Sunday School Times Luke 1:67-79 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,… When an English garrison, during the Indian Mutiny, was besieged at Lucknow, and was almost momentarily expecting the fall of the city, a sick woman started up from her slumber, crying, "We're saved! Don't you hear the music? They're coming! They're coming!" No one else could hear that music; yet, in a few hours, a relieving force arrived, and the garrison was saved. This prophecy of Zacharias is like the far-off music of the coming salvation. Compare in Motley's "Dutch Republic" the account of the relief of Leyden. The state of the world before the coming of Christ may be compared to that of shipwrecked men clinging to a rock in the midst of the sea. There is no safety for them where they are, and no safety in themselves. With what joyous eyes is it that they behold a boat coming to their rescue from the distant land! So in the case of lost humanity, salvation had to be brought. A man crossing a heath one dark night fell into a pit. He tried in vain to get out, calling loudly for assistance all the while. Soon people gathered to his assistance, and a rope was lowered to him. He grasped it, and was drawn up into the light. So mankind cannot be uplifted from the pit of sin, except by salvation brought from above. (Sunday School Times.) Parallel Verses KJV: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,WEB: His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, |
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