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A Joyful Sabbath Isa_58:13 : ’93And call the sabbath a delight.’94 There is an element of gloom striking through all false religions. Paganism is a brood of horrors. The god of Confucius frowned upon its victims with blind fate. Mohammedanism promises nothing to those exhausted with sin in this world but an eternity of the … Continue reading “288. A Joyful Sabbath”

Isle of Palms Isa_60:9 : ’93The ships of Tarshish first.’94 The Tarshish of my text by many commentators is supposed to be the island of Ceylon, upon which the seventh sermon of the ’93’91Round-the-World’94 series lands us. Ceylon was called by the Romans Taprobane. John Milton called it ’93Golden Chersonese.’94 Moderns have called Ceylon ’93The … Continue reading “289. Isle of Palms”

A Momentous Quest Isa_55:6 : ’93Seek ye the Lord while he may be found.’94 Isaiah stands head and shoulders above the other Old Testament authors in vivid descriptiveness of Christ. Other prophets give an outline of our Saviour’92s features. Some of them present, as it were, the side face of Christ; others a bust of … Continue reading “286. A Momentous Quest”

Blessings of Short Life Isa_57:1 : ’93The righteous is taken away from the evil to come.’94 We all spend much time in panegyric of longevity. We consider it a great thing to live to be an octogenarian. If any one dies in youth we say, ’93What a pity!’94 Dr. Muhlenberg in old age said that … Continue reading “287. Blessings of Short Life”

Distribution of Rewards Isa_53:12 : ’93He shall divide the spoil with the strong.’94 My family, who saw it for themselves year before last, tell me that in the Coliseum at Rome, where persecutors used to let out the half-starved lions to eat up Christians, there is now planted the figure of a cross. And I … Continue reading “284. Distribution of Rewards”

Gates of Carbuncle Isa_54:12 : ’93And I will make thy windows of agates and thy gates of carbuncles.’94 Perhaps because a human disease of most painful and oftentimes fatal character is named after it, the Church and the world have never done justice to that intense and all-suggestive precious stone, the carbuncle. The pearl that … Continue reading “285. Gates of Carbuncle”

The Royal Exile Isa_53:4 : ’93Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.’94 Far up and far back in the history of heaven there came a period when its most illustrious citizen was about to absent himself. He was not going to sail from beach to beach; we have often done that; he … Continue reading “282. The Royal Exile”

Lost Sheep Isa_53:6 : ’93All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.’94 Within ninety years at the longest this entire audience will be in eternity. During the next fifty years, you will nearly all be … Continue reading “283. Lost Sheep”

A Poor Investment Isa_52:3 : ’93Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.’94 The Lord’92s people had gone headlong into sin, and as a punishment they had been carried captive to Babylon. They found that iniquity did not pay. Cyrus seized Babylon, and felt so sorry for these poor captives … Continue reading “280. A Poor Investment”

The Bare Arm of God Isa_52:10 : ’93The Lord hath made bare his holy arm.’94 It almost takes our breath away to read some of the Bible imagery. There is such boldness of metaphor in my text that I have been for some time getting my courage up to preach from it. Isaiah, the evangelistic … Continue reading “281. The Bare Arm of God”