The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-11-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
1sssson In the Inter.atis~al SERIES
for December I, I00i-TAe Cell
Of Moses.
THE LESSON TEXT.

THE LESSON TEXT.
EXODUS 3:l-12)
l. Now Moses kept the flock Of Jethro his
farher-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 &c
Horeb.
! 2 And the angel OF the Lord appeared
unto him in a 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. -....L
3. And Moses said. will now turn aside.
and see this great sight, why the bush Is
not burnt. --......
! 4. And when the Lord saw that he turned
aside to see. God called unto him out OF
! the midst Of the bush. and said. Moses,
Moses. And he said. Here am
| 8. And he said. Draw not nigh hither:
put of thy shoes from or thy feet. for
the place whereon thou standeN Is holy
ground.
6. Moreocer He said. I 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.
7. And the Lord said. have surely seen
the aifiiction OF my people which are in
Egypt. and have heard their cry by rea-
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 land flowing with
milk and honey: unto the place OF the
Canaanites. and the Hittitss. and the
Amorites. and the Perizzites, and the
Hivites. and the Jebusites.
g. Now therefore, behold. the cry Of the
nf pl ia me n N
have also seen the oppression wherewith
the Egyptians oppress 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
il. And Moses said unto God. Who am I.
that l should 20 unto Pharaoh, and that
should bring forth the children Of Israel
out Of Egypt?
u. And He said, Certainly I will be with
thee; and this shall be 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 TExT.-Certainly I will be
with thee.-Ex. 3,12.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
MOsess 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
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 4-24-28. 1927 indicate
that she was not very congenial with
her husband.
The Call.-The time Of Noses call
Is set by 2:s3 at about the date of
.hs> accession of the Pharaoh from
whom Israel finally escaped. This
Pharaoh IL believed cte hays .hsap
n e. IasS. The appearance in the bush
is to be thought of a. supernatural,
though thu attempt has been made
to explain il 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 Of
God and His people, and the rscog-
milton OF the covenant with the
patrinrcns. 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 we'll fitted for the
work as q man could be.
The Signs and Helper.-In 3:l4. the
origin of the Hebrews special name
for God 10 indicated. This name,
known to us as Jehovah, was pro-
nounced at first a. though written
Yahweh. The significance Of the
name is "The Living Que" The COM
mon name of God in earlier times
W5s Elohim or FL, signifying "The
Mighty One" Jehovah was the eov-
enant name, and was considered un-
speakably sacred by the later Jews.