The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-07-05

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LESSON TEXT Exodus is:i-5 Mrm-
Org verse. 4
GOLDEN TENT ana ho living
bread which came down from heaven ~
John g %.
Time According % the common chro-
noio,yv the crossing Of fhc Rod sea WIS
Ibouf fb. arst Of April j. O. 1901 Pro-
fessor Bcochfr regards thia early ati' ~
probably the correct one. near ine o'
Ginning Of the nneonth century Is
Many scholars regard no nnlt hH t.'D'
1900 c.. and some as late az ~, j.
There ls great uncertainty N % ihf ok
act time This lesson belongs ABOUT "
month after the last regular lesson
PLACE. Tho northern part IT the VII
iorness OF Sin. n long plain bordering the
Gulf Of suez on the east
Comment and suggestive Thought.
Six hundred thousand men, besides
children and mixed multitude, had
oscaped from Egypt and us slavery
crossed the Red sea. ard were now be.
slnning their journey 10 Palestine u
took them 40 years. although Il could
as easily have been accomplished IN
10 weeks
Three routes were possible Cd The
Philistia road. the northern road
lround the Mediterranean. This they
avoided. because il would lead them
through the warlike tribe Of Palestine
f2) The "Way Of Shur," directly east
They rejected this. because II raV-
arsed the worst Of the desert Oh
Therefore they were guided to take
he lower road running southeasterly
along the eastern shore Of the Red
sea
v 3. Would to God we had died
in the land Of Egypt" Ike the first
horn of the Egyptians. The contrast
a. 10 fertility between the wilderness
and Egypt was very great But they
forgot their sufforines from slavery
here and the wonderful deliverancos
from God. They did not appreciate
their freedom. their spiritual training
and privileges, and all that would lead
TO a higher life.
Note Cd that they might have been
sure that God would provide them
with food Would he have done such
wonders on the field Of Zoan and AZ
the Red sea. II he meant them 10 die
In the wilderness? They only needed
10 look up 10 God and on what he had
done to strengthen their faith. They
we're like Christian In Doubling Cas-
tie who forgot that he had IN his
bosom the key Of deliverance.
"A friend Of mine was once wander
ing IN a thick fog lie could not see
step behind or before. and his soul
was filed with gloomy thoughts. or
sudden he looked upward. and To-
The sky was visible. full Of stars. Tie
was walking through a thick fog that
.eached only a few feet above his
read So In an our troubles; We have
1nly 20 look up. and we can see Gods
blindness through them. Amos X.
Wells.
Note 90 God was only waiting TIL
hey had learned their lesson OF faith
they put material comfort before spir.
tual life. Gods way was % have
hem seek FIRST the character which
would prepare them for their Promised
Land
Y. u. AT even ye shall eat flesh
he flesh Of " 49, quails which came
no" from the Arabian gulf of the Red
sea. across which they ny IN the
spring On great numbers, and are
lfton so fatigued after their passage.
md fy so low. as 90 become an easy
prey wherever they alight'-Bush. u
nave myself found the ground IN Al
.eria. I'm the month OF April, covered
With Quails for an extent Of many
lcres AZ daybreak. where on the pre-
eding afternoon there had not been
)ne. "-Trstram. The quails as APP
pears by the subsequent narrative.
we're supplied. not regularly. but only
IN rare occasions, IN fact tsO FAR as
lnpearsl. only here in the wilderness
II Sin. and az Kibroth.Iattaavah 10
he wilderness OF paran mum 1871
|A.
The gift Of the qualls came through
natural means. like most Of their food
and ours All our daily food is the gift
Il God. however much we may work
Tor IL ourselves 10 forever points as
10 God and claims our thanks
This kind OF miracle we believe. our
Father is constantly working for his
children. God has made nature like
vast machine. and gone away and
left &C. He lives In all HIS works
the sun. rain. wind, the very birds Of
he air. and continually uses nature
10 bless those who honor him
V Is. They said one TO another.
What is ~" r. v Mamma IS said
10 owe its name 10 this question. Man
hu?' What IS itg"-Prof McAlister.
in Hastings Bible Dictionary
What was the mamma? II was ".
BID like coriander seed. white; and
the taste OF It was Ike waters made
with honey" THE taste Of II mum.
ltl:S) was as the taste Of fresh oil" II
was ground I'm mills. beaten in NOR
tars. secthod In pots and used TO make
cakes. II fell with the dew. In Pisa
7s:24.25 II IS called "the corn Of
heaven" the bread Of the mighty"
and Il sustained the Israelites through
much toll. but It did not pamper their
senses.
Symbol Of the True Bread Of Heaven.
Il is impossible now 70 read this
narrative without connecting II with
tho savlours discourse 70 the Jews
John 6.27-5s). and we should make
the same use Of II in teaching our
scholars that Jesus did In teaching the
Jews. We all are IN the wilderness
We an need bread from heaven. Our
souls all have hunger and thirst. No
one truly lives whose body feeds but
whose soul staryes. And Jesus is the
rue Bread from heaven. This mama
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