The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-06-12
Sunday School Column
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son for Teachers and Pupils.
sunday sehee, Association omesr,
By CHAs. X. MEYERS.

liz BY CHAS. X. MEYERS.
Sunday School Association omesrs.
| President, w. c. Van Ness Denison.
| Vice President, ]. B. Alfred. Manila.
Denison.
Department secretaries are as follows: HON.
department, Mrs; Pierce Denison. Normal de-
to house. Mrs. Harper. Dow City. Primary. Mrs
Voss Denison Temperance. Sears McHenry
| Denison. Missionary. Miss Sadie Neeley Manila
Juue 16-Isreal's Escape from Egypt
Exod. Ia. 1887.
The lesson Of this week finds the
Children of Isreal encamned on the
shores of the Red Sea. They have
escaped from the hands of their
Egyptian task masters. They went
out with many belongings. the men.
women. children. cattle, encountered
by household goods. They were not
fighting men. had no chariots, swords
spears. simply race out of slavery
which had taken sudden leave of their
former surroundings. This motley groupe
of people encamped on the shore of
the Red Sea. They were in valley,
high mountains and impossible bar
riers. to this multitude, hemmed them
in. seemingly they were defenseless be-
fore a we'll trained Egyptian army.
This is what the Egyptian ruler
thought and he started out with MANY
chariots and horsemen to wreck ven
gence on the people who had caused
his land so much trouble.
The utter helplessness of their
position was fully realized by the Is
realities when they saw and heard the
ferocious Egyptians coming up in
pursuit. Then the masses of them
forgot the past wonderful things that
God had done for them. and bewailed
that they had not been left in slavery
and said bitter things at having been
led out by Moses. Upon this occasion
the faith in God of Moses did not
shake. he had trust that way of
deliverance would come. Hear his
brief but heroic command.
Stand still. aud see the salvation
of the Lord Moses gave the COM
mand for the people to move For
ward. and they obeyed. The waters
of the sea walled up a passway. and
they went through The Egyptian
attempting in the morning to like
wise cross The sea were drowned and
the Larconic record reads as to them:
Isreal saw the Egyptians dead upon
the seashore" Moses and his people
were saved. their enemies would
bother them no more. great was the
rejoicing.
This is a lesson which appeals with
force to those who feel themselves
Christians and thus entitled to claim
as their own the promises of
God AS the Isrealites of old were
sheltered and cared for. so will
Christians people of this day be pro-
tected and led The way may be seem
ingly walled up before them but a
pathway of escape will be given to
given to those who go forward in
faith. The promises of the blessed
Jesus are sure and comforting. 81
will not leave you comfortless | will
come unto you Whosoever liveth
and believeth in me shall never die. ;"
II go to prepare place for. YOU.
and will come again. and receive you
unto myself that where am We may be
also No one is able to pluck you
out OF my hand These and many
more. serve to make bright the way
of Christians. By faithfully going
forward. one can in time see their
enemies. Dead on the sea shore. ..
That is, over come and rendered incap-
able of further harm.
The enemies may be the drink
habit. selfishness. hatred. an UNI
governable temper. and the like.
These and all others can be overcome
I by going forward and having faith
that God will act when it is needful
| for the supernatural to be done.
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