The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Sunday, December 20, 1914.
By G. CAMPBELL MORGAN. D. D.
The Greatest Living Evangelist.

notice that this description exactly car
ries out the suggestiveness OF the name
Of the Child born, the Son given. Whose
birth we celebrate at this season OF the
year. The spirit Of wisdom and under
standing Is that Of the Wonderful Coun-
sellor. The spirit Of counsel and might
is that OF the God-Hero. The spirit of
knowledge is that Of the Everlasting
Father. The spirit of the fear Of the
Lord is that OF the Prince Of Peace.
Continuing. the prophet described His
rule. The aim OF that rule Is the estab-
lishment' Of the fear of the Lord which
Is the principle of purity, and therefore
the foundation OF peace. The method Of
the rule is first negatively described He
is not to judge after the sight of His
eyes, nor decide after the hearing Of His
ears; that Is to say. judgment based upon
the observation possible by the senses
which, by the way. is the only basis Of
human judgment-He will abandon. His
Judgment will be based upon spiritual and
eternal principles, those of righteousness
and equity and Judgment.
Finally the prophet described the King
dom. 1t will be a Kingdom Of perfect
peace. from which all the things which
are contrary thereto will be banished. It
will be Kingdom in which the child
will be able TO play in fulfllment OF the
first Divine intention for it. The secret
of this victory will be that through this
coming One the earth will be filled with
the knowledge Of Jehovah as the waters
cover the sea
The Teaching.
II is well at this Christmas season, when
We celebrate the lowliness Of the birth
Of Christ, that we should also thus lift
our eyes, aided by the inspired teaching
Of the ancient prophet and look forward
to the ultimate victory Of that coming
The fulfllment il not yet but II is as
sured. This wonderful passage from the
prophecy OF the great prophet OF the Di-
vine government and grace, gives US a
clear vision of the ultimate goal of our
work, so far as this earth is concerned.
In the light OF all the teaching OF our
Lord. at much OF which We have looked
in the course Of the years lessons, we
realize how far We are as yet from this
day OF God: and yet We remember that
according to His teaching. His Kingdom
will be perfectly established upon the
earth when He Himself comes again.
Nevertheless. it is true that We are pre-
pairing for that establishment when We
fulfill the commissions He has given US.
While We think with thankfulness OF
the marvel of the birth in Bethlehem. we
realize that for us IT'S chief glory Is that
Of the assurance which it creates that
He Who came in lOwliness is coming in
power: that He Who ''once at the end
Of the ages hath I" been manifested
to put away sin by the sacrifice of Him
self shall appear a second time.
apart from sin, to them that wait for
Him. unto salvation" It is then that the
reign OF peace in all the fullness OF the
meaning Of the words. will be realized
in the history Of the world.
The Golden Text.
In the golden text, selected from the
lesson we have in one brief glimpse a
revelation Of the natural order of the
Kingdom which is yet TO be established.
There is TO be perfect peace in all Ma
turc when the little child has its true
place in the thought and activity OF
men.