The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Especially Arranged from Pcloubct's No,esl
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Tmr SECTION 80 HISTORY. Chaps. $40
rsAins ss;ii-i3. %
NEW TESTAMENT LIGHT The story IN Acts
I; sSj Heb ii:ss Jesus years Of preparation.
r.usc 3 -. John the Baptist, Luke ~ on.
,o.ers 81 Moses. Tim 3a
TIME Tho call Of Moses. according 20 our
comnol chronology. was IN The sumner u IL
4 lis3. nearly forty years after be- left Egypt
,Acis ..3)l tiirugsch and others make the
date about II g .I3Up
PLACE The Home OF Moses was in the lana
a. the Midlaniies. probably Ia the vicinity 81
Shcrm al the southern point Of the triangle N
Arabia between the twJ arms of the Rel sea
The burning bush was on MI Sinai tho
mountain OF Goa" in the Horeb mountains
IIoreb was probably the cluster OF mountains.
the mountaiopus district % which Sinai was
one mountain Tie names are often used later
cLangcably
noh aud announced the plaques was Tanis.
lately discovered near the mouth Of the Taaitic
branch Of the Nile.
PREPARATIONS FoR A LIFr WORK
Moses Punishment for Forty Years
in Arabia. When Moses fled from
Pharaoh In Egypt. he came 10 the
borders Of the Midianites. in the south
eastern part Of the Arabian triangle.
where was well for the watering Of
The fioclss. While Moses was sitting bv
the well the seven daughters II
Ravucl. or Rcucl also called Jcthro.
the priest and sheill of the Nidianitc
tribe occupying that region. came to
water their fathers nocls They had
drawn considerable water. when some
rude shepherds came M with their
hoclSs and drove them away. and took
possession OF the troughs. Upon this
Moses rallantly came To the rescue.
ana compelled the shepherds 10 stand
aside while he wa,crci the noclss Of
the maidcns. The result was that he
entered the service OF .hc shci.1. and
married his daughter Zipnorah. and
remained in the family Of Ra-ucl for
forty years.
This Long Retirement a Preparation
for Ills LifeWork.- "a In these wears
his own character would he disci-
pinned and ripened. and every noble
trait confirmed. his faith strengthened.
and his know ledge Of Cod 81 religion
and Of man enlarged. The man sur
rounded with pride and au;ocratic
power. whose first act in his new life
was 10 snitc an Egyptian-was 10 be-
come the mcelscst of men. ta) lie had
learned all he conid in the school OF
Egypt. and needed to escape from all
false Influences that might ms. his
character and his work Egyptian
ideas must give place 10 divine ideas Of
government and religion. 90 In the
wilderness he would hold communion
with God mo region more favorable
~ the attainment Of lofty conccp-
tion Of the Almighty could have been
found" Here God would be his teach
or The absence Of secret training
and discipline will necessarily leave us
barren. superficial and thcorc,ic
Something more than mere doing is |
necessary on the part of the true sery-
ant. The servant must frequently |
stand in his masters presence in order
that he may know what he haste do
&. ii. NJ. az In those calm years every |
problem to be solved in the orgauiza- |
tion Of "a people would rise successive |
lv in his mind and find its solution
Gcilxic. 90 His wahdcrings would |
make him acquainted with every val |
ley, plain. gorge, hill and mountain
Of the whole region: with its po2ula-
lion; 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 10 Guide his
rae, when rescued from Egypt
Geilsic. tdl 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 i'm need. and of
which the sequel of his story affords
- many striking instances.-F. John
son. % Every tie with Egypt. every
embarrassment of his official position.
IA 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
Aplcndors Of the palace at Tanis. yct
his fight must have frs: set him free
from an embarrassing position. and
left him wholly at thcr service"
The Turning Bush. When the forty
N"iH Va tbit Ailtll
work. when new and weaker
iharoah had gained possession Of the
throne instead of the fierce ard war
like Eamcscs. and when the Israclitcs
50 felt the bitterness Of their bondage.
then God called Moses TO his great
work. Moses was wandering. doubt
css in meditative mood. among the
Mountains of Sinai when G od appeared
% him by means of a burning bush.
~ acacia thorn-oush SO common in the
iescrt lie did not appear in a burn
ne mountain which would have terri
led and dismaycd. but in the common
jnsh which attracted him.
The Divine Call.-N. 10. Out of the
turning bush came the voice Of God.
declaring that however long the delay
lad been. yet lie knew the condition Of
lis people. He had heard their prayers.
ma the time had now come TO deliver
hem from slavery. and &c bring them
nto the land flowing with milk and
ioncy.' 10. Come and ] will
end thee unto Pharaoh" etc. Forty
ears before Moses had undertaken to
" the delivprcr Of his peapl. i'm his |