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4. And they journcyed from Mount
Hor by the way of the Rcd sea- TO compass
the land Of EdoIn, and the soul az the rco-
Pile was much discouraged because OF tie
way" Edom was Eszlu. Jacobs brother.
So the Edomitos We're near kinsnaen of Is
racl, according TO the flesh Yct they n.
fused 60 allow Israel TO raSS through thcii
land. although Israel offered 70 pay for the
water they might use while PASSING
through Xxx, 1871. In the previous chap.
ter we have also an account of the death
of Miriam in the first month, and the death
of Aaron in the fifth month of the foriicth
year See chapter xxxiii, IS. We find Isry,
in this lesson about where we saw them
in tho last lesson, hut il is IS years later
in the story. Hundreds of thousands have
died in the Wilderness, and nciv genera
ton has grown up, yet of those IS years of
wanderings because of their unbclief we
know scarcely anything They were out
of fellowship, and IL was lost time We
are pemindcd of the IL years of Ahrams
life Of which we know nothing (6cn. xvi,
is; xvii, ID, and of the lost time of the
Nagariie (Num. vi, 12) When we are out
of fellowship with God through unbelicf
or worldliness. the time is lost. We are
reminded that the journey of life is often
a weary one to the flesh, hut if we are in
Christ, who is 'the way" (.Iohn xiv, 81, and
will continually consider Him" and
''look unto Him" (Hcb. xii ., %, we win
he greatly helped and strengthened ard
will not he discouraged, even though our
own relations turn against us. Think of
the brother of Abel, the bret hren of Joseph
and of David, and even the brcihrea of .Ie-
sus did not at one time believe in Him
(John VIII %.
8. And rho people spake against God
and AGAINST Moses. Wherefore layo ye
brought us up out of Egypt 10 dlo in the
wildernesss for there is no bread Eeither
is there any water and oar seal lcat beth
this light bread" PS. l1xviii tells the
story of their sin from beginning 10 end
In Deut. tx, "a, Moses says Eye have been
rebellious against the Lord from the Gay
that / knew you" In Mum. xi, /, Il is
written that "when the people complained
1t displeased the Lord" And i'm Ps. kew,
10, the Lord Himself says Forty years
long was l grievcd with this generation /"
What relief To turn to Him of whom it is
said by the Father, "Ihis is NV Beloved
Son, in whom ann well pleased, and to
hear the Son Himself say, II do always
those things that please Him (Math. xviii
3; John viii, 29). The Word for us is, "Do
all things without murmurings or disput-
ings." "Be content with such things as
yo nave (Hnll. ii, Ia fteD. XIII, o. see
also Cor. X, GID.
9. "And tho Lord sent fiery serpents
among the people, and they bit the people
and much people of Israel died" In James
iii. s, it is said that the tongue is an UNI
ruly evil full of deadly poison, and of sim
ners it Is said in Rom. iii, 13, 1.-The poison
of asps is under their lips" The people
had been slandering God with the poison Of
their tongues and now they are reaping as
they sowed. They sowed the wind and
they are reaping the whirlwind (Gal. vi,
2; Hos. viii, -. Sometimes a swift rcck-
oning overtakes the sinner, rs in the case
OF Korah and his company, Achan also,
and Ananias and Sapphire, but il IS al
ways preceded by much long suffering and
patient forbearance, as in the days OF
Noah. "He that being often reproved,
hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be de
stR0yed and that without remedy prov.
xxx, ID. because there is wrath, beware
lest He take thee away with His stroke;
| then great ransom cannot deliver thee
| Dob. xxxvi, 1S).
z. Therefore the people came TO Moses
| and said, We have sinned, for We have
| spoken against the Lord and against thee.
| Pray unto the Lord that He take away the
| serpents from u.s. And Moses prayed for
| the people" In Ps evil we read again
and again that they cried unto the Lord
| In their trouble, and He heard and dcliv-
cred them. He is full of compassion and
| forgiveness, and for us ii is written that
IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and
| just TO forgive us our sins and To cleanse
us from all unrighteousness" Il John j, 81.
| There is a better way to live however,
| than that of constant SHINING and repent
| ing. We may walk I'm the light as He is
| in the light, have fellowship with Him
and rejoice in the blood that clcanseth
from all sin (I John |, a. We shall never
on this side of the glory cease to need that
| cleansing blood, but we may have wonder
| full victory over sin and fellowship with
| God.
| g. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Mako
| thee fiery serpent and set it upon pole,
| and it shall come TO pass that every one
| that Is bitten when he looketh upon 1t shall
| live" How strange the remedy, like
ness of that which slew theml How sug
gestive of the Lord Jesus, who took upon
| Him our likeness, the likeness of sinful
| flesh, and was made sin for as (Rom. viii,
| 8; III Cor.v, eli. The serpent brought death,
and the likeness Of the serpent brought
| life. BY Adam came sin and death and
| the curse. BY the Son of God, in the like
| ness of Adam made curse for us, come
life and health and peace (Rom. V, -, IL;
| Gal iii, 49,. How simple the way of lifel
| Though all but dead from the serpents
| bite, If but the glazing eye could see the
| brazen serpent there was life.
o. "And Moses made serpent Of brass
and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass
| that if serpent had bitten any man, when
| he behold the serpent of brass, he lived. Z"
/ In John Iii, Ia Is, see the Sayiour's ap-
| plication of this to Himself. Write your
own name in full in John iii, 10, instead
| of the words 1.-THE world and whose
ever" and believe that God means you,
and the believing look upon Him who died
for you, in the light of John i, II, will
surely bring you life. If G. H. Spurgeon,
now resting from his labors, passed from
| death to life by "a look, in obedience to Isa
| xiv, %, you can do the same if you will
| The atonement has been made; the work
| of providing redemption has been finished
| Christ died for our sins, according to the
| Scriptures; He was delivered for our of
fenses and raised a gain for OFT aiilcation,
and now the penitent sinner who honestly
receives Him Is instantly justified from all
things and made accepted in Tie Beloved
| q Cor. XIV, 8; ROM. iv, %; Eph. i, 6, Il;
| Acts xiii, IS, 39l.
Discriminating Wisdom.
| A correspondent thinks he has discov-
| srad N diserafaanev IN the RibIe l,ef-4frSe