Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For May 27.-ISaiah
BY DIR. MARION MICH. HULL

ism in religion, from entnagling al
iances, holding up before them the
alluring vision Of what would be in
the future when Gods suffering SER
want and religious king shall have
finished his work. He warned them
of the most terrific judgements that
would come upon them for their SIM
but it was to be a purging judgement
that salvation, a. glorious salvation,
might come to the remnant that
would be true. The names Of his two
boys stamped the character of his
message. The first, Maher-shalel
hash-baz, meaning Haste ye, haste
We to the spoil" was a Sign of the
coming judgement on his nation
The second, Spearjashub, meaning
"a remnant shall return was a
Sign" given by God that He would
still be true to His promise to David
In spite of the sins of DaVid's peo-
pie. lisa. 8:1S).
Personal
Isaiah's loyalty to the Holy One of
Israel was the cause of his death
When the good king Hezekiah died
he was succeeded by his son Man
asseh, boy of twelve years of age.
He was the most wicked king that
Judah had known Isaiah surely
demonstrated with him. Although we
have no record of what his words to
him were, tradition says that to es-
cape him Isaiah, the old prophet, hid
in a hollow log and with the log was
saWn asunder. Probably the ref
erence in Hebrew 1887 is to him.
For over a half a century he had
stood for God, he had been the back
bone OF the nation What was, it
that made him the man that he was?
Was it not the vision he had had
| when his call to service came and
the way that he responded to it?
In the year that King Uzziah died
of leprosy, smitten as a curse be-
cause he became proud and was
taking to himself the credit of hav-
ing accomplished much instead of
giving God the glory. Isaiah had a
vision of God-holy and powerful;
| the Holy One of Israel and the
Mighty One of Isreal. That vision
made him realize what he himself
was-just the opposite, sinful and
weak. Woe is me! for [ am I'M
done; because [ am a man Of I'M
|, clean lips and I dwell in the midst
Of people of unclean lips; for mine
eyes have seen the King, Jehovah
Sabaoth."
God wonderfully prepared him AS
soon as he had made that confess
sion of his own sin and unworthi-
ness, one of the seraphim touched
his lips-the very spot of his need
with live coal from the altar and
cleansed him, taking away his in
Equity and purging his sin.
Then God called. He might have
| conscriptcd. him., but he wanted a
volunteer. Here | am, send me, "
answered Isaiah at once. 1t was a
discouraging work to work God call
ed him. 1t was not to be an easy
Mork-to speak to a people that
would not hear him; and particularly
so when Isaiah was told that this
wuold not get better but worse.
All! but the remnant was to be there.
| The tree might be cut down until
only the stump would be left, but
out of the stump would grow the
tender shoot that would become the
great tree again.
This vision was what sustained
Isaiah throughout his ministry of a
half century. Jonathan's weakness,
tress and dispair, the Journalism and
! opposition and idolatry of the people,
Israel's deportation, Judah's apos
;asy-none of these made him give
up. He had seen God, the Holy and
! Mighty One of Israel; he. had heard
Him say that there would be a
remnant to be saved. He learned
as time went on that @the remnant
I would come into its own through
the Righteous Servant of Jehovah
He warmed his own heart and con
+ stantly held up to Judah the Mes
s;ah as her only but sure hope.
Isaiah's call came in the same
way that yours must come. You
must see God with the eye of faith.
A vision of Him will give you a sight
OF yourself that will keep you hum
hle and faithful, and with your eye
ever on the Messiah who has come
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