The evening Republican., 1902-06-13
1.-THE BOOK
OF EXODUS. !"
Sermon Preached by the
Rev. John Shape June
8tb, 1902.

rext:-''For the Lord will pass
through to smite the Egyptians;
and will not suffer the destroyer to
come in unto your houses to smite
YOU" Elk. 1928.
have selected as the text of the
morning, that one which is regard
ed as the key verse of the book OF
Exodus. Not that shall pause to
interpret and expound the truth
and teaching of any text, but that
we might, SO to speak, have cen
tral vantage point from which to
start as we try to gather up the
contents and instruction of this
whole wonderful second book OF the
Bible.
Exodus contains the germ of the
subsequent history of liberated
people, and appropriately follows
Genesis in showing how Israel was
led out of Egypt. The closing
chapters of the first book of the BIZ
bic give the history Of lsraels re-
moval into the land of their sorrow
and slavery; the second book as it's
title indicates shows the road out"
In Genesis God forms a world for
himself; in Exodus he forms Israel
for himself, and consecrates the
chosen nation for a chosen service.
In Genesis we have 1.-THE creation Of
the world in history, here the re-
demption of the world in type"
The central parsonage 10 Moses.
aud next TO him 10 power, and be-
You'd him in eloquence, 10 Aaron. IL
10 these, we add the name OF Phar-
aoh, we have at once the three men
around whom may be cluslered the
gist Of Exodus. AZ Adam was the
human author OF The race. and
Noah the father OF the new world
that followed the Hood, aud Abra-
ham the father Of faithful progeny
as numerous as the sands. 40 Moses
becomes the deiiverer and leader OF
a theocr attic people who grow great
and numerous, and mighty under
The grace OF God.
It has been shown that Genesis
leit lsarei in Egypt a family or
"house" OF seventy persons; Exc
dus leaves them a nation or about
two million souls with a proper or
ganiza,ion, a form of worship, a
priest hood and code laws. There
are three clearly marked stages in
the account OF the early history OF
Isarel as nation as given in Exo.
dus. First, a natlon enslaved; Sec
ond, nation redeemed; third, a
nation sauctltied or set apart to the
glory and service of God. II these
DIVISIONS Of lsarel S history are clear
" kept 10 view, and the book Is
read at a single sitting, with earn
estness and intelligence It will be-
come new book, aud the ancient
history OF this ancient people will
be thrilling with new truth.
A blier and simple analysis OF Ex-
odus may be given upder three heads
! Preparation for the dellvcrance
from the bondage Of Esypt-Chapter
1-l2; II from Egypt TO Mt. Sinai,
CIluD&cES 1910, ~ LSVooi'oHHASho
Of the theocrlcy. Chapters 1910.
1t would not be different to give a
title or subject to each one of the
forty chapters, and if this were done
perhaps we could read the book with
greater interest.
There are several chapters that
are certainly worth melnberlng
and If by naming them we are helped
10 a teLLer remembrance Of them it
will be worth while TO fasten them at
once. Call the third chapter THE
Burning Bush, land remember that
here for the first time God reveals
himself in a name. That - am
was teacher Moses, and through him
Israel, the lesson Of his self existence
and self susteDance. Call The T,S. y,
10, llchaptersthe plague Chapters
and trey will be easily remembered,
and let lis be reminded as we reaC
these chapters Of the fact that these
plag ues are Il wholesale arraignmen
Of the idolatrous gods Of Egypt. The
first and second Of The idol river, the
Nile; the shiru OF the earth god, Set
the fourth and seventh OF Shu, the
the god OF the atmosphere; the fifth
of ADiS. The sacred Bull: