The Globe-republican., 1894-06-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL


International Lesson for J1Ps ,. 1894
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Especially Arranged from Peloubet's NoteSl
GoLpES TExr-Chris. our Passover Is sac
riS ced for uS-i Cor. o-a
The SECTION OF EISroRY. Gaps II
and Il
TIxE-B c. .<el. az the full moon Of Aoii
talso called NisaGI, the latter part Of March OF
early in April Good Friday and Easter come
At the same time Of the year AID are movable
feasts, the exac, time Of which IS calculated in
tie same way as the Passover (Brugsch and
others think the date was ABOUT B C. 1901
PLACK-The land CT Goshen. in Egypt The
wsdy Tumilat beginning near lsmaiiia, on the
SueZ canal and extending westward about
eighty miles Narrow q, the eastern end. il
gradually widens toward the vest Is was one
OF the most beautiful districts OF Egypt
PHARAOH was probably Menepntah. son OF
8aMeses IL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to SAY. = monu-
menr confirms the fact that Menephtah during
his lifetime lost his eldest son. Who bore the
same rame as himself This prince. associated
with him on the throne compare li:5l is COM
memorated on a colossal statue OF MS father
now n the museum At Berlin He Is the son
when Menephsah loves, who draws toward MIN
his f,,ner's heart: the royal scribe. the singer.
the blessed, G.. the departed
LESSON NOTES.
Pharaoh Hardeus His Heart.-For
nine months plague after plague falls
successfully upon the Egyptians with
terrible severity, and yet Pharaoh's
heart is hardened. In other places it
is said that God hardened Pharaoh S
heart In what way? Much light is
thrown upon this question by an at
tentive study of the narrative.
/. Three words are used in the
original. all tran slated harden"
equivalent to make hard" heavy"
firm"
p Harden is used nineteen times in
this account. in which it is said eleven
times that God hardened Pharaohs
heart, three times that he hardened 1t
himself, and five times simply the fact
that it was hardened, and all these
words of the original are used in each
case.
3. In the narrative of what actually
took place, it is not till after the sixth
plague and the seventh use of the
word, that it is said that the Lord
hardened his heart, and only after the
eighth plague is the agency exclusively
ascribed to God.
Submission now would have meant
prudence. not penitence: and it was
against prudence, not penitence. that
he was hardened, because he had re-
sisted evidence, experience, and even
the testimony of his own magicians."
1t only means that for him the last five
plaques were not disciplinary. but
wholly penal. ''Callousness was fol-
lowed by infatuation, as even the pa
gans felt that whom God wills to ruin
He first drives mad. chadwick.
4. God did precisely the same things
that he had been doing all along with
the express design of making Pharaoh
let the people go. The revolving idea
that God sends His Holy Spirit to hearts
with the express design of hardening
them finds no warrant ii the Scrip
lures. The office of the Holy Spirit is
to soften and win the soul.
God did to Pharaoh exactly what He
in the beginning did to Moses. and for
the same purpose. Hutchinson.
5. Everything God did was right and
good, and this good was used as the
occasion for Phar aoh to harden his
heart. 1t is the same to-day.
6. God made the natural laws unde,
which Pharaoh acted, and by misusing
which his heart was hardened. Every
Il
ways hardens the heart.
:. When Pharaoh had hardened his
own heart, SO that there was no posi-
bic hope of his yielding obedience,
then God, by His providence. by natural
law. perhaps by the withdrawal of
special influences, let him go on in his
high-handed and blind course to his
own destruction. This was the fruit
and punishment of Pharaoh's harden.
ing his own heart. God never hardens
a willing and obedient heart.
The Birthday of the Nation.-Verse;
LIZ. Now began a new era and epoch
in the history Of Israel. 1t was like
the motto on the reverse of the United
States seal, "a new order Of the ages
It was the birthday Of the nation and
needed special commemoration.
Anniversary days (D The change
of the year marked the great impor-
lance of the events it commemorated.
(al 1t brought to mind every year the
great truths and lessons of the events.
Through the constant observance OF
this ordinance. their literature, their
religion, their character as people,
were largely nodded; and. in an age
when books were almost unknown. the
constant representation Of this first
great scene in their history served ali
the purposes which to-day are answered
by our children's histories and our pub
lie schools. Rev. William Taylor.
81 1t pointed them to God. as the
source of their national life and hope.
~ I: ever reminded them of the priv
ilege and duty of beginning anew their
lives, of making a new era. a new epoch
(5) For like reasons it is well for Us
to commemorate the great days of our
lives,-birthdays, wedding-days- con
versions 1t is we'll to commemorate
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