The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-06-14
ISRAEL'S ESCAPE
FROM EGYPT
Sunday School LsssonforJun l6. 1907
Specially Prepared fer This Paper.

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the Egyptians: and Israel saw the rrv,.
ians dead upon the seashore. al, ,.i,.
1880
TIME. = According to tho co,,,.
chronology, b. c. 1901: accordln. -
Brugsch, 1900 Price. 1916 Breasted No.
Menephtah's death In lei5. The last !,
March or the first OF April.
PLACE.-They started from spc,,.,.
and Rameses, in Goshen: Travelled no,,i,-
eastward TO the frontier district of 49,
nam, aud then southwark 10 the Iaaa =,
the Red Sea near the present Suey
perhaps near the present Bitter lakes ~
the Red sea then extended so far norm
Comment and Suggestive Thouqht.
The Divine Guidance.-Ex. 13.l7-
1874. Three great routes led out ~
Egypt TO the east. /. The Phnlsih.
road. or the way of the land of M.
Philistines" (Ex. 13:1D, was he
northern road. and crossed the lima
OF the lakes which form the bed NJ
the modern Suez canal just north OF
Lake Ballah, at a point still known "a
El-Dantarah. the bridge"
The Wall Road. 'the Way ~
Shur," 1. e.. wall (Gen. 16:0, is The
central road. starting from the north.
ern end of Lake Timsah, near the
modern town Ismailia. 1t goes strairh,
into the desert, and leads to Palestine
by way of Beersheba and Hebron II
was probably along this road that
Abraham and Jacob went into Fe,pt
But there was long stretch of desert
and 1t would require a continuous
miracle TO sustain the people and
their hocks. 3. The Red Sea Road
the Way OF the Wilderness of the
Red Sea" eek. 1919, was the road
which swept across the wilderness.
between the two arms of the Red sea.
from the head OF the Gulf OF Suoz TO
the head OF the Gulf OF -Akabah" Il
is to-day the great route OF the pl-
grim caravans to Mecca.
The natural choice OF Moses was
the first route. the northern or PhiIs.
tia road. He was not yet guided by
the pillar of fire. nor. in the first flush
OF victory over Pharoah, did he prob
ably realize the weakness OF the
hebrews, and their need of long dis.
cipline before they could conquer Tie
Canaanites.
The pillar OF cloud and OF fire made
Its appearance at Ethan, never
again to desert that pilgrim band I'm
the Jordan was crossed and Il had set
tied down to brood over the house ~
God. p. b. Meyer. 1t was the pres
ence OF Jehovah. manifested in .
supernatural fire, whic. gave off a
lofty column Of smoke, visible afar
over the host by day, while at night
the flames were reflected brightly
upon the smoke. like the inner fires
OF Vesuvius that illuminate the cloud
cap OF the volcano. Some such signal
was needed TO guide the great mass
Of people. Moreover, the cloud was a
protection against the heat OF the
sun; and. best OF all. It afforded con-
slant assurance that God had not left
hem 10 themselves.
Pharaoh's Pursuit. Elk. 1859.
Some time must have elapsed before
Pharaoh would have pursued the
hebrews. THE piety OF the Esyp-
ians to the dead was so great that
he weightiest political affairs would
be neglected while The
ing paid the last honors to his dead
on. Besides. the families OF the OH
ers and soldiery had also been uni
ersally bereaved." Geikie. Nut
'haraoh soon found time to repent
I having let the Israelites 60 Tho
ublic works stood still for lack ~
lbor. Vast territories were sudden
unoccupied. There was n sudden
'ss of revenue and service which hs
Duld Ill dispense with."-F. b. Meyer
The Divine Encouragement
!: 10-1S. THE sea before and thai
srried host behind,--it was a miser
Bile alternative to men who coult
either fight nor swim.
Never before were people in so
III case; to the right of them and
the left of them rose lofty noun
ms, and behind them were the sol
ers Of Egypt. But one way was
way upward the way 10
DDS throne and hearth s. Mac
thur. ID. ID. The tickle and migrate
people, however, turned upon
oses with bitter reproaches. Ills
swer is one of the grandest *
billions OF faith recorded in the
HE.
The Miraculous Passage.-vs. 1872
e night came on. The first Part
IS moonless. for Il was at least
rec or four days after the full moon
the Passover In the light Of ths
lar OF fire. however, the Israelites
wed forward in obedience TO Moses.
[ that light would disclose 10 no
yptians the movements of the lie
w host, and therefore the great
nd removed behind the Israelitcs
ming toward them its bright side.
interposing between them and
ir foes a barrier OF impenetrable
elk, like the plague of darkness
Ich they had recently experienced.
Practical Points.
We have no miraculous pillar OF
I'D and fire to guide us. but We
Q mono the less the actual pres
@ OF God which was back of the
I'd and fire.
ften Gods guidance brings Chris