Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-18
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DRY Verses, $40 Golden Text, Ps.
xci, 10 commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns.
1. "And there went man of the house
! of Levi and took to wife daughter of lie
vi" We learn from chapter vi, 90, that
the mans name was Amram, which sig
nifies an exalted people, al that his wife's
name was Jochebed, which signifies Jeho-
yah is honor, and that Amram lived 1877
years. Their names are also given in Mum.
XVI, SO, with the fact that they had three
children-Aaron and Moses and Miriam,
their sister. Levi was the third son of ia
cob and Leah, and his name signifies join
ed Gen. xxx, 34). All the Levtes were
afterward joined unto Aaron in the special
ministry of the tabernacle Mum. xviii, q.
They were separated from among the chill
dren of Israel as special offering unto the
Lord instead of the firstborn of all Israel
and as gift unto Aaron Mum. viii, 1919.
2. "And the woman conceived and bare
a son. And when she saw him that he
was a goodly child she hid him klree
months" 1t is written in Acts vii, 20,
that he was exceeding fair or, as i'll the
margin, "fair to God" He was the young
est of the three children, Miriam being the
oldest and Aaron next. The testimony in
was born, was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was proper
child, and they were not afraid of the
kings commandment Faith implies a
promise on the part of God-it is simply
confidence in God that He will do as He
has said. God had told Abraham that He
would bring his seed out of bondage in
the fourth generation Gen. XIV, 1G).
3. "And when she could not longer hide
him she took for him an ark of bulrushes
and daubed it with slime and with pitch
and put the child therein and she laid it
in the flags by the rivers brink" This
is the second of the three arks mentioned
in Scripture, each one being made for
like purpose-viz, to preserve that which
it contained. Let any mother in her i'm
agination pass through this experience and
say if she does not want to see Jochebed
and ask her, How could you do it? The
river, like the waters of the deluge, meant
death. The child is virtually put in the
place of death, and yet it is evident that
the mother, like Abraham, believed that
God would give her back her child. There
is no power for God in our lives till we
know the place of death and resurrection.
See John xii, "a; Phil iii, 10.
4. "And his sister stood afar off to wit
what would be done to him." Let some
sister who has little baby brother imag-
inc herself in the place of Miriam. We can
fancy the mother, having obeyed the
promptings of the Spirit of God, now Civ
ing herself to earnest prayer in the quiet
of her own home. She has obeyed even unto
death and now can truly say my soul,
wait thou only upon God, for my expecta-
ton is from Him. (Ps. Xii, 81.
3. And the daughter of Pharaoh came
IN. Il fnNf hon
maidens walked along by the rivers side,
and when she saw the ark among the flags
she sent her maid to fetch it, God is
working. He is in it all, as He is in ev-
erything that concerns His people, and oft
times we must just stand still and see
what He will do. 1t is not till we are at
our wits end, all our own wisdom swal-
lowed up, that we can see the wisdom
and the power of God (Ps. evil, 27-30, mar
GIN.
&. land when she had opened it she
saw the child, and, behold, the babe wept
And she had compassion on him and said.
This is one of the Hebrews children. :"
See how God works He gave the daugh
ter of Pharaoh compassion for the babe
He made the babe to be pitied of her (Ps.
cvi, 46). How little she dreamed who was
watching her and controlling her that day
Ut tLdl SIG WAS lOOhlIB upon CDllu Gnu
sen by God to shake her fathers kingdom
to its very center! Old Simeon and Anna
knew that the little child in Mary's arms
was the Salvation of Israel, Gods great
Deliverer luke ii, "a, 3S), but this woman
knew nothing.
Z. "Then said his sister to Pharaoh 8
daughter, Shall | 90 and call to thee a
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may
nurse the child for thees" Can you see
Miriam standing afar off, and, while she
watched the spot in the river where her
brother lay, lifting up her heart to the God
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that He
would save her brotherf Presently she sees
the kings daughter draw near to the very
spot Oh, how she praysl Almost uncon
sciously she herself draws nigh, she hears
the baby cry she looks upon him, and with
feelings restrained lest she betray herself
she asks if she shall find Hebrew nurse
6. "And Pharaoh s daughter said to her,
Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother" Quietly till out of sight,
but then how swiftly sped she homeward!
Did she laugh or cry, or both? Could she
speak when she saw her mother, or must
she wait to recover breath while the moth
er, with faith and expectation, waits to
hear? Some day they will tell us all about
IL, for it was a day never to be forgotten
in that home. Perhaps mother who
could do as she had done could restrain her
joy enough to say to Miriam, Let us give
thanks to the God of Israel See my
friends, how God works. Blessed indeed
are all who yield so fully to Him that He
can work in them unhindered both to will
and to do of His good pleasure phil. ii,
49,
8. "And Pharaoh s daughter said unto
her, Take this child away and nurse it for
me, and will give thee thy wages And
the woman took the child and nursed it. F"
With emotions controlled she receives into
her arms her own dear child with prom
Use of wages if she will care for it. won
der if she heard that promise of wages or
if Miriam had afterward to remind her
that they might as well as not have some
money that was due them from the kings
daughter The spelling of the Egyptians
has already begun Gen. XIV, IA; Ex xii, 3G)
And Pharaoh is used by God to.care for
and nourish the child who shall lead Israel
out of his kingdom. What thanksgiving
In the home of Amraml See the reward of
faith