The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-11

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Charles ii, but he was laid aside by a
fatal disease.
In the hope of breaking the monot.
ony of the sick room he began the
reading of books, and happened one
day to pick up the Greek translation
of the Old Testament. His eyes fell
on this chapter which he read care
fully several times.
Where did this man, Isaiah. obtain
conception as this?" he exclaimed.
Putting aside the question OF the real
ity OF the career he describes, how did
he or how could any human being, un-
aided by the divine, come to the knowl-
edge Of such character?
Thus he pondered, and the problem
would nor be driven from his mind
until he himself WIS driven to admit
the divine inspiration of the book and
20 accept tn Lord Jesus as his Savior.
Bishop Burn,t who knew him WELL tes-
rifies that II 'Vnr there were case
OF real repent, zee on earth that of
John Wilmot, h. of Rochester, was
one.
But the fact which, convinced him Is
the same that must convince any man
who will devote TO II the same consid-
Grafton. As some one has POLITICALLY
said, mortal man could as well create
sunbeam aS he could create the con-
pantinn az Sttnh ri
nut the assistance of the Holy Spirit.
u.
This chapter furnishes one of the
clearest evidences Of the vlcarlous ma
ture of Christ's sufrerings,--in other
words, that he died in our stead. In
its few verses there are no less than
II asseverations of this truth: "He
bore our griefs;" "he carried our sor-
sows;" "he was wounded for cur trans
gressions :" "he was bruised for our
inlquities :" 'the Chastisemcnt of our
peace was upon him" "by his stripes
are we healed :" "the Lord laid on him
the inquity of us all; :" "for the trans
gresslon Of my people was he strick-
en-"
We read In Roman history of Regu-
lus who had been delivered to the
Carthaginians as hostage. Suisse
quently he was sent back to Rome to
persuade the senate to certain course
under pledge that II they would not
comply he would return to Carthage
and yield up his life. The story Is that
he himself advised the senate not TO
comply with the conditions of the Car
thaginians and then voluntarily re-
turned to Carthage md suffered death
under torture. In fact his sufferings
and death were substituted for the
vengeance the CarthagiAians would
have taken upon Rome itself II they
could have done so. Thus we perceive
that the idea of substitution Is not un-
known to history. Why then should
finite man presume TO question the
ways of God in such a case, instead
of submissively receiving and conf
IDENTIFY reposlng upon the great fact of
the substitution of his only begotten
Son in the place of n guilty race?
III.
The language of this chapter Is Pc
culiar in that though II was COM
posed more than 700 years before
Christ. yet so much Of 1t concerning
him Is written in the past tense. The
prophet seems to have had a vision of
the retrospection in which his nation
would engage when, after their accept
ance of Jesus us their Messiah and
Savior in the latter days, they will
consider his earthly history and reflect
upon the part they had taken in his
rejection.
Some of you have read Charles Dick
ems "rale of Two Cities" and recall
Sydney Carton. The man who so hero
ically surrendered his life to the gull
lotine in order that the life Of Charles
Darney might be spared to his wife
and child.
Up until that time the associates OF
Sydney Carton had not regarded him
very highly. He was slovenly In dress,
dissolute In habits, aimless In life. But
MS he stands on the platform before
the jecring crowd, awaiting the signal
for the ax to fall upon his head, there
draws across his mind vision of the
sanctuary made for him In the hearts
of Charles and Lucy Darney and he
sees their children and chldren's chill
dren, making annual pilgrimages to
that spot and their tears as they re-
count the story of his sacrifice.
1t is much like that that Isaiah pic
lures contrte Israel. They are look
ing back uIon him whom they pierced.
"Ah," say they, tive hid our faces from
him." We did esteem him stricken.
smitten Of God and afflicted. But he
was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our inlquitlesW
. 1t is an experience with which every |
converted man be he Jew or Gentle,
must have some acquaintance. And he
who claims to be washed from his sins
In the Redeemer's blood and yet feels |
no blame for his rejection and cruel
fixlon, has yet to learn the meaning of /
that passage which speaks of our
crucifying him afresh and putting him
Tn nm omen shame