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Lesson Third Quarter, For
@e&y July 7, 1907. ss.fsaSsss
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Text of tho Lesson, Elk. xvi lis.
Memory Worse, 4-Goldcn Text, John
vi, 51-Commcntary Prepared by
Rev. D. NJ. Stoarns. n :.
Copyright 1907. by American Pres, Association.
The history of Israel In the wilder
ness on their way to the promised land,
while literally true, is also typical OF
the life Of the believer from the day OF
his redemption till he enters into the
rest and JOY ana fullncss which are his
III Christ Jesus. This all believers
might do very quickly, but as rule
many are slow to enter In, and some
never do. Read | Cor Y, @, IL. and
context and Heb. Ill, II. to ", H. and
give heed TO the Spirits testimony
concerning lsracl's misconduct and TO
His warnings To us not to fan into The
same sins. In poetry Canaan is often
taken to represent heaven and Jordan
death, but this IS not the teaching OF
Scripture, as there are no foes TO over
come nor lighting to he done in hcsv-
en-. The Passover plainly teaches re-
Nat'hPNi'i ~ Silt lllOotl III lllt l.itIilD.
the overthrow OF pharaoh's hosts I'm
the Red sea suggests our complete sep
aration from the world, the world cru
ciiicd 10 us and we to II (Gal vi. 1.D.
While Jordan, with It's memorial heap
In the bed of the river and another on
the Canaan side, speaks of death TO
self, crucilicd, buried ana risen with
Christ gal. ii, 20; ROM vi, Gil; Col.
iii, LII.
Last weeks lesson was all victory
and praise, but the first unpleasant
thing, the waters of AIarah, set them
all mnrmuring. How like them wo
| are made sweet, and consider how tho
lost aN was recovered by piece OF
tree also Oh Kings vi, @. The lost re-
stored and the bitter made pleasant by
trce-what can 1t mean but Himself,
| the tree of life OF Eden ana Rcvcln-
| ton, the green tree of Luke XXili. 81?
| Obedience TO Him brings health to
body and soul ana gives MS Elm in
stead of Marnh Q1X. XIV. 23-20.
How short lived was their pcaccl
Just n few days farther on their Jour-
ncy and again they murrnur because
there is nothing to cat XVI, 2). Did
our Lord have this in mind when He
| said: "Tako no anxious thought for
| your life, what yc shall eat or what ye
shall drink (AIatt. vi, 90. Seek not
We what We shall eat or what We shall
drink. Live not In careful suspense.
Your Father knoweth that ye
have need of these things" duke xii,
30, 80, margin). No doubt, for it was
He who said to Moses, ~ will rain
bread from heaven for you" (vcrse y.
who afterward said of Himself, II am
the Living Bread which came down
from heaven" (John vi 5D.
lie gave them flesh also, for In the
evening the quails came up and COW
cred the camp, and In the morning
when the dew was gone the ground
was covered with mnnnn which they
| gathered. some more, some less, every
man according to his eating Oversees
12-1S). This bread from heaven with
which He fed them, so suggestive OF
Himself, the True Bread. Ind to be
| gathered every day, the portion of n
day In His day Verse 4. margin). In
connection with this last phrase see
III Kings XIV, so; Jcr. Iii, 81, margin,
and be sure that the same Lord Is APP
| pointing your portion of all things
needful every day, and He would hnva
you without fall gather your portion
from His Word every day, for IMAM
doth not live by bread alone, but by
every word that procecdcth out OF the
mouth of the Lord doth man live"
Dent, VIII, 8; Matt ", A. He would
have us eat His Word with rejoicing
and esteem it more than our daily
food DER. XIV, 1G; Job kill 12).
We must also accept all the events
of life as His best portion for us ana
never murnur, for all our murmurings
are not against people or cjrcum-
stances, but against God Himself, and
He hears every murmur VERSES S-12).
Having food and raimcnt, let us he
Herewith content. BE content with
such things as We have, for He hath
said, IL will never leave thee nor for
sake thee" Il Tin. vi, s; Heb. xiii 81.
Tho manna was to DO gathered fresh
every day and not kept over, yet here
in some disobeyed (vcrse 2O). They
were TO keep holy the Sabbath day
and on the sixth day gather enough
for two days, being assured that that
would keep. yet herein some trans
crossed also and went out to gather It
on the seventh day, but found none
(yerses 27-30). A golden pot was to DO
filed and Kept for future generations
to see how God provided for their fa.
theirs. This pot OF manna with Aaron's
rod that budded, was at ono timo kept
In the ark (Which Moses afterward
made), with the tables containing the
Ten Commandments QIeb. tx, A. 1t is
not for us to nunstinn the Commands