Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-11-30
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the international Series
for December L, 19O1-The Cali
OF Moses.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Exodus s:IRO


L Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro Ms
father-in-law the priest OF INDIAN: ara ne
led the flock to the backside OF the DESERT
and came to the mountain OF God' even TO
Horeb.
,, And the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in flame of fire out of the midst
of a bush: and he looked, and, behoio' the
bush burned with fire, and the bush was
not consumed.
g. And Moses said, will now turn aside.
and see this great sight, why the bush Is
not burnt.
l. And when the Lord saw that he turned
aside to see, God called unto him out Of
the midst of the bush, and said, Noses
Moses. And he said, Here am l.
s. And he said, Draw not nigh hither:
put off thy shoes from of thy feet, Tor
the place wherein thou standest is holy
ground
6. Moreover He said, am the God of
thy father, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses
hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon
God.
Z. And the Lord said I have surely seen
the affiiction of my people which are in
Egypt, and have heard their cry by rea-
son of their taskmasters: for know their
| sorrows:
s. And am come down to deliver them
/ out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to
bring them up out of that land unto a good
| land and large, unto a land flowing with
| milk and honey; unto the place OF the
| Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
! Amorites, and the Perizzitess and thu
! Invites, and the Jebusites.
| 9. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the
| children of Israel is come unto me: and
have also seen the oppression wherewith
the Egyptians Cypress them.
10. Come now therefore. and I will send
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring
| forth my people the children of Israel out
| of Egypt.
II. And Moses said unto God, Who am I.
| that should go unto Pharaoh and that1
| should bring forth the children of Israel
out of Egypt?
Il And He said, Certainly I will be with
thee; and this shall be q token unto thee.
| that have sent thee: When thou hast
| brought forth the people out of Egypt, "a
shall serve God upon this mountain.
GOLDEN TEXT-CertninIy 1 will be
with thee.-Ex. 3:12.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Moses Fhght.-The tendency of
Moses life would be to make him for
get his race. but he remembered
them and was loyal to them. Steph-
en- suggested (Acts 7:25) that he
interfered to help the oppressed He
brew in the hope that the Hebrews
would rise against the Egyptians un-
der his leadership.
Moses Marriage.-The Midianites
wandered over the Sinai peninsula
and northern Arabia. Moses life
among them gave him familiarity
with the region through which Is
rael was to travel Zipporah does
not appear much in history, but pas
sages like 4-24-26, 1927 indicate
that she was not very congenial with
her husband.
The CalI.-The time of Moses call
is set by 1923 at about the date of
the accession of the Pharaoh from
whom Israel finally escaped. This
Pharaoh is believed to have been
Merentpah, who began to reign about
B. C. 1925. The appearance in the bush
is to be thought of as supernatural,
though the attempt has been made
to explain it by reference to various
natural appearances. The revelation
of Gods holiness and scParateness
was the starting point of Moses
work. The second point of the rev.
elation was the historic relation OF
God and His people, and the recog-
milton of the covenant with the
patriarchs. Moses sense of the
greatness of the task, his long alb
sence from the court, his ignorance
of the people. all moved him to feel
that the undertaking was too great.
Yet he was as well fitted for the
work as man could be.
The Signs and Helper.-In 3:14, the
origin of the Hebrews special name
for God is indicated. This name,
known to us as jehovah, was pro-
nounced at first as though written
Yahweh The significance of the
name is ''The Living Que" The COM
mon name of God in earlier times
was Elohim or FL, signifying 'The
Mighty One" Jehovah was the COW
enant name, and was considered un-
speakably sacred by the later jews