The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-07
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JUNE 10.
Lesson Text: passage or the Red
Sea-" Exodus xiv, 10-20-
Golden Text Hebrews
xi., 20-Commcntary.

| behind thcm, nn1 the pillar OF the cloud
| went from before their face. aud stood be-
hind thcm." They kept tho passover accord
INK TO the last lesson aud that might the
angcl OF death visited every house whore
| there was no bloc on the door IA God had
| snti-thcn was Egypt glnd 20 thrust Israel
! forth nor did they send them away empty,
| hut loaded with spoil. Nor did Israel bor-
| row Ot the Egyptians. rs in the 4. v. hut
| asked and received as their right On. v,
/ chapter Kill, 30-}G'. No sooner had they
! started than the Lord went heiorr thcm in
| pillar OF cloud and IRE TO guido and protect
/ them.
20. "And II came between the camp Of tho
| Egyptians and the camp OF Israel And IL
/ WIS n cloud anl darkness 10 them. hut IL
| gave light 10y night to these. So that tho onr
| camc not near the other all that night
| The same cloud was light to Cots people
| and darkness TO His enemies. Hr Himself
was In the cloud. ~ He had boon in the
! burning bush as lie is now in His word,
| which s. a light ~ His pcnnlr, hut all dark.
ness 20 those who hntc Him. When Israel
saw their predicamcnt they wcrn afraid and
cried 10 the Lord. thinking they would surely
br slain, for thcy knew not tho Lord M yet,
though they had seen something Of His
power in Egypt. They We're rs slow to learn
~ wa nrr. They still walked by sight.
n. "And Moses stretched cut his hand
| over the ser. Aud the Lord caused the sea
10 80 hnck by u strong east wind all TINT
| might aud made the sea dry land, and the
waters werc divided" Moses had stillel the
people. saying. "Fenr ye not stand still and
see the salvation OF the Lori" ''rhc Lord
shall lght for you, ana yc shall hold your
peace" oversees ~. i4). Then the Lori hal
said 60 20 forward and had told Moses To-
| l,u up his roi and divide the sea (yrr,rs -.
! IG). This Is the rod which Moses hal In his
| hand when the Lord met him nj the bush
| (EN. w., ~. II Is not any great thing tho
II. 81. Il. lsN tEtaN
the entire surrender 20 Him of what We have.
%. "And the children oi Israel went into
| the midst OF the sea upon the dry ground.
| And the waters wero a wall unto them ON
their right hand and on their LEFT Tho
Spirit records the inct in the New Testament
In these wor l. "By faith they passed
through the Rel Sea "a hy dry land and
| calls II u baptism unto Moses (lieh. Nt., 20
Cor. K, /, ~ Thus Moses was honoredaS
the servant OF the Lord and the leader ol
His people, AMI the Lord was honored
through Moses. The Bible Is nothing II not
sup 'rnatural, for God Is over and above all
nature and He IL everywhere seen In Hts
| word and ought 10 he seen In the lives ot
His people that lie might bc glorincd. IL -
not natural for "a sea TO divide ant its waters
TO stand as n wall, but hero are the ;act-,
thrice told by the Holy Spirit.
%. "Andthe Egyptians pursued and went
in after them 10 the midst oi the sea, even all
men" When any one goes against God, ho
Is Welding TO the devil, and there IA no tell
ing to what lengths he may be led to his own
destruction. II Is even written that to thos"
who obey not the truth shall bo sent strong
de!usion that they may believe II" I'll
Thess. H., lO-l2). Tho Egyptians knew not
Go and were bent only upon tho dcstru;-
ton OF His people.
81. "And II came TO pass that in the morn.
Ing watch the Lord looked unto the host OF
the Egyptians through tho pillar OF fire and
Of the cloud, and troubled the host OF tho
Egyptians" Tho cloud that had been a
! guide r-' 'lp'' and shield TO Israel was
now 10 b, ,omp their aycnger upon tnolr
enemies, T. Z the Lord wns in the cloud, and
He Is allthis an more TO all who put tLcir
trust In Him..
25. "AndtooS or their chariot wheels, aul
thcy drove them heavily. So that the Esyp-
tians said Lot US fec from the facp OF
Israel, for the Lord llghteth for them
against the Egyptians" They were con-
vinccd OF the truth whom too lntc, rs many
have been since and will be TO the end. What
"a word is this, "rho Lord nghtrth Tor
Israeli SEQ Dcu,. t., 80 ill.,, %; xX.. 4
Joshuax.. II xiii, 3, 10, aud consider
how He will yet oncb moro fight for them
when we come back with Him in power anl
glory (Z 'ch. xiv, 3, A..
2G "And tho Lord said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the snn that tn,
waters may come again upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots and upon their horse
men," II Is not sute to touch tho p"Opl" 81.
God, for tho Lord has said, "Ie TINT tOuth-
9th youtoucheth the apple Of His eye g. 'rI.
H.. ~. And when Saul Ot TIrsuS was = 'r,'-
cutting the Christians Jesus said TO him,
"Why pcrsecutest thou Mcy' (Acts iN., I, 81.
Ic may bear long ami permit His people 10
endure very mucn, but lie will Ia du, tim,
deliver them.
~. "Anl Moses stretched forth his hanl
over the sea, an the s}a returned t. his
strength when the morning appeared, an
the Egyptians ilei against II, and the Lord
overthrow the Egyptians Ia the midst OF tue
sea-" As passover night was u night to be-
remembered, so this was "A morning 10 be re-
mombarcd. Truly Israel dii not need to
fight in this battle-it was Pharaoh against
tho Lord, and tho Lord against Pharaoh,
When he makes His peoples cause His own,
as He always dons. how quiet lIls people
should be, for who can stand before Him;
'lt Col bo for us, who can be against GsE'
Only wa must br patient till the morning.
-. And the waters returned and covered
tn" chariots nnd tho horsemen and all the
| host Ot Pharaoh that came into the sea aiteI
th"m-th"re remained not so iluch ~ one.pi
them" How thoroughly God works, just as
~ the leluge every living substance persisted
that was outside OF tho ark (Gen. VIII, 23)
No wonder that when Israel saw that great
work which the Lord did uponthe Egyptians
they fear,d the LORD and believed tho Lord
amt His servant Moses verse 81.
90 But tho children Of Israel walked up
on dry land In tho midst of the sen. and the
waters were n wall unto them on their right
hand aud on their lcft." This is almost iden.
tical with verse ~, but the Spirit makes no
needless repitition, and when He thus by
doubling confirms a matter (Gen Kill, 32) IL
becomes US to give special heed TO the fact
or the message He Himself Is round about
His people ns the mountains and as "a wall OF
hre (Ps. cxxv., 2; zech. H., 81 and will do
miraculous things for His people to-day II
there is any need for the same. Let US sing,
"rhe Lord Is my strength and song, and He
son Helper.