Notice:
I. Isaiah's despondency. It arose from a twofold source. (1) The sense of a Divine desertion: "My way is hid from the Lord." (2) The absence of Divine recompense: "My judgment is passed over from my God."
II. The truth that removed Isaiah's despondency. (1) The greatness of God in nature. (2) The tenderness of the revealed will.
III. The results of its removal. (1) Strength in weakness. (2) Immortal youth.
E. L. Hull, Sermons,1st series, p. 94.
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