The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-14
Sunday School
Lesson
for
December IS.

INTRODt CTION. The visit OF Moses TO th,
obdurate king. studied last week, was the final
offer Of grace made by Jehovah. The time Tor
persuasion had pa'scd-the time for Judgment
was at hand prov i.26). Thereafter the lender
OF Israel devoted his energies under Divine guild.
ancc to make his people ready for the deliver.
ance soon to be granted Certain prclnnarcs
must be adjusted that the new nation, to b.
formed out of three millions Of slaves might
begin It's career Alright. This people, separated
unto God, must he unlike every other. that in
reality they may be- what aftcrward they were
called tDcut iv:2). a peculiar people. Certain
institutions and customs must distinguish aud
Unite them Two of these will be- considered IN
the lesson today. both related to events OF the
then immediate present
lEAR-(Verses l and 2). Tie time element
Is a matter Of great importance. SO regarded from
the beginning of the worlds history OGcn. i:2).
IN the earliest ages men perceived that tlc
phenomena of nature rccurrcd so that all things
accomplish a period in circle. One rcvoli.
ton OF the earth around the sun. while not then
understood, was called by the Iatins annus, md
in other eastern nations by equivalent words.
All the peoples of antiquity began this solar il.
vision Of time in the autumn, there being among
the Scmites tradition that man was created
then. But God instructed Moses to make ,he
exodus from Egypt the beginning oi the lie.
brew year-thc month of Ahib. corresponding TO
ollr March. being the first. Thus the iclivcrpnre
from bondage would become the great event to
be kept forever in memory.
IAMB.-Nerses 3 to 6). This beginning OF
the ecclesiastical wear was TO be celebrated in
all after centuries by exercises known ay the
Passover. as a further nat ional distinction. The
chief feature OF the Passover was lamb u male
OF the first year without brmish. 1t must lie
selected as to size with reference to the needs OF
the household. so that the family idea might be
preserved and if one family were too small two
families might unite in the observance. 1t was
to be taken from the flock the tenth day Of
the month and kept up and fed by itself for four
days that IL might he in excellent condition. In
the evening, our afternoon. of the fourteenth ,lay
all the lambs of all the families must be sacr.
hced. Any person "a priest not necessary
might kill the lamb. The whole congregation
united at one time, promoting a community
Feeling.
Bl.OOD-tVersc y. When the lambs were so
sacrificed their blood must be secured III
basin. and then by means of bunch of lvssop
VelSe 2.). sprinklcd on the Intel and two posts
OF the door tDcui. N,i2:D. That This ot tie
blood OF the paschal lamb was an emblem OF the
sacrifice and atOncment made by the death Of
Christ is intimlted q Peter i: y, in the rlcarc,t
terms in the New Testament UIcb. nib. There
rc,cntation II is probable that the people then
saw in it nothing more than is designated in
this lesson oversees T. and l3), although some
scholars think that d >acritical " r>lip hrgau
very early in the history of the tGcn. ,.ih.
lis prophetic import must have been set for,h
and carried from generation 10 gcnetaion.
FEAST Verses to ~. After the shedding;
of The blood, thereby marking out the dwelling
as lsraelitsh and securing its inmates. the lamh
must be eaten. FOR that purpose it was roast
edit might not be prepared by any other proc.
rSs or taken raw. Tile entr" lamb must be eaten
that night. and ii any part remained until the
morning it should be burned with fire. 70
stranger might hay" any part III this irasi ivcrS'
40. II must be taken with bitter herbs. as an
emblem of past athicion. and with uueavrn"d
bread. lcavcn being an emblem OF corruption nr
evil tMatt. Ni:6). While pLriukiny every man
must he gired. his shoc~ on his feet his Slf in
hand. ready 10 le,"e in haste on the iodrncy to
the promised land
TOKEN.-NrrSes Il and 49, What did all tbs
signify? Why this lamb: Why was The blood
sprinklcI? Why the feast aicrward? The Al.
mighty explained to Moses. who in unn cx.
planned to the peonlc. II was u token OF sonc.
thing which would nccur Uirn. iN:l2-lI). TN that
very night after the institution OF the first Pass.
over the angel OF death would sm,c all The first
born of Egypt oi nnan and Of beast. and execute
judgment upon the gods Of III" land. Bu, no, u
house marked by the blood should lie disturbed. ]
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