The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-11-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international Series
for December I. 1OOt--Thc Call
of Moses.
THE LESSON TEXT.
EXODUS 3:l-12.)

l. Now Moses Kept the Hook OIL Jetnro MS
father-in-law. the priest OF INDIAN: and he
led the flock, to the backside of the desert
and came to the mountain of God, even TO
Horeb.
q And the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him I'm flame OF fire out of the midst
of a bush: and he looked. and, behold, the
bush burned with fire, and the bush was
not consumed.
g. And Moses said 1 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 oil
the midst of the bush, and said, Moses,
Moses And he said, Here am I.
s. And he said. Draw not nigh hither
put Off thy shoes from of thy feet. for
the place whereon 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
l. And the Lord said, | 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 good
land and large. unto a land flowing with
milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites aud the Hittites. and the
Amorites. and the Perizzites. and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Q. Now therefore. behold. the cry Of the
children of Israel is come unto me: and !
have also seen tho oppression wherewith
the Egyptians oppress them.
TO- Come now therefore. and | will send
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring
forth my people the children Of Israel out
Of Egypt
H. And Moses said unto God, Who am 1.
| that should go unto Pharaoh and that
| should bring forth the children Of Israel
out of Egypt?
". And lie said, Certainly will be with
thee: and this shall be a token unto thee,
| that | have sent thee: When thou hast
brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye
| shall serve God upon this mountain.
GOLDEN TEAT.-Certainly I will he
| with thce.-Isx. 3i12.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Moses Flight.--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
interfcred to help the oppressed lie
brew in the hope that the Hebrews
would rise against the Egyptians un-
der MS leadership.
Mosses' 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 Call.-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. {. 1928. 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 separateness
was the starting point of Moses
work. The second point of the rev.
elation was the historic relation ot
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 fee
that the undertaking was too great
Yet he was as we'll 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 writer
Yahweh. The significance of the
name is "The Living Que" The com
mon name of God in earlier time.
was Elohim or Ell, signifying "Ths
Mighty One" Jehovah was the GOV
enant name, and was considered un
speakably sacred by the later Jews