Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-23
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Especially Arranged from Peioubet's Notes;
GOLDEH TEx-.-E'car thou not. for am with
thcc-Isa. ~. 10
The SECTION or Hfs-oHY.-Chaps. SIG
PsAL;Is 7s:II-l3, lO5:.23S
NEW -EsfANEST LIcHT.-The story in Acts
1929. Ech lI:25. Jesus years Of preparation.
Luke 3;.s3. John the Baptist. Luke l:S0 OPP
posers OF Moses. Tin IA
THE The call of Moses according to our
corarnon Chronology. was IN the summer Of Il
C. 1893. nearly forty years after he left Egypt
tActs $3.50. Brugsch and others make the
sate about B. G I3J1D
PLACE-The homo OF Moses was in the land
Of the aidianites, probably in the vicinity OF
Sherm at the southern point-of the triangle Of
Araoia, between the twJ arms OF the Red sea
The burning bush was on 1T. sinai. tho
mountain OF God" in the HOreb mountains.
Horcb was probably the cluster OF mountains.
the mountainous district. Of which Sinai was
one mountain The names are often used inter
changCably.
THE FIELD or ZoAS where Moses me, Phar-
aoh and announced the plaques was Tanis,
lately discovered near the mouth OF the Tanit.c
branch OF the Nile.
PREPARATIONS FOR \ LIFE WORK.
Moses Banishment for Forty Years
in Arabia.-When Moses fed frora
Pharaoh in Egypt, he came to the
borders OF the Midianites in the south
eastern part of the Arabian triangle.
where was a well for the watering of
the flocks. While Moses was sitting by
the well the seven daughters of
Raguel. or Reuel. also called Jethro.
the priest and sheilI of the Midianite
tribe occupying that region, came to
water their fathers floclSs. They had
drawn considerable water, when some
rude shepherds came up with their
floclSs and drove them away, and took
possession OF the troughs Upon this
Moses gallantly came to the rescue.
ana compelled the shepherds to stand
aside while ne watcred the nocks of
the maidens. The result was that he
entered the service of the sheik. and
married his daughter Zipporah. and
remained in the family of Raguel for
forty years.
This Long Retirement a Preparation
for His Life Work. so In these years
his own character would be disci-
plined and ripcned. and every noble
trait confirmed. his faith strengthened.
and his knowledge of God. of religion
and of man enlarged. The man sur
rounded with pride and autocratic
power, whose first act in his new life
was to smite an Egyptian-was TO be-
come the meekest of men. (2) He had
learned all he could in the school of
Egypt, and needed TO escape from all
false influences that might mar his
character and his work Egyptian
ideas must give place 70 divine ideas of
government and religion. CD In the
wilderness he would hold communion
with God. mo region more favorable
to the attainment of lofty concep-
ton of the Almighty could have been
found" Here God would be his teach
er. The absence of secret training
ard discipline will necessarily leave us
barren, superficial and theoretic
Something more than mere doing is
necessary on the part of the true serv-
ant. The servant must frequently
stand in his masters presence in order
that he may know what he has to do
c. ii. NJ. ~ In those calm years every
problem TO be solved in the orgauiza-
ton OF people would rise successive
~ in his mind end find its solution
Gcillic. (5) Ills wanderings would
make him acquainted with every VAL
ley, plain, gorge, hill and mountain
OF the whole region with its popula-
ton; with every spring and well, and
with all the resources of every
kind offered by any spot; an
education Of supreme Importance
towards fitting him to guide his
rae, when rescued from Egypt
Geillie. (G) The life, too, which he led
was happily adapted to work within
him that hardihood of constitution
and character of which he would after
ward stand so much in need. and of
which the sequel of)his story affords
so many striking instanccs.-F. John
son. (O Every tie with Egypt, every
embarrassment OF his official position.
in the way Of perfect sympathy with
and aid to the Hebrews, was broken.
However much his heart had been
theirs while he was living amid the
splendors of the palace at Tanis. vet
his flight must have first set him free
from an embarrassing position, and
left him wholly at their service"
The Burning Bush.-When the forty
years of preparation had done their
work. when n new and weaker
Pharoah had gained possession of the
throne instead of the fierce and war
like Ramescs, and when the Israclitcs
so felt the bitterness of their bondage.
then God called Moses to his great
less in meditativc mood, among the
mountains of Sinai when God appeared
TO him by means C. burning bush.
an acacia thorn-oush so common in the
desert. He did not appear in burn
ing mountain which would have terri
fled and dismayed, but in the common
bush which attracted him
The Divine Call.-V. TO- Out of the
burning bush came the voice OF God.
declaring That however long the DELAY
had been. yet lie knew the condition of
His people. lie had heard their PRAYERS
and the time had now come to deliver
them from slavery, and 90 bring them
into the land flowing with milk and
honey" 10. Come and / wills
send thee unto Pharaoh" etc. Forty
years before Moses had undertaken to
Oe the dclivcrcr of his people in his
own way, and with the sclf-confdcnce
Of learned prince. Now he had
learned the other lessons God would
teach him. and his time had come
There was mo- mistake this time.