The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-14
THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON.
December Is, 1901, The Passover
Exodus xii, LII.

History no parallel to that awful duel
the contest between Omnipotence and the human
WILL personated by earth's proudest monarch.
and intrenched in their strongest citadel Pha-
raoh with daring folly, had thrown his gauntlet
at the feet of Jehovah in the insulting query,
who is the Lord, that l should obey His
voice. For the honor OF His name and the
rescue of His people, the Almighty had accepted
the challenge. That He was Lord of all was
manifest by the very fact that His power showed
itself in every kingdom, earth, air. water, man,
beast. That He could preserve those who put
their trust in Him shown by the fact that
in every instance the Hebrews were exempt from
the plaques which fell universally with their
full weight upon the Egyptians. II one
or two plaques had come simultaneously with
the demand for Israels liberation. Pharaoh
might have said nonchalanty, 1T is a
incidence" but when nine had come. in ascend
ing scale as to severity and the veneration in
which the objects touched were held. and in
each instance the Israelites had been entirely
exempt from the universal suffering. upon mind
more obtuse than that OF the cultured monarch
of the most civilized nation Of earth. it would
have been borne in that the hopeless struggle
was against Omnipotence. Pharaoh knew IT.
but he had so fought against the first nkling Of
the truth that his heart hardened to resist
II when il was fully revealed. Before the
infection of the tenth. the punitive plague. the
Lord instituted for His people commemorative
and symbolical ordinance. Every Hebrew home
was to be converted into blood-bespattered
sanctuary. within reach and there alone. its
members should be safe. And the roasted flesh
of the lamb whose blood had saved their lives
was TO nourish their bodies the eve OF their
departure from the land Of bondage.
full moon was shining on the mystic Nile. to
which the Hebrews soon 10 say farewell
forever. and that weird architecture, the very
gigantic proportion Of which was in itself evil
dence Of indomitable will the part OF the
builders Every Israelitish doorway blushed in
blood, evincing TO eye Of God and man that
the obedience OF faith had been rendered. With
in girdled and sandaled for their march. the
serfs of four centuries. the eve of emancipa-
ton were standing and feastng sacrifice
with solemn awe and joy. The bitter endive
minded them at once of the severity of their
captivity and the turpitude of their sins; at the
same time il made the roasted flesh OF the lamb
taste all the sweeter Their yeastless bread was
token Of how free they TO keep them
selves from the leaven Of the world nation
was standing still to the salvation of God
that night. What a contrast the Egyp-
tan homes presented There was in each a GER
/ tain fearful-looking for of judgment and fiery
/ Indignation The impotence OF their gods had
been revealed in the long tournament with the
/ Hebrews God They had not refuge. eye to
/ pity. no arm to deliver. Egypt's apparent
strength was really weakness. The Lords
\ strength had a perfect manifestation in Israels
utter and researches feebleness.
THE TEACHERS LANTERN
Hem and ha. the Israeltes did not at the
divine command. They did not say it is the
! guileless life Of the lamb that will save us
They did not hitch a live lamb TO the doorpost.
! They remembered God said. When I see the
blood will pass over" Death Of the lamb was
/ life to them. Mark with red ink the
texts of your Bible referring directly or in
directly 10 salvation by blood, and the book will
\ be as incarnadine the Hebrew doorways that
first passover night. II is blood" all the way
/ through from Abel's sacrifice to the song of
the redeemed Revelation. The paschal
/ lamb is a speaking type OF Jesus II was to be
a male Of a year old. just in its prime. without
\ defect. OF snowiest fleece, neatest limb, clearest
eye. most perfect of its species. II was to be
kept four days apart that its excellence might
be observed. The Israeltes were to keep them
selves under its blood while the angel OF wrath
was abroad. The whole lamb be roasted
not boiled. lest some OF its essence should be
! lost and II was TO be placed entire upon the
| table without a bone being broken, and every
particle OF II was 10 be consumed. So Il
| pleased the Lamb of God to upon himself
a form in which 1t possible for Him to
be subject 20 pain and death. He was the per-
For four days pending His death He
was apart obserEed OF all. His blood was shed
I No bone was broken. He was offered up entire
A flag Is nothing in itself-a cheap bit