is the peacefulness of Christianity. In the day the
prophet is speaking of there shall be peace on the earth. Man can find
deliverance from sin and obtain a peaceful rest--not being disturbed by
evil and ill dispositions.

Isaiah in again beholding this glorious rest-day discovers a way which is
called the way of holiness. He says, "The unclean shall not pass over
it;... no lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,
it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: and the
ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and
everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and
sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Isa. 35:8-10. Any one can understand
that a literal beast is not meant here when he speaks of a lion, but that
wicked, unclean men can not walk in the way of holiness--only the redeemed
can walk there.

Earlier in this chapter he speaks of the eyes of the blind being opened,
and the ears of the deaf being unstopped, and the lame being made to leap
as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb being made to sing. We have only to
read the New Testament to learn of the fulfilment of this prophecy. In
that day men of unclean, ravenous, and lion-like natures shall find
deliverance and be made gentle, lowly and humble--"The wolf and the lamb
shall dwell together." What a wonder and expectation must have filled the
hearts of those devout men in those days of darkness and gloom, as they
looked forward to that time when the blind should see, the deaf hear, and
the lame walk; when there should be no more violence nor destruction nor
wasting, but there should be songs of everlasting joy, and sorrow and
sighing would flee away.

"In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; we have a
strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks." Isa.
26:1. In that day salvation's walls shall surround the people of God. In
the time of this prophet it was stone walls that surrounded their city,
but he looked forward to a time when the walls of salvation would surround
the city of God. Salvation means deliverance. In that day the people of
God should find a deliverance or cleansing from sin. It is the gospel day
when Christ should offer a sacrifice for the whole world. The people cried
unto God because of their oppressors, and he sent them a Savior, and a
strong one, to deliver them. Isa. 19:20.

Were we to turn to the first chapter of the gospe