The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-12-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSONxin, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 20.
Text OF the Lesson. "A Comprehensive
Review of the Quarters Lessons.
Golden Text, Rom. viii, 3i-Com-
mentary Ly the Rev. ID. VI. stearns.


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LESSON I.--Joseph sold into Egypt Gen.
xxx,IL 1886. Golden Text, Acts vii, o,
1.-THE patriarchs, moved with envy, sold
Joseph into Egypt. but God was with
him." When a little child is taken from a
home, everything the child has ever worn
or used or played with touches the moth
er's heart and brings her child before
her. So if we are in right relations with
our absent Lord everything in the book
will speak TO us of Him. and the hatred
and cruelty of Joseph's brethren to the
brother whom the father SO loved will
suggest the treatment which Christ re-
ceived from His brethren, the Jews, and
the believing heart will say with deep
gratitude, All for me-"
LESSON lI.-Joseph in prison Gen.
xxxix, 20; II. 10. Golden Text, Gen.
xxx, p, But the Lord was with Jo-
seph and showed him mercy" 1t is
written of him both as slave and prison
err that the Lord was with him and he
was a prosperous man (XXXiX, ,, 30. 1t
is hard to wait day by day under adj
verse and trying circumstances and see
no prospect of deliverance, and be SEEM
ingly forgotten by those whom we have
befriended and who might be used TO help
us if they were not so selfish and I'M
grateful.
LESSON III.-Joseph exalted Gen. xii
3S-49. Golden Text, | Sam. ii, 30
''rhem that honor Me / will honor"
From the prison he is suddenly exalted
to be ruler over all the land of Egypt
and second To Pharaoh (43). and this
when he was but 30 years of age, the
age at which our Lord Jesus began His
public ministry. 1t was all accomplish
ed without effort on the part of Joseph
The Lord did it all in His own good
time and way.
LESSON IV.-Joseph and his brethren
Gen. xiv, 1-15). Golden Text, Rom.
xii, n. BE not overcome of evil but
overcome evil with good" After per-
haps 20 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 Rom. xii, 20),
and how lovingly he did it when he said.
"Be not grieved nor angry with your
selves, for God did send me before you
TO preserve life' Verse -. So the Jews
shall one day see Jesus their brother as
the one whom God sent To prepare life
Zech. xii, 10.
LESSON N.-Death of Joseph (Gen. |,
1920. Golden Text, rs. &c, -, 80
teach us to number our days that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom" 1t
is very great trial TO have ones love
or motives or sincerity questioned, and
that Joseph's brethren should come to
him with request for forgiveness after
hau hoI 20.
years was a great grief TO him. 1t must
be grief to our Lord when those whom
He has washed and sanctifed and justi-
fed question their salvation and seek to
obtain it by their own works instead Of
thanking Him for the full benefit of His
finished work. bestowed freely upon
them.
LESSON VI.-Israel oppressed in Egypt
(Ex. i. I'D. Golden Text, Elk. ii, "A,
God heard their grooming. and God re-
membered His covenant" God permits
the devil and his people seemingly to
have their own way, yet lie works by
them or in spite of them all the good
pleasure of His will and the highest in
terests of His people.
LESSON VII.-The childhood of Moses
(Ex. ii. 1-10). Golden Text, Prov. xxi,
g, Train mp a child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not depart
from it," What. striking providence
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, destined
by God to he the deliverer of Israel from
the power of Egypt!
LESSON VIII.-World's Temperance
Lesson lisa. V. 500. Golden Text, Isa.
V, 90, Woe unto them that are mighty to
drink wine" These six woes upon the
covetous, the drunkard, the desperately
wicked. the perverse, the worldly wise
and the haters of righteousness are n
kind of parallel with the eight woes upon
the scrbes and Pharisees of Math. xiii.
LESSON IX.-The call of Moses (Ex. iii,
LIP. Golden Text, Elk. iii, -, Certain
ly ! will be with thee" When Moses was
40 years old, he supposed that his breth-
rem would have understood how that God
by his hand would deliver them (Acts vii,
25), but they understood not. for the time
had not come and Moses had not been
authorized. He was 40 years ahead Of
time But now after keeping sheep for
40 years God calls him and commissions
him to lead Israel out, but he must un-
derstand that he is only an instrument in
the hand of the Lord, that he is nothing,
but God is everything and will do all by
His power.
LESSON X.-Moses and Pharaoh lex.
xi, 100. Golden Text, lisa. xiii, 8, THE
angel of His presence saved them"
When Moses and Aaron went to the rul-
ers in Israel with their God given Gre
dentials, they were accepted by the peo-
pie as the Lords messengers, but when
they went to Pharaoh with the demand
from the Lord that he should let Israel
go they were scorned and turned away
with contempt dv. 29-31; v. IA. So God
humbled Pharaoh and his people by ten
dreadful plaques.
LESSON XI.-The Passover (Ex. xii, l.
10. 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 by Gods own hand to provide the
redemption clothing for Adam and Eve
(Gen. i'll. 2D: also in the ram offered on
the altar in Isaac's stead tGen. xxi. 49,;
and here in the Passover lambs whose
blood sprinkle saved the lives Of the