Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson K.-Second Quarter, For
June 2, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

The IN ! EhNAllUNHL SIh'ISe
Text Of the Lesson, Elk. iii, 1-14Amem'
DRY Verses, 2-4-GoIden Text, Ex' iii,
t2-commentary Prepared by Rev.
., M. Stearns.
Ipopyright, 1907. by American Press Association
Another forty years had passed since
the day when Moses supposed that the
time had come for God to deliver Is
rael by his hand, and during these for
tv wears he had been alone with God,
away from all the wisdom Of Egypt
Acts vii. %, 800. He knew enough OF
the purpose of God concerning Israel
when he was forty years of age to lead
him to renounce all that it might mean
for him to be acknowledged as the son
of Pharaohs daughter and all the
pleasures of Pharaoh's court and cast
in his lot with the people whom Gou
had purposed to make blessing TO all
the nations of the earth. He had re-
spect unto the recompense of the re-
ward; he endured as seeing Him VINO
is invisible CHeb. XII, 24-20. But in
stead Of waiting Gods time he thought
he knew the time, or it may be that
God would have delivered them forty
years earlier than He did If they had
not refused Moses, saying, Who made
thee a ruler and Judge? (Acts vii, 3o)
though the former seems correct.
Moses rejection by his brethren led
to his departure to the land Of INDIAN,
where by a well he found a wife In
Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, the
priest or prince Of indian iii, 15-22),
and when Israel did accept him as
their deliverer he, like Joseph, was
married to q gentle bride. These are
foreshadowings, and when Israel shall
In DAYS to come receive their long re-
jected Jesus then we shall understand.
The bondage of Israel increased, but
God heard their cry and their groaning
and, looking upon them, remembered
His covenant with their fathers I'll, 81
25). Moses had been learning many
things never taught in the schools OF
Egypt. Joseph learned similar things
In prison and as slave, David IN
Adullam, Paul in Arabia, John the
Baptist in the wilderness. To know
God we must learn from Him alone In
His school.
When Gods time comes to work,
things happen, as we say, suddenly
like the fire that fell Oh Sodom, like
Joseph's deliverance from the prison,
like the deliverance from Egypt OF
next weeks lesson. Things go on in
the ordinary routine, the commonplace,
everyday life; then there comes the
time when Gods clock strikes the hour,
and the event foreseen by Him from
all eternity becomes an actual occur
I renee. David was, as usual, keeping
the sheep, not expecting an invitation
to meet Samuel, but God wanted him
and sent for him
A bush burning was perhaps not an
unusual sight, but bush burning and
not burned up was something out OF
the ordinary. 1t may be that Moses
saw that burning bush some time be-
fore he thought anything of it God Is
so PATIENT, but as it caught his atten
| ton again and again he thought that
| it was strange that so small bush
should burn so long and said to him
self, 81 will turn aside and see this
great sight and see why this bush does
not burn up" Verse -. This was
what the Lord wanted, and when He
saw that Moses turned aside to see
then He called him by name from the
midst of the bush Verse A.. In Deut
xxxviii, 1G, the Lord is spoken of as
"Him that dwelt in the bush" and 10
seph is described as one separate
from his brethren"
| We must be separated unto God be
| fore we can know Him as consuming
fire, fire in us for publication, fol
life, for service. By His Spirit, in Hi'
word, by every event in our daily life
ordinary and otherwise, He has some
| thing to say to us and Is ever seeking
to gain our attention, but by selfish
ness or disobedience we so often mis-
His message. Having obtained the at
tentiOn of Moses, He called him b.
name, and promptly the answer came
"Here am l.
know only one other similar saying
to that in verse 3, and it is found il
Josh. V, 10 This Is to Moses, about t
lead the people out of Egypt; that !
to Joshua, about to lead the people int
the promised land. AS understand II
the word to each one was: This is m,
affair, my business, holy ground.
will use you, but you must never thin
that you have any responsibility be
yond that of obedience, and Away
consult me about everything. l infe
this from Josh. l. 3, where we rea
that every place they trod upon wa
theirs. But in these two cases Go
says, This is mine, not yours
All depends upon who God is an
what He can do; hence in verses u, Il
10, Moses is told who sent him. Whe
J he asks in verse II, "Who am l that
should go and that l should brin
forth?" he is talking from himself
proudly and foolishly, for until W
have learned our emptiness and notf
ingness we are not apt to be used b
: God. The Lord had said, Il have seer
have heard, know, am come dow
to deliver" (verses Z, 8. He speaks a
the faithful, covenant keeping God an
says what He will do as such, so ther
Is nothing for Moses but to go alon
with Him.
, While we are nothing and can d
nothing, when God says, Certainly
: will be with thee" Now, therefore. g
and will be with thy mouth an
teach thee what thou shalt say" III
~; iv, 12), why should we hesitate on
, moment? Compare lisa. XII, 10, ID; Je
10; Matt. xviii, 20, and be strong.