Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,,
Lesson XII. - Second Quarter,
For June %, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Comprehensive
Quarterly Review-Golden Text, lisa.
xiii, documentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns.


Rev. D. M. Stearns.
tCopyright, 1907, by American Press Association.
LESSON Jacobs vision and Gods
promise (Gen. xviii, 1-5, 1929. Gold
en- Text, Gen. xviii, 10, Behold, ! am
with thee and will keep thee in all
places whittier thou goest." How glo-
riously the love of God is revealed in
this marvellous record Of an opened
heaven to a penitent sinner, with such
promises as should have comforted him
in all his future lifel Then think
of the far reach of this vision, in the
future fulfillment of which we as be-
levers shall have part John /, SD.
LESSON II.-God gives Jacob a new
name (Gen. xxi, 9-12, 22-30). Golden
Text, Luke X, 20, Rejoice, because
your names are written in heaven" In
the first part of this lesson Jacob hum
bly confesses his mworthiness and
pleads the promises of God. In the
second part God deals specially with
him and breaks him down in such a
way that he would be always con-
scious of it in order that He might
bless him, and sinful Jacob becomes
Prince Israel, having power with God
and man.
LESSON III.-Joseph sold by his broth
ers (Gen. xxxvii, 500. Golden Text,
Jas. iii, 16, "FOr where envying and
strife is there is confusion and every
evil work" For q tale Of heartless cru
city this has rarely been surpassed,
and vet the time came when the suffer
er, looking back. could say "God meant
it unto good q, 20). Hated and enVied
and so cruelty i'll treated, Joseph Is
wonderfully typical of Christ and as
truly as all his dreams were fulfilled
so shall it be with all the predictions
concerning our Lord Jesus.
LESSON IY.-Joseph faithful in prison
(Gen. xxx, 20, to xl, 10. Golden Text,
Rev. ii, 10. BE thou faithful unto death,
and | will give thee a crown of life"
Chapter xxx describes man sold
into slaverv sad afterward wrOngfully
accused and unjustly imprisoned as a
prosperous man because the Lord was
With him Note the five times "all
that he had" of Potiphar in JoSeph's
hand.
LESSON V.-Joseph the wise ruler in
Egypt Gen. XII, 3S-49. Golden Text,
Jas. i, ;, IF any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask Of God" Joseph as a pris-
oner. interpreting the dreams Of his
fellow prisoners, was preparing the
way for his exaltation and, though for
gotten by the chief butler for two
years, he was not forgotten by God for
a moment.
LESSON vi. Joseph forgives his
brothers Gen. xiv, 1-15; !, 15-2D. Gold
en- Text, Eph iv, 80, 'Be We kind one
to another, tender hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Chrlst'S
sake hath forgiven you" The literal
fulfllment of Joseph's dreams, the
brothers remembrance of their guilt
and conviction of their sin, their full
forgiveness by Joseph and his kind
care of them, all point to Israefs peni-
tence and forgiveness as nation In
the future. God will surely visit you"
is still true of them q, "a.
LESSON VII.-Israel enslaved in
Egypt (Ex. /, LID. Golden Text, Ps.
evil, 10, "Then they cried unto the
Lord in their trouble, and He saved
them out of their distresses," 1t is
written in Amos iii, T. that what the
Lord intends to do He always tells His
servants the prophets, and in Gen. XIV
He told Abraham about this bondage
into which his posterity should come,
but He also told him Of their deliver
ance in due time.
LESSON VIII.-Chlldhood and educa-
ton of Moses eek. Ii, l-15). Golden
Text, Acts vii, %, Moses was learned
in all the wisdom Of the Egyptians and
was mighty In words and in deeds"
In all the Scriptures we see God work
ing out His eternal purpose, and here
He is preparing His deliverer for Is
rael. Trace the hand of God in all the
events of this chapter and believe that
the same God is fashioning your life If
you are His redeemed one Eph. ii, 1O).
LESSON IX.-Moses called to deliver
Israel eek. lii, la. Golden Text, Elk.
i'll, II, "And He said, Certainly will
be with thee" Moses, finding wife
by a well, like Isaac and Jacob, is one
Of the most suggestive studies for
anointed eyes and ears. The forty
years at Gods school In the desert fol-
lowing the forty years studies In the
schools of Egypt suggest how much
the man Of God must unlearn IL be has
been filled with the wisdom of this
world.
LESSON X.-The Passover (Ex. xii,
21-3O). Golden Text, Elk XII, 10. "When
| see the blood | will pass over you"
During the plaques upon Egypt Is
rael had been protected, and now in
this last plague of death the deliver
ance is a remarkable Illustration Of our
deliverance from eternal death by the
blood of the Lamb of God. The blood
having been shed does not avail un.
less we are under its protection, but
when we truly receive Christ it is no
longer a question of what we are, but
of what He is.
LESSON Xl.-Israers escape from
Egypt (Ex. xiv, 1920. Golden Text.
Elk. xiv, 80. Thus the Lord saved Is
rael that day out of the hand Of the
Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyp
tians dead upon the seashore." Egypt
repented having let Israel go and
sought again to capture them, but
whom the Lord redeems He cares for,
and so He fought for Israel and slew
their enemies