Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-08-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI. THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES. AUG. ~.

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LESSON VI. THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES. AUG. ~.
Text OF the Lesson. Mum. ri. 4-o-afs,n-
Org Verses, s. Goodies Text, John III,
l4-commentary BY the Rsv. D. IL.
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4. "And they iournevcd from Mount
Hor by the war OF the Fad sea, To compass
the land Of Eaoin, and t,sc soul Of tie peo-
pie was much discouraged because OF the
way" Edom was ESlu. jacobs brother
So tho Edomites were nesr kins.nen of Is
rael. according 10 the f.csh Yet they 10
fused 10 allow Israel to pass through their
land, although Israel offered 10 pay for the
water they might use while passing
through Xxx, 1s-si), In the previous chap
ter we have also an account of the deasl
Of Miriam in the first month, and the death
IL Aaron in the fifth month OF the fortie;h
year. See chapter xxxiii. sS. Woiind Israel
In this lesson about where We saw them
in the last lesson, but 1t is IS years later
In the story. Hundreds Of thousands have
tilc w anu u HOW krtltCftt-
ton has grown up, yet OF those IS years Of
wanderings because Of their unbelicf we
know scarcely anything. They were cut
Of fellowship, ard it was lost Time We
are reminded of tho 10 years Of Abrams
life OF which we know nothing (Gcn. xvi,
10; xvii, y, and Of Ike lost tisuc az tho
Nazari,e (Num. vi, 1a). When we are out
OF fellowship with God through unbelicf
u. T. "
reminded that the journey of life is often
weary enc to the flesh, but il we are In
Christ, who Is the war (.Iohn xiv, 81, and
will continually sconsitlor Him. and
''look unto Him (Hob. xii, 2, %, we will
be greatly helped and strengthened and
will not be discouraged, even though our
own relations turn asyninat u.s. Think q
the brother of Abel, the brethren of Joseph
and of David and even the brethren Of Jc-
sus did not at one time believe in Him
John vii, 81.
8. And tho people spake against God
and against Moses, Wherefore have 70
brought us up out OF Egypt 10 die In tho
wilderness for there il no brosd, neither
is there any water, and our soul loatheth
this light bread" Ps. lxxviii tells the
story OF their sin from beginning TO end.
In bout tx, "a, Moses gays, aye have been
robellious against the Lord from the day
that I knew you" In Nun. XII, /, it is
written that ''when tho people complained,
it displcased the Lord And in ps. KEY,
10, the Lord Himself says Forty years
long was grieyed with this generation .
What rolief TO turn TO Him Of whom IL Il
said by the Father ''This Is My Beloved
Son, in whom l am well pleased, . and 10
hear the Son Himself say, II do always
those things that please Him (Math. xvii,
8; John viii, COY. Tho Word for us is, 'sDc
all things without murmusings or disput-
ings," BE contcnt with such things rs
70 have" (Phil- Il, Ia; Iieb. Kill, 8; SEQ
also Cor <, 6-13).
9. And the Lord sent fiery serpcnts
among the people, and they BIZ tho people
and much people of Israel died In James
Iii, 9, 1t is said that tho tongue is an un-
ruly evil full of dcadly poison, and of sim
ncrs ii is said in Rom. iii, 49, .The poison
of asps is under thoir lips The people
had been slandc-iag God with the poison Of
their tongues and now they arc reaping as
they sowed. They sowed the wind and
they are reaping tho whlrlwind tGal. vi,
r; Hos. viii, ~, Sometimes a swift reck,
oning oyertakes the sinner as in the case
of Korah and his company, Achan also,
and Ansnias and Sapphira, but it IL al.
ways preceded by much long suffering and
patient forbearanoe as In the days OF
Noah. "Iio that being often rcproyed,
hardeneth bis neck shall suddenly be do
stroyed and that wlthou. remedy" prov
xxx, u. Because there IL wrath, beware
lest He take thee away with His stroke;
then a great ransom cannot deliver thee
dob xxxvi, 49,
z. Therefore the people came TO Moses
and said, We haYo sinned, for we have
spoken against the Lord and against thee
Pray unto tho Lord that He take away the
serpcnts from US. And Moses prayed for
tho people" In Ps. evil We read again
and again that they cried unto the Lord
in their trouble and He heard and deliv-
cred them. He is full of compassion and
forgiveness, and for us II ~ written that
hif we oonfeqs our sims He is faithful aud
just to forgive lis our sins and 10 cleanse
us from all unrighteousncss" q John I, o.
There IL n bcsier way to live, however
than that OF constant SHINING ard repont.
ing, We may walk in tho light rs lic IL
in ths light, have fellowship with Him
and rejoice In the blood that clcanseth
from all sin Il John 1, y. We shall never
on this side Of the glory coaso TO need that
cleansing blood, but we may have wonder
full victory over sin and fellowship with
God.
8. "And tho Lord said unto Moses, Make
thee fiery serpent and sot it upon pole,
and II shall como TO pass that every one
that is bition whom he looketh upon II shall
live" How strange the remedy, a like
ness OF thas which slow thcmi How sug-
gestiyc Of tho Lord Jesus, who took upon
Him our likeness, the likeness OF sinful
flesh, and was made sin for M (Rom. viii,
8; ii CORY, 2i). The serpent brought death,
and the 1lkcness OF tho serpent brought
life. BY Adam come sin aud death and
the curse. BY the Son Of God, in the like
ness Of Adam made curse for us, come
life and health and rcaco from. v, IL, ~,
Gal. Iii, 1s). How simple tho way Of life!
Though all but dead from the serpent's
bite, II but She glazing eye could 500 the
brazen serpent there WAS life.
0. "And Moses maic serpent Of brass
and put it upon pole, and 1t came to pass
that II serpent had bitten any man, when
he boheld the serpent Of brass, he lived"
In John fiji, IA, 10, SEQ the Saviour's APP
plication Of this 10 Himsclf Write your
own namo In full in John iii, Is, instead |
of the words tho 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 |, l2 win |
surely bring you life. II C. II. Sturgeon,
now resting from his labors, passed from
death to life By look, in obedience to Isa
xiv, 22, you can do tho same II you will
The atonemont hrs been made; the work
Of providing redemption has been finished.
Christ died for our sins, according 10 the
Scriptures; He was delivered for our Of
fences and raised again for our justification,
and now the penitent sinner who honestly |
receives Him Is instantly justified from all |
things and mssae accepted in tho Beloved |
Il Coz. XIV, o; Eom. iv, a5; Eph. /, ., q; |
Acts xiii, IS, s9).
Discriminating Wisdom.
A correspondent thinks he has discov- |