...resist, that he showed the same perfect trust and obedience to Abraham that Abraham did towards God; for he was led "as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb; so he opened not his mouth," for we read, "Abraham bound Isaac his son and laid him on the wood." Surely that was the...

...only pure and spotless example thereof, in all the bitter sufferings which He endured for our sakes; "He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth8." Blessed be his name ! He not only gives us rules, but shows us a perfect pattern of holy...

...there was One who bore a weight of woe, to which your trials are as nothing. He bore all patiently ; ' He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.' While on earth, although the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, He...

...enforce His supremacy. Both these characters arc essential, hence, both appear in the description. "He was led as a Lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth" (Is. 53: 7); but He is yet to " send forth judgment unto victory" (Matt, 12: 20). As the...

...feet of those He loved. " When reviled He reviled not again ; when He suffered He threatened not." " He was led as a lamb to the slaughter ; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." Herein also let us follow the Master. Boldness and zeal for the honour of God and His truth...

...through the indwelling of the patience of Christ, who, "when He was reviled, reviled not again, but was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as the sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." You may provoke love, but it is not easy : you may wear out the long-suffering patience...

...uncomplaining submission, " he was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth ; he is led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth :" his strange and unnatural connection at death with wickedness and wealth, " he made his...

...obedience by the things which He suffered." "He wa^ brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not his mouth." And when at last He hung upon the cross as a sacrifice for sin, his body tortured with the most intense...

...countenance. Before the high priest and Pilate he was as a lamb led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth; and it was only with the greatest difficulty that they couli force him once to speak and to disclose the...

...obedience by the things which He suffered." " He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." And when at last He hung upon the cross as a sacrifice for sin, His body tortured with the most intense...