The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17
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THE CHILDHOOD OF MOSES.

The International Sunday school lesson
for Nov. II is found in Exodus H., Ito, and
Is devoted to the birth and childhood OF
Moses. The place was Goshen, and the
date 1872 B. C. The golden text is
Proverbs xxi, G: "Train up a child in
the way he should go; and when he rs
old. he will not depart from it,
The bondage of Israel continued and
they sighed and cried by reason of 1t,
and their cry came UP unto God. and he
beard their grooming and remembered
His covenant with Abraham, Isaac ana
Jacob, and His time drew near to de-
liver them And child was born who
was to be the leader. The man OF the
house of Levi was Amram, and the
daughter of Levi was Jochebed, and the
child spoken Of in our lesson was Moses,
whose elder brother and sister were
Aaron and Miriam (Ex. VII, 1920; Mum.
XVI, 59). Concerning this child 1t is
written in Acts vii, 20, that he was ex-
ceeding fair (margin, fair to Cod and
rourished up in his fathers house three
months In Heb. XII, %, the statement Is
by faith Moses, when he was born, was
hid three months of his parents, because
they saw he was a proper child, and they
We're not afraid of the kings command
ment' The king had ordered the death
of all young male children OF the
Hebrews.
With strong confidence In God did
Jochtbed place that ark with its pre-
cious treasure among the flags by the
rivers brink, and with intense interest
did Miriam watch to see what God would
do for her baby brother. This is the
second of the three arks of scripture,
each Of which was made for similar
purpose, to preserve what they contain
ed, the ark of Noah to preserve himself
and family and all the creatures which
God sent into it, the ark of the taber-
nacle to preserve the law on the two
tables of stone, and this ark to preserve
the babe chosen of God.
This is one Of the Hebrews children
How true are the words Of the old hymn,
God moves in a mysterious way His
wonders to PERFORM Pharoah. decree
ing the death of all the male Hebrew
children l.. 22), and Pharaoh's daughter,
moved with compassion to spare this one
who was destined to be the human inS
strument through whom God would hum
BILE the pride of Egypt.
"The maid went and called the cnild's
mother" How eagerly, and yet possibly
with wise quietness, Miriam would ask
if she should call a nurse of the Hebrew
woman to nurse the child for her, and
at the word CO. with what joy she
would hasten to her mother with the
joyful news that the kings daughter had
found their babe and had sent her to OBJ
tain a nurse.
"Take this child away and nurse it for
me, and / will give thee thy wages.
Only a mother can in full measure ap-
preciate Jochebeds feelings as she clasp
ed her dear babe in her arms and went
away with him; mother who had her
babe given back to her from the verge
of the unseen would appreciate the cir
cumStances still more, for this child was
in like given hack
from the place of death.
And the child grew, and she brought
him unto Pharaell's daughter, and he
became her son. From various sources
we find that Moses was learned in all
the wisdom of the Egyptians, and be-
came a mighty man both in word and
deed, but that at the age of forty he re-
fused longer to be known as the son of
Pharaohs daughter and chose the re-
proach CO Christian rather than the
treasures in Egypt, and afI1iction with
the people of God rather than the pleas
ures of sin for a season, for he had re-
Spect unto the recomperse of the reward
and endured as seeing Him who Is in
visible. Having fled from Egypt he be-
came a shepherd with the priest of Mi
dian, married one of his seven daughters.
Zipporah, and dwelt with him forty
years. His helping the daughters of
Jethro to water their f1ocks and thus OBJ
tanning wife for himself recalls the
story of Eliezer obtaining a wife for
Isaac, and also Of Jacob and Rachel
The lesson teaches:
l., God filled the heart of the mother
with faith SO that she risked the danger
of disobeying the king.
z God prepared the heart of the prin-
cess SO that it was ready to open at the
cry of the child
g. God sent the child where he would
be the safest-into the very palace of
Pharaoh.
A. God sent the child where he should
be educated and trained for the great
work He had for him to do
8. God plans the life of every one for
usefulness and honor, but men often
spell his plans.
EXTENSION OF THE GOSPEL.
The Christian Endeavor topic for Nov.
Il is that of Missions, and is founded