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The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 1
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 527,316 words · 579 reading sections
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o.t o. distance, they ought also to groan when they perceive the tokens of approaching ruin" (Calvin). 2. The siege and Ct~pture. "We seem to see and bear the last hurry- ing stnges o~ the siege and capture" (Cheyne). In one of the valleys the hosts of the cnomy are seen thickly trampling and spreading dismay and confu…
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Yers. 15-19.-Denunciation of Shebna. I. SHEBNA THE BOUSE STEWABD. Be W&B the steward of the household-a high office, as we may see from the allusion in eh. xxxvi. 3 ; xxxvii. 2. Once it was held by a king's son (2 Chron. xxvi. 21; cf. 1 Kings iv. 6; xviii. 3). This officer stood nearest the king, and had the domesti…
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ence; or If the "ministers and stewards" of Divine mysteries are so only technically and officially. The true servant must in any case be cu,lled. He must not push himself forward, but must be drawn forward by invisible, Divine leading. He does not "achieve greatness," but it is" thrust upon him." "In that day I will c…
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Ver. 17.-0aptivity, and yet safety. "Behold, the Lord will carry thee a~ay with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee." These threateuings of the Almighty had mercy at the heart of them. Captivity was a drastic remedy, but it once and again saved the health of Israel. It was a time of home-longing and sickn…
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Ver. 4.- Ohristian patriotism. The profound concern which the prophet of the Lord displays for "the daughter of his people,'' showing us that the reception and the recoid of the prophetic vision did not ~n~erfere w!th. his stro~g. feelings as a He_br~w patriot, may sug~()st thoughts on Christian patriotism. Th1s,1s to …
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Vere. 20-26,-Authority aml influence, On the deposition of Shebna, Eliakiru was 11ppointed prefect, clothed with the robe and invested with the keys of office; hence- forth he should shut and open, should appoint and depose according to his good pleasure. We look at- I. 'l'.im EX.0ELLEN0E 011' BUMAN .AUTHORITY, 1. le …
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the strength and ene1·gy of their foes. We hl\'Ve 'hoord many a man Iauah 0 at threatened :langer, 11nd say, "I am safe," and show, as Jerusalem did, the folly of joy wUh no bett€r basis than ~elf-security. • II. Joy IS ILL TIMED WREN IT EXPRESSES TRE RECKLESSNESS 01!' DESl'AIR. Some think that WRS 1·11ther the spi…
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riao be the means of awakening ?there who ar~ carde~s, but who ought to be preparing to meet the trouble, our very griefs may be a" fore-warning." II., WE MA,Y WEEP IN TIME OIi' TBOUJILE. Because tears are the natural expres-- sions of feeling, an\! the natnral relief of overcharged feeling. Danger to brain and heart …
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a tenderness of heart under the Word of God." God is ever, and has ever been, in variou■ 'll·ays, calling men to repentance, because men are sinful, and constantly grieving him and ruining themselves by their wilfuln0(18. I. GoD's OALLB TO PENITENOE BY HIS PROPHETS. From Enoch(Judel6),andNoah, to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jon…
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lion provided by the Lord Jesus does not immediately and directly touch these natural penalties of sin. There is an important sense in which the forgiving God "by no means clears the guilty." 'fbe child of the drunkard or the sensualist will not have the spirit of drink or of passion taken out of him, nor will he be re…
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of the man who is at the mercy of a higher power, ancl. helplek either to chooso his own c0urse or to find rest The pomt which is proposed tor illustration is that thrre must bo a variety or arrows in the Lord's quiver, and a needs-be sometimes for the. sovArest and most searching dealings. God must sometimes display…
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CHAPTER XXIII. 'Ant. Juel,' i. 6, § 1). The name" Chittim" is not improbably a variant of "Khittim," Vere.1-14.-TBE BURDEN OJ' TYRE. We "the Hittites," who may ba.ve been the here reach the last of the" burdens "-the first to colonize the island. A fleet from oonoluding chapter of the series of denun- the Western Me…
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the gain of I be nations," referring ''it" t.o ture until the time of Joshua. (Josh. six. the oorn which the Tyrians exported. 29), a.bout n.o. 1300. Ker own feet shall Yer. 4.-:Be thou uhamed, 0 Zidon. Zidon, oo.rry her e.fa.r oft' to sojourn .(so Lowth, 1be most e.noient e.nd venerable of the Phoo- Rosenmiiller, GQ…
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but the other cities of the Phrnnicie.n coast, his life after B.O. 710, in speaking of her as each of which bud its own king (Herod., non-existent. Till the Aaayria.n founded it for vii. 98; Btre.b., xvi. p. 754). Age.inst the them that dwell in the wilderness. There merohant city; re.ther, • against Canaa11. ia no "ti…
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weight of the silver bowls offered by the "to her commerce," to her former mode of heads of tribes when the tabernacle we.s set life. But with the difference noted in up (Numb. ni. 13-S5). The "indefinite" ver. 18. • use of "seventy" is most apparent in such Ver. 18.-Her merohanclise and her hire expressions as tha…
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NA.TUM •. ,ArUsLic work seems to emanate so entirely from a man himself, to be so purely hfo owq absolute creation, that it naturally raise~ in him an admiration of himself and an exa\ted conception of his own powers. How shall he not be proud of faculties .that ennLlc him to produce works which, sen,l a, thrill of del…
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'Od.,' iv. 84-1; xvii. 424) include the TyrianL Beeiues theil· renown In forest-craft, they were 8kilful workeril in brass and copper. In Solomon's time there waa close intercourse between Hebrews and Tyrians, the former exchanging their corn and oil for the cedar-wood and precious metals of the latter (1 Kings ix. …
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Ver, 3.-" The ha,·vesl Qf the l'ive,-," Egypt was the first or nations, and the masts of the wsscls stood like tall river-recd·s by her banks. How expressive the wot·ds arc I There is life where the river comes, life along the emerald banks to which the cattle C(lllle, aad on the fields where the waters overflow, ]. A…
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from place to place, 1111d from period to period, in all the journey of our life. 5. It incapacitates, (Ver, 4.) 'fyre should lose her power to found colonies and to sustain cities; she would be reduced to helplessne~s and incapacity. This is the fate of those whom God's judgment overtakes. What they once did with prid…
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. Ver. 1.-The mission of Tyi·e, the commercial. This is the aspect under which Tyro 1s best known and remembered. Dean Stanley gives a brief but characteristically suggestive description of it. "The massive remains of the ancient walls of Arvad, nearly surrounding the island of the modern Ruad, give some notion of the …
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his creation; the Divine agency for bis culture; a.nd the inexpressibly sa.d thing to say about any man, here or yonder, is that he does not work. And commerce, by con- stantly creating new demands and enriching our stores of raw material, makes work. All hindrances to commerce, such as taxation and war, injure the nat…
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Ver. 9.-God's comtant woi-k. of humbling priilt. "Jehovah Sabl\oth hath devised it, to desecrate the pride of all glory." It is possible that reference 11111.y bo intended to the desecration of the 1'yrian temple of Hercules, which is said to have been the oldest in the world. But the reference may be general, anq a…
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SEOTION VL Goo's GENERAL JuDGMENTS Ul'ON THE EARTH (oH. xuv.-:u:vu.). EXPOSITION. ofo. broader oheractcr, involving the future of CHAPTER XXIV. the whole world. This section of hi~ work Vera. 1-20.-Goo's JUDGIIENTB ON THE extends from the commeneemcnt of eh. :1xiv. WORLD AT LARGE. From special denuncin.- to the eon…
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Ver. 7,-The new wine mourneth. Even like the few grapes and olives that were the when the joyous time of the vintnge oomes portion of the gleaners ( cf. eh. xTii. 6). round, the earth is still sad, cannot shake There shall be. TheAe wor,fa are not needed, oft' its depression or wake up to merriment. and should be era…
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windows from on high are open (comp. Gen. not be "shut up in prison" wUh the wioked vii. 11). It is not actually another flood kings of the eitrth. The spirits here spoken tlrnt is thrcRtened, but it ie a judgment as of must belong to the elnss or fnllon spirits ewecping nnd destnic\.ive as the Flood. -they must be …
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, I :i HOMILETICS, r ,, , .. , , , , , Vers. 1-20..... Gpd~, jltl4l judg~e Uj!Qn. Che earth, In striking contran with man'e self-complacent theories of con:tinual progress and improvement in the world, resulting in something like the final perfection of our race, is God's prophetic announcement that, as the years. ro…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vera. 1-23.-Prophecy of judgment. The difficulties, historically considered, of this chapter must be left to the exegete. We concern ourselves with the larger sense it cont&ins of a prophecy of a judgment upon the whole world. L THE APPROACHING DESOLATION, (Vers.1-3.) The figures of emp…
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II. THB BEABON OIi' THE JUDGMENT. It closely follows upon the guilt of men. An<l this guilt has~lluted the earth. "Blood profanes the land ; " "The land is polluted with blood" (Numb. xxxv. 33; Ps. cvi. 38). This may,be taken literally or generally. Kingdoms and empires hove often been" founded in blood" (cf. eh. xx…
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r,me&D; it must be from some of that sacred remnant acknowledging Jehovah, eltolling loudly his majesty, Israel's God 1 "He follows out and increases the 'Coneolatlone which he had l1riPfly sketched; for having formerly (eh. x. 19-22) said that out of that v~st multitude a few drops would be left, which would nevert…
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. Ver. 16.-8<>'!1,gsfrom afar. "From the nttermost part of the earth have we beard songs, even glory to the righteous." Beautiful music that! For music has eften been set to unworthy ends-to the praise of pride and power, to war and wrong. It bas been said of one, "I care not who makes a nation's laws, if I may make th…
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out of It, by minimi~ng and dwarfing it (see Matt. xv. 8-9). 8. Violatioo of hia toill as mJmkd in our ccmmon human nature. "Broken the everlasting covenant." 'fhls covenant is well eumruarie:erl in Ps. xxxiv. 15, 16; it has fallen into grievous ·and guilty disregard. Men refrained from righteousness and "did evil,"…
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of hia Name, A cleansed and purified Ohurch will be a miaaioaary Church, through whose instrumentality the grace of the Lord Jesll8 Christ will be known and sung on every hand. IY. THAT THE REOOGNITION OP THE DIVINE BIGHTEOUBNEBB IS THE FOUNDATION OF .ALL RELIGIOUS BERVIOE, "Glory to the Righteous One" (ver. 16). I…
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In Jesu8 Christ and in bia eervioe is: 1, EnlargefMld. 2, 1h.th. and diaillu■ion, ~- The oalm of conscientiousness and a well-grounded hope. 4. ~hO!i founded ,,n a wise and holy trustfulness. 6. Spiritw:ilfreedom. "Whom the Son makes free, they a.re free indeed;" " Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is llberty."-0.…
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Ver. 4,_:.Tlie future for haughty follc. "The haughty people of the earth do languish." 'fhe proud are an offence unto God. It is not the rich who find it so ilifficult to enter the kingdom of God; it is they who "trust in riches," who boast of their riches, who make their riche_s the occasion for despising others. I.…
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Ver. 9.-T/u distreu of pampered appetites. "They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it." There is, at first, a carnal pleasure in self-indulgence, in lust of eating and drinking, and in sensuality, But, soouer or later, God takes the song out of it. 'fhis must ever be the …
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Immense passiQD for eeneual enjoyment and nothing t.o enjoy. These are the two features of God's hell upon earth.-R. T. Ver, 13.-The miuion of rtJ1TVTUJ11ts. Explaining the figure used in this verse, 'l'homeon ea.ye, "Early in autumn the olive berries begin to drop of themselves, or a.re shaken off by the wind. They a…
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,-.-,ll.,.wmu, W.B .IU'IMI_'i;'. THE srn,.~R WJllqJ Tij)!l OB~BT~,;Ml!lN:T,.18 ~ENT, . Go~ ~ways ~ends cba.•t_isemen!s _that ~n ht.ve a reveali!)g PQ.W~r• ,1'!9«l.,biw,~ ~v(~e'n,• ~la.t19n,' ~!> p11rticul11r sins. National sms are shown up by nat1ona1 calamities, bodhy siris by bodi~y sufferings. This point· ma~ gain …
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EXPOSITION. "Who is like," etc.? the same with eh. xxv. CHAPTER ~xv. .1, "Doing wonders;" Exod. xv.16 with eh. _ Vers.1-12.-ls.lllB.'8 SONG OF PRAISE ON 'viii. 13, "Fear and dread;" Exod. xv. 18 with eh. xxiv. 23, "The Lord shall reign." THE ESTABLISHMENT 01!' GoD's KmGDOM. As Wonderful things; thy collll8ala of ol…
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V•. t.-'l'he poor ... the 11.eedy. The A feast of fat thinp. It follows from m,my "poor and needy" ,ne espeoie.lly the afflicted passages of Holy Soripture that there is eainta, whom the ungudly of the e11rth h1we something in the final beatitude of me.n eo long injured e.nd oppressed. God is ever which is best reprcse…
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things as they really are-He coloured, dis- viction that the enemies of God's elect are torted, prejudiced views of lifo and death, henceforth powerless. They are personified of this world and the next, of self-interest, under the name of " Moab," and regarded 1111 duty, ho.ppiness. Thie" veil" is certainly still an…
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l. THAKKSGIVING IS POINTED OUT BY NATURE AS A DUTY NO LESS THAN PRAYER. It is a.s the Giver of benefits that man seems first to have recognized God. Worship began with alta:& and sacrifices _(~en. iv. 3-5), whi~h were primarily than'\t offerings. One of the earliest forms of rehg10n was sun-worslnp, and the reason for …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-8.-Hymn of praiu to Jenovah. I. THE PERSONAL APPBOPRJATION o• Goo. ~hie is one of the greRt marks of personal, spirit-ual religion. Other nations have known their gods as lenders in war, protectors of hearfh anrl home; it was reserved for Israel and for Christfanity to think of …
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Jehovah; many having come from east and west, and north and south, to ait down In the kingdom of God. The feast is symbolic of all spiritual and temporal blMaings, aa it is in the parables of our Saviour. It is symbolic of satiifaction: "The meek shall cat and be satisfied" (Ps. xxii. 26). The allusion may be to the…
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ll, Tm: DOOM OF THE HEATHEN, Moab seems to stand for the heathen in general. Moab, as the proud foe of Israel (2 Kings uiv. 21 Ezek. xxviii. 8-11), shall be trampled down, swamped, and contend like a swimmer for his life. But his pride will ho abased; his strong walls be cut down, even to the dust. So that hand, which …
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II. Hm PRBFEOT RIGHTEOU8NE88. (Vcrs. 2, I>.) The powerful empll'e-city ,tnight bo&l!t of it! antiquity, its defences, its soldiery, but its iniquity Bhould l'CC!live •ita desert-it should be humbled. ;to the very dust; it should be a heap, .a ruin, a d,eaert. The rightrousness er God will assuredly be vindicated in …
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- Ver. 7.-Spiritool 'Vel,1B, Anything interposed between the eye and the object of vision may be called a veil; designed for the purpose of convenience or of modesty, the veil has often been..the cause of unsightliness and inconvenience-it has been abused almost as much as it has been used. In Scriptnre the word has a …
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bee.rt hl\6 been elated, e.nd 1mch words of joyful praise as these In the text have been upon its lips. Even when there a.re no signs of the coming of OhriAt in delivering and rrri dng power, the Church may " take heart of grace" if it be (1) fe.lthful In word e.nd in deed to its Masoor's charge; (2) prayerfnlly and p…
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Ver. !.-Personal righls in God. "0 Lord, thou art my God.n The difference between the " man " and the " godly man" may be seen in this. The man says, "0 Lord, thou art God;" but the godly man sa.ys, "0 Lord, thou art my God." The difference is the matter of conscious personal relation; it is a question of" appropriat…
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Ver. 4.__;God oor Shadow; "For thou bast been •.•• a Shadow froin: the heatl" The prophet sees, in God's mercifulness to his people, a reason why the nations,aro~nd, the masses of the people, should /ear him. • We can· un\ierstand w_hy the _word 1" fear" is employed. God's deliverings and defendings of his peo!Jle invo…
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Ver. • 8.-Triunnph 01:er death. There is a first reference here to the restore. tion of Judah from its death-state of captivity, and to the wiping away of the tears the captives shed when they hung their harps upon the willows. But we cannot forget that St. Paul and St:.John have put the richest Christian meanings into…
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L WAITING OIROUMBTANOES, It WIIS a waiting-time for the godly in Judah when IBBiah wrote. In their ~wn country, luxury a~d profligacy were plainly bearing the co~ntry ?n to some terrible doom. In the nations around them the cup of iniquity was gettmg full, and overwhelming judgments were falling on one after another. E…
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EXPOSITION. (which lleems to us the best) i~ that ~r De- CHAPTER XXVI. litzsoh .nnd Ifoy. : , . Vere. 1-18.-A 8oNG OJ' THE REDEEMED Ver. 4.-Trulltye in the Lord, The faith- 1:s MoUNT ZION. The prophet, ha'Ving (in ful exhort ooch other to perfect l.rti~t, in the eh. xxv.) ponred forth his own thankfulness new Jerusa…
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11 prayer; mther, Ill! in the margin, a ,ecret nymous parl\llelism : " " Thy dead men eMll ,peMh, or o 1.ou, t11hi,per (Kay); comp. oh, live; my dead shall arise." Awake lllld. xxix. 4. The word elsewhere mee.ns "the ling; rather, au,ak6 and . shout for jo11 muttering of a charm," but must he1·e signify (comp. Ps. x…
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HOMIL:ETJCS. Vere. 1-18.-Thanlesgiving eh~ employment of the saints in bliss. The prophet, in this sublime passRgc of his prophecy, carries us with him within the veil, and reveal11 to us the very words, or, at the least, the general tone and tenor of utterances, which the saints make when they have passed from earth …
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the rrsult. If the good deeds were sufficient, If they weighed down the scale wherein they were placed, then the happy soul was permittiid to enter "the boat of the sun," and was conducted by good spirits to tlie Elysian fields (Aahlu), to the "pools of peace," 11.11.d the dwelling-places of the blest. If, on the con…
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word-negatively hinting deliverance 'from the enemy and the oppressor; positively including all the contents of sacred peace, prosperity, and hrrppiness. But salvation iH nothing without II Saviour; it is the loving presence of Jehovah who girds about Jerusalem ns a wall. In Zeeb. ii, 9 be is spoken of as a " wall of …
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l)nt what is fleeting, and then we immediately faint. Thus ought faith to rise above the world by continual advances; for neither the truth, nor the justice, nor the goodness of God is temporary and fading, but God continues to be always like himself." 8. His frresistible power. He brings down the lofty a.nd the prou…
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arguments of hope for the future. A work has been accomplished by the Church, but this ie Jehov11h's work in it and by it. The deliverance from a foreign yoke was bis work alsn. 'l'hey had been enslaved to other lords (cf. ch. lxiii. 18), and they had done as they pleased with Israel. But they have been swept away into…
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of the prayer-obamber is in times of distress the opening of the door into another world than this--a scene of serenity and elevation. In the presence of our Father who seeth In secret, the problems of the hour ate solved, or cease unduly to harass the mind', 'l'hat whioh threatened to crush us is surmounted by the new…
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Ver, 16.-Praye+ ,in, t1ouble, · "·Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, tboy poured out 8 prayer when thy chastening we.s upon them." The "other lords," mentioned in the thirteenth verse, a.re all impotent in the hour of tribulation. Truly they n.re.dead,.as Carlyle says,, {' These idols of yours are wood; you po…
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