The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-27
The Teachers Lantern.

Lesson 1.-The giving of mama: Is- raels supreme and inveterate error, af- ter all, was not only that he distrusted Gods providence as to his food. but that he regarded that food itself as the chief thing he was to live for. But this is not the error of Israel: 1t Is the error of hu. manity. It was this Jesus confronted when he said, Say not, What shall we eat?" And. again, Man shall not live by bread alone" Mere living is not the end of life.
 Lesson II.-The Ten Commandments: Duties to God. The Decalogue is the era dle of all codes. The first table con- tained the commandments respecting O) other gods, () images. (0 the name of God, O the Sabbath.
 Lesson III.-The Ten Commandments: Duties to men. The first table is evident ly the basis of the second. The last six commandments flow naturally out of the first four. The second CD parents. (O murder. (0 adultery -(D stealing, (5) false witness, 6) covetousness.
 Lesson IV.-The golden calf. This was the occasion on which the Israelites in their hearts turned back to Egypt as Stephen affirmed. That glittering image for the fire-cloud pillar; and the image of Egypts famed Apis would be an aegis under which they might shelter themselves from the wrath of their for mer taskmaSterS.
 Lesson V.-The tabernacle. This tenn pie was costly, beautiful and significant. At the same time it was suited to the pilgrim character of the nation, in that it was portable.
 Lesson vI.-Nadab and Abihu. These young priests did a religious thing in an irreligious way. Their punishment was epochal as to time. exemplary as to use.
 Lesson VII.-Journeying toward Ca naan. There Is a striking analogy be- tween the first three days of fsraers march and the first three centuries of the Church's history. Progress in each instance was steady, conspicuous and tri- umphant. Then came the shameless lapse. the epoch of darkness and wan derinR.
 Lesson VIII.-The report of the spies. The appointment of the spies was gross insult to Jehovah. He had assured the promised the possession of it to them. That should have been enough. In the Lords name they ought to have set up their banners and gone up at once to pos sess it. The long vista back to Egypt was studded with the memorials of Gods faIthfulness and power. The fact that He had been so mindful of them in the past should have been to them a pledgs of future blessing.
 Lesson IX.-The brazen serpent. The crucihed serpent Is the most striking type of the Old Testament It had the form of that which destroyed Israel. yet was the very means of salvation. So Jesus had the likeness of sinful fesh without having sin It must needs be lifted up. So must the Son of man be It required faith to look at the serpent It takes the same to look at the Sa- vior. The cure is instantaneous in both instances.
 Lesson X.-The Prophet like Moses A most pregnant text of the Old Testament is that in which Moses refers to the com ing of a prophet like himself. The trac- ing of minute analogies is rather curi- ous than profitable. It Is somewhat like the finding of the Christian graces in the spokes of Pharaoh's charfot-wheel The point of comparison is not so much personal, as to the mediatorial work of Moses on Sinai He mediated between God and the people. The Prophet who | was to follow was like him chiefly III this.
 i Lesson xI.-Loving and obeying God | One glory of the religion of the Bible l Is the ease with which it is epitomize l. ! Other religions tend to the multiplex and | multform and resist condensation. The | true religion finds ample expression in a word of four heiress-love. | Lesson XII.-The death of Moses. The | climax of a series of scenic incidents | is reached in Moses death. No human | demise surpasses 1t in quality of weird | ness. And God not only buried Moses | but buried his grave, too.