The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
LESSON NJ, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 10.
Text of the Lesson, Ex. xiv, 1920
Memory Verses, 27-29-GOIden Text,
Heb. XII, parliamentary by the Rev.
ID. VI. Stearns.

4 ID. VI. Stearns.
| 10 "And the angel Of Cod 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
passover according to the last lesson,
and that night the angel Of death visited
every house where there was no blood
on the door, as God had said-then was
| Egypt glad to thrust Israel forth, nor
| did they send them away empty. but
loaded with spoil. Nor did Israel borrow
of the Egyptians. as in the A. V. but
asked and received as their right Or. V.
| chapter xii, 30-36). No sooner had they
started than the Lord went before them
| ir pillar of cloud and fire to guide and
| protect them.
| 90 And ii came between the camp of
the Egyptians and the camp of Israel
And it was a cloud and darkness to them,
but it gave light by night to these. So
that the one came not near the other all
| that night" The same cloud was light
| to Gods people and darkness to His
enemies. He Himself was in the cloud
| as He had been in the burning bush; as
| He is now in His word. which is a light
to His people. but all darkness to those
who hate Him. When Israel saw their
| predicament, they were afraid and cried
| to the Lord, thinking they would surely
| be slain, for they knew not the Lord as
| yet, though they had seen something of
| His power in Egypt. They were as slow
| to learn as we are. They still walked by
| sight.
q. And Moses stretched out his hand
| over the sea. And the Lord caused the
sea TO go back by a strong east wind all
| that night and made the sea dry land.
| ard the waters were divided" Moses had
| stilled the people, saying: Fear We not;
| stand still and see the salvation cs the
| Lord The Lord shall fight for you.
| and we shall hold your peace oversees
| 1910. Then the Lord had said to go
| forward and told Moses to lift up his
| rod and divide the sea " erses 1919.
| This is the rod which Moses had in his
| hand when the Lord met him at -
| bush CEx. iv. D. 1t is not any great
| thing the Lord asks of US that He may
| use us, but just the entire surrender to
| Him Of what we have.
| p. And the children of Israel went
| into the midst of the sea upon the dry
| ground. And the waters were a wall
| unto them on their right hand and on
| their left" The Spirit records the fact
I in the New Testament in these words:
| by faith they passed through the Red
| sea as by dry land and calls it a bapt-
| ism unto Moses CEIeb. Xi, %; Cor X, 1-2.
| Thus Moses was hOnOred as the servant
| of the Lord and the leader Of His people,
| and the Lord was honOred through
| Moses. The bible is nothing if not super
| natural, for God is over and above all
| nature, and He is everywhere seen in
| His word and ought to be seen in the
| lives Of His people that He might be
| glorified. 1t is not natural for a sea TO
| divide and its waters to stand as wall
| but here are the facts thrice told by the
| Holy Spirit.
%. And the Egyptians pursued and
| went in after them 70 the midst Of the
| sea. even all PharaOh's horses, his
| chariOts and his horsemen." When any
| one goes against God. he is yielding TO
| the devil, and there is no telling TO what
| lengths he may be led to his own de-
| struction. 1t is even written that to
those who obey not the truth shall be
sent strong delusion that they may be-
| lieve a lie III Thess. H. IO-12) The
| Egyptians knew not God and were bent
only upon the destruction Of His people.
"a 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. and troubled
the host Of the Egyptians" The cloud
that had been guide, and a light, and
a shield 10 Israel was now 10 become
their avenger upon their enemies, for the
Lord was in the cloud, and He is all
this and more to all who put their trust
in Him.
%. And took off their chariot wheels.
and they drove them heavily. So that
the Egyptians said. Let us flee from the
face Of Israel for the Lord hghteth for
| them against the Egyptians" They were
| cOnVincedOf the truth when too late, as
many have been since and will be to the
end. What a word is this, THE Lord
hghteth for Israeli See Deut i, 80: iii,
p; Xxx. 4; Joshua X. IA; xiii, 3, 10, and
consider how He will yet once more
1 fight for them when we come back with
Elm in power and glory Zach xiv, 3. a..
26. And the Lord said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the sea that
the waters may come again upon the
Egyptians, upon their chariOts and upon
their horsemen." 1t is not safe TO touch
the people Of God. for the Lord has said.
HE that tOucheth you tOucheth the
apple of His eye (Zech. H. 81. And when
Saul Of Tarsus was prosecuting the
Christians Jesus said to him. why perse-
cutest thou Me-" acts tx, 4, -. He
may bear long and permit His people to
endure very much, but He will in due
time deliver them.
o. And Moses stretched forth his
hand over the sea. and the sea returned
to his strength when the morning ap-
peared, and the Egyptians fed against
it. and 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 I'm 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. how quiet His people
should be, for who can stand before
| Him? IF God be for u.s. who can be
| against us?' Only we must be patient
| till the morning.
| S. And the waters returned and COW
| cred the chariots and the hOrsemen and
| all the host of Pharaoh that came into
the sea after them-there remained not
| so much as one of them" How thor
| oughly God works. just as at the deluge
| every living substance persisted that was
| outside of the ark Gen. vii, 23)! No
| wonder that when Israel saw that great
| work which the Lord did upon the
Egyptians they feared the Lord and be-
lieved the Lord and His servant Moses
| (verse 80.
| 29. 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 almost identical with verse %.
| but the Spirit makes no needless repeti-
ton, and when He thus by doubling con-
| firms a matter Gen. XII. 32) it becomes
! us to give special heed to the fact Of the
message. He Himself is round about His
| people the mountains and as a wall
| of fire ops. cXxv, 2; Zech. III, % and will
| do miraculous things for His people to-
day if there is any need for the same.
Let us sing THE Lord is my strength
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