The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-09-14

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Lkzsox TExT-Sum. -: liz
GoLDEx TExr-They drank Of that spirit
uai . that followed them; and that rock
was Christ.
CENTRAL TKrTu-Jesus Christ n he
Rock whence fiows the living water for I'll
the thIrsts 0f the soul.
TixE MARCH, April. &c i<s2. 81 years
after the last lesson. Compare Mum. 1.l.
~. \. -: and -: ~
HAcE-Kadcsh-BarncA near the south
ern border u canaan
Moss REyfEw-Dcut 3:1eS. See also
p 100: Al; iyc: ., q
A SIMILAR IxcIDExT-Ex II: IL.
SEx TESTAMENT LlouI-1 Cor. 10: La
INTERVENING HisToEr-wc have now
come u The beginning Of the zoth year after
The exoirs. Littieis said o. the intervcn-
ing 81 years. But IL was atimc o. testing.
q discipline, OF preparation for b prom
issd land
HrIrs OVEN H1ap PIAcEs-I 1zSs cans
ne Hhpk congys atson- who had zen dis
rcrsed over . Wild region for support dur
ing the long years fir2f nSnft: OF the
f0rticfn year Of the exodus. Abb. incIud-
Ing parts Of our March and April: compare
Mum. SOL. SIS. and Deut- 2.I--. Kadesh:
in The edge Of I'm On one side. and Paran
on the other. Liriam: Moses older sister,
VIII, watched him In the Nile. She must
haze been about 10 years old. ; Gode-
s;r0vc. rcprcachet bitterly 8 The 0iory u
ne L<st ~ cured: probably Ia terrific flashes
from the cloud over tie tabernacle. : Tale
t< nd: with which the former miracles had
bcsn done. SIcGk: not strike 10. n ~ n0r,
~ rxt<iss Moses u angry, and seem % have
felt hard because God gave water q, the un-
worthy people: Is Jonah complained that
SincveA was not destroyed M1sf r<s shall
we. II j. right 70 bring water for those who
have rebel.cd against Us and insulfei usl
II. Smaf< M rD<.s either in anger when
commanded only 70 speak. or in unbelief. as
II the word would not be enough IL. lie
crv<< ps bst<sxf not the root Of his sin was
unbelief- A larger trust would have cnar
bled him to hold his indignation To s1nc-
nv m<f 70 honor me As a holy being. Sin in
one Of Gods best servants dish0nors God
IL shGl MT bring ibis congregation. etc. II
was necessary for God 70 show that He alb
horred al SIN By furnishing il IN His highest
servant Is. N<r1sh- strife Csld<n Teri:
Christ i the Rock- il the source Of living
water. The Rock. Christ. was Jehovah. who
led them all through ne wilderness.and thus
followed them. He. as The source Of supply.
never failed them
CouxESrs-Bctween the lesson for asst
sunday ard this. we must put an interval
q thlrty-eight years During that tune the
people had wandered in the desert a. God
had said they must, aud al the generation
fthosc who wcrc twenty years old and
upward when they left Egypt had died
Thls meant that al least one hundred and
nifty funerals had gone out 0f that camp
every day. during that whole time. Our
lesson finds them together in the wilder
ress ~ kadesh- Here they experience .
scarcity * water. This was . great prira-
ton 20 20 vast = multitude. But instead OF
crying 70 God for delivcrancc, they again
took 70 murmuring and fa1lt-fndi1g- They
tainted Moses with having brought them
into the desert 70 die Of thirst They even
went 50 far a. 20 wish that they had died
when their brethren DID. As usual Moses
went 70 God II prayer. and God told him x
take hrs rod and speak 10 the rock. and
there should eush out an abundance o,
water. But Moses was very angry. and In
stead Of doing this be scoldei the people
ard struck the rock IN his anger. Water
did gush forth in great abundance. but God
was d<plcased with His servant In conse
quenc Of his sin God told Moses that He
would not allow him 10 enter the land 81
AZ ~ N4 49, VS. -
% b allowed 20 enter Il.
Let the teacher now ask the class whai
kin Of a spirit we have often seen in "a.
peoplet The spirit Of murmuring and re
pining- Had they god cause FIR the excr
else o. this spirit Mo- for God bad neve'
deserted them. II they dad earnestly prayed
and then rccci-ei no answer. they nigh
then have had some cause 10 rcpinc. Blu
they always took 20 mnrnurinr before the
had laid their troubles before God Thia
was the worst part 81 their conduct How
was 4 that they 80 SION fell 10 faclt-fndinc'
~ was because they soon forrf. Had the,
used their memories better. they would NO
have fallen into this san 50 Often
They should have remembered the rast
That was full Of the rncrcics of God. True
they had ncs deserved these i1crrics. Fol
they had very cf.cn broken the law that
they themselves had said they would keep
Yet God IN His mercy filed their cup fc
Overlooking with good things Had fhey
began 70 count up their mercics,
they would have been astonishcd .;
their great number And II they nd
remembered tina they really deserved
Rome Of them they would have realized NAT
God 1ras a VERY good God to them. or
They should have remembered the present.
II was 81 Gods mcrcics that they were nos
Consumed. There they were in full health
and vigor. their long journey almost a. n
end The God Eho had brought them -
Ear had not now deserted thcmL They had
but q cry to Him 70 receive an answer Of
peace. Had He not nde;ivcrcd them. and
would He not do - a<ninf a. They should
have remembered the future For thcy
bad the promlse Of God that He would
hiring them safely through And was mot
HIS promise gocdf II had always hen
good in DAYS gone by. and why not nowi
Al AL events, II III became them % muir
m1r before they had tired Him and r.
eeivst - His hand : denial If He hai
then denied them. Il would have been the
6nt time in AL sheir hissory.-R<r- 4. 2.
Gckant<~-
| rRAczScxL SUGGESTIONS.
Hhe soul has many thi~rsts-for for
gtr<ncs<- fcr = higher life. for happiness.
Cor knowledge for power, for everlasting
life
= The usrsd can nercr satisfy the soul.
= Jesus Christ - b living water. He
safie6fs every thirst
IN trials wc shouIc not murmul and
reiel- hit 20 TO God in prayer
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