The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16

| Text of the Lesson. EX III, 1-1O-Mem-
CRY Verses. $40 Golden Text. Ps.
xci, 15-Commentary by the Rev. ID.
VI. stearns.
i. And there went a man of the house
of Levi and took 70 wife a daughter of
Levi" We learn from chapter vi. 20,
that the mans name was Amram, which
signifies an exalted people and that his
| wife's name was Jochebed. which signi-
fies Jehovah is honor. and that Amram
lived 137 years. Their names are also
given in Mum. XVI. 50. with the fact
that they had three children-Aaron and
Moses and Miriam, their sister. Levi
was the third son of Jacob and Leah,
and his name signifies Joined Gen. xxx.
| $40. All the Levites were afterward
Joined unto Aaron in the special ministry
of the tabernacle Clum. xviii. p They
were separated from among the children
! of Israel as a special offering unto the
Lord instead Of the first born of all
Israel and as a gift unto Aaron (Num.
viii. 1919.
| ?. And the woman conceived and bare
a son. And when she saw him that he
was a goodly child she hid him three
months" 1t is written in Acts Vii, 20,
] that he was exceeding fair" or, as in
the margin. fair to God" He was the
| youngest of the three children. Miriam
being the Oldest and Aaron next The
| testimony in Heb. XII %. is. BY faith
| Moses, when he was born. was hid three
| months of his parent, because they saw
| he was a proper child and they were not
| afraid of the kings commandment"
Faith implies a promise on the part OF
| God-it is simply confidence in God that
| lie Will do He has said. God had
| told Abraham that He would bring his
| seed out Of bondage in the fourth gen
| Grafton Gen. XIV. 16).
| 3. And when she could not longer
| hide him she took for him an ark of bull
PUSHES and daubed it with slime and with
| pitch and put the child therein, and she
| laid IL in the flags by the rivers brink.
| This is the second of the three arkS men
| toned in scripture, each one being made
/ for like purpOse-viz, to preserve that
| which IL contained. Let any mother in
| her imagination pass through this eX-
| perience and say if she does not want TO
| see Jochebed and ask her. How could
you do it? The river, like the waters
Of the deluge. meant death. The child is
| virtually put in the place Of death, and
yet it is evident that the mOthSr. like
! Abraham, believed that God would give
| her back her child. There is no power
| for God in our lives till we know the
| place Of death and resurrection. See
John xii. "a: Phil. ill., 10.
| 4. And his sister stood afar of TO wit
what would be done to him" Let some
| sister who has a little baby brother inn
| agine herself in the place of Miriam. We
| can fancy the mother, having obeyed
| the prOmptings of the Spirit of God, now
| giving herself to earnest prayer in the
quiet of her own home. She has obeyed
even unto death and now can truly say,
My soul. wait thou only upon God. for
my expectation is from Him Cps.
xii, 81.
5 And the daughter Of Pharaoh came
| down to wash herself at the river. and
her maidens walked along by the rivers
| side, and when she saw the ark among
| the flags she sent her maid to fetch it.
God is working. He is in ii all, as He
| is in everything that concerns His peo-
pie. and ofttimes we must just stand
still and see what He will do. 1t is not
| till we are at our wits end, all our own
wisdom swallowed up. that we can see
the wisdom and the power of God Qs.
evil. 27-30 margin).
g. "And when she had opened it she
saw the child. and, behold. the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him
and said, This is one of the Hebrews
| children" See how God works, lie
gave the daughter of Pharaoh compass
sion for the babe. He made the babe
to be pitied of her Ps. cvi, 46). How
and controlling her that day or that she
was looking upon a child chosen by God
| TO shake her fathers kingdom to its
very center. Old Simeon and Anna knew
| that the little child in Mays arms was
the salvation of Israel, Gods great de
liverer duke ii, "a, 3S), but this woman
knew nothing.
T. "Then said his sister to Pharaoh's
daughter, Shall l go and call to thee
nurse of the Hebrew women. that she
may nurse the child for thee?" Can
you see Miriam standing afar off. and,
while she watched the spot in the river
where her brother lay, lifting up her
| heart to the God of Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob, that He would save her brother?
Presently she sees the kings daughter
draw near to the very spot oh, how
she praysi Almost unconsciOusly she
| herself draws nigh, she hears the baby
cry, she looks upon him, and with feel
ings restrained lest she betTay herself
she asks if she shall find a Hebrew
nurse.
s. And Pharaoh's daughter said to
her, Go. And the maid went and called
| the child's mother" Quietly till out Of
sight but then how swiftly sped she
homeward! Did she laugh or cry, or
both? Could she speak when she saw
her mother. or must she wait TO recover
breath while the mother, with faith and
expectation, waits TO hear7 Some day
they will tell us all about it. for it was
day never to be forgotten i'm that
home. Perhaps a mother who could do
as she had done could restrain her joy
enough to say to Miriam, Let us give
thanks to God of Israel. See. my friends.
how God works. Blessed indeed are all
who yield so fully TO Him that He can
work in them unhindered both to will
and to do of His good pleasure Phil.
| ii, 49,.
g. and Pharaohs daughter said unto
| her Take this child away and nurse il
| for me, and 1 will give thee thy wages.
| And the woman took the child and
nursed it." With emotions controlled
| she receives into her arms her own dear
child with a promise of wages if she viii
care for it, l wonder if she heard that
promise of wages or if Miriam had after
| ward to remind her that they might as
we'll as not have some money that was
| due them from the kings daughter. The
| spelling of the Egyptians has already be-
| gun Gen. XIV, IA; Elk. XII, SD. And Pha-
raoh is used by God to care for and
| nourish the child who shall lead Israel
| out of his kingdom. What thanksgiving
| in the home of Amram, See the reward
of faith.
10. And the child grew, and she
brought him unto PharaOh's daughter
| and he became her son. And she called
| his name Moses, and she said, Because
| drew him out Of the water" The king
| who ordered all the male children to be
| cast into the river is actually shetering
| one of those very children who shall DE