The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-06-07
THE
PASSOVER
Sunday School Lesson Tor June 9 Iso,
ssseisl'y Prepared far This P.p.r
''e''''S rTs''rsa This P.p,r

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( NEW TESTAMENT REF-ERENr.fs
, Ne" fcs'amcnt references 10 nae....
. John l;s' 6;5S: Cor. Sos: Heb az,
, n.&: Peter lis. 10 ~
TlME--The plaques lasted nine o-
months. from June 20 the following AMI
| The Passover. cur Easter tame /,
fui' moon OF the FIRST month Of ~. lf.
o'ew sacred year. Abb or Nlsar
responding to the last OF March -f By d.
nrst OF April The year tUasher ,,.,. p
9 lol. or about 1880 according 10 r.f...
Professor Price makes IL 1-s6
fLAcE-The meetings OF Moses uI.a
Pharaoh we're At the capital. Zoan ,-r..
is), or Memphis. The Passover MAS ~
served In the land OF Goshen. in nor,6.
eastern Egypt
THE PHARAOH was probably NJ.
tab. SON Of the powerful monareh r.
SEES H. The monuments OF Erypr r.f.-
TO the death of a son Of Arenepiab ~,
onlnous uprisings in 1876 B. G.
Comment and Suggestive THOUGH.
The Bible records fewer miracle,
than most men think. They are
grouped in three great periods. each
critical epoch especially requiring
divine interposItion-the tines n
Moses. when the nation was to be a.
liyered from bondage. the times ~,
Elijah. when the authority 81 be
prophetic order was to be established
and the liberty Of the people defended
against the kings: the times Of Christ
when the world was 10 be redeemed
We study in this lesson the first Of
these periods of miracles.
The First Triad of PLANES
7:l4; s:ls. The plaques group them.
selves In threes, gradually increasr-
In severity. for God gave Pharal
every chance to repent The first
triad are plaques OF loathsoneness
not infiicting actual PAIN Or injur, 10
life. Water into blood: fr-gs and Ice
The Second Triad OF Plseues.-Ex
Z: 20; S:l2. In this group OF plaques
the property of the Egyptians is 10.
volyed as well as their persons. ne
land OF Goshen. where the Hebrews
dwelt. is pointedly exempted from Tie
visitations; and Moses no lonrer
makes use of the rod, as If 20 show
that no magic virtue resides in itat
piece OF wood. Flies. murrain a.i
boIls.
The Third Triad OF Plaques
9:lS; 1929. In this series Of plae-.
new insect OF awfulness now a1-
pears in the circumstance that re
physical agency Is no lon ger Of local
origination from within the land. lt
comes from the general system OF ite
world. as II there now had beer AZ .--
vasion OF Egypt on the part Of toe un-
seen universe beyond r. The --f
now resumed. "-Macgregor. Hafl o-
Gusts. and darkness follow In .rras
succession.
The Last Plague; Death Of the FIRST.
born.-Exodus H. Paraoh and us
people had been given every opror-l-
nifty TO repent. Even the divine a.
thence had ceased To- endure their hard
and cruel and deco hearts Tie
hnal and decisive plague was anuouo-
ed and described with accuracy. t
before its actual infection se,a-il
days elapsed that the people Of Israel
might be prepared for the exodus. one
important step was the asking not
borrowing see r.. W Of 1ewes.
me most easily carried form x
wealth. from the Egyptians II vas
only right that the Hebrews should
lave a little return for their 'r-g
services, and what their masters gave
hem was far less than their due.
The Institution Of the Passover-
* l2:l-22. 1850. While the Israel
tes' protected by the effect Of lie
'lagues we're making preparation ior
heir departure, they we're also pre-
airing for a great and beautiful ce-e.
lony. ordained by God. which should
The sam- time arouse their relirl-
us feeling. and bind them together
lore hrmy as nation. II EXTENDED
ON the fourteenth TO the twenfyfrst
ay OF the month Abb. afterwaris
ailed Nisan. corresponding nearly 70
le last half OF March and the f-st
ali OF April. Hebrew months bean
tth the new moon. so that the Pass.
yer came always at the time best for
aveling. the time of full moon The
igicus year began al this time Tie
VII year began with the month Tisr.
Guiding the last of September and
Q first Of October.
The Passover feast remains 10 this
y an enduring memorial OF the exc
q. inexplicable except as the com
smoration of a historical fact ari
;ufying by its name to the nature
the fact commemorated." Raw
q. Taken up into the Lords sup
r, II is celebrated all over the word
erever Christians as well as Jews
! found
The awful stroke fell at midnictf
Immediately the entire land was
ed with bitter anguish and WITH
ror. Pharaoh. whose own boy iay
ID, the heir TO his throne. could n1i
i for morning. but sent in tie
IT. praying the Hebrews 10 30
e. and making no conditions.
Lesson Of the Passover
the lesson Of the plaques is
hty warning. that OF the Passover
m abiding comfort and confidence
, IL teaches us, is round about his
pie. and no harm can befall those
trust in him. One of the most
derful proofs of Christianity 10