l by Luke we would there
learn who this deliverer was. There we read: "Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a
horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; as he spake by
the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that
hate us; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his
holy covenant; the oath which he sware to our father Abraham, that he
would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our
enemies might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before
him all the days of our life."

By reading the whole of this chapter you will learn that this horn of
salvation, this deliverer, was the child Christ Jesus. This deliverer was
to appear in that day. The most simple will at once understand that the
day foreseen and foretold by the holy seers was the Christian
dispensation, or the day of "grace and truth."

The prophet again exclaims: "And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I
will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned
away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust,
and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he
also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of
the wells of salvation. And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord."
Isa. 12:1-4. "In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and
glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for
them that are escaped of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that
is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called
holy." Isa. 4:2, 3.

The prophet Joel in contemplation of that day of great blessings says:
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down
new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah
shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of
the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim." Joel 3:18.

Zechariah in beholding this fountain exclaims: "In that day there shall be
a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness." Zech. 13:1.

Wonderful Fountain of cleansing,
The prophet did foresee,
Deep Fountain of peace and glory
Opened to all shall