The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-10

Lsoson In the Iuteenatfonal Series
fer July 4 10O2-The Giving
OF MAMA,
Prepared BY II. C. Lenington-l
THE LESSON TEXT.

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I Then said the Lord unto Moses. Be-
hel: l will rain bread from heaven for
you: and the people shall go out and
gather a certain rate every day. that
may prove them, whether they will walk
in my law, or no.
5. And 1t shall come to pass, that on the
sixth day they shall prepare that which
they bring in; and 1t shall be twice as much
az they gather daily
! 8. And Moses and Aaron said unto a II the
children OF Israel, At even. then ye shall
know that the Lord hath brought you out
from the land of Egypt:
| :. And in the morning. then ye shall see
the glory CT the LORD; tor that he heareth
your murmurings against the Lord: and
what are We. that ye murmur against us?
| ). And Moses said, This shall be, when
the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh
TO eat, and in the morning bread 10 the full;
Tor that the Lord heareth your murmurings
which ye murmur against Him: and what
are we? your murmurings are not against
US. but the Lord.
3. And Moses slke unto Aaron, Say unto
and the congreg gallon of the children of
Israel, Come near before the Lord: for He
Idth heard your murmurngS
10. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake
unto the whoie congregation Of the chill
dren of Israel, that they looked toward the
wilderness and, behold, the glory OF the
Lord appeared in the cloud.
Il. And the Lord spake unto Moses say
ing:
-. have heard the murmurngs Cf the
children of Israel: speak unto them, say
Ing, at even ye shall eat flesh, ard in the
morning ye shall be filled with bread; and
ye shall know that | am the Lord your
God
49, And It came to pass, that at even the
quaiiS came up and covered the camp; and
IN the morning the dew lay round about the
H. Ard when the de " that lay was gone
up, behold, upon the face of the wlldrer-
ness there lay small round thing, as small
as the hodrlrOst Oh the ground.
Is. And when the children Of Israel saw
it, they said one TO another, Il is mama:
for they w, not what it was. And Moses
.a.d unto ta,U- This is the bread which the
Lord hath rN,a you to eat
( GOLDEN 'tr.NI.-'iiNc Us this day
our daily brcTl.-NIntt. G;ii.
OUTLINE or SCRiIftRAL SECTION.
The bitter waters MADE sW,et....EN. i5:--.-
ilsr.,iitas again wpllir...........EN. l6:'-a
Mama ana quai.S EN. lpl-l
y II, mortal to G0u' IS provldsyr..la li:a--&d
IIhiE.-AcCurG.rs 10 lssltr un The BIN.r
M. r.irp tH. events .f th. lesson occurred
i. {. lr1'. ahDu, d month after the cr. sing
OF Oh. ~. sea. Nor, recent Wr.'si hay
.l.ac H.. C.t. N,riuU~.y from l-,j Go h.'
b, c.. rr nearly two centuries late" than
a O. = ID \
IpaiD along the east coast of the Gu.f oi
'1'-' NOTES AND COMMENTS
We have i'm Exodus 15:22 a Tlimr
of the terrible suffering to which tie
lsTaeIitcs were subjected very short
.y after escaping from their slavery
in Egypt. Three days waulc~ju"s ir
the Wilderness aud no water. II is
hard 10 iu..iae what this W. -'
the thousands Of wanderers.
women and children. 1t meant n.
0only physical suffering for each, h0t
great auNi"ty for the weaker ones.
Add to the suffering from thirst
sickness TO which many must have
succumhci. After three days water
was found, W.2u they tasted .t, II
was found TO DE unfit to drink. In
the people "murmured' against
Moses, implying something like an
incipient rebellion. Then Moses
cried to the Lord. In answer to
Moses prayer, he was shown how ;'e
bitter waters of Marah might be
made sweet. In answer also to
Moses prayer. God revealed Himself
as the Lord that hcalcth thee Inc
people are reminded Gn verse 26i
that while they had suffered in the
, wilderness and might yet have to un-
dcrgo severe suffering, yet If they
would "diligently hearken to the
voice of the Lord thy God, and do
that which is right lie would bring
upon them none of the diseases (or
plagues) which he had brought upon
the Egyptians who had not listened
to the voice of God.
The lsraclites Again Complain
Not long after another crisis occurred.
The lsr1eIitcs were apparently fac
ing hunger and starvation. And the