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Sunday Study.
ISRAEL IN EGYPT

| ISRAEL IN EGYPT. .aaf
The International Sunday school lesson
| for Dec 20 is a review of the twelve pre-
| ceding lessons. The golden text is from
| Romans viii. 81: eff God be for us, who
can be against u.s. The quarters les
sons were devoted to Israel in Egypt,
| and the central thought is Gods Over
| ruling Providence The whole subject
| is one of extreme interest. The outline
! of the previous lessons Is as follows:
1.-The sale of Joseph as detailed in
| Genesis xxxvii., 1886 Golden text, Acts
vii, 9, 1.-The patriarchs moved with envy,
| sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with
| him. The hatred and cruelty OF Joseph 8
| brethren to the brother whom the father
| SO loved will suggest the treatment which
| Christ received from His brethren, the
| Jews.
| 2-Joseph in prison, as related in Cen
| esis xxx, 20, Xl., Is. Golden text Gen.
| xxx, Fl, But the Lord was with Jo-
| seph and Showed him mercy Joseph
suffered and waited for his reward.
3.-Joseph honored as told in Genesis
| xii, 3S49. Golden text, I Sam, IL, 80,
Them that honor Me I will honor"
| From prison Joseph is suddenly exalted
to be ruler over all the land of Egypt,
and second to Pharoah, and this when
he was but thirty years of age the age
at which the Savior began His public
ministry.
4.-Joseph and his brethren, as told in
Genesis xiv, 1-15. Golden text, Rom. xii,
q, BE not overcome of evil, but over
come evil with good After Perhaps
twenty years He who performed all
things for him enabled him To- heap
Goals of fire upon the heads of those who
had treated him so cruelty, and how low
ingly he did it when he said: BE not
grieved nor angry with yourselves, for
God did send me before you to preserve
life
5.-Death of Joseph as described in
Genesis l., 1920. Golden text, Psalm xc.
IL, $50 teach us to number our days
that we may apply our hearts unto wis
DOM 1t is severe trial to have ones
love or motives or sincerity questioned
and that Joseph's brethren should come
to him for forgiveness after they had en..
joyed his good wishes for many years
was a great grief to him. 1t must be a
sorrow to our Lord when those whom He
has sanctified and justified question their
salvation and seek to obtain itsbE their
own works instead of thanking Tim for
the full benefit Of His finished Wo
6.-Israel oppressed in Egypt, as told In
Exodus l., LA Golden Text, Elk.
God heard their grooming and God re-
membered His covenant" God permits
evil seemingly to have sway, yet de
! works by it or in spite of 1t all the good
| pleasure of His will and the highest in
| terests Of His people.
THE childhood of Moses, as5told in
Exodus H., ITO. Golden Text, Prov xiii,
q, Train Up a child in the way hes should
go, and when he is old he will not de-
part from it, What striking incident
that the daughter of Pharaoh, the man.
who was seeking to destroy Israel and
had given commandment to kill all the
male children, should bring up as her
own son one of these male children, des-
tined to be the deliverer of Israel from
the cruelty of Egypt
8.-World's Temperance Lesson, found
ed on Isaiah v, $50. Golden text, Isaiah
", %, "Woe unto them that are mighty
to drink wine" These six woes upon
the covetous, the drunkard, the desper-
ately wicked, the perverse, the worldly
wise and the haters of righteousness are
parallel with the woes of the Selass
mentioned in Matthew xiii.
9-The call of Moses, as told in Exodus
iii, 1-12 Golden text, Elk. ILL.,, IL, Ger;
tainly l will be with thee" When Moses
was forty years old he supposed that his
brethren would have understood hoW@that
God by His hand would deliver them,
but did not, for the time had not come
He was forty years ahead of time. But
now after keeping sheep for forty Wears
God calls him and commissions him to-
| lead Israel out through the direct help Of
God 80 s. s
10-Moses and Pharaoh, as told in Ex-
odus XII, lilo. Golden text, Isaiah xiii, 9,
1.-THE angel of His presence saved them. y
When Moses and Aaron went to the rul-
ers in Israel they were accepted by the
people as Gods messengers, but when
| they went to Pharaoh with the demand
that he should let Israel go they We're
turned away with contempt. So God
humbled Pharaoh by ten frightful
| plaques.
1.-THE Passover, as told in Exodus
xii, LII. Golden text, l Cor. V, Z, Christ
our Passover, is sacrificed for u.s. There
is no salvation from death, the conse-
! quence of sin, but by death, the death Of
a substitute This is seen in the animals
| slain to provide the redemption clothing
| for Adam and Eve; in the ram offered on
the altar in Isaac's stead; and here in
| the Passover lambs whose sprinkled blood
| saved the lives of the first born-all sacri
! fees being typical of the great sacrifice
| of Him by whose blood the sins of the
world can be made clean.
12.-The passage of the Red sea, as
! told in Exodus xiv, 1927. Golden text,
/ Exodus XIV, 1, 81 will sing unto the Lord,
| for He hath triumphed gloriously." The
Lord who made way through the sea
| and triumphed over the hosts of Pharaoh
is the same who afterwards, in the flesh,
| died that man might live.
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