The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
LESSON FOR DECEMBER o.
UNTO US A SON is GIVEN.
LESSON TENT-Isa.ah eli

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The Christmas lesson naturally and
logically follows the three lessons We
have just had from the boo, of tho
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','"'' 'l''i' wv E'''IN '''"I' '"I'Ii saw
'li' N'N'''' ~ the s'oIIlieu jesus l
l. DARKNESS versus Light wv. I-uk
W" h""u L" 20 back INTO the elght
chapter I" get The fuIl historical sltudN
ton "t TINS part OF the lesson. Ahaz
trembling III Jerusalem, had with him
the ir"phet lSalah' me WlSeSt and
greatest man III MS klhgdom' YET Ahaz
listened not 10 ms words "l warning
ana reouke. lie doES"dlE pursued his
own course ana sought heIp IN every
"iii'r quarter IMAM the rlght one. This
explains lSalahs words The people
that walked III darkness. PRIMARILY
he may have referred 10 those OF the
lands OF Zebulon ana Naphtali, the
Galilee OF the nations (John l:46;
I'D ana the light which Shone in
I them, which was the llght oi the world
Jesus OF Nazareth (John SID. But
there is larger application in this
verse to the whole world which Lay
In darkness until Jesus came and the
whole world has seen or shall see the
/ great light (Luke LISTED. With the
/ coming or hght comes the increase OF
/ JOY ". ; X. W. In israel there Is 10
| be, through Christ, wonderful In
crease lisa. AZ :2O-22; Zech. lO:S). In
/ Christ there is 10 be great JOY, the JOY
/ of harvest and OF victory. The re-
/ ligion OF Jesus christ IS pre-emlnenuy
the religion Of joy (Acts SO; Phil.
Al; l Peter l:S) but the Child that
was to be born was to be DeliverI \
too, for the yoke of burden was IT, -
of Sl,SOO,ooo That had recently w
levied by the King OF AsSyria. IL tas
a night OF thick darkness Tor lslaeL
Then, even as now, we nave the moral
darkness. (liead Rom' :=o'S-J Du'
the prophet saw the JOY OF deilVerahce'
Jerusalem had Deeh lelt III peaS
HezeRlah succeeueu MS lutiier' AnaA
ana ehtereu upon 'eiieiouS ie,'1 In
the Kingdom Inc people WIN nau
walked in darkness had seen ne"
hght. Inc prophet sa" ,ne u""nu
rays through the must vi this ua,
ness OF ignorance Deilg reino,eu
also saw the coming OF the Light
Men 'oV years lateI' anu 'ne n
plication OF the nations the incfease
OF their JOY. Wieh jesus COMES asai.
he VIII denver lSraei lroin hei p'.'
oppressOrs that nave grounu ne, wv"
these many centuries anu WIN ~ 'n %.
alt Israel above the nauohs ,Aecn
III; 9:l2-l'; S:Zo--o|' pu. 'e'u'
delivering men today' reino,iue s
sort of yoke of burden ana oreaAns
the, rod OF oppressorS ''o"' 80
Math. 11:2S). lie also Is Oiinee
peace TO men, ana WIN tiie .on'u
nation OF MS WORK. "ai' "" -,
Shall we not all pray LOT uhe 'P'eI
consummatlOh ol tii"l u"'
come Lord Jesus.
II. Unto Us Son Is Born wv W
The greatest joy for lsrael III iSas.
time was in this vision OF the Mes''aA
the promised Savior lsai"n
ing ahead seven centuries we ~
looking back nineteen. lie WIS ~
king over his people. Name ar 1oSR
IS here given. % "ohuePf
! cause Of his nature being -
man and divine. The worn hit
and dwelt among us. " Co ''ihs, ''l
one who has the wisdom 10 gu,ue LIZ
self and others. No one guiueu ~ !" "a
has ever failed of true success, C 20,
, THE Mighty God" He was truiy 10y
ca that we can trust him to the utter1
most. He can also save to %o, the "', e,l
pressing his divine loving kindness Iass l 1ss|
+ Self-luentlHCdIoh WIN :. - oneI