The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Bearing of the Prophe= Cies Of Isaiah On the
 Present World War

as men; unlike the pasriarchs, the judges, and the kings. their features seem to have been yelled. Especially is this true of the m9jor-prophets, ot which Isiah wais the greatest. They seem to have been regarded in their day, as something approaching the tsupernat tural. tThis is probably in tentional on the part of Jewish writ CTS, recognizing that a close familiari- ty with the oracle weakens the force o. the message.
 About all We know of Isaiah is that he was the son of the prophet, Amos His name signifies. Jehovah is saliva tion" He prophesied concerning Jul dal and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzith, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah. covering at feast from the last days of Uzziah to the first of Manasseh It is thouvht thGi he be- longed to the royal family The Uni sal Bible Dictionary edited by MT Pelowpet, says of him. 'ne was the greatest of the prophets, a statesman s.s we'll as as a prophet and preacher; a man of wisdom, Of eloquence, of literary genius, with deEineiy inspired .oreSight and vision. He was married and had two sons, Rabbinical tradition says th;,t Isaiah in his old age, was 2sunGer in the trunk of carob tree, by order of Manasseh. To this, it is supLosed that reference is made in He breWs 11:37.
 IIe prophesied of the exile, although he G1cd almost oHe hundred years be- foe the exile began; eHi Of tie com ing of Messiah.
 Of the hook of Isaiah Professor N9ul.cn says, "it may be safely as artad hat no where else in the litera- .zsa of the world haze so many col los. Ily great ideas been brought to- gether within the limits of a single work-even in literary form, the world has produced nothing greater than Isaiah
 The book falls in two great divis- ions, each of which has several sub divisions. Chapters 139 consists mainly of prophecies delivered before the Babylonian captivity. It contains harsh injectives against the people o1 Israel because ot heir sias; nation&l as well as pers onal sins. Isaiah hac a vision of human seifishness as ar incentive to all evil and Of the signi fcance of the great bSo.Aerhood 0 mankind, in which love and service l form the keystone. li3 .ea to the words "Ah, sinful nali0n. a people laden wit iniQuity, a seed 0. evil doels, chi!dsel tha5 are cogrupterss-they have for saken the Lord; they haye provoke' the Holy One of Israel to anger, the! have gone away backward. So the, were punished. Bow? How did Got always punish lis people? By war whenever they forgot Him He deliver ed them over to their enemies.
 Does that ,,lrow any light on th' present world conflict? Have not tn nations, forgot ea Goi? But, you ma, se,v. God did not bring about thi war. Certainly ret, but He permi it. May He nc. EaVe q purpose? O God would nof use a wicked peopl like the Germans to punish other na tioas. He did ia times pas. I'm Assayria,as practiced every barba"it! known to their age, upon the childrei of Israel Nigh, He not permit sue. thing today
 It can be aid of the Aasyrians taa they were not perfected in the art c cruelty, a,s are the Germans.
 Some may say. surrey car nation j q righteous nation, We give mere fo he spread of the gospel than any othe nation; we alf building so many g1ca churches; We haze so many dif!eren organizations end institutions of tn CEAl ell. VI 'tet4 Nt hb D VI lf' e'' and thanksghin Surely this Wou!' mark us IS a Christian nation. Lister to what purpose is the mul itude 0 your sacrifices unto Me saith tn Lord; 1 am full Of the burnt offeria of rams, and the fat of the fed beasts etc. Bring no more vain obligations incense is an abomination unto Me the new moons and the sabbaths, tn calling of assemblies--I cannot; ava with it; it is imquity-even the solemn meeting."
 And when Ee spread forth hand I will hide mine eyes from you; whel ", make many prayers, l will not heal for your hands are full of blood Cal it i)e said of Us es a nation that ou hands are full of blooC? We hay never waged war of conquest. w have always espoused the cause o weaker nations-that is why we ar in the present war True, bm lister tO the sdmonition given to lfrael- Wash yosl, put away the evil of you doings from before mike eyes; cteas'