Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 27.

Stearns.
10. "Come now, therefore, and I will
send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest
bring forth my people, the children of Is
rael, out of Egypt" We are in this lesson
about so years farther on than in the last
for Moses remained at the court of Pharaoh
till he was 40, and then forsaking Egypt
he kept sheep in indian for 40 years ACTS
vii, 80, 30) He is now at Mount Horeb,
and God is talking to him out of the burn
ing bush-the bush that burned with fire
and was not consumed verse q, so suggest
i've of lsrael's whole history. To under
stand this lesson it is necessary to read
Acts vii, 21-34; Heb. xi, 24-27
Ii. "And Moses said unto God Who am
| that l should go unto Pharaoh, and that
| should bring forth the children of Israel
out of Egypt" Three great Is in one little
sentence show that Moses did not take in
the greater l of the previous verse. When
he was 40, he supposed that the people
of Israel would have understood that he
was their deliverer acts vii, 25) but he
was then running before he was sent. Now
when God would send him he is unwilling
to go. Such is man even at his best.
IL. "And He said, Certainly l will be
with thee, and this shall be token unto
hast brought forth the people out of Egypt,
ye shall serve God upon this mountain"
The great lesson of our life is to learn that
we are nothing, but that God is everything.
The promise of His presence is to my mind
the greatest of all promises for this pres
ent life. Consider it well rs it was after
ward given to Joshua, to Gideon, to Jere-
miah and to the apostles by the Lord
Himself Josh. i, 5; Judg. vi, 10; Jer /,
s, 10; Math. xviii, 20). To many of us
it comes with greatest power in the words
of our golden text and Isa. xii, 10.
10. "And Moses said unto God, Behold,
when | come unto the children of Israel
and shall say unto them, The God of your
fathers hath sent me unto you, and they
shall say unto me, What is His name?
What shall say unto them?' This was a
far greater consideration than the "who
am II of verse Ii. Moses now asks God:
"Whom shall say that you are?' "Who
shall | say that you are?" Jesus was al
ways saying that the Father sent Him.
You will find Him referring to it over 30
times in the gospel by John. In His prayer
He said concerning the apostles, LAS Thou
hast sent Me into the world, even so have
| also sent them into the world" John
xvii, 1s). How little we seem to appreci-
ate It'll
IA. "And God said unto Moses, am
that am. And He said, Thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, am hath
sent me unto you" Some one has com
pared this great name of God to blank
check for any amount, like the promise of
John xiv, IA, "If We shall ask anything in
my name, l will do it,"
See Jesus filling it in in such passages
as John vi As, 81; viii, ~; xiv, 6; XIV, l,
and often where we read 81 am He' it is
really 81 am" the 'He' being in italics,
as in John iv, &c; viii, a. 2S.
10. 1.-THE Lord God of your fathers, the
God of A Abraham, the God of Isaac and the
God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This
is my name forever, and this is my memo
rial unto all generations" 1t seems to re-
fer to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob to give them the land FPS. CIV,
S-12), a covenant which is as lasting as his
covenant with day and night der. XXxii,
25, 26), and which He will yet fulfill with
His whole heart and soul der. xxi, AZ.
16. $50 gather the elders of Israel to-
gether and say unto them, The Lord God
of your fathers, the God of a braham, of
Isaac and of Jacob, appeared unto me, say
ing, | have surely visited you and seen
that which is done to you in Egypt"
What God says He will do is as sure as if
it was already done lisa. xiv, "a, 20. He
had said He would visit them and bring
them out of bondage Gen. XIV, Il; |, pa.
His covenants are on His part ordered in
all things and sure III Sam. xiii, 81 and
though we may fail He abideth faithful.
There is nothing done to His people which
He does not count as done to Himself,
whether it be good or bad (Zech. ii, 81.
II. "And | have said, | will bring you
up out of the atlliction of Egypt unto a
land flowing with milk and honey" See
also verse and chapters xiii, 8; XXXiii, 3.
| 1t may have seemed to Israel for many a
| long day that God had forgotten them
! and that their Affections were more than
they could hear, but hear Him in verse I,
81 have surely seen the affection of My
| people and have heard their cry, for know
| their SORROWS" So today he sees all the
sutferings of His afflicted people and of
the oppressed everywhere, and He will de-
liver, but He urges patience till He comes
(Jas. v, Z, s..
is. "And they shall hearken to thy voice,
and thou shalt come, thou and the elders
of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye
shall say unto him, The Lord God of the
Hebrews hath met with us" The rest of
the verse states the request they were to
nuke Oh tne KING OF Egypt. lt was JenO-
yah Himself who was saying all this to
| Moses out of the midst of the bash that
burned with fire, but was not consumed
oversees and A.. 1t was, however, only
when Moses turned aside to see the strange
sight that God spoke with him. There are
many strange things in our daily lives
out of which God would speak to us if we
would but turn aside moment to hear
His voice. He tries again and again to
gain our attention, but we are too busy
to hear.
10. And / am sure that the king of
Egypt will not let you go-no, not by a
mighty hand" And so it turned out for
when Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh
with the message from the Lord his answer
was, 81 know not the Lord; neither will
let Israel go" chapter V, p. The Lord
searcheth all hearts and UNDERSTANDABLE all
the imaginations of the thoughts Il Chron.
xviii, ~, yet He does not compel, but
leaves each one free to obey or disobey as
they think best. He is not willing that
any should perish III Pet. iii, 9).
90. "And | will stretch out my hand
and smite Egypt with all my wonders
which will do in the midst thereof, and
after that he will let you CO." Pharaoh