The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-11-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series
for December 4, 1OOt-The Gail
of Moses.
THE LESSON TEXT.

i. Now Moses Kept the HOOK OF 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.
2. And the angel OF the Lord appeared
unto him In a flame of fire out OF the midst
of bush: and he looked, and, behold, the
bush burned with fire, and the bush was
not consumed.
g. And Moses said. l 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 ].
5. And he said, Draw not nigh hither:
put or thy shoes from OF thy feet. for
the place whereon thou standest Is holy
ground
g. 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.
Z. And the Lord said. have surely seen
the affiicton OF my people which are In
Egypt, aud 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 land flowing with
milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaantes. and the Hittites. and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites. and the
Hivtes, and the Jebusites.
8. Now therefore. behold, the cry of the
children OF Israel Is come unto me: and
have also seen the 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.
II. And Moses said unto God, Who am I,
that | should go unto Pharaoh, and that
should bring forth the children Of Israel
out of Egypt?
H. And lie 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.-Csrtainly ! will bs
with thee.-Ex. 312.
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
interfered to help the oppressed He
brew in the hope that the Hebrews
would rise against the Egyptians un-
der his 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. Iipporah 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 2:23 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. GIBBS. 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 of
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 feel
that the undertaking was too great.
Yet he was as well 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 written
Yahweh. The Significance of the
name is "The Living Que" The com.
mon name of God in earlier times
was Elohim or FL. signifying "The
Mighty One" Jehovah was the GOV.
snant name, and was considered un.
speakably sacred by the later Jews.