Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-01

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law into which III netions could look
and understand the rules Of life BY
which they hoped to succeed. The
INV was supplied by tradition to the
other nations as we'll Is to his peculiar
people and written on their hearts and
minds had been SO eftaced by sin that
God prefers to reconnit it By engray-
Ing 1t upon unfeeling stone and COM
manded that they be placed in the ARK
for preservation. lie told Moses 70
call the people together and that he
would instruct them again ~recovenant
with the father OF the faithful by them.
Ihis brings us 10 the consideration Of
the locality in which they YER given
to Moses.
The Place II Delivery.
For they were departed from Rep
hidim. and were come to the desert Of
Sinai. and had pitched in the wilder.
ness; and there Israel camped before
the Mount" Elk. 1872. Nearly In the
center of the peninsula which Is form
ed by the arms of the Red . is a
wedge of granite. and perphyry rocks
rising more than 5000 feet above the
level OF the sea-, consisting of three d.
visions Or mountain. peaks. Two Of
these are prominent places in Scrip
ture, and known as Horeb and Sinai,
but to the latter we give attention
now.
Sinai takes it's name from Smith or
acacia bush, and this is a name Of a
desert in which the Mount rises, and
It is now called Jebel Musa. There is
. great difference Of opinion among
explorers as to which point raj as
cerded by Moses. but this Is not Of im-
p~ortance, as all are together and
around them is q valley we'll adapted
to their long camp at that place. 1t
is always helpful to the Bible student
to locate these important historical
monuments which Is easily dore by
reference to a map and thus impress
the mind with tho geographical as
we'll a. the historical facts. And there
Israel camped before the Mount says
Mofes. Elk. 10, ~. But before the
Lord declared the law Moses assembled
the clefts alone and God there reveal
ed to him that there must be a spe-
cial preparation of three days. Elk. 10,
II, and Moses returned and communi-
Gated all to them and they at once De
clared their willingness to comply
with his orders. But alas! alas! poor
weak humanity their strict obedience
was of short duration. 1t was a sacred
spot and not less so than that when
the Lord called him aside from the
people and revealed his glory In the
burning brush at Horeb and told him
to put Off his feet because of the sac
redness of the place. We next notice:
The Manner of Delivery.
1t was to be such a display of divine
power as to cause them to fear and yet
confirm their faith. -
The preparation of the people.
We have referred to the three days
of preparation. This was to be a sane
tifying process. Elk. 10, 10.
And God said unto Moses, go unto
the people and sanctify them to-day
and tomorrow and let them wash their
clothes and be ready against the third
day." The people obeyed the charge
OF Moses, and God. true to his prom
Uses, manifested himself in the She
Gilman on the Mount. AK. 1915. And
it came to pass or the third day in the
morning that there were thunders and
lightnings and a thick cloud upon the
Mount, and the voice Of the trumpet
exceeding loud, so that all the people
that were in the camp trembled.
While the Gospel is not yet SO ter
rible as the law, no n should go
t~houghtlessly into the presence Of God
as worshipers without due reverence
for him. A more dreadful and terrible
day, perhaps, was lever witnessed by
man than that, and unequaled by any
except the day when God will Judge
man by that law. Think, If you can,
how their hearts throbbed and thrilled
when they heard the clang of heavenly
trumpets, blended with the loud and
terrible thunder, both giving a signal
of the near APPROACH OF God. Picture
for a moment their thoughts when
they saw the mountain burning with
fire, enveloped with clouds and smoke,
out of which on every side shot fearful
lightnings. Think how they trembled
when they saw the mountain shaking
and rocking to and fro at Gods signal,
The Psalmist describes it in the sixty
eight Psalm, eight verse: The earth
shook, and the heavens also dropped
at the presence Of God; even Sinai it,
self was moved at the presence of God,
the God of Israel.
The manner of the preparation for
the display of the Lords favor and
power can be read probably from Elk.
19:10-13. The principles OF prepare