The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-14
ISRAEL'S ESCAPE FROM EGYPT Sunday School Lesson for June Is, 1907
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 the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egypt 14:3O.
 chronology, B. c. 149l; according to Brugsch, 1900; Price. 1276 Breasted places Menephtah's death in 1215 The last of March or the first of April.
 PLACE.--They started from Succoth and Rameses, in Goshen travelled north eastward to the frontier district of Et- ham, and then southward to the head of the Red Sea near the present Suez, or perhaps near the present Bitter lakes, if the Red sea then extended so far north
 Comment and Suggestive Thought.
 The Divine Guidance.-Ex. 13:17- 14:4. Three great routes led out of Egypt to the east. l. The Philistia road, or the way of the land of the Philistines' (EX. 13:1O, was the northern road and crossed the line of the lakes which form the bed of the modern Suez canal just north of El-Dantarah the bridge" 2. The Wall Road, the Way of Shur," i e., wall tGen. 1e:0, is the central road starting from the north ern end of Lake Timsah, near the modern town Ismailia. It goes straight into the desert, and leads to Palestine by way of Beersheba and Hebron. It was probably along this road that Abraham ana Jacob went into Egypt. But there was a long stretch of desert, and it would require a continuous miracle to sustain the people and their flocks 3. The Red Sea Road, the Way of the Wilderness of the Red Sea- (EX. f3: 1S), was the road which swept across the wilderness, between the two arms of the Red sea, from the head of the Gulf of Suez to the head of the Gulf of Akabah." It is to-day the great route of the pill grim caravans to Mecca
 The natural choice of Moses was the first route, the northern or Philis- 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 the Canaanites.
 The pillar of cloud and of fire made it's appearance at Ethan, never again to desert that pilgrim band till the Jordan was crossed and it had set tied down to brood over the house of God. .'-F. B. Meyer. It was the pres ence of Jehovah, manifested in a supernatural fire, which gave off 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- stant assurance that God had not left them to themselves.
 Pharaoh's Pursuit. Ex. 14:5-9. Some time must, have elapsed before Pharaoh would have pursued the Hebrews. The piety of the Egyp- tilho tO tlt utdu W tS Sp Sl tdl illdl the weightiest political affairs would necessarily be neglected while the king paid the last honors to his dead son. Besides, the families of the off cers and soldiery had also been uni versally bereaved." - Geikie But Pharaoh soon found time to repent of having let the Israelites go The public works stood still for lack of labor. Vast territories were sudden ly unoccupied. There was a sudden loss of revenue and service which he could i'll dispense with. .'-F. B. Meyer.
 The Divine Encouragement.-Ex IA: 1918. The sea before and that serried host behind,-it was a miser- able alternative to men who could neither fight nor swim. Hamilton. Never before were a people in so evil case; to the right of them and to the left of them rose lofty noun tains, and behind them were the sol diers of Egypt But one way was open-the way upward, the way to Gods throne and hesrt. ."-R. s. Mac Arthur, D. D. The fickle and ungrate- ful people however, turned upon Moses with bitter reproaches. His answer is one of the grandest ex- hibitions' of faith recorded in the Bible.
 The Miraculous Passaee.-Vs. 1922 The night came on. The first part was moonless. for it was at least three or four days after the full moon of the Passover. In the light of the pillar of fire, however, the Israelites moved forward in obedience to Moses.