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1ci, 15-Comm entary by the Rev. ID. NJ
Stearns.
]. "And there went man Of the house
OF Levi and took to wife daughter OF lie
vi" We learn from chapter vi, 20, that
the mans name was Amram, which sig
nifies an exalted people, and that his Wife
name was Jochebed, which signifies Jeho-
yah is honor, and that Amram lived l3i
years. Their names are also given in Num-.
XVI, 80, with the fact that they had three
chldren-Aaron aud 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 Levites were
afterward joined unto Aaron in the special
ministry of the tabernacle (Num. xviii, o.
They were separated from among the chill
dren Of Israel as a special Offering unto the
Lord instead Of the flstborn Of all Israel
and as gift unto Aaron (Num. viii, 1870
Q. "And the woman conceived and bare
a son. And when she saw him that he
was goodly child she hid him three
months" 1t is written in Acts vii, 90
that he was exceeding fair, or, as in the
margin "fair to God. - He was the young
est of the three children, Miriam being the
oldest and Aaron next The testimony in
Heb. XII, 3d. is, "By faith Moses, when he
was born. was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was proper
child. and they were not afraid of the
kings commandments. Faith implies
promise on the part of God--it is simply
confidence in God that He will do as lie
has said tod had told Abraham that lie
would bring his seed out of bondage in
the fourth generation Gen XIV, l6).
T. And when she could not longer hide
him she took for him an ark OF bulrushes
and daubed 1t with slime and with pitch
and put the enid therein, ana she lald II
In the flags by the rivers brink. This
Is the second OF the three arks mentioned
in Scripture each one being made for a
like purpose-viz, to preserve that which
it contained. Let any mother in her i'm
aglnation pass through this experience and
say II she does not want to see Jochebed
and ask her, How could you do 1t? The
river, like the waters of the deluRe, meant
death' Inc chlld Is Vlrtuaiiy put III the
place OF death, ana yet 1t Is evident tnat
the hlo'ner' IKE Noranah' peIieEeu tnaC
God would give her back her chlld. There
IS no power Tor Eod IN our lives tlIl we
Know inc place OF death ana resurrectlon'
zee Johh XII ~; lhI. III, ~
i. ANA MS sister STOOD aIar OIL 10 VIII
what would be done to nm. Let some
SISTER VINO has niue baby brother mag
Inc herselt III the place OF Miriam. we can
FANCY the motner, having obeyed the
promptinSs 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 ana now can truly say My SOUL
wait thou only upon God, for my eXpecta-
ton is from Him (Ps. Xii, 81.
o md the daughter of Pharaoh came
down 20 wash herself at the river, and her
maidens walked along by the rivers side,
ana when she saw the ark among the fiags
she sent her mad to fetch II. tod Is
! WorAing. lie Is III 1t all, as lie Is III ev-
! ery' hlng that concerns HIS people, ana OFT
Times we must Just stand sun ana see
what lie Will DO. 1t IS not TIL we are at
our wits end, all our own wisdom swal-
| lowed up, that we can see the wisdom
and the power OF God rs. cVl, 2'-3O, mar
gm).
6. "And 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. y
| 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, 49, How little she dreamed who was
watching her and controlling her that day
or that she was Rocking upon child cho-
| sen by God to shake her father 5 Kingdom
| to lts very center! Old Slmeon ana Anna
knew that the little child i'll Mary S arms
was the salvation of Israel God great
Deliverer luke ii, "a, 3S), but this woman
knew nothing.
:. Then said his sister to Pharaoh )
daughter, Shall 20 and call to thee a
nurse OF the Hebrew women, that she may
nurse the child for thee" Can you see
Miriam standing afar of, 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 lie
would save her brother? Presently she sees
the king daughter draw near to the very
| spot. Oh, how she prays! Almost uncon-
sciously she herself draws nigh, she hears
the baby cry, she looks upon him, and with
feelings restrained lest she hetray herself
she asks if she shall find Hebrew nurse,
s. And Pharaoh : daughter said TO her,
Go. And The maid went and called the
child : mother Quietly till out of sight,
| then ~ hOnpINnr6