Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-09
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER,iNTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. II.

NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. II.
Text of the Lesson, Ex. fl, 1-1O-Mem-
ory Verses, 7-1O-Golden Text, Prov.
XIII, documentary Prepared by
the Rev. d. NJ. Stearns.
copyright, 1901. by American Press Association.]
1, 2. The bondage Of Israel continued,
and they sighed and cried by reason of it,
and their cry came up unto God, and he
heard their groaning and remembered
His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, and His time drew near to deliver
them, according to His assurance to Abra-
ham in Gen. XIV, 13, for He vii! keep ev-
ery promise in the fullness Of time.
through Him who came at the fullness OF
the time (Gal. ", ~. All sin and wrong and
oppression is ever crying to God. and He
will see to it (yerses 1926; Gen. iv, III;
Hab. ii, II; Jas. V, ~. From the house
of Levi God ordained that the deliverer,
the human instrument. should come.
"Known unto God are all His works,
from the beginning Of the wolld' tActs
xy. 1S). The man of the house Of Levi
was Amram, and the daughter of Levi
was Jochebed, and the child spoken Of in
our lesson was Moses, whose elder broth
er and sister were Aaron and Miriam
(Ex. vi, 1920: Mum. XVI, 59. Concern
ing this child it is written in Acts vii, ~,
that he was exceeding fair (margin,
fair to Cod and nourished up IN his IA
theirs house three months. In Heb. Il,
%, the statement is by faith Moses,
when he was born, was hid three months
of his parents. because they saw he was a
proper child. and they were not afraid OF
the kings commandment" The faith
that sees God Is not afraid Of any, kings
commandment. Consider Daniel and his
friends.
8, 4. This is the second of the three
arks Of Scripture, each Of which was
made for a similar purpose. to preserve
what they contained; the ark of Noah to
preserve himself and family and all the
creatures which God sent into it, the ark
Of the tabernacle to preserve the law on
the two tables Of stone and this ark to
preserve the babe chosen of God. AS
God gave full instructions concerning the
other two, I am inclined to believe that
he instructed the mother of Moses con-
cerning this one. for the record in Heb.
ii is that it was all by faith, but there
can be no faith where there is no word
of God to rest upon or be governed by.
for faith cometh by hearing the word Of
God (Rom. Z, 10. With strong conf
dence in God did Jochebed place that ark
with its precious treasure among the
flags by the rivers brink, and with in
tense interest did Miriam watch to see
what God would do for her baby brother.
5, 6. "This is one OF. the Hebrews chill
dren." How true are the words Of the
way His wonders to perform;" Pharaoh
decreeing the death of all the male He
brew children ii, 22), and Pharaoh's
daughter moved with compassion to spare
this one who was destined to be the hu-
man instrument through whom God
would humble the pride Of Egypt. How
blessed are those who have their inherit
ance in Him who worketh all things after
the counsel Of His own will (Eph. i, 1l).
Rev. Andrew Murray says, "No wonder
that all things are possible to faith. which
Just means allowing God to work; God
teach that blessed life of dependence in
which the Son ever lived with the Fa-
ther." Amram and Jochebed and all
others mentioned In Scripture as men
and women Of faith lived this life in some
measure, and it is the life that all believ-
ers should live. saying. Il live, yet not l,
but Christ liyeth in me, and the life which
now live in the flesh l live by the faith
Of the Son Of God. who loved me and gave
Himself for me" tGal. ii. 20). 1t is ours
to yield ourselves to Him. obey His COM
mands and trust Him to work out in US
all the good pleasure Of His will.
Z, 8. 1.-THE maid went and called the
child's mother" How eagerly. and yet
possibly with wise quietness. Miriam
would ask If she should call nurse Of
the Hebrew women to nurse the child for
her, and at the word go" with what joy
she would hasten to her mother with the
joyful news that the kings daughter had
found their babe and had sent her to OBJ
tain a nurse. He brings US to the place
of utter helplessness that we may see
how wondrously He will work (Judg. xiii,
19). He does need us to help Him out in
His purposes as Rebekah supposed, but
He would have us watchful and ready to
do, il He should seem to require US, as
Miriam did. 1t seems to me that the at
titude Of faith is well set forth in two
phrases in Nah. ii, 1, and Hab. il, l.,
"Watch the way. and watch to see what
He will say" then "Do as occasion serve
thee, for God is with thee" Il Sam. K, q.
8. "Take this child away and nurse it
for me, and I will give thee thy wages"
Only mother can in full measure appre-
ciate Jochebed's feelings as she clasped
her dear babe in her arms and went away
with him; a mother who had her babe
given back to her from the verge Of the
unseen would appreciate the circum-
stances still more, for this child was in
some sense, like Isaac, given back from
the place Of death. May not every godly
mother hear the voice Of God saying
what Pharaoh's daughter said to this
mother, but how few seem to realize that
the children given to them are a special
trust from God for which they must rem
der to God an account, and for which
they shall be rewarded if faithful Mark
IL, Az.
10. "And the child grew. end she
brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter,
and he became her son." From Acts vii,
21-29. and Heb. xi. 24-27, we learn that
Moses was learned in all the wisdom of
the Egyptians. and became a mighty man
both in word and deed. but that at the
age Of 40 he refused longer to be known
as the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and
chose the reproach of Christ rather than
the treasures in Egypt, and affliction with
the people of God rather than the pleas
ures Of sin for q season. for he had re-
spect unto the recompense Of the reward
and endured as seeing Him who is invisi-
Bile. Having fed from Egypt, he became
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