The Globe-republican., 1894-07-20
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

The FuGne Into E&ype-MAtt. 2:1S-3S.
Especially Arranged from Peloubet's Notes.
GOLDEN TExE-The Lord shall preserve thy
going out and thy coming in.-Ps l2l:a
PLACE In THE SToRY.-This lesson follows
Immediately after the last Joseph and Mary
started for Egypt probably within o day after
the departure Of the wise men This account IS
found only In Matthew.
TDH-February. b C 4. when Jesus was o
few weeks old.
PLACES Bethlehem. of Judea: Nazareth. in
ialilee. and Egypt probably the town Of
Matareeh, few miles northeast Of Cairo, near
Leontopolis
RULIRs-Augustus Cesar, emperor Of Rome,
twenty.third year: Herod the Great thirty
fourth and last year as king Of Judea. etc.
aerod died April I. B. c. 4 and Herod Arch
claus, his son and successor. first year
LESSON NOTES.
l. The Child Jesus in Danger-V. IS.
"And when they" the wise men from
the east, ''were departed" Returning
home. but not by way of Jerusalem. as
HerOd had requested. The Divine di-
cection and fight into Egypt must be
conceived as taking place Immediately
after the departure of the magi.-
Meyer. THE angel Better, as in
Revised, an angel of the Lord. The
coming of Christ was attended, as we
should expect it to be. with super
natural events.-Whedon. "Appeareth
to Joseph in dream" This means,
not that Joseph dreamed that an angel
appeared to him. but that an angel
actually presents himself to him in
sleep.-Prof. Kendrick. Take the
young child" Named first. as the
most precious charge and the
most exposed to danger.-Cambridge
Bible. Flee into Egypt" See I'M
der next verse. Until I bring thee
word" Everything was to be done
under Divine direction, and thus would
be done safely and successfully. 1t
was not necessary for Joseph to know
the times and seasons, but only that he
should commit his ways unto God, who
lid know. For Herod will seek the
young child to destroy Him." To real
ize the danger. we must recall the hor-
ribly cruel AMI abominable character
IF Herod. sd aths by strangulation,
deaths by burning, deaths by being
cleft asunder. deaths by secret assas-
sination, confessions forced by unutter-
able torture, acts of insolent and in
human lust, mark the annals of a reign
which was so cruel that. in the ener-
getic language of the Jewish ambas-
sador to Emperor Augustus, the sur
vivors during his lifetime were even
more miserable than the sufferers
The Escape by Flight Into Egypt
Verses IA, Is. a. ''When he arose."
Note the prompt and wise obedience Of
one who fully trusted the Lord. He
took the young child .. by night"
Probably the same night, for Ql there
was great haste. They would not wait
in such danger, after such warning.
(2) 1t is customary in the east, when
one has to make long journey, to start
early in the morning, hours before day
break.-MOrrison. (3 They could leave
thus suddenly and unexpectedly in the
night, without danger of Herod's dis
covering where they had gone, or even
the fact of their leaving. And de-
parted into Egypt" Egypt was almost
the only available place of refuge. Its
advantages were: D that it was far
enough away. being about three hun
dred miles from Jerusalem; (2) yet it
was the nearest safe refuge, the road
to it taking them directly away from
Herod, and to the nearest borders of
his kingdom. He could have reached
them anywhere in Palestine. (3) Good
the desert to their destination. a.
Egypt was wholly independent Of
Herod, although it was under the Ro-
man government. % "They would
find there large and liberal Jewish
community, under the protection of
civilized 6 government"
Is. Until the Death Of Herod:" On
The first day of the following April.
How long they remained after this is
uncertain. THAT it might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord by the
prophet" The expression would be
more literally rendered by the Lord
through the prophet, as in the Revised.
"Out of Egypt have called My Som"
The prophecy here cited is found in
Hosea Ill. 1t was originally written
of Israel's exodus from the bondage in
Egypt, not as prophecy, but as
a historical fact that took place
many centuries before, and re-
counted there as proof of Gods
love to His son, Israel. The true
Israel, the ideal Israel, who full
filed the purpose for which the nation
was selected and trained by God, was
the prototype, the representative Of
Christ, as we see in Isaiah. So that
many things in the history of Israel
have their parallel in Christ also. and
are applied to Him.
The Massacre of the Innocents.-Vs.
1918. 16. ''WneD he saw that he was
mocked:" Made q fool of Meyer,
outwitted Lange). WAS exceeding
wroth:" Angry beyond all bounds, in
q rage. ''Slew all the children that
were in Bethlehem" All the boys; for
30 the original means. Herod's object
was to destroy the lately born King of
the Jews; and hence he did not need
to kill any but the male children
Clarke. The population of Bethlehem