Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-06-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, SECOND QUARTER. ~
TERNATioNAL sERiEs, JUNE 10.

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TERNATioNAL sERiEs, JUNE 10.
Text OF the Lesson. TX. xiv, l0-ao-Memo-
ry Verses, s1-e9-Golaen Text, Heb. ri,
e9-commentary by the Rev. ID. II.
Stearns.
10. "And the angel of God, which went
before the camp Of Israel. removed and
went behind them, and the pillar of the
cloud went from before their face, and
stood behind them.'' They kept the pass
over according 10 the last Iessoa, aud that
night the angel of death pisitel every
house where there was no Blood ON the
door. as God had said-th1n was Egypt
glad TO thrust Israel forth, nor did they
send them away empty. but loaded with
spoil. Nor did Israel borrow of the Esyp-
tians, as in tho A. ", but asked and re
ceivea as their right fR. V, chapter xii,
s0-36). No sooner had they started than
the Lord went bcfare them In a pillar of
cloud and fire to guide and protect them.
90. "And it came bstween the camp of
the Egyptians and the camp of Israel.
And it was a cloud and darkness to thsIa,
but it gave light BIZ night e these SO
that the one came not near the other all
that night The same cloud IVES ligi to
Gods people and darkness 20 His enemies.
He Himself wa in the cloud, as He had
been in the burning bush: Us He IS row
in His word, which is n light TO His poo
pie, but all darkness to those who hate
Him. When Israel saw their predicameut,
they were afraid I'D cried to the Lord.
thinking they would surely be slain, for
they knew Lot the Lord as yet. though they
had seen something of His power in Egypt.
They were as slow TO learn as We IRE.
They still walked by sight,
2i. "And Moses stretched out his hand
over the sea. And the lord caused the
sea to go back BY a strong cast wind all
that night and made the sea dry land.
and the waters were divided Moses had
stilled the people, saying, "Fear ye not;
stand still and see the salvation of the
Lord" "The Lord shall fight for you.
and We shall hold your peace verses IS,
1f9. Then the Lord had said to 20 for
ward and had told Moses 10 lift up his rod
aud divide the sea verses Is, l6l. This is
the rod which Moses had in his haud when
the Lord met him at the bush lex. Nv. y.
1t il not any great thing the Lord ask of
us that He may use us, hut Just the en-
tire surrender TO Him of what we have.
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into the midst Of the sea upon the dry
ground. And the waters were II wall unto
them on theirright hand aud ON their LEFT. y
The Spirit records the fact in the New Tes-
lament in these words: ssBy faith they
passed through the Red sea as by dry landn
and calls it n baptism unto Moses Heb.
xi. 90; l Cor. X, 1, 2). Thus Moses was
honored as the servant of the Lord end
the leader of His people. and the Lord was
honored through Moses. The Bible 10
nothing If not supernatural, for God is
over and above all nature, aud Heis every
where seen in His word and ought to he
seen in the lives of His people that He
might be gloriiied. 1t is not natural for
a sea TO divide and its waters to stand as
a wall. but here are the facts thrice told
by the Holy Spirit.
%. "And the Egyptians pursued and
went in after them to the midst of the sea,
even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots
and his horsemen.n When any one goes
against God, be is yielding to the devil,
and there is no telling to what lengths he
may be led to his own destruction. Ii IN
even written that to those who obey not
the truth shall lie sent strong delusion
that they may believe lie III 1hess. Ii, 1c-
l2). The Egyptians knew not God and
were bent only upon the destruction Of
His people,
"a. t'And it came to pass that in the
morning watch the Lord looked unto the
host of the Egyptians through the pillar
of fire and of the cloud, aud troubled the
host Of the Egyptians. The cloud that
bad been n guide, ana n light, and n shield
TO Israel was now TO become their aveneer
upon their enemies, for the Lord was in
the cloud, and lie IS all this and more to
all who Pit their trust in Him.
25. Sand took off their chariot wheels,
and they drove them heavily. So that the
Egyptians said, Let us fee from the face
OF Israel, for the Lord fightcth for them
against tho Egyptians They were con
WINGED of the truth when too late, as
many have been since and win be 90 the
end. What n word is this, 1.-THE lord
fghteth for ~Israell' See Deut. /. so; III,
90; Xxx, 4; Joshua X, IA; xiii, 3, 10, and
consider how He viii yet once more fight
for them when we come back with Him
in power and glory Czech. xiv, 3, A..
20. "And the Lord said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the sea that
the waters may come again upon the
Egyptians, upon their cbariots and upon
their horsemen.' It Is not safe to touch
the people Of God, for tho Lord has said,
'tlIo that toueheth you touoheth the apple
Of His eye" Czech. ii, q. And when Saul
Of Tarsus was prosecuting the Christians
Jesus said to him, "Why persecutest thou
meYn (Acts tx, 4, 81 He may bear long
and permit His people 70 endure very
much, but He will in due time deliver
them.
81. "Aud Moses stretched forth his
hand over the sea, and the sea returned to
his strength when the morning appeared,
and the Egyptians fed against it, aud the
Lord overthrow the Egyptians in the midst
OF the sea-" As passover night was a night
to be remembered, so this was a morning
to be remembered. Truly Israel did not
need to fight in this battle-it was Pharaoh
against the Lord, and the Lord against
Pharaoh. When He makes His peoples
cause His own, as He always does, bow
quiet His people should be, for who can
stand before fiimg t'lf God be for us, who
can be against us?n Only we must be pa
tient till the morning.
2S. "And the waters returned and GOV.
cred the chariots and the borsemen and
all the host of Pharaoh that'came into tho
sea after them-there remained not so
much as one of them" How thoroughly
GOD works, just as at the deluge every liv-
ing substance persisted that was outside
of the ark Gen. vii, 23)l No wonder that
when Israel saw that great work which
the Lord did upon the Egyptians they
feared the Lord and believed the Lord
and His servant Moses verse 81.
20. but the children Of Israel walked
upon dry land in the midst Of the sea, and
the waters were a wall unto them on their
right hand and ON their left" This is al
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makes no needless repetition, and when
He thus by doubling confirms a matter
Gen. XII, 81 it becomes us to give special
heed to the fact or the message. He Him
self is round about His people as the noun
tains and as a wall Of fire Fps. cxxv, 9;
Iech. ii, - and Will do miraculous things
for His people today IL there is any need
for the same. Let MS sing 'eThe Lord Is
my strength snd song, aud He Is become
my salvation OK. Ky. q.