The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-02-01
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERN ATIONAL LtSSON FOE
FEBRUARY T.
Lesson Text; "Bcginning OF the iic-
brew Nation" Gen. Kit. .
Golden Text Gen. xii,
= Commentary.

tet tnee OUT OF tnN county aui itOIt Thy
Kindred and from thy fathers house. unto
land that I will show thee" We have
,one down the stream Of time over 100 years
since the 4 at lesson After the delugo God
began the race again with Noah and his sons.
nut ~ before man left 10 himself proves u
'atlure. Noah Il drunken. Ham brings u
curse upon Canaan. and iuiquity ron~um-
mates Ia au organized union against 60 T.
Lest they he scattered aud tu make them
name they will build tower reaching to the
skies. Al the close OF the nineteenth century
We find ourselves IN an age of tOwet
building and man worship. but "a the
Lord coufounded and scattered th"gl IA th"
plain OF Shinar. so again when all Shinar
associations shall have had their cou~um-
nation "a In Xrrh. v. IL Rev. Syii. and
xviii. the Lord will humble all the pride
Of man. and He alone he exalted IN thai
day lisa. ii., II. ~. After IN" Babel luds.
ment IL seems from Josh. NX,y.. .. that the
people fell greatly into ilo,HtrN. aui from
such surroundings in the lanj of Mpsnp1-
tamin. the God OF glory called out Nbrtu
Acts vii. 2) 90 make of hin, u faithful wiz
ness unto the truth. 4 stuty ui Con. 81.
will show that Shem. ArphgNti, Silah. Eh'r.
Reu and Serug were all liylns wuou Abript
aud Terah LEFT Ur of th" Claljroa. huf
whether every on" hat bp'Dmo nu
idoiator or not is not clearly stIt'l. The
new departure now IA that instead oi de-
stroying or scattering thcm IT, viii tnAr ou'
and separate one from them woo Will w,N
with Him as Eno'h did. II was u mi,'ak"
10 take Terah along. for Nhrtw was unlv
hindered 10y him until IA di'l al lItrau
(Xi. n. 80 Acts VIII. ,. o.
.. And I will mako ut th"o a great VI.
ton and will bless thee anl make this
name great, and thou shall b. blessing"
The people Of Shinar wanted 60 make theM.
selves u name tVi.. ~. but Jehovah SAYS g.
Abram that lie will make him a name. rho,.
who to-day try the ShinIr plan will fail ~
they did. hut those who. like Ahrim. prefer
10 obey God will have a name without secllu-
IT, Ahram was to he blessed In order to ho
blessing. and Israel - destined Yet 80 br %
blessing 10 all Nation, Czech. witt ~. Whcr
we are willing tohca blessing to others am
forcetful oi oursclycs. thcn w. shall inl'"i
be blessed. But II must h. the Lords dolnl
from first to last and Tie must have th,
glory.
3. And 7 will bless them that bless thnn,
and curse him that cursath thee. aud In
thee shall all families ot the earth ho
blessed" Here Is a true idea OF election u.
taught in Scriptures choosing ~ one 81
more 10 make them blessing to others
whosever will may he elected. for him that
cometh will In no wise bc cast out tJohn vi.
80. Who can possibly lni fault with this
SEQ also how God takes man into union with
Himself II makes us think OF these words,
He that heareth you haNrsth Me. aud h.
that despiseth you despsrth Me (Luk" y.
i6). We shall find this covenant rcpeatel
four times after this 10 Abran aud once each
TO Isaac and Jacob making seven In all The
iullners OF its meaning Is yet 20 be seen.
4. $50 Abram departed as the Lord had
spoken unto him. and Lot went with him,
and Abrtm was seventy and i've years old
whom ho departed out of Haran. lie went
ont, nos knowing whittier he went llleh. si..
~ lie only knew that God knew ami that
10 .,.V, f.t, It..H.
foundations whose builder aud maker isGol
(Heb. xi. 100. aud with implicit confidence
in God ~ went on. lie believed the gospel
and all " "v" to-day will be blessed
ing TO others
g. "And Abram took Sarah. his wife. and
Lot hIs brothers son. aud all their sub
stance that they had gathered and the souls
that they had begotten In Harin. and they
went forth TO 80 into the land of Canaan.
and into the land OF Canaan they came
Haran was but u partial obeli-nre. This II
now full Of obedience which. It l. to he
feared. the Lord gets from very lew ol rs.
Many are content TO he hnler"d los the AZ
fcctions OF those who will go part of the way
but not all the way to the promised land Of
whole hearted surrender To God Vet lr-us
says. He that loyeth father or mother. son
or daughter more than NJ, II no, worthy 81
Me- (hlath. y. 81.
&. "Auh Abraham passed through tho
land into the place oi Sichrm unto the plain
COR Oak) OF MOren. Aud the Canaant" Wa
then in the land" To tho neighhorhU1l OF
Ebal aud Grriyim he rlm" see Drui. ST.. -
30l ,ull halfway down through the aui, aud
he saw the land filled with people vet be-
lioved that God would give II t. him ~ Hn
had said. "" walked not hy sight. but by
faith. and was fully persuaded that what
God had promised lie was able tp perform
. Rom = %. tbtp1a s.,.T
Canaanites than of God, We will hr di-spur.
aged, like the ten spies The only w,y /, 10
see no man save Jesus only lNlath. xvii. -.
7. "And the Lord appeared unto Abrtw
and said. Unto thy seed will | give this lnI
And there buldoi he an altar unto the Lord,
who appeared unto him We read OF 10
appearance at Haran ani no new communt
cation, for Abrlm there had not done Hs ne
had been told. ITO him tha. knowrth To- dQ
good aud doeth II not. 20 him II II sin lJas
iy.. ~. Therefore ii We are not living NJ
10 the light we have and are consciously dis.
obedient we oaunOt expect any fresh reyrlu.
tion OF God TO our souls, hut to every Obedl,
ent soul there will be growth in grace AMI
in the knowledge of our Lord aud Saviour
Jesus Christ III Pet. ill.,, ls).
4. And he removed from thence 10 a
mountain on the east Of Bethel aud pitcnni
his tent, having Bethel on the west and Hal
on the east, and there he builed an altar
the Lord" He is a pilgrim and a stranger.
Just solourner (Heb. XII, - hence the
tent IL sufficient. He lives with God and
hence the altar. His whole life, when in
fellowship with God, might be designated
'the tent and altar
Q. And Abram journeyed, going on still
toward the south" Because of a famine he
goes into Egypt, but this is evidently mis-.
step. for we read of no altar in Egypt and
not until he gets back TO Bethel, where he
again calls on the name of the Lord xiii. ,,
~ We might with profit take tho phrase in
this verse--going IA still-and make II II
good daily motto. provided we avoid all go-
ing down 10 Egypt. Put it with III sam. v,
10, David went ON and grew great (margin,
going and growlngl and the Lord God OF
Hosts was with him." and il will be very
helpfol. Lesson Helper.
DIsaUsTED DRUNKARD.
One woman determined that her husband
should know how he looked when he was
drunk. She knew how he looked. well
aud needed not that any man should
ell her. Her children a so knew by sad eX-
perience, but the man himself had "A very i'm.
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