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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-04-25, Page 3orr' ,0'011.1P•iYq,111•sgOo.11.10:1 04111. iawr D THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON IV.—APRIL 28 The Suffering Servant of Jehovah Isaiah 52: 13-53: 12. Goldent Tetet.—With his stripes 'we Our Sample Made -to -Measure Spring Suitings are now ' in. They are the values for bes t the money we have had. ...Suits from $22.50 upto $r,5oo, miade:' up with best of trimming and tailored to your satisf,ction. We have a number of winter Overcoats left which Ave. will sell at greatly reduced prices. It will pay you to invest before they all go. _._We are giving xo% reduction in price on Underwear, 'Sweat- ers;.... Wind -breakers, ...Rubbers and Over Shoes, Buy your Sugar now. HIGHEST PRICES FOR ,, EGGS The eama and t leaves •T Tuesday y Fridays with cream for the Co - Operative Company. DAVEYS STORE W ROXE li'ERO �r ..,�',•„ .^, is 'tri„c'7::,'.;aS7•.. c: ii Thursday, April 25th, 1929 are healed.--Isa. 53: 5. land acquainted with' grief."--= "Not !which neither shame, nor torture, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Gime.—The conservative view. is that this, chapter was written by Isaiah nc.itr the close of his life, about 11. C. 385. The radical . view is that it was written from 150 to 200 years later. 'I'lacc.---Oe the , first supposition, Jerusalem; on the second, Babylonia, amid the exiles,, THE SERVANT EXALTED. THE .SERVANT -DESPISED. "Who hath .believed our message?” —The .prophet's message concerning the lowly -exalted .Servant is so glor- ious, so unexpected, that no one has believed it. "And to whom hath.. t]te arrai of .Jehovah. been revealed'" -The ailn of :Jehovah—is His . Almighty power; thatarrn of God had `macic bare in the eyes of ail the nations" (Isa. 52;10), but they had not'real- ized the: wondrous workings of His providence. "For he (Christ) grew up `before him (Jehovah) as atender plant"— As a sapling, a. fresh sprout from the stump of a fallen tree, the house of David. That is just what the Mess- iah was. "And> as a root out of a dry ground."—All of the circumstances surrounding .Christ were unfavorable; the poverty and lowly station of His family, the obscurity of Nazareth, the servitude of His nation to the Ro- roan conquerors. "He hathno form nor comeliness; and when we see hila; there is no beauty that we should de- sire hint.;, —A sapling growing up a- mid such unfavorable surroundings would not be likely to have a ,grace- ful forst or reach an imposing height or present a lovely aspect. `He was despised, and rejected of hien,'—"Rejected." has in the :margin: "forsaken." This was true of Ghri`, for at His arrest even His twelve disciples forsook Him and fled (Matt. 26: 56). "_A manof sorrows, a3i swty`kil� §",yy. • L L roads seem equally as good in any -weather When you ride on big, comfortable : Firestone Gum -Dipped Tires, The jolts, and vibrations disappear while the Scien- tifically Designed Tread gives a sure, safe hold on wet or slippery roads. For safety and economy equip your car with Firestone tires. Specify Firesfon-es for your new car or, if you need new tires 'gee your local Firestone Dealer. k'1,.2ip,:ST ONE TIRE 8. RUBBER CO. OF 11AMII:'rox MOST mous PE ipk 4iOILLAR Tuna in " The rota of Firestone" Every Monday Night it P. M. Castern Time 42 SiotionsaNBC Network CANADA, LIMITED oNrAltr;o XSuitcts the Only e4? aptifoino, Et) Tillage WE!Th'ERALL Mgr. GO. 'yE' N WOOD R. C. MUIR141EAI), WIN t1 AM, ONTARIO I, onlyunattractive was He,but re u. P sive, 'a Man' ofpains and familiar with l sickness`. (not grief'), smitten, as it 'were, with loatltesome leprosy (verse 4), and therefore by others `despised, forsaken,' shunned," °And as one front wham. men hide their faces he was despised; and we esteemed him not."--L-Men hid their face from Hint_ because He is so painful to look up- on, THE :SERVANT AFFLICTED. "S.urely he hath borne our -griefs, and carried our sorrows."—The Serv- ant is despised, but for -our shame'; he is weighed down, but With our sorrow, '"grief' and 'sorrow,' as tree fore, imply `disease' and 'pain'," "Yet we did esteem him stricken."—"Stride en" isOf leprosy, term'us d r t p asy, whrch was called a "stroke." "Smitten of God, and afflicted." -The world look ed upon the Servant's sufferings as a punishment from God for His sins;.. as 'Job's friends supposed that the patriarch's woes . were penalties fcr some unknown wrongdoing of his. "Blit he was wounded for our transgressions." -The figure passes from that of leprosy to that of soiree. fierce attack. We cannot fail to re- member our Saviour's pierced . hands. feet .and side. "He was bruised .f ,r our iniquities."—Recall the creel scourging received by Christ during' His trial. "The chastisement of 'our peace -was upon' him."—His punish- anent makes forour eternal peace " —And with his stripes we are healed." This is one of the most beautiful sentences in the English language• Peter- makes a wonderful use of it in this message to Christian slaves, wlio, when they are beaten by cruel masters, are to reinember their Lord also was shamefully beaten (1 Pet, 2:24.) "All we like sheep have gone astray.":.-- 13y "we" Isaiah may have meant his nation and race, or all Mankind; either would have been true, for "all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God" (Roin. 3:23). "We have turned every one io his own way, :and aside from God's way."— Christ carne "to seek' and to 'save that which was lost" (Luke 19: 10). "And jehovah,hath laid on hint the iniquity of ars all.''—God the Fath- er orders all things, including the atonement. God the Son gladly . ac-- cepts the weigh.P' of man's sin laid upon Hiru by the Father.. The Fath- er and the Son work in glorious co- operation for man's redemption, THE SERVANT SLAIN. "He was oppressed, yet when he was' afflicted he opened not his Mouth."—When the ordinary man is wrongly accused, he is vehement -in protest, and this is especially true. of Orientals; but Christ s silence un- der •false accusations at His trial caused his judge to marvel (Matt. 27 14), "As a lamb that: is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that be- fore its shearers is dumb, so he open- ed not his mouth,"— John the Bap- tist called our• Lorca "the Lamb of God, that taketh array the sin of tate 'world" (Johne1:29). He was the In- finite Sacrifice to 'which the paschal lamb through all theccnturies had lmutely pointed. . "1.1y oppression and judgment he was taken away." -13y .oppressive j.ttdgnien:t Christ was condcriined to' the cross, by injustice' cloaking. itself' Under the forms of a judical proceed - tire. "And as for leis generation, who aniong then considered that he was cutoff out of the land of the living fel. the transgression of niy people to whom the stroke was due?"—This. difficult verse: admits of various translations, but through thein all we discern the .sacrificial character of Christ's death, and the heedless- ticss Of the Jews with regard to it.'. His generation,,'with a few honorable exceptions, took no thought for the sufferer on Calvary. "And they made his grave with the wicked."—Thu reference is to the two robbers who were crucified '90 cither stela of Christ, and wlto, if Jo, pli rrf \rithathaca had not iiitcreencd, would have been buried with our T.ord in the common burial -puce for e> ccnted criminals. "i\nd with a rich titan in his death." --"Phis sttran .. prophecy, so inexplicable berm e the e.'etit, was perfectly and surprising- ly fulfilled by the burial of Christ.' br.cly in 'the new tomb of a .rich '01t , a m'emberi of the Sanhedrin* Joseph of Ariinathaea. "Although he had done no violence, neither was any tic reit' in his lnoutiw'—The Messiah had done nothing to warrant :His creat- tion, and His, jttdges were. Without It shadow of excuse, Peter quotes this. verse and its companion verse i11 his ntag'nific.,nt, passage, 1 Pet. 2:• 21.25. :'What gentleness, what calmness,, What silence, what infinite depths of diviner love withiin Elim A. heart nor insult, could stir from its god- like resolutions, Consider Him, and then consider: ourselves, ruffled :and. ptit out of temper by: the slightest cross - ace dent, the slighteist harsh ward;"' too I often by ,the slightest pain -not to mention insults, for we pride ourselves in not bearing them." — Charles Kingsley. THE SERVANT SATISFIED, "Yet it pleased Jehovah to •bruise. him; he hath put hire to grief," -Mar- gin, "he bath made .Hiro sick," 'I30 hind the; Servant's fate is the divine will—no accident or caprice, but the Pleasure or purpose of Jehovah.'- Bible for Heine and School. "When aunt shalt. male his soul an offering for sin."—"Soul" means "life," and the clause is a prediction that the. Servant's life IS to be ;yielded up as a trespass: offering for the sins of His people, "He: shall see his seed, he spoil prolong his days."—A clear, pre- diction of the IVfessiah't return to. life after His death' as a trespass of- fering. Christ's "'seed" is His church Springing up in • every land, with im- mense numbers of believers. "And: the pleasure of Jehovah shall pros- per in rosper.iu his hand:"—God's pleasure, i.e., His purpose, is the establishment on earth:.of the kingdom of heaven through the salvation of men frontE sin mild their' obedience to 1 -lis will. This is what the Servant will bring about. "He shall see the travail of his Sim], and shall be satisfied." -"The travail. of His soul" is (Kay) ' "the fruit that conies forth from His toil arra agony." It will be Large enough to satisfy even :the Servant's splen; did hopes for His people., 'That is one of the 'most inspiring and far- reaching promises in Holy. Writ. "by the knowledge of himself, shall, my righteous servant justify many." -- This sentence may be translated 'in i two ways, -meaning that the Servant will justify -many through His own kro*ledge of Jehovah, or through men's knowledge of Him; Both thoughts are true. "And he shall bear their iniquities," -including of. course the penalty for their sins. He, the sinless One, is made sin for us. This is the centre and substance of the divine mystery of the atonement. Therefore will I divide hint a por• titin with the great, and he shall di- vide the spoil With the strong."— "The language used here is figura- tive and perhaps proverbial (com- pare Prov. 16;19), and is borrowed from the practice of a victorious king who distributes among his deserving warriors a share of the spoils of the campaign. The Servant who was on- ce counted among malefactors is c'i be placed on a level with' conquerors (compare Isa. 52:15)," — Westmin- ster Commentary. "Because he pour- ed out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the. transgressors"— Soul" again, is life -blood. Our Lard quoted this prophecy at the last Sup- per (Luke 22:37) in foretelling His crucifixion, and the prediction was literally fulfilled (i.ulce ]>3:33). "Yet are bare, the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."— The Saviour fulfilled this me:dictlo1 by His prayer on the cross for those who were killing: •Hini (j.uke 23:34); and now `9 -le ever fivcth to make intercession for those "that draw rtearr unto 'God through Hint" (Heb. 7:25). Thus this wonderful prophecy closes with the highest note of all, the atonement. With regard to scab on potatoes, J. J. Flaherty. Erini'Wellington Conn ty, applied lime on his potato cxnp 1n 1928, He has 00 Scab where the lime was applied; without. lime he had scab,. .°n, teeiNtATION p tE 'tON ONT. 1Vlotttret Toeonttr W ROX ET ER Mr, James Edgar and Mr. .and Mrs. .Alvin Edgar, of London, visited at Arnold Edrar's, on; Sunday, 1. :Alkin Rano, of Toronto, visited his parents, Mr, and Mrs. R. J. Rann ov- er Sunday. Mr, '1', W, Henry, Mrs. 1 -leery, Jack and Dorothy spent Sunday at T. G. Hemphill's and.. other friends. Mr. Henry is manager of the Bank of Commerce at Dundalk. The Huron County Road and Bridge committee and County Engin- eer, 1'attelrson, were here Friday in' regards tt repalcing the bridge' on main street,; which went down with the recent flood, A tenlperary bridge or roadway will likely be built in the t mean iine. Mr; and Mrs. Alkin Hastings' and Master Norman spent', Sunday With Mr: and Mrs. R.. J, Rann. Messrs. Jack and Murdie Edgar and H. Allan of 13russels spent Sunday at their respective homes. ' Messrs. Gordon Gibson and H. F. Sinith are not abe to he out owing to ae atta.ele of mumps. Aldrid Wearring is back 'on duty again. Nelson Mitchel and family of Molesworth Were intown on Sunday. Mr, and :Mrs. John Moffatt �r Wingh.ent, spent Sunday With Mrs, R. Earls, south of town. • Miss Anne Munro of St. Cathar• ides spent the week -end at her home her c. W. J. Finlay of Listowel was in town on business one day last week. Andy Inglis of the Bank Staff, spent Sunday with Reeve and Mrs. Inglis of Howick. . Rev. ilr. Taylor of ' Behnore and Rev. Mr. Bolingbroke exchanged pul pits on Sunday, W. G. Rae of Bayfield, spent Sat- urday with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. D. M. Rae. Miss E. R. Hazlewood is still tin- der the doctor's care. Miss Vera Sellers spent the week- end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Sellers. John Davidson'and Hiss Mae are spending a few days with the fcrrin- er's son, Walter, of brussels. SCHOOL REPORT Wroxeter Senior Room. Sr. IV. I'IonorS 750; Pass 600. Lily Waller 885, Vera a Durst 855. Robert Paulin 791, John McLeod 790, Alfred Hooper 718, Arthur Gibson 717, Stewart Higgins 690, I.oreeu Chamberlain 619*. Jr. IV. Pass 570. Doris Elliott 756, Isabel Milligan 714, Helen Milli- gan 693, lfargardt Edgar 681, lack McLean 675, Marjory Paulin 658, Harold Kaake 642, Velma Higgins. 548, Rae ',outfit 484*. Sr. III, Pass 610. Ila Sharpin 593, Margaret Gillies 550. Jr. III. Pass 510. Jessie Paulin 624, Mable Patterson 538, Everett \Vri;ght 580, Allister Green 519'x, Pera Wright 498', Edythe Martin 483, Mary Smyth 478 (this pupil just pro- moted in Feb.). `—.Bissett school through illness. ;lean E. Earls, Teacher. NNeglected Cemeteries Some of the most hideous blots on aur landscape are the neglected cem- eteries that clot our land, two of which are to he found in Milverton. With the yawning pits from which remains long interred pave been dug and the tunable down and broken head stones lying amidst.a tangle of weeds and brush they are awful in their ghastliness, Below the mould lie the bones of the early settlers who ' Plunged into the forest to carve a I horse from uncultivated nature and! won by the stoutness of their heart and the sweat of their brows, tate bles- sings their children have only to cher- isil and enjoy. They laid the founds lion for the presort material prospe.., 'l ity F thus great provin -e . and had they 001 sacrificed their own comfort denied themselves in order that they might educate their children, w'r eVotticl oat .c, al fabric that We have in Ontario today. 1)rie cats, have their tonihs look ont upon the rural loveliness ----the fruitfulness 11101 peace by which he is surreu pled and then reflect 'what a debt of gratitude we owe those 110)111llc pioneers and requite so poorly, Our spirits should 11t awskenecl by' the re ollcctian of their 'lint'+;, our thoughts enoblcid by the remembrance, of their 'trials, :aed r lir holiest and best resolves stren- gthened l'tri01 tren-gthened'rvillt a portion of their stren- gth. It is gratifying to know that in some parts of ()Mario plans arc being carried .out for the i estorati.;n of these Plots that shopld he regard- ed as. .sanctified groutld,---Stip. , A ur ow"'', 4."lase of taste willnvinee you. 'Fresh frog the ga dens' . 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