The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-05-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson Ix.-Second Quarter, For
June 2, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Ex. iii, 1-14--Mem-
rs Dry Verses, 2-4-eolden Text, Elk. iii,
f2-commsntary Prepared by Rev.
D. M. Ssearns.

y. NJ. Stearns. @@
copyright, 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
t. years he had been alone with God,
away from all the wisdom Of Egypt
tActs vii, %, 30). 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 Pharaoh's daughter and all the
pleasures of Pharaoh's court and cast
in his lot with the people whom God
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 who
is invisible tiIeb. ri, 24-2Tl. But in.
stead CT waiting Gods time he thought
he knew the time, or 1t 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 a judge? (Acts vii, 35)
though the former seems correct,
Moses rejection by his brethren led
to his departure to the land OF indian,
where by n we'll he found a wife in
ZippOrah, the daughter OF Jethro, the
priest or prince of INDIAN iii. 15-22l,
and when Israel did accept him as
their deliverer he, like Joseph, was
married to a 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
25l. 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 on Sodom, like
Joseph's deliverance from the prison,
like the deliverance from Egypt OF
next weeks lesson. Things 60 on in
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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
renee. David was. as usual. keeping
the sheep. not expecting an invitation
to meet samuel. but God wanted him
and sent for lin
A bush burning was perhaps not an
unusual sight. but n bush burning and
not burned up was something out Of
the ordinary. II may he that Moses
saw that burning bush some time be-
fore Ire thought anything OF il God Is
SO PATIENT. but rs 1t caught bis atten-
| ton again AMI again he thought that
il was strange that so small bush
should burn so long and said 20 him
self. Il will turn aside and see this
great sight aud see why this bush does
not burn up" Verse 81. This was
what the Lord wanted. and when He
saw that Moses turned aside 10 sce
them>IIp called him By name from the
midst Of tlls.. bush Verse T.. Ia Dput
xXxyIil, 10. the Lord Is spoken Of as
Him that dweIt in The btsh." and 10
snph Is described rs one separate
from his brethren"
We must be- separated unto God BE-
fore We can know Him as n consuming
fire. fire in us for publication. fol
life. for service. BY Ills Spirit. In III,
word. by every event in our daily life
ordinary aud otherwise. lie has some
thing to say to MS and Il ever seeking
TO gain our attention. but by selfish
ness or dlsobedIence we so often mis-,
His message. Having obtained the ut
tentlUn Of Moses. lie called him b.
name, aud promptly the answer came
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know only one other similar saying
= TO that In verse ). and it Is found II
Josh. Y. -. This Is TO Moses. about {,
lead the people out OF Egypt: that Il
10 Joshua. about 10 lead the people int
the promised land. As understand IL
the word to each one was: This IL I'M
affair. my business, holy ground.
:. will use you, but you must never thlni
that you have any responsibility be
yOnd that Of obedience. and AWAY
e consult inc about everything. infe
I this from Josh. /. 3. where we rca,
3 that every place they trod upon wa
theirs. But In these two cases Coz
D says, This IL mine. not yours
. All depends upon who God IL AM
3 what lie can do: hence In verses q, ID
D II, Moses Il told who sent him. Whel
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