The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-07-25
prepared ty III &. l,r.rEtor.l
THE LESSON TEAT.
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they went forth to 20 into the land OF
.anaan; and into the land of Canaan they
.ame.
6. And Abram passed through the land
,nto the place Of Sichem, unto the plain OF
Horeh And the Candanite was then In the
and.
Z. And the Lord appeared unto Abram
md said, Unto thy seed will | give this
and; and there builGed he an altar unto
Ihe Lord. WHO appeared unto him
$. And he removed from thence unto a
mountain on the east OF Bethel and
| pitched his tent, having Bethel on the
west. and Hal on the east and there he
ouilded an altar unto the LORD. and called
! 1pon the nams of the Lord.
! y. And Abram journeyod. going on stll
coward the south
GOLDEN TENT Will bless thee.
ind make thy name great; and thou
ihnlt he IL bIcssing.-Gcn. I.:2.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Two stories come up for cunSidera-
| !ion in connection with this lesson,
ind they are embraced in the eleventh
and twelfth chapters of Genesis. Read
he whole of both chapters. The two
stories are:
rhe Confusion OF Tongues Genesis Ii
| The Gail OF Abraham. m..............G,n,s sis ~
| The Confusion OF Tongues. - The
1ood, according to Ussher's biblical
chronology occurred in the year 234S
3. c. The population at this time
igain began to increase through the
families of Noah's three sons, and as
The population increased a new civil-
cation was gradually taking the place
Of the old. Before the flood there was
anarchy, after me food began the
reign of law. Not law as we under
stand it to-day. Patriarchal govern
ment came into being, that is the head
OF each family or group of families be-
gan to exercise control over and com
mand the obedience OF his progeny and
Iervants in all the affairs that per-
aimed to social life. He became the
Judge in case of disputes, and exercised
generally the functions of ruler and
Of judge. For 100 years these people
spoke one language. But they be-
same too numerous to live longer in
,ne community, so they separated,
some going to the east, some to the
west, Others to the north. and many
|
Of this great migration lay in great
project which was on foot near the
present site of Babylon. The people
had begun TO fear another food. A
tower that would reach to Heaven
'eemed n plausible way of preventing
any wholesale destruction of life.
They had begun to forget the promise
Of God. So God Himself took part
in the work, and about that same time
It happened that the discovery was
made that they could no longer under
stand what one said to another. OF
course It was impossible to go on
with the great undertaking when gen
rral INSTRUMENTATION was denied
them, so gradually the work was
dropped and the people separated. 1t
is said that to-day there are over 5000
languages spoken, and that all are
traceable back to less than 300 leading
languages. The confusion of tongues
has always been going on and will con-
tinue to go on as long as people will
| continue to work at cross-purposes
with the plans of God. Contrast the
lay of Pentecost with the day Of
confusion of tongues. On the day OF
Pentecost the disciples of Jesus be-
came brothers with all the world, and
were understood by each hearer in his
own tongue.
The Call Of fAhraham.-Geness 1919
"details the account of the call of Abra-
-, l. Ia, /, -
great call recorded in the Bible. II
reminds us of the call of Moses a lit
tie later, of the call OF Samuel. of the
call of David, OF Jeremiah and
Isaiah. of Matthew and Saul
(PauD. Every man receives Di-
been especially notable in that they
we're of national or international i'm
port. The call Of Abraham meant the
beginning of nation, and, through
this nation in the person of Jesus
Christ, the salvation of the world.
Abraham was religious man, man
of God. His heart was so nearly right
that God could say: 81 will bless them
that bless thee, and curse him that
curseth thee" He was man so pure
in heart that the Lord appeared unto
him (Gen. 12:T. Ur was the holy city
of the Chaldeans. twas an idolatrous
city, worshiping many gods. If the
truth were to be perpetuated among
men, the men who saw the truth would
have to give it better environment
into which to grow. Abraham was a
worshiper of the true God. he heard
the call to leave the city Of idolatry.
Because of his ready compliance il was
made possible that in him should all
families of the earth be blessed.
Wheat and ChaT.
Christ completes the command
ments.
The picture of Christ is developed
in the dark room of prayer.
Your feelings in the meeting NAV