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Sunday School
Lesson
APril 7. Lesson i --'-The Ministry of
Isaiah--Ssalah 6; 1.8; 20; 1, 2; 38;
1.5. Golden Text—Then said I, Here
am 1; send mb,+--Isaiah 6: 8.
I, ;THE CALL OF ISAIAH, Chap. 0: 1-13.
II, THE WAit,WITIi E;Y$IA AND ISRAEL,
ANI THE SIGN OF 11$141ANIIEL,
Chap. 7: 1-17,
f IL CONQUEST OF - EGYPTBY ASSYRIA
PREDICTED, Chap, 20: 1-6.
IV, THE ICING'S ILLNESS AND REC0VERY,
Chap. 38; 1-22,
IarritODUcTION—The Series of Old
Testament studies which 'begins with
this Lesson extends' from Isaiah to
Malachi, from the latter.part of the
eighth to the latter pgl't of the fifth
centpry, B,C; It covers the period
of the great prophets whoa, messages
to the people of their time have come
down to us in the books which bear
their names.
The period' of Isaiah's ministry : in
Judah and Jerusalem, about B.C. 740
to 700, saw the rise of the first of
those great militao„ empires which
sought to rule the world by armed
force. The rapid expansion and le -
crease of power of Assyria began with
the reign of Tiglath-pileser III, B.C.
745-727, who is mentioned under the
name of Pul in 2 Kings 15: 19 and 29,
as interfering in the affairs of Israel
and carrying off ninny captives, From
its capital city of Nineveh, on the
upper' waters of the Tigris River, the
power . of Assyria, under Tiglath-
pileser and his successors, Sharman-
eser IV (2 Kings 17: 3), Sargon (Isa.
20: 1), and Sennacherib'(2 Kings 18:
13), rapidly spread to the westward
over all the smaller countries as far,
as the Mediterranean Sen and the
Nile, converting them into provinces,
or tributary states of . the empire.
Against that power there was vaib
resistance; or equally futile and vain
rebellion, which only resulted in more
tragedies of war, and heavier burdens
of tribute, or in more deportations of
captives. In this way both Israel -and
Judah suffered during the lifetime of
Isaiah. It was .given to him and' to
Itis .:contemporaries, :Ames; and Hosea
in the northern kingdomof.Israei, and
Mrcph in..Juelah, 'to -interpret =to the
people of ;their time ;.these distressing
events, ito show -then. =the han'l of a
just-andrmercifui God in all that hap-
:pend,: to call :to repentance,and to
,,promise a-brighter.and happier future
to a repentant and purifi-d nation:
Long centuries afterward, a Jewish
scholar and sage wrote of Isaiah that
he "was great and faithful in his
vision," and that "he saw by an ex-
cellent spirit what -hould come to pass
at the last, and he comforted them
di., that mourned in Zion."
I. THE CALL OF ISAIAH, Chap. 6: 1-13.
This chapter is generally, and it
'would seem rightly understood as tell-
ing the, story of Isaiah's call to the
prophetic ministry, It will. .be inter-
esting and helpful to compare this
story with that of tate calf of Moses
(Ex. ch. 3,,of Samuel (1 Cam. ch. 3)
•of Elisha (1 Kings 19: 19-21), of
.Amos (Amos 7: 14-15), of Jeremiah
;(Jer. 1: 4-10), and of Ezekiel (Ezekiel
chaps, 1 to a). It is evident, in every
case, as in many others that might be
cited, that there is an assurance and
certainty of the divine call and com-
mission to a great task.
The date (v. 1) may be approxi-
'mately
pproxi'mately fixed, by a comparison of the
Biblical chronology with that of the
Assyrian monumental records, as B.C.
740, .r year or two later. The story
was . probably written some years
later, and the vision, therefore, inter-
preted in the light of subsequent
actual experience in the prophetic
office and ministry.
The following elemen' in the vision
Are worthy of special notice: (1) The
sense of theimmediate presence of tI i
Lord, enthroned in. holy majesty in
his heavenly temple; (2) the awaken-
ed "sense of unfitness, both his own
and his people's t" live in that holy
presence; (3) the unspoken prayer
answered by an experience of cleans-
ing as by fire from God's altar of
sacrifice; and (4) thecall to service
;and the ready response.
The seraph m (vs. 2-6) are evident-
ly angelic beings attendant upon the
divine King. They are nowhere else
mentioned in the Old Testament, nut
the same Hebrew word is used of the
fiery serpents in the wilderness (Num.
21: 6). Since the angelic figures
cared "cherubim" are associated in
poetic imagery with clouds and wind
!(Psalm 18: 9.11), it may be assumed
that the figure of .the seraph is sug-
gested by the flashing lightning. Here
the seraphs are winged human forms,
:with voieos, hands and feet.
The discouraging results of his
preaching and teaching (vs. 9-12) are
e car. on trainselo: 3 which was on this railway. car -that at least.threerailway employees of C.N.R. and. a not full;
(;olouistkar° Geleepopodby.;baggag
kuotvu,number• of people .were cremated..:Passenger8 after -the.eraslt;pushe,l the cars la the rear, of this car away from the burning inferno
such as could•hardlyhave.bee- antici-
pated by ,Isaiah at the .beginning of
lila ministry, batsthey.become appar-
ent' as his work proceeds. Compare
the experience of Jesus (Matt. 13:
14-15), and of Paul (Acts 28: 23-28).
II. THE WAR WITH SYRIA AND ISRAEL,
AND THE SIGN OF IMIIIANUEL,
Chap, 7: 1-17.
Isaiah took a keen interest in the.
political affairs of his time. He�h what w views regarding very pronouns d g
v g
was;best for lib country, and what he
believed to be the mind and the will
of ' God. He was still a young man
when the kings of Syria and Israel
formed a league against the advancing
power of Assyria. They invited Ahaz,
king of Judah to join them.. When
Ahaz refused, they invaded Judah, in-
tending to' take the kingdom from him
and give it to one wh. was favorable
to their designs. Ahaz, in great fear,
sent ambassadors to the king of As-
syria imploring his aid, Isa. 7: 1-2,
and 2 Kings 16: 5-9. Assyria respond-
ed by invading Syria and Israeli 2
Kings 15: 29; 16: 9. Isaiah, knowing
that this act of Ahaz involved the sub-
jection of his country to Assyria, op-
posed it with all his might. In a
series of messages to the king he coun-
selled patience, strict nentralrty and
faith in God, vs. 3-9. The final mes-
s .ge challenged the king with the sign
of Immanuel, "God with us," which
contains the first definite
Hebrew p ophecy of a coming Saviour
v. 14.
Appear'saieo in 4 'Kings 20: 1-11. 1t
shows us.,Isaiah as spiritual advieer
to
the king, bearing •.lain messages
ge
from the .Lord. • The .psalm that fol-
lows ill ist:ates or us the simplicity
and strength of Hezekiah's faith.
III. CONQUEST OI' EGYPT BY ASSYRIA
PREDICTED, Chap. 20: 1-6.
An inscription of Sargon (B.C. 722-
'705) fixes the date of the siege of
Ashdod in the yen' B.C. 711. The for-
tunes of Juda:L were closely boundup
p
with those o the
Forestry Aids
Palestine Hills
Large Contribution Toward
Planting' Work Reported
Forthcoming from Tree
Lover's Society—Tim-
ber Declared First
Need of New
Zionist Home
Jerusalem—"The future prosperity
of Palestine is bound up with fores-
try," declared Richard St. Barbe
aker of London; founder of "Men
,
condition, a way which they
found efficacious.
"It is simple: store the eggs in :a
place filled with a low conceutr'ation•
of carbon dioxide. That keeps a car-
bon dioxide balance within and with -
,
out the eggs. Cost is to per case of
eggs, .03c per dozen."
How to Tell a Good
Egg roan
a.Bad
" \Vhat is a bad egg? One that
stinks with hydrogen 'aulphide, `or one
that contains a partially formod'
chick. '
"What is a good egg? One that
has a thick jelly-like white, en up.'
standing yolk, a firm membrane aspsT-
ating'•white.au ,yoke,..il„elieplr.ow the,
whole contents.
"What is a poor egg? One with
either watery or turbid white, a'yolk
that flattens out or bursts because of
its thiuued membrane, a dull appear•
ance throughout the contents."
This egg advice is, taken from the
scientific department of the current
issue of "Time."
"Poor eggs are practically as edible
and nourishing as good, eggs, merely
of the Trees" Society, visiting Jere.- less pleasant to look at and hence
salem hi connection with a revival less appetizing," continues the "Time"
of the ancient Jewish festival known article.
as the "Trees' New Year." "Cornell University has been mak-
"The ancient prosperity has disap- ing a study of egg deterioration and
peered with the hill forests,'' said Mr. preservation. Last week Paul Francis'
Baker. Sharp, Cornell's professor of dairy
lime burners.. have been draining the chemistry, who, has been working 00
resources .Of the forests and moot the matter with other Cornell men,
of what r(+mained was swept away wrote a preliminary report to Soience.
during the war to supply armies apd Egg spoil, he stated, because: (1)
military railways, they contain germs caught from the
y
"The barren hills of Judah, are .call• hen or absorbed through the shell
ug
i out for trees. Their rain -washed pores; (2) they lose water by evapoi'
slopes are bared of humus. The alien through the shell, a condition
struggling .peasant in scratching a which helps break down the mem
-
peer oer existence from the soil, looks brane between yellow and white; (3)
they- are kept at a temperature too.
high, which causes chemical reactions;
if not the formation of embryos; (4)
most important and only newly discov-
ered, the alkalinity of white and yolk
has increased.
"Alkalinity increases because car-
bon dioxide escapes through the shell
from the white. Then ,the white ab-
sorbs carbon dioxide from the yolk,
only to lose it again through the shell.
Result of the loss is that the yolks
get flabby, the whites watery,
'"These observations suggested to
1 f Philstmes and o up to the hills for forest and protec•
were being incited by Egypt to war lieu for his crops, but . finds there
against Assyria. Isaiah, both then no help. If those. hill' tops could be
and afterward, was profoundly dis-
trustful of Egypt, and here predicts
its ultimate conquest. Wearing' only
the simple dressof a captive he pre-
sents is his own person, to the king
and ,eople of ejrusalem, what he de-
clares will be the fatt of Egypt.
IV. THE KING'S ILLNESS AND REOOVERY,
Chap. 38; 1-22.
H kiah son of Ahaz was a good
but planted, it would make his task
the ligltet. "'The Men of the Trees,' "
said M Baker, "are anxious to help
Palestine in. the work of reafforesta-
tion, and have formed a fund for
this purpose.
It is learned it is possible that "The
Men of the Trees," of which Sir Fran
, Younghusband is• chairman, will
cis
king. The historian% speak well' of make Jerusalem- the centre of :Ise
him, 2 Kings _=, 1-7. He seems to
have held Iseia' in high esteem and world movement. In any event ar- Professor Sharp's grotto the way of plunks
the prophet's influence over him rangements may soon be made to
throughout his reign seems to have 'spend $250,000 of this organization's
been very great. The story here told funde on tree planting in Palestine.
Radio Promotes
True' Democracy
Radio has Promo: 4 true delMeraiy
and Sias aorved to abate 'partisanship
ip American pol4tics, claiW0 General
J. G, Iiarbord, writing la the Aiwa
"Forum."
'The peril of democracies to all
ages has been the, demagogue," his
"Forum" Article reale. "The devices
of the orator, the »Ystery of Personal
magnetism, the gift of leadership, and•
the cpntaglon of mob feeliag have
swayed the crowd in all times, Appal-
eptly it is one pt the instincts of flu
man beings when they came together
to place themselves under the author-
ity of a chief. The multitude always
listens to the strong willed man who
knows how to impoee himself upon it,
The audience in such cases does no
reasoning; its conclusions may bear
no relation whatever to the merits of
the issue. Carried along by mob en.
tllusiasm, it merely follows the leader.
' "One change that has been brought
about by radio is, the elimination of
mob feeling from political audiencee.
The magnetism of the .orator cools
when transmitted through the micro -
Phone; the impassioned gesture is
wasted upon it; the purple period
fades before it; the flashing eye meets
in it no answering glance. Though he
be one of thirty millions, each indi-
vidual in the audience becomes a soli-
tary listener in the privacy of his own
home."
"A persistent weakness in our Am -
1 erican scheme of government has
been the lack of popular interest in
politics and the failure of a great
uumber of citizens to vote. The last
Presidential election, however, with its
Huge registration, gave evidence of a
greatly increased interest in the af-
fairs of government, It is not unite:
sonabie to attribute a large part of
this to the broadcasting of political
speeches. Radio brought the candi-
dates and the issues within the family
circle and made them topics of discus-
sion at every dinner table. In a word,
it brought our citizens into closer con-
tact with their government and made
thele more alive .to the part which
they should play in it."
have
Balmy Weather
Seems to Predict
Early Spring
City folks find themselves at a dis-
advantage when it comes to comparing
dates from one year to another such as
the early Or late arrival or spring.
Farmers are .:obably •more sure of
the coming and going of the seasons
but on the subjret of spring they are
argumentative as George Godfrey
points out in the April issue of "Suc-
ces'sful Farming."
"Every spring," he says, "you hear
a lot of complaint about the lateness
of the season. It is mighty easy to
forget from one year to another just
when we do start into the field. I was
township trustee for several years and
annually attended a meeting as pre-
scribed by lay, the first Monday in
,April. Only once did that meeting
conie after we had started work in the
field. Often there was still much
snow. Every year, however, except
the one early spring, we discussed the
backwardness of the season. I have
decided that for us in this latitude we
aro about in normal ` time if we get
into the field by the middle of April."
GLAD ITISN'T YOU
Cock -a -doodle -do!
My dame has lost .her shoe;
My master holds his pocketbook,
Looking mighty blue.
Cock -a -doodle -do t
The careless, worthless shrew!
'Twill cost my master twelve good
preserving eggs in their newly -laid To get another shoe,
What V. S. Thought
About Seagrave
4.
What+ the. American Press
Said When Major $egrave;
Stoped. Qm It .
The average moteriet, who 0oid001
drives faster than sixty :piles en hour,
will find it difficult, remarks the- Hart-
ford Oouraut, to real(ze what it would
Feel like to travel at about four bless
that gait. So far, only one man hes
driven au automobile at such breath-
taking ePeed—Maj, II. 0, D, Segrave,
of Great Britain;; the American driver,
who attempted to break the Majora
record, established on March 11 at
Daytona Beach, was killed, along with
a photographer, when his 1,500 ILO,
machine got out of control..,
The Major's ,Irving -Napier Special,
which established a new world'e auto-
mobile record of 231.36 miles an hour,
is steered partly by au airplane -type
rudder, and is held to the ground so
that its wheels will maintain traettoa
by tiny planes which, if tilted upward,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer, "un-
doubtedly would make 11 soar through
the air in giant Leaps' As the Buffalo
Courier -Express observes:
"One is rather at a loss whether le
marvel first at the man or his machine.
There must have been as 31Lgh a
gree of Perfection in one as in the
other to travel over Daytona': speed-
way in both directions at an average
speed of lest; than sixteen seems&:;Per
mile, A. fault in mechanism, a human
nerve out of place, would have been
equally fatal.
"Moat of as have no desire what -
over to drive an automobile at the
rate of nearly four miles a minute.
Such .speed we are quite willing to
leave to the other fellow. However,
if it weren't for the other fellow,
neither the automobile nor the air.
plane motor would be in its present
high degree of perfection."
Throngs of breathless spectators
packed the grandstand at Daytona
Beach on the day of the race against
time. Thousands of, people stretched
along ;the aaM:dtinOS. Obtaining a
four -mile start, ..the ,British Major
drove his :glistening 12.oyliuder ma-
chine at a dazzling pace along the
sandy stretch, steering:by means ot
peep -eight .trained on a :target'.uine
miles away. The "Golden .Arrow;
says an Associated Press observer,
appeared.: like a blur before the eyes
of the awe-stricken spectators, as it
sped down•thecourse and came to a
stop four miles 'off. With a mighty
roar, it flashed past the grandstand on
its return journey, 'fairly skimming
the' sands. The first mile, said the
announcer, was.traveled veled a
t the rate of
231.61 anilee' per hour; the second 4
231.21 miles. Even this was not fast
enough for Major Seagrave, who is
quoted in 'dispatches as saying, after
the test:
"I have a feeling of disappointment,
over this job to -day. The car is good
for 240 miles au hour, but I could not
get that out of it. The beach was
not nearly so good as it was two
Years ago, when I made 203.79 miles
an hour with the "Sunbeam."
"The worst moment was when, dur-
ing the second run, the offside radia-
tor burst and shot out a great cloud
of steam and water. The water hit
me in the face, and the steam floated
across ley field vision."
Since there is 110 thought 0f utiliz-
ingsuch tremendous speed in any
form of useful transportation, the
'question naturally comes up: What
is the good of such .performances,
which are always accompanied with
serious risks? The value, says the
Indianapolis News, "lies in the practi-
cal' demonstration of the sturdiness
and reliability of engine and motor-
car design."
The New York World, on the other
hand, maintains that "the high-speed
racing -car is merely an expensive toy,
and its accomplishments are not help-
ful to the great industry of car pro-
duction," "We may clip a few split -
seconds off the tail -feathers ,of Time;
admits the New York herald Tribuue,
"but Time has the laugh on :us in
the end."
Swap Wives and
Split the Ex ease.
Two farmers who . t-raded wives fa
the subject of an item in the cur-
rent issue of "Time".
"The .Willis Knights had been mar-
ried Inc 17years and had five': chil-
dren," reads the "Rime" story. "The
Lawrence'Rikansruds had been mar-
ried for tneheY care and had two
children. The two' families were
friendly farm neighbors, near Minot,
North 'Dakota. .
"Two divorces were granted, last
fortnight, in Minot. One automobile
containing four persons immediately
set out for Melita, Canada, where two
marriages were performed. Having
.re_srranged themselves, the Knights
and the Rikansruds tabulated and
shared expenses:
Divorces at $65 each $130
Marriage licenses at .$5 each 10
Gasoline, incidentals 10
$150
Shorter Distance to Europe
Winnipeg, Manitoba.—The world is
being made smaller not only by auto-
mobiles and aeroplanes, but by short-
er routes between its chief centres.
A table of distances recently compiled'
shows that the Hudson Bay route will
effectively shorten the distance be-.
tween the grain fields of Western
Canada and the Markets of Europe.
For example, from Saskatoon to Liv-
erpool via the Great Lakes and the
St. Lanrerice is 4.371 miles, but from
Saskatoon to Liverpool via the Hud-
son
ud-son' Bay Railway and Churchill will be
3,7$3 miles, a saving of 1,095 miles.
From Edmonton to Liverpool via the
St. Lawrence is 5,224 miles but via
the Hudson Bay the ristanoe will be
4,182 miles, a saving of 1,042 miles.
The Hudson's Bay Railway, now be-
ing built by the Canadian Govern.
meat to Fort Churchill on Hudson's
Bay therefore promises to be an im-
portant factor in reducing distances
from the Canadian prairies to the
markets of the world.
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Should Mother
Go Gadding?
The modern mother, as represented
by Stella Hay Rex ,in "Children, The
Parents' hlagazino" believes that a
little "gaddipg" away .from home each
week is . not only beneficial to the
mother but also to the children.
"I t.m convinced that my occasional
'gadding', as my conscientious neigh-
bor calls my outings, makes me a far
better mother than it is possible for
me to be if 1 were with my children
constantly. Paradoxical as it mal
sound, l am a better mother by let-
ting someone else act as their mother
sometii;les. Meeting other mother's
wlW Ciitiidreu tike smile 0.ge tis mD
own, discussing our problems, ex-
changing 10932: ,014tag a hl'^w dot
viewpoint al Weir be a chang9 of
scene ,1 return home to my own family •
a better parent -snore understanding,
more toleraut of their rights, more
patient when they irritate me,
"But stow 000 the t'nother of three,
who does most of her own work, find
time to go out?That is the'questiOf
i asked myself, and when it seemed
•
'hnpei'atiVO that I Should go, the at
swer carne of itself: 'She must mak(