The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05
SUNDAY-SCHOOL
LESSON F9R JULY 6
THE GIVING OF MAMMALS.
xvi, 1-15!
sr REV. J. E. o1LsE|sT. D. D.
Oe1s4ssy ef American socifI o. Religious
Education.

1rrpon1-rr1ON-B beginning the
study Of our lesson one fhouio read .i,e
two preceding chapters of EXODUS. Al.tl
escaping from Egypt where .hey nau ueem
10 long in : the lsraelites pegaii
<h.,r iourne Divine direction toward
Mo,,rt s,rai @vhere God had promised to
meet Moses LEX. iii:12). THe Prosress "as
rscss,. riIv slow inasmuch as the people
were poorly prepared for traVei ana IN, IN y, no
sense acquainted with tne way lhe,r
course lay southeNy al9ns tne easteli Iu. y.
.ide of the Red sea in the wilderness or
plain of Shur tEx. Xv:f.. Inelr mrs.
halting place was Masah where tne "ate,
wss bitter and unfit fof drlnkinG' anu ana
their next Elm where wfre tweiVe "eils
Of water and three scor'4 ana ten PAIN
sees (Ex Xv:2O, a deflghttul restlhg
Aace for men and their Hocks. was
probable that at Elm aPa WEAKNESS u
the way was forgottenf ana tnat al,
hsarts we're thankful fbr the beautiful
environment and for theS satetS ana re-
pose that came to them.
ArYvA Diverse 1)l But Elm was
only a. hating place for srael' tnelr oes.
tiation was far in the dis1ance' slnai ils'
and Canaan afterward F1o"eVer ehJoy-
able the well and the pal trees must De
left behind, like most of ;the sooa tnlhss
enjoyed In our days. and the people must
20 forward. For months ana years 10
come, indeed for the remainder or the
life time of most, they must De on the
march. Out of the pre$ent into the fu-
ture, out Of the near int the remote OUT
Of the certain into the2 untried. SO tne
tourney must be CHeb. iii:1D and Israel
shall become an itineral nation, wan
dering and seeking host} We shall say
what regrets and hopes fprang up IN the
hearts of the multitude als the tents We're
sty,,ck. thu procession formed and the
,,icrafion hee,,na IF any were reluctant
all were obedient to the command or the
great leader who had received instruc-
tions before leaving Egypt. He is needed
only to behold the indications OF the DIV
ine will in the moving clouds (Ex. xiv:lV.
which was the tabernacle of the AL
mighty.
MURMURED.-(Verse and 3). After
leaving Elm. Israel entered the wilder
ness of Sin. which with varying breautn
extend almost to the southern extremity
of the Sanaitic peninsula There they had
a new and distressing experience, not a
lack of water as at Makah. but OF food.
There were no fruits to be gathered ana
no game to be killed. he supplies taken
from Egypt were exhau} ted In the month
that elapsed since. then departure. SIX
hundred thousand men (Ex. xii:3O, be-
sides women and childten, hungry and
ready to starve 1t is hpt surprising that
under such circumstances the hearts OF
the people. the masses vho think most or
immediate necessities al d less concerning
the ends to be accomplished by sacrifice,
should turn back to other days. Slaves
once they had nevertheless enough to
eat as they sat by the flesh pots. If
they were to die it seemed to them bet
ter to be slain by the Lords hand in the
house Of their bondage than to perish in
this wilderness. They turned therefore
with complaint to the men who had
brought them forth, charging that the
promised liberation mdant nothing but
death. 1t was their third time of muir
nuring eek. xv:2D.
PROMISED.-(Verses and 81. The
people complained to Moses. and he,
though the text does V,ot say so, prob