The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-06-07
THE
PASSOVER
Sunday School Lesson Tor June S.l0O7
Specially Prepared for This Paper

blood. will pass over you. Exodus
i2I3
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCEs.-
New Testament references 10 passover.
John IL. G.53. 1 Cor. SOS Heb. sli'
lbs. / Peter lis. 10.
TIME.-The plaques lasted nine or ten
months. from June % the following April
The Passover our Easter time, was lhe
fuu moon Of the first month 81 the lie-
brew sacred year. Abb or Nissan. cor
responding 20 the last Of March ana me
first of April Tho year (Ussher was Is.
T. 1891. or about 1900 according 10 others.
Professor Price makes u 1916
PLACE-The meetings Of Moses WIN
Pharaoh were al the capital, Ioan q"
isl. or Memphis The Passover was on-
served i'm the land Of Goshen. IN north
eastern Egypt
THE PHARAOH was probably Meneph-
tab. son Of the powerful monarch, hame-
ses H. The monuments Of Egypt reier
10 the death Of son Of Mcneptah ana
ominous uprsings IN 1916 p. c.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
The Bible records fewer miracles
than most men think They are
grouped in three great periods, each
a critical epoch especially requiring
divine interposition-the times OF
Moses. when the nation was TO be de-
livered from bondage the times OF
Elijah. when the authority OF the
Drophetic order was TO be established
and the liberty Of the people defended
against the kings; the times Of Christ
when the world was TO be redeemed,
We study in this lesson the trst OIL
these periods of miracles.
The First Triad Of Plagues.-Ex.
7.14: s:19. The plaques group them
selves in threes gradually increasing
In severity. for God gave Pharaoh
every chance to repent The first
triad are plaques Of loathsomeness,
not inhicting actual pain or injury to
life Water into blood; frogs and lice.
The Second Triad Of Plagues.-Ex.
s: 20: 9.l2. In this group Of plaques
the property Of the Egyptians Is IN
yolved as we'll as their persons the
land of Goshen. where the Hebrews
dwet. is polntedly exempted from the
visitations: and Moses no longer
makes use Of the rod, as If TO show
that no magic virtue resides in that
piece Of wood. Flies, murrain and
bOils
The Third Triad Of Plasues.-Ex.
9:13; 1929. In this series Of plaques
"a new insect Of awfulness now APP
pears in the circumstance that the
physical agency is no longer OF local
origination from within the land, but
comes from the general system of the
world: as II there now had been an In
vasion Of Egypt on the part Of the nm
seen universe beyond IT, The rod is
now resumed. -Macgregor Hail; To-
Gusts. and darkness follow in ominous
succession.
The Last Plague; Death Of the First
5orn.-Exodus II. Paraoh and his
people had been given every opportu-
nifty to repent Even the divine pa
tience had ceased 10 endure their hard
and cruel and deceitful hearts. The
final and decisive plague was announc'
I'd and described with accuracy, but
before its actual infiction several
DAYS elapsed that the people OF Israel
might be prepared for the exodus. One
important step was the asking tnoi
borrowing" r. W Of jewels.
the most easily carried form of
wealth. from the Egyptians It was
1nly right that the Hebrews should
have little return for their long
services. and what their masters gave
hem was far less than their due.
The Institution Of the Passover
Ex. 12:l-22, 1850. While the Israel
ties. protected by the effect of the
plaques were making preparations for
their departure, they were also pre-
laring for a great and beautiful cere-
nony ordained by God, which should
At the same time arouse their religi
Gus feeling. and bind them together
more firmly as a nation II extended
from the fourteenth 10 the twenty first
day of the month Abb. afterwards
called Nissan. corresponding nearly 20
The last half Of March and the first
half of April Hebrew months began
with the new moon. so that the Pass
over came always at the time best for
travelling, the time of full moon The
'eligious year began az this time. the
Evil year began with the month Tisri,
including the last Of September and
he first of October.
"The Passover feast remains 10 this
lay an enduring memorial of the exc
lus. inexplicable except as the com
memoration Of a historical fact and
tcstifying by its name TO the nature
If the fact commemorated. '-Rawlin-
son. Taken up into the Lords Sup.
per. It is celebrated all over the world
wherever Christians as well as Jews
are found
The awful stroke fell at midnight,
and Immediately the entire land was
He'd with bitter anguish and with
error. Pharaoh, whose own boy lay
lead. the heir TO his throne. could not
salt for morning, but sent in the
night. praying the Hebrews TO be
zone. and making no conditions.
Lesson Of the Passover.
If the lesson Of the plaques is a
mighty warning. that Of the Passover
an abiding comfort and confidence.
God. IL teaches us. is round about his
people. and no harm can befall those
that trust in him One Of the most
wonderful proofs Of Christianity is
the exact parallelism between this
crowning event Of the Old Testament.
the Passover. and the browning event
Of the New Testament, the sacrifice
upon Calvary OF the Lamb Of God. In
the blackness OF midnight, while sin
was at its highest, he also died, with
out blemish, and no bone was broken