The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-15
The International
Sunday Lesson
Second Quarter. Lesson xI. Exodus
IL xiv. 1927. june ~, 1907.
ISIsAEI,s ESCAPE FROM EGYPT.

xiv. 1927. juno H., 1907.
y IsRAELs ESCAPE FROM EGYPT.
las Israel :, made no hasty Or riandestlne
Justice. They had a royal nrmah. The
iEgyptians fairly loaded them witt,
gifts. In hopes Of placnting tho wrath
Of Of !, their offended betty, The store Of
With them enabled them q i make ei IN tSo
wilderness the tabernacle and Its fur
niture. and all their arinor, offensive
and defensive
Theirs was an orderly march. They
advanced In tribes. each under its re-
spectivo commander. Moses in the van,
der-working rod in hand. In the
midst, as a .veritabie palladium, X,s-
esp1h,s munmmied form. lnclosed in its
OVERWHELMINGLY Pea casket was car
the q oets ana n Ser as U1y a dSr
yanGing hosts must needs deploy widely
course for these somewhat Widely
sundered detachinents, God unfuried
HIS pennon IN the sky. That banner
s st,t q threefoid purpose-signal,
10 1srael's disn1ay. Jchovah's ensign
moved In the very opposite direction
from that which would have been ex-
pected Instead OF indicating course
eowhrd suez The ,e,,s bridge between the
the western shore OF the Red sea-
thus placing an ever.-widenng bar
rier between the pilgrim caravan and
the Err, country which they sought.
this tactic blunder, this march into a
cul de sac, the hope OF recovering lost
power revived IN the despot's heart.
Or possibly II was the hope Of re-
yenge for the death Of his son anil
taph he was even then coming. He
believed that the hapless Hebrews had
unwittingly strayed beyond the juris-
diction Of their God. who at best was
only local dignity, and would fall
chariots. israel was completely panic.
stricken. They raised qucrulous cry
about there being, plenty Of grave
Yards IN Egypt, and no need OF coming
1 dark background Of this faithless and
irascible conduct OF the multitude the
i noble bearing OF Moses shines with
augmented lustre. His Stand still and
see the salvation Of God." is an incom-
parable. Inspiring bugle-note that has
kept ringing through the ages.
! A moment later and the captain of
the Lords hosts stands on the edge Of
the comparatively shallow western arm
/ of the sea. He waves his oft-tried rod
N LII 4eSpOIoe LnSI COIlcS from us east
a violent wind, which, in conjunction
with the ebbing tide, leaves the bed o.
the sea uncovered. Deep pools to ri h
and left formed perfect defense (wall
. rendering a flank movement on the
4 part Of the enemy hnpracticable. In
the meantime the pillar OF cloud wen
to the rear and, spreading out an,
hanging low like a. curtain. completed.
screened Israel from the observation o
their foes. The same cloud cast its
powerful searchlight forward, reveal
ing the way through the sea In its en-
| tire length.
forward, march," was now the in
spring command that rang along tn
5 whole column. Across the bridg
: which Jehovah had provided. the hos
: thousand abreast. marched, and n
. little child, not even a lamb. was los
) The temerity OF sinners has no NOR
. striking illustration tlansin the ras
boldness with which the Egyptians es
!. sayed to use in pursuing them the yer