Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-05-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY ~.

NATIONAL SERIES, MAY ~.
Text Of the Lesson, Ex. iii. fo-e0-Mcm-
Org Verses. 1918 Golden Text, Isa. XII.
TO- Commentary by the Rev. d. NJ.
Stearns-
10. "Comc now, therefore, and / viii
lend thee unto Pharaoh. that hot mayest
bring forth my people. the children Of Is.
rael, out Of Egypt We are in this lesson
about so years farther on han in the last,
for Moses remained at the court of Pharaoh
till be was 40, and then forsaking Egypt
he kept sheep in indian for 40 years facts
vii, IS, 30l. 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 81 so suggest
i've Of ~Israei's whole history. To under
stand this lesson it is necessary to read
Acts vii, elsa; Heb. ri, 24-27.
II. "And Moses said unto God. Who am
l that l should go INTO 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 | of tho previous verse. When
he was 40, he supposed that the people
of Israel would have understood that he
was their deliverer (Aets vii, a5), 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 hest.
IL. Sand He said, Certainly will be
with thee, and this shall be a token unto
thee that | have sent thee. When thou
hast brought forth the people out CT 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
emit life. Consider it well as it was after
ward given to Joshua, to Gideon, TO Jere-
miah and to the apostles by the Lord
Himself (Josh. i, 0; Judg. vi, 10; Jer. i,
s, 10; Math. xviii, a0l. To many of us
it comes with greatest power in the words
of our golden text and lisa. 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 names
What shall Isay unto themf" This was a
far greater consideration than the "who
ana T. Of verse IL. Moses ROW asks God
"Whom shall | say that you are2n "Whc
shall l say that you arey' Jesus was al
ways saying that the Father sent Him.
You will find Him referring to It over 80
times in the gospel by John. In His prayer
He said concerning the apostles. "As Thou
hast sent Me into the world, even so have
also sent them into the worldn tJohn
xvii, 1s). How little we seem to appreci
ate i'll
IL. 'And God said unto Moses, I am
that | am. And He said, Thus shaft thou
say unto the children of Israel, | am hath
sent me INTO YOU Some one has com
pared this great name of God to a blank
check for any amount, like the promise Of
John xiv, II, "If yc shall ask anything in
my name, / win do it,
See Jesus filing it in in such passages
as John vi, As. 81; viii, IL; xiv, s; XIV, /,
and often where we read 81 am He'i il is
really 81 am, - the "He'' being in italics,
as in John iv. 90; viii, 81. 2s.
10. t'The Lord God OF your fathers, the
God of Abraham, the God Of Isaac andthe
Goo Of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This
is my name forever, md 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. xxxiii.
%, 26), and which lie viii yet fulfill with
Ills whole heart and soul der. xxxii, AZ.
10. $50 gather the elders Of Israel to-
gether and say unto them, The Lord God
of your fathers, the God Of Abraham, of
Isaac and of Jacob, appeared me, say
ing, l 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, -, 20. He
had said He would visit them and bring
them out of bondage Gen. XIV, IA; /, 24l.
His covenants are on His part ordered in
all things and sure III Sam. xiii, 5l, and
though we may fail lie abideth faithful.
There is nothing done to His people which
He does not count rs done TO Himself,
whether it be good or bad Czech. ii, -.
II. "And have said, | win bring you
up out of the afliiction Of Egypt unto a
land flowing with milk and honey" See
also verse S and chapters xiii, 5; xxxiii, 3.
1t may have seemed to Israel for many a
long day hat God had forgotten them,
and that their Affections were more than
they could bear, but hear Him In verse Z,
81 have surely seen the affection of My
people and have heard their cry, for | know
their sorrows" SO today he sees all the
sufferings Of His afflicted people and OF
the oppressed everywhere, and He will de
liver, but He urges patience till He comes
(Jas, V, Z, 81.
IS And they shall hearken 0 thy voice,
and thon shalt come, thou and the elders
of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and We
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
make of the king of Egypt. 1t was Jeho-
yah Himself who was saying all this to
Moses out of the midst Of the bush that
burned with fire, but was not consumed
oversees 2 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 II we
would but turn aside a moment to hear
His voice. He tries again and again to
gain our attention, but we are too busy
to hear,
10. "And l am sure that the king OF
Egypt will not let you go-no, not by a
mighty hand.' And so II 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 I
let Israel go'' (chaptcr v, p. The Lord
100 al 90 70 bAiA MI
the i%maginations of the thoughts Il Chron.
xviii, 81, yet He does not compel, but
leaves each one free to obey or disobey as
they think best. lie is not willing that
any should perish III Pet. iii, o..
20. "And ] will stretch out my hand
and sInite Egypt with all my wonders
which | win do in the midst thereof, and
after that he will let you 60" Pharaoh
hardened his heart and refused to humble
himself before God chapters tx, "a; x, 81.
The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart BY
laying upon him commands which ho
would not obey *. go, 81; XII, 8, 10), and
this led to multiplying the Lords wonders.
Greater wonders than those Of pharaoh's
time are yet to be wrought in connection
with the restoration of Israel from all
lands, and n worse than Pharaoh Is yet to
be dealt with, but the whole earth shall
yet be filed with the glory OF God Mic.
vii, Is, is; Jrr, xiii, I, s; Rev. xiii, 8,
6; xvii. u; Ps. Xxi. rs. f9l.