The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series
for July @, 19O2-The Giving
of Mamma.
prepared by H. c. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TEXT.

| L. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Be
| hold, l will rain bread from heaven for
you; ard the people shall go out and
gather a certain rate every day, that l
may I9Jve them, whether they will walk
| in my Jaw, or no.
| 5. And it shall come to pass, that on the
| sixth Gay they shall prepare that which
they bring in; and it shall be twice as much
| as they gather daily.
6. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the
children OF Israel, AT even, then We shall
| know that the Lord hath brought you out
| from the land OF Egypt:
| Z. And in the morning. then We shall see
| the glory of the Lord 1or that he heareth
| your murmurings against the Lord: and
| what are we, that We 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 to the full;
| for that the Lord heareth your murmurings
| which We murmur against Him: and what
are we? your murmurings are not against
| US, but the Lord.
| 9. And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto
and the congregation of the children of
Israel Come near before the Lord: TOR EIe
| hath heard your murmuringsl
TO- And 1t came to pass, as Aaron spake
unto the whole 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; n.va hoard tho ronrn,,,r,nss Of -.
| children of Israel: speak unto them, say.
| ing, at even we shall eat flesh, and in the
morning We shall be filled with bread; and
ye shall know that I am the Lord your
God.
10. And it came to pass, that at even the
quails came up and covered the camp; and
| in the morning the dew lay round about the
host.
a. And when the dew that lay was gone
| up, behold, upon the face of the wildner-
ness there lay small round thing, as small
as the hoarfrost on the ground.
Is. And when the children of Israel saw
it, they said one to another 1t is mama:
for they wist not what it was. And Moses
said unto them, This is the bread which the
LORD hoth giyeE yGu e sae us this day
our daily bread.-Matt. GIL.
| OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURAL SECTION.
The bitter waters made sweet. .. Elk. Is 2:N
Israelites again complain. Elk. 1918
Mamma and quails sent. Elk. 16:4-N
A memorial to Gods providence. Elk. Is :S2-36
Understanding to USHER Tin the Bible
margin) the events of the lesson occurred
B. c. 1891, about month after the crossing
of the Red sea- More recent writer's nave
placed the date variously from 1276 to 1910
B. c., or nearly two centuries later than
popularity ascribed.
PLACE Wilderness of Sin, a long
plain along the east coast of the Gulf OF
Suez
NOTES AND COMMENTS
We have in Exodus 1922 a glimpse
of the terrible suffering to which the
Israelites were subjected very short
ly after escaping from their slavery
in Egypt. Three days wanderings in
the wilderness and no water! 1t is
hard to imagine what this was like to
the thousands of wanderers, men,
women and children. 1t meant not
] only physical suffering for each, but
great anxiety for the weaker ones.
Add to the suffering from thirst
sickness to which many must have
succumbed. After three days water
was found, when they tasted it, it
was found to be unfit to drink. Then
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 the
bitter waters of Marah might be
made sweet. In answer also to
Moses prayer, God revealed Himself
as the Lord that healeth thee" The
people are reminded Tin verse 26)
that while they had suffered in the
wilderness and might yet have to IN
dergo severe suffering, yet if they
would diligently hearken to the
voice of the Lord thy God, and do
that which is right" He would bring
upon them none of the diseases Tor
plagues) which he had brought upon
the Egyptians who had not listened
to the voice of God.
The Israelites Again Complain
Not long after another crisis occurred.
The Israelites were apparently fac
ing hunger and starvation. And the
"whole congregation" murmured
against Moses and Aaron. This was
only step removed from full-fedged
rebellion. Hunger and thirst in the
wilderness made slavery in Egypt
with plenty to eat and drink seem
far better than freedom.
Mamma and Quails Sent.-Again we
find Moses resorting to prayer. In
answer God promised the quails and
the mama, and showed Moses that
the sufferings of the people had come
as test. The Lord was trying to
impress upon them the lesson of
trust, one of the most important les
sons an individual or a nation can
learn-trust in the kindly provi-
dence of God. God further showed to
Moses, and Moses faithfully declared
it to the people, that the "murmur-
ing" of the Israelites was not so |
much against Moses as against God |
Himself. Moses found it hard to in |
spire in his followers that they were |
really following the guidance of
Jehovah. A rebellion against Moses
and turning back to Egypt meant
rebellion against God and a turning
away from the fruits of national
life and freedom in the promised
land. 1t may be said in passing that
1t does not apepar that the quails
were sent every evening, but rather
on only rare occasions. We have
records of special instances. An i'm
portant teaching in connection with
the mamma was the emphasis it laid
upon the observance of the Sabbath
Spear Points,
lie who knows only Christ knows
all.