Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-08-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in tho international Seric.
for August NJ. IOO3-Thc
BrnNcn Serpent.
THE LESSON TENT.
Numbers gl.i-gl

them prisoners
= And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord.
aho said IL thou wilt indeed deliver this
people into my hand then 1 will utterly
| destroy their cities.
| D And the Lord hearkened To the voice
| OF lsroel. and delivered up the CRnaanites:
ana they utterly destroyed them ana their
| Hormah
| And they jourreycd from Mount Iior
| oS the way OF the Red sea. to compass the
1ahu OF Soon; anc the soul OF the people
| was much discouraged because OF the way.
| b And the people spRke against God and
| against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought
US up out OF Egypt To- die In the wildcruossY
Tor there Is no bread. neither ~ there any
water; and our soul loatheth this light
bread.
o And the Lord sent acry serpeuts among
the people. and they bit che people; and
much people OF Israel died
l. Therefore the people came to Moses.
and said. We have sinned. for we have
spoken against the Lord, and against thee:
pray unto the Lord. that lie take away the
serpents from Us. And Moses prayed for
| the people.
$, And the Lord said unto Moses. Make
thee merry serpent. and set II upon a pole;
and 1t shall come to pass. that every one
that Is bitten, when he looketh upon II.
shall live.
Ar6 Moses made a serpent OF brass.
and put II upon pole and It came to pass.
mat II serpent had bitten any man. when
ne bcheld the serpent OF brass. he lived.
GOLDEN TENT.-And Rs Moses Hftcd
M tn" serpent Ina the wilderness,
even so must the SON az man he lifted
upi TINT whosocver bclIcveth Ia Him
should not perish. but have eternal
ife.-Johu 3i1f, HI.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
horah. Dathan and Abiram. .. Mum. xvi
budding OF Aarons rod ......... Mum. xvii
S'n oil MOSES and Aaron. Mum. 9O:l-lS.
keIusal OF Edom ............. Mum. 2O:lt-2I.
Dva'h OF aaron .............. Mum. ~ % -.
Bitten by serpents.............N Mum. 2lI-g
TIMER G. lI7i and l452
PLACE. -Meribah, kadesh. Mount Hor.
and The Arabah
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Wilderness Life.-The sentence
OF the Lord was carried ont. and for
40 years in all, the Israelites wan
dered in the wilderness. The yenern-
ton that was too cownrdly To fight
found graves in it's solitudes. Dur
ing that time the people led IA nomad-
ic shepherd life, with headauartors Mt
kadesh- barnea. Two Incidents only
are recorded which appear to belong
To that period. Now we are to see
what was the temper of the new gen
Grafton.
korah, Dathnn and Abiram. 80 The
lsraelites stayed near Kadesh-bnrne
Tor 81 years, living the life of nomads.
with no permanent settlements, but
roaming far and wide with their cnt-
tie. rs the Bcdouin do to-day. Prob
ably the tabernacle was not moved
during all that time, but continued
to he the center of the theocratic
government. The movement OF Ko-
Ia IL
eral feeling that the government Of
Moses was nutocratic rather than
theocratic. Discipline had to be
maintained at any cost or the people
would fall apart into scattered and
helpless groups, and never be able to
conquer Canaan. Against the severity
OF the punishment the people protest
ed, blaming Moses and thus showing
that the spirit of rebellion was not
dead.
budding of Aaron's Rod.-The Incl
dent recorded here tx intended as m
guarantee of the Divine appointment
OF Aaron to the priesthood 1t pro-
duced the desired effect, and, AZ II:
II, - show, intimidated the people.
The subsection of the people was Sc
cured by fear.
The Sin Of Moses and Aaron.-2O:1
refers 10 the gathering Of the peo-
pie. preparatory to moving on the
promised land. Kndesh is we'll
watercd ncighborhood, but tho dis
trict in which it stands is arid, and
the people would have TO travel long
before reaching "a suitable water sup
ply. The sin of Moses and Aaron ia
somewhat obscure. some supposing it
10 have been impatient anger. others
finding II in an attempt 10 take To
themselves the credit for the miracle.
Refusal Of EdOm. The hone of
Moses was for peaceful passage
through Edom. but the Edomites
made 50 curt refusal and 80 strong
show Of resistance that the people
had 20 go about. thus gaining ~ tar
more advantageous military position
for the conquest.
Bitten by Serpcnts.- Lnnaanite
king who attacked Israel did not need
10 crOss Edom. He thought the peo-
pie intended 20 come bv way of his
territory, and attacked them i'm the
hope OF preventing such movement.
Utter destruction or "dcvotiOn' WIS
"A religious sanction so the overthrow
Of city. by 10 oothing could he
kept for spoil. but everything. wheth-
rr living or inanimute. had la he de-
stroycd or sacrificed 10 Coo. ~ was
brutal and bloody method Of war
fare. The journey around Edom was
rough and difficult. and IL H. no won
der that the people were discouraged.
But the murmurinR was unreasonable
after all The wonderful dcliveranceS
that had preceded IT, Chris; Himself
was familiar with this passage. aud
drew from 10 one Of The illustrations
with which His marvellous discourses
abounded (John 9:1D.
spear Points