The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-06-15
ISRAEL'S ESCAPE
FROM EGYPT
Sunday SchoolLessonIorJune 10, 1907
Specially Prepared Ter This Paper.



ians dead upon The seashore. EXODUS
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TIME < According to The common
chronology. B. G.. 1881. according 20
Lrugsch. 1890. Price. i2s6 Breasted places
Menephtah's death IN l2l5 The last Of
March or the first Of April
PI.AcE.-They started from succoth
and Rameses. IN Goshen, Travelled nortn-
eastward 10 the frontier distrct Of Et-
ham. and then southward 10 the head OF
the Red Sea near The present Snez. or
perhaps near The present Bitter lakes, II
the Red sea then extended 50 far north.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Divine Guidance.-Ex. l3.l7-
14:4. Three great routes led out Of
Egypt to the east l. The Philistia
road or the way OF the land of the
Phiistines" lex. bid, was the
northern road, and crossed the line
of the lakes which form the bed Of
the modern Suez canal just north Of
Lake BaIIan, at point still known as
El-Dantarah, the bridge" 2.
The Wall Road. "the Way OF
Shur." /. e.. wall (Gen. 1870, is the
central road, starting from the north
ern end of Lake Timsah, near the
modern town lsmailia. II goes straight
into the desert, and leads to Palestine
by way OF Beersheba and Hebron. It
was probably along this road that
Abraham and Jacob went into Egypt.
But there was 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" eek 1919. 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
its appearance at Ethan never
again to desert that pilgrim band TIL
the Jordan was crossed and It had set
tied down to brood over the house OF
God "--F. 81 Meyer 1t was the pres
ence of Jehovah, manifested IN a.
supernatural FIRE. which gave off
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over the host BY day. while at night
the flames We're 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 loud was a
protection against the heat Of the
sun; and, best OF all, 1t afforded a con-
stant assurance that God had not left
them to themselves
Pharaohs Pursuit. Ex 14:5-9.
Some time must have elapsed before
Pharaoh would have pursued the
Hebrews "The piety of the Egyp-
tians te the dead was 50 great that
the weightiest political affairs would
necessarily be neglected while the
king paid the last honors 70 his dead
son. Besides the families of the off,
GERS and soldiery had also been uni.
versally bereaved" - Geikie. But
Pharaoh soon found time to renenf
Of having let the Israelites go. The
public works stood still for lack OF
labor. Vast territories were sudden.
ly unoccupied There was sudden
loss Of revenue and service which he
could IN dispense with."-F b. Meyer
The Divine Encoura~ement.-Ex.
IA: 10.1S. "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 heart"-R. s Mac
Arthur. ID d The tickle and migrate
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 fun moon
Of the Passover. In the light of the
pillar Of fire. however. the Israelites
moved forward in obedience TO Moses.
But that light would disclose to the
Egyptians the movements Of the He
brew host, and therefore the great
cloud removed behind the Israelites.
turning toward them its BRIGHT side
but interposing between them and I
their foes a barrier Of impenetrahle
black like the plague Of darkness
which they had recently experienced
Practical Points.
We have no miraculous pillar OF
cloud and fire TO guide us. but we
have none the less the actual pres.
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