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The Christian Index.
Vol. 5— No. 16.
Table of Contents.
First Page —Alabama Department : Aged
and Disabled Ministers; Our State Mission
Board; Out of the Depths; The Religious
Press; Sunday-School Lesson.
Second Page.—Correspondence: Roger Wil
liams—W. 0. T.; The Dignity ofSuffering
—S. G. H.; Letter from Woodville, Miss.—
W. H Robert; Temperance—J. F. Reeves;
" Humble Baptist"—D. E. Butler; Letter
from Tazewell ; Our Macon Letter—S. Boy
kin ; To Colored Baptists—Frank Quarles.
Third Page.—The Household: Let It Pass
poetry ; Rossum the Beau; Make Sun
shine; Teaching Children; Outlandish
Clothes; A Mother's In fluence, etc.
Fourth Page.—Editorial: The Convention;
The Gospel on Crutches; Tne Poor Negro;
Our Female Seminaries; Ready Made Ver
dicts; A Timely Suggestion; The Scripture
Verified;'Georgia Baptist News; etc.
Fifth Page.—Secular Editorials: News
Paragraphs; Railroad Rates to S. B. Con
vention: Jones' Shote; Notes on New
Books; Spirit of our Magazine Literature;
Oi>« in He. r , One in Name; Georgia News;
Sixth Page.—Childrens' Comer : The Boy
I Love—poetry ; Polysyllables; A Young
Library.
Seventh Page.—New Advertisements.
Eighth Page—Florida Department: Minis
terial Tramps; Baptist 'Columbia Union;
Letter from Archer, Fla., Special Notices.
Alabama Department.
BY SAMUEL HENDERSON.
AGED AND DISABLED MINIS-*
TERS.
Some sLx or seven years ago, a wor
thy deacon of our 'Association, (the
Coosa River), whose modesty will not
admit of our naming him, commenced
the agitation of thequestion as to wheth
er something could not be done to pro
vide a fund for the support of aged and
infirm ministers who have worn
out their strength in the service
of their churches, and the widows and
orphans of such as have died in the
service. Gathering a few kindred spir
its of like impulses around him, a plan
was matured and submitted to the As
sociation to raise not less than two
thousand five hundred dollars to be put
out at interest, which interest only was
to be used for that purpose. The plan
was very promptly adopted and recom
mended to the churches, and subscrip
tions was taken up payable in four
equal annual instalments. V oluntary
agents were requested to canvass the
churches by the Provisional Commit
tee appointed by the Association, and
the larger portion of the amount was
soon secured. The sum realized was
placed under the management of a
permanent committee, or Hoard of
Trustees, and they now have nearly or
quite two thousand dollars in bank, and
the balance made up by subscriptions,
most of which will, we hope, be paid.
This has already enabled the Board to
expend something considerable in re
lieving the wants of the widows and
children of some of our deceased breth
ren. Up to this time, the whole matter
has worked well, and has grown in the
confidence of our churches. We make
no question that in a few years the
amount will be more than made up,
and that our Association will have set
an example which other similar bodies
will f illow over the country.
At the last session of our State Con
vention, an able committee was raised
to prepare some plan to be reported to
our next meeting to raise a similar
fund for the State at large. W e have
every confidence that the brethren to
whom this sacred service has been
committed, will have something pre
pared by that time worthy of adoption,
and that it will strike a chord that will
vibrate throughout the State.
Will our brethren indulge us in a
few thoughts on the subject ? For we
have not introduced a single topic
into this paper since our last connec
tion with it, that, in point of real phi
lanthrophy, of noble, magnanimous
Christian beneficence, surpasses it. In
introducing young men into the minis
try, we have raised and are raising our
hundreds of thousands of dollars to pre
pare them for their work. We are en
dowing Colleges and Seminaries, and
raising funds to sustain them while
they are prosecuting their studies by
thousands and tens of thousands. All
this is right. We have given it, and
shall continued to give it, our hearty 1
co-operation. But the point we suggest
is, that all our sympathy, all our means
should not be expended in enabling
young men to step up and into posi
tions of usefulness; we ought to pro
vide something for our old ministers
when the time comes for them to step
down and out of these For
that time will come to us all who out
live our active, working life; or at leant
we may leave loved ones behind who
have shared with ue the sacrifice* and
labors of the sacred calling. Can there
be a more gloomy prospect to throw
its shadow over the flatli of an aged
minister, who has pursued his‘ holy
mission with such devotion as to pre
clude him from any profitable worldly
avocation—nay, "whose very office as a |
preacher has interdicted him from such i
business enterprises, as that he has laid :
up literally nothing for old age, or for
a family dependent upon him alone for 1
SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
of Alabama.
support—can there be, we say, a more
distressing prospect, one that so stag
gers his faith, and fills him with des
pair, as that of being remanded to utter
poverty when he is least able to meet
it—or a family doomed to neglect and
want when he is called away ? While
there is not a more Godlike charity than
that which seeks to alleviate the wants
and cheer the hearts of those aged and
infirm men,.yet it is one of the most
crying evils of the time that our de
nomination has made no adequate pro
vision for this class of our ministers.
Why, the State provides a pension for
its old soldiers—the farmer allows his
old ox and horse to graze in his com
mons—but what have the churches of
Jesus Christ done to provide even a
scanty supper for those who, under
God, have made them what they are ?
“This is a lamentation, and shall be
for a lamentation I”
We are persuaded tliMt all this r is
owing to the want of thought on the
subject. Our people are just as good,
just as benevolent as any other people,
if the subject were fairly presented to
them. Our ministers cannot, or at
least will not agitate it, from motives
of modesty—our deacons and laymen
have not done so, because, we suppose,
their attention has not been drawn to
it sufficiently. We hail the signs to
which we have referred as an augury
that something adequate is likely to be
done at no distant day. We shall hope
that the Committee to whom this im
portant matter was turned over at our
last Convention will elaborate some
practical plan that will be adopted, and
that the denomination in Alabama at
least will carry it out with vigor. Let
no one suppose that an honest, praise
worthy effort in this matter will abate
our labors in other directions. The
contrary will be the result, if a con
sciousness of having discharged a long
neglected duty can re-act upon our
Christian activity.
OUR STATE MISSION BOARD—
ITS SECRETARIES, MISSIONA
RIES AND WORK.
4
On Tuesday the Bth inst., the State
Mission Board held its third quarterly
meeting at Talladega. Our Secretary,
brother Baily, presented quarterly re
ports from all our missionaries but one,
which were quite satisfactory and en
couraging, notwithstanding the gar
ter embraced in the reports was the
most unfavorable year for missionary
work. From every field the most
flattering assurances come that our
churches and people are in hearty sym
pathy with our operations, as appears
from the fact that adequate provision
has been made for the salaries of all
our appointees, and that a pro rata
of these salaries has been already paid
to each one. The truth is, so far as
our missionaries are concerned, the
work has never been on so hopeful and
prominent a basis. We now occupy
more than half the State, perhaps two
thirds, and from every quarter there
come the like assurances of hearty,
generous co-operation. It is hoped
that within the next year or two, we
shall embrace the whole State in our
field. At least this is our objective
point.
The only defect in our plan relates
to the salary of our indefatigable Sec
retary, and this is a vital defect, one
that we have tried to remedy as best
we could; but up to this point we
have in good part failed. This is in
part owing to the inadequacy of the
sum raised at the Convention for this
purpose, and in part from the fact that
the larger portion of what was pledged I
has not been paid. We must believe
that between this and the Convention
in July, these pledges will be redeemed.
To meet this defect, a proposition was
offered at our recent meeting, and after
being pretty thoroughly discussed, was
adopted by thg Board, to this effect:
That such churches and individuals in
the State as are known to be in full
and hearty sympathy with us, and
who are willing to undertake so vital a
service, be requested by a committee
provided for in the proposition, to ar
range for the salary and necessary ex
penses of the Secretary, before the meet
ing of the Convention, so that we shall
not be reduced to the necessity of ask-|
ing the members of the Convention, I
on the spur of the moment, to raise it. I
If this can be accomplished, a great'
burden will be removed from the Con- j
vention, and the work of the Board I
will lie put on the right basis. The I
President of the Board, J. J. D. Ren-1
froe, C. W. Cleveland and S. Hender
son were appointed as the committee. 1
It is designed that this committee I
shall consummate whatever can be 1
done in this respect by the next qusr- I
terly meeting of the Board, which will [
occur a week or two before the Con
vention assembles, so that whatever is
done may be incorporated into our an
nual report to that body. We hope
the parties whom we propose to address
will seriously consider the matter and
return us a prompt and generous an
swer. We greatly desire that our Hoc- 1
Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, April 24, 1879.
retary shall go before the denomina
tion, in prosecuting his great work, un
embarrassed as to his own support
and expenses, and thus concentrate his
whole energies into his work—that of
providing for the support of our mis
sionaries, and dispensing his own labors
in the field.
The Board also ratified the appoint
ment of Rev. J. E. Cox, of Jasper,
Walker county, Alabama, to a new
new field lately organized by our Sec
retary, embracing aliout three Associa
tions around Birmingham. Brother
Cox is regarded as eminently fitted for
the work, and his first report indicated
the spirit of a “a good minister of Jesus
Christ.” He is favorably known and
cordially endorsed over his entire field.
Thus we have nine missionaries under
appointment besides our laborious
Secretary.
‘OUT O F TH E DEPTHS!"
Returning home the other day from
a visit to a dearly beloved minister, laid
aside for a short time only, it is hoped,
by. the hand of affliction, and with
whom we had the moat pleasant Chris
tian intercourse, we found a letter
from another cherished ministering
brother in deep affliction, watching
around the bed of a dying wife. As
ministers are to be “ensamples to the
flock” in sickness and affliction as well
as in health and prosperity, we could
but admire the sweet, subdued piety of
th6 one, as he bore so meekly his dis
ease ; and the humility and faith of
the other, as he gazed upon the fading
form of one whom he loves as his own
life. A passage from his letter will
indicate the state. of his mind and
heart better than We ckn express it:
“My Father’s hand is tipbn me. He is
pressing me so heavily; but It is Hie
hand. My dear wife is sinking, confi
dently looking forward ta'A be.tter,
higher life but God'is with me.
He is true and always faithful. I can
trust Him. He is merciful. Pray for
me artd-4ny little children!”
Thqs it is that He educates His min
ister* in the same school of affliction.
Tribulation is an unsightly, rugged
stem, So to express it, but what a rich
cluster.of fruit grows on it! “Tribula
fißn worketh patience, and patience
experience, and experience hope, and
hope. maketh not ashamed, because
the loVe of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghokt.” These
rich experiences in the furnace of
affliction, enable a minister to “comfort
others with the comfort Where
with God has comforted him.” God
bless these dear brethren! Long may
they live to feed the church of God
from those treasures of divine truth
which have been graved Upon their
quivering hearts in those deeper
depths of affliction where he polishes
that piety destined to wear the brighter
crowns to be allotted “in that day!”
They are “but for a moment” and they
“work out a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory.” “Ye shall
have tribulation for ten days," says
the Spirit to one of the “seven church
es.” It will soon be over with with us
all; and then comes the compensatory
reward. The blood-washed throng
attest the purifying power of tribula
tion from their high seats in glory:
“These are they who have come out
of great tribulation.” Could we select
that happy spirit in Heaven, who had
waded through the deepest scenes of
affliction, and even persecution,
through which any saint ever passed
his earth pilgrimage, and. could we
be permitted to interrogate him as to
whether the bliss that crowns him
there is a compensation for what he
suffered here, how his heart would ex
ult in answering in the words of the
Holy Ghost: “I reckon that the suffer
ings of this present time,” this world of
sin and death, “is not worthy to be
compared to the glory that shall be
revealed in us.” That which now ap
pears so crushing, so overwhelming,
is not reckoned from that high stand
point as worthy to lie compared with
the final award. Happy is that Chris
tian whose faith can bring these “pow
ers of the world to come,” into living,
working power upon his heart and life
here. Happy if he can sing fn the
house of his pilgrimage :
“Hweet atHlctlon, sweet affliction,
Hinging us 1 wiwle to Heaven I”
Missionary Work. —New churches
organized, ordination services attended,
baptisms reported, Sunday-schools es
tablished, churches induced to meet
every Lord's day, destitute points sup
plied, and the like, gave to the reports
from our State Missionaries at our last
Board meeting n most pleasing interest.
We have the greatest cause to “thank
God and take courage.” But one san
timent conies from every quarter: 'Hie
work must be sustained, in due time
State Mission enterprise,will react up
on every other benevolent object.
Wo should learn not to interpret
duty by success. The opposition
which assails us in the course of obe
dience is no evidence that we arc mis
taken.
The Religious Press.
Close Communion. —The following
extract is from a standard Methodist
work on baptism by Rev. F. G. Hib
bard of the Genesee Methodist Confer
ence. It may be found in Part 11, at
page 174, and is deserving of commen
dation for its fairness. We only wish
that all those who talk of Baptist close
communion understood the matter as
thoroughly:
Before entering upon the argument before
us, it is but just to remark that in one prin
ciple the Baptist and Pedobaptist churches
agree. They both agree in rejecting from
comarunion at the table of the Lord, and in
denying the rights of church fellowship to
all who have not been baptized. Valid
baptism they consider as essential to consti
tute visible church membership. This also
we hold. The only question, then, that here
divides us, is, what is essential to valid bap
twin? The B-ptists, in pass ng the sweeping
•enteOce of disfranchisement upon all other
Christian churches, have only acted upon
a principle held in common with ail other
Christian churches, vis., that baptism i
essential to church membership. I hey
havedenied our baptism, and, as unbaptized
persons, we have been excluded from their
tgble. _ That they err greatly in their views
Coristian baptism, we, of course believe.
But, according to their views of baptism,
theroertainly are consistent in restricting
: hu« their communion. We would not be
understood as passing a judgment of Rpprov
al upon their course; but wo say, their
views of baptism force them upon the
ground of strict communion, and herein
they act upon the same principle as other
churches, that is, tuey admit only those,
whom they deem baptized persons, to tee
communion table Os course they mu-t be
their own judges as to wliat baptism is. It
is evident that, according to our views of
baptism, we c.n admit them to our com
mun on; but with their views of baptism,
it is equally evident, they can never lecip
roca « the courtesy, and the charge of ciote
conmaaiqg is no more applicable to the
Baptist" than to us, inasmuch as the ques
tion of chtirch fellowship with them is de
determined by as liberal principles as it is
with any other Protestant churches so tar, 1
mean, as the present subject is concerned;
that is,it is determined by valid baptism
—The St. Louis Presbyterian publish
es the following circular which profess
es to come from the “Office of the Col
ored CeflZmization Society, Topeka, Kan
sas.” Uis dated Feb. 2, 1879, and is
marked "strictly private.” It is ad
dressed to the negroes of the South, and
is freely circulated in Mississippi and
elsewhere. It speaks for itself:
Yqqr biwthrra and friends throughout the
Narth obaarved with paioiul solicitude
rihi outrages heaped upon you by your reb
el masters, and are doing all they can to al
leviate your miseries and provide for your
future happim as and prosperity. President
Hayes, by his iniquitous Southern policy,
has deserted you, wuile the Democrats, who
now have control of Congress, will seek t.-
enslave you if you remain in the South, and
to protect you from their designs, the Coloni
zation Society has been organized by the gov
eminent to provide land for each head of a
tamily, which will be given in bodies of 160
acres gratuitously. This land is located in
the best portion of Kansas, in close proxim
ity to Topeka, and is veiy productive. Here
there are no distinctions in society; all are
on equality. Leave the land of oppression
and come to free Kansas. Lycurgus P
Jones, President. Show the circular to none
but colored men, and keep its contents a se
cret.
And here is the milk in the cocoanut.
—The fallowing from the Christian
Advocate (Nashville) we respectfully
. dedicate to such of our readers as may
hereafter be required so sit on juries,
for none but jurors can do what ought
to be done in the premises.
Let the word go forth from one end of the
land to the other that there are to be no
more dead lettera on the statute-book; that
the laws against whisky-selling on Sunday,
oliscene literature, gambling, carrying cou
: cealed weapons, aad murder, snail ue en
forced. Let every Christian man and every
good citizen be a committee of one on the
of law. Let not the present
uprising of public sentiment against
lawless violence prove a mere spasm of
alarm, but a stern and unyielding purpose
to stamp out the devilish elements that have
so long outraged the laws and defied justice.
The same paper has the following :
We believe the great body of the Amer
ican |»eople want to live together in peace.
We bebeve the politicians are trying to stir
up sectional discord for selfish ends. We
believe they wid succeed in making fresh
troubles, unless the Christian people of the
country counteract their efforts. We believe
they can do this, and we hope they will.
It appears to The Index that the
Religious Press of the country is not
doing its share in this good work.
Some of our religious exchanges ex
hibit great bitterness of spirit—a bit
terness of which the editors seem to be
unconscious. In general they write
and speak like Christian men, but the
moment certain topics are mentioned,
an evil spirit seems to possess them.
Their unfortunate condition demands
our charity. Possibly we too may be
unconsciously afflicted with a similar
distemper. If so, we crave the charity
of others. One thing we. are certain
of, and that we shall stand by, whether
demented or not, the war ought to be
over! Another thing that we are equal
ly sure of is this: that misrepresen
tation of anybrxly by anybody ought
never to have been begun.
—We helfi ourselves to the follow
ing from tWe columns of the New York
©ftserver:*
The Play and Church.—The friends
I of Archbishop Purcell, having been thwarted
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD,
of Tennessee.
in their first movement to raise money to
pay his debts by a great gambling lottery
scheme, have now resolved upon a series of
theatrical perfo-mam es. The announce
ment is in these words:
In Aid of Archbishop Purcell.—Ar
rangement" for a series of performances in
aid of a fund for the relief of the venerable
prelate and his suffering c> editors have been
completed. The committee have taken U e
Globe Theatre, and will produce on Easter
Monday evening the Irish American melo
drama, “Trodden Down; or, Under Two
Flags." The attractions of the play, and
die object of the perform -nee, should secure
to the enterprise the success which it de
serves.
The selection of the first play is appropri
ate; "Trodden Down” repies nts the pros
tration of the poor people whom the Arch
bishop h-s reduced to beggary, .by taking
from them their hard earned money, and
having nothing to give them in return but
his ghostly benedicti n ; and “Umier Two
Flags" represents the service of God and of
Mammon, the Two Masters whom no man
can serve. The Ar- hbishop has tri-d to run
a bank and a church, and has ruined the
former and disgraced the latter. The play
will show the foby of trying to live “Under
Two Fiags.”
There is a more appropriate play we have
often seen advrrtised, and we commend it to
the Archbishop’s theatrical managers. It is
entitled,"A New Way to Pay Old Debts.”
That would draw, and perhaps help the
church out of its present sea of irouble.
—And also to the following from
the same source:
Hard to he Pleased —One of the daily
papers, speaking of the mission work among
the poor ridicules the idea of trying to do
them good while 'heir physical conditi n is
so deplorable. The same paper, speaking
of Uie recent extraordinary > fl' rt to improve
the physical condition of the poor, ridicules
the idea of trying to improve their mode of
life until their moral nature is changed.
It was so in the days of the Great Teach
er. They were piped unto but wouldn't
dance; and they refused to weep with those
who wept. It is hard to pie se people who
have no heart for the great work of making
others better and happier. Christian phi
ianthropy looks after the moral and the
physical oonditi'>ns of humanity, seeks to
improve both, and it knows that both are in
the line of reasonable endeavor. It we can
not do ab we would, we must do what we
can, and wait the opp rtunity to do more.
The Sunday-School.
International Sunday-School Leasona.
Lesson V —May 4, 1879.
THE SUFFERING SAVIOR.
Isaiah, liii : 1-12.—8. C. 712.
In our last lesson the character and
mission of the Lord Jesus formed the
topic of our study. In this we shall
consider his rejection by men and his
sufferings for men. We shall see our
Savior as indicated in the following :
OUTLINE.
I. Despised, V. 1-3.
11. Suffering, V. 4-9.
111. Rewarded, V. 10-12.
EXPOSITION.
I. Despised.
V. 1. That this chapter refers to
Christ is evident from John 12 : 38-41.
“Our report.” Our announcement con
cerning the Messiah. "Our” refers to
Isaiah and his fellow-prophets. “Who
hath believed?” The meaning is,
scarcely anyone has believed us. “Arm
of the Lord.” Divine power. “To
whom.” Literally, on whom. Thus,
on whom has the power of God been
revealed, producing a conviction of the
truth of our declaration? We find this
verse quoted in John 12 : 38, where it
is stated that it was fulfilled in the rejec
tion of Christ by the Jews in the days
of his incarnation. Again it is quoted
by the Apostle Paul as having a fulfill
ment among the same people twenty
seven years later.
V. 2. “He,” Christ. “Shall give up.”
Should be, grew up. “Him,” Jehovah.
“As a tender plant.” Literally, a sucker.
“As a root.” Literally, a shoot from
the root. “Out of a dry ground.” The
growth of the Saviour in his childhood
is here set forth under the figure of a
young vigorous root-shoot springing
out of dry ground. In the midst of
the spiritual death of the times, there
was in him a vigorous life. Though
men knew him not, God was careful of
the most minute circumstances of his
earthly childhood. “No form.” No
beauty of form. “Desire.” Take pleas
ure in. This latter part of the verse
refers to the time of his public minis
try among men.
V. 3. “Rejected." Literally, forsa
ken. “Sorrows.” Plural because num
erous. “Acquainted with.” Familiar
with by constant contact. “Grief.”
Suffering. “We.” The prophet here
associates himself with the men to
whom he refers. “Hid as it were our
faces from him.” Expressive of anger
towards him. See ch. 54 :8. Or per
haps the words denote their disgust of
him. “Esteemed him not.” Consid
ered him of no account. We have
here both positive and negative con
tempt.
11. Suffering.
V. 4. “Surely." Rather. But yet.
“Our griefs.” Properly, our bodily dis
eases. “Hath borne.” Hath borne
away, removed. “Sorrows.” Mental
pains. See Matt. 8: 17, "Stricken”
Whole No. 2366.
judicially. “Smitten of God” for his
sins. This was what men thought, but
in truth he suffered not for his own,
but for our sins.
V. 5. "Wounded.” Pierced. “Bruis
ed,” crushed. Says Delitzsch : “There
were no stronger expressions to be
found in the language to denote a vio
lent and painful death.” “Chastise
ment.” Punishment. “Os our peace.”
Procuring us peace, peace with God.
“Upon him" as a burden, like “borne”
and “carried” in verse 4. “Stripes."
Not the blows themselves, but the
wounds produced by them. “Healed.”
Forgiven.
V. 6. “Like sheep have gone astray.”
A very natural figure to a pastoral peo
ple. “Hath laid on him.” Caused
him to bear. “Os us all.” The suffer
ing of Christ is sufficient for all men.
Compare John 10: 11-18.
V. 7. The Messiah himself is com
pared to a sheep. “Oppressed.” Rather;
harassed, worried as a sheep by wolves.
“Was afflicted.” Better, allowed him
self to be afflicted, bore it meekly.
“Yet.” And. “Opened not his mouth.”
See Matt. 26: 63, 27: 12, 14. The
whole verse presents the wonderful pa
tience of our Lord.
\ . 8. “laken.” Rather, taken away,
cut off’. “From prison and from judg
ment. ’ Our Lord was never impris
oned. The word translated from, may
also be correctly translated by, and the
word translated prison signifies op- 1
pression. He was cut off, put to death
by oppression and by a judicial sen
tence, that is, by an oppressive judicial
sentence. All this was fulfilled in the
cruel treatment and unfair trial of our
Lord. “Who shall declare His genera
tion?” Who can bear to speak of the
wicked men of His generation who did
this wicked thing? Others interpret
thus : Who will consider that He was
cut off out of the land of the living
and that for the transgression of the
people? Still others thus: Who shall
tell His posterity, the number of His
people?
V. 9. “He made His grave.” Liter
ally, He made His grave, of one grave.
The meaning is, God allowed men to
do so. “With the wicked.” The de
nial of honorable burial was accounted
a great ignominy. “And with the
rich. Better, Yet He was. By cru
cifying Him between two thieves they
intended to give Him burial among
the outcast and guilty, but God gave
Hig body into the hands of the rich
and honorable. “No violence.” Sin
leesness in action. “Neither deceit.”
Sinlessness in speech.
111. Rewarded.
V. 10. “It pleased the Lord.” This
was the secret of His suffering. Men
oppressed and put to death, but it was
by the permission of the Lord. “His
soul.” His life, himself. “An offering
for sin.” An atonement. “He shall
see His seed.” His spiritual children;
"Prolong His days.” Shall rise after
His death to an endless life. “The
pleasure of the Lord.” God’s gracious
purpose to save sinners. “In His
hand.” By His agency, the agency of
Christ.
V. 11. “Travail.” Painful labor. His
toil and agony shall not be without
result. He shall receive the fruit of
His labor. “Satisfied,” by witnessing the
complete results of His travail of soul in
the conversion of men. The grandest
promise in the Bible with reference
to the numbers of the saved. Christ,
who loved the world so as to die for it
will be satisfied with the results of His
work of redemption.” “By His knowl
edge." That is, by the knowlege of
Him.” “Righteous.” Emphatic. “Jus
tify.” Put one into such relation to
God that God can treat him as if he
were righteous. “Many.” A word
here full of comfort. “He shall bear
their iniquities,” as the sinner’s substi
tute.
V. 12. “Divide Him a portion with
the great.” His triumphs shall be
among the many and mighty. “He
who had been classed with wicked men,
and numbered with transgressors, shall
now be a conqueror, surrounded by
mighty ones who share His triumph.
Speaker’s Bible. “Because.” His ex
altation then is the reward of His devo
tion. “Poured out.” A strong ex
pression, denoting a full surrender.
“Made intercession.” The intercession
of the suffering not the glorified Jesus
is here referred to.
We find in this chapter eleven ex
pressions which assert that the suffer
ings of Christ were for others and not
for himself.
1. He bore our griefs. 2. He car
ried our sorrows. 3. He was wounded
for our transgressions. 4. Bruised for
our iniquities. 5. The chastisement of
our peace was upon Him. 6. By His
strijies we arc heaied. 7. The Lord
hath laid on Him the iniquity of us
all. 8. For the transgression of my
people was He stricken. 9. When
thou shalt make His soul an offering
for sin. 10. He shall l>ear their ini
quities. 11. He bore the sins of many.
Be temperate. Liquor has made more
■paupers than all other vices combined.