have for our lesson this week
one of the most remarkable portions
of the bible. Isaiah So stands out like
the chapter on creation; the ten COM
mandments,. the twenty-third Psalm,
mountain peaks. and we are never out
of hight and feeling of their presence.
At the time of the writing of the
lesson, Jerusalem had been captured,
the temple in part destroyed and the
Jews in exile, many of them at Bah
ylon. Daniel and his fellow young
men are examples of the conduct of
the more faithful ones when in q
heather land. 1t seemed then to Isaiah
and his fellow Jews that Gods pro-
tecting arm had been removed, and
His people turned over to their enc
mics. At this time the inspired pro-
phet writes of the coming at dis
tant period, of one who by suffering
shall bring peace, justification and re-
demption to those for whom he under
goes pain and humiliation.
This lesson is so important because
in its words are found the foundation
thoughts of the Christian religion as
presented to the world. Here is seen
portrayal Of the life, suffering and
death of Jesus the Christ. Herein the
miraculous appears, in that some 700
years before the coming of Christ, His
methods of life, humility, trial, manner
of burial, should be set forth. The
fact that practically to the smallest
detail Jesus fulfilled the words of
Isaiah, is another of the convincing
evidences of the truth and divinity of
the bible and the Christian religion.
or course the Jews at the time of
the birth of Jesus did not see in the
words of Isaiah foretelling of the
Messiah. They looked for an earthly
powerful king, who would overthrow
the power of the Romans. This was
their blindness. But let US look for
q short time at the chapter in the light
of our knowledge of facts. 1t is fore
told that the coming one should be
as a root out of dry ground, and when
looked upon was not desirable; that
he should be despised and rejected,
man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief. Jesus was all this.
Now comes setting forth of the
true character of the Savior, and to
this special attention is called. The
record says that "He bore our grief,
carried our sorrows; was smitten OF
God, was wounded for our transgres-
sions, bruised for our iniquities, the
chastisement of our peace was upon
him, and with his stripes we are
healed" Here we have the char
acter of Jesus made plain. In this
statement is set forth the suffering OF
Jesus for the worlds redemption. So
it is plain that the Importance OF the
chapter is not overrated in what we
have just said.
Take note of the remarkable de-
scription given of the trial and death
of Jesus. 1t is declared that the COM
ing one should be as lamb before
his shearers, oppressed and afflicted,
taken from judgment, cut off from the
land of the living for the transgres-
sion of the people. The life of Jesus
as we find it in the New Testament
bears this out in every particular. 1t
is further foretold just the manner
of his burial, and the burial Of Jesus
bears out the description.
With the last verse comes the state
ment that the coming one should
bear the sins of many and make in
tercession for the transgressors.
Here is again set forth that true
character of Jesus the Christ He in,
deed did die for you, and me, and
now ever liveth to make intercession
for us. Facing this chapter and in
the light of the history of the Chris
tian religion, how can there be hes,
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