Free press., 1907-09-28
QUARTERLY
REVIEW
Sunday sehooILessoafOr sept.2o. 1897
Specially Prepared for This Paper

ful and gracious, slow to anger, AND
plenteous IN mercy.''-Psalm 1o2: 8
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Extent OF the Hfstory.-Four
books Of the Bible. The portions Of
the land where these four narratives
are located can be seen by the accom-
panying outline map.
Extent OF Time-Nearly 20 years
from the spring of 1491 to the spring
OF 1851, according to the common
chronology in our Bilbe margins
Many scholars think that the date is
two or more centuries later.
Extent of Territory.-The Sinaitie
peninsula, between the two arms Of
the Red Sea: from Egypt on the west
to the Moabite mountains east of the
Dead Sea; from the point of the pen
insula on the south to the southern
boundaries of Palestine on the north;
together with the Gilead country east
of the Jordan
The Travel Club should trace on the
map the movements of the Israelites
from Egypt to the encampment by
the Jordan opposite; noting the names
Of the places and the events which
took place in them.
Perhaps in no way, says Peloubet's
Notes, can this review be made more
interesting and more effective than
by treating the period as an ancient
pilgrims progress and placing the
events we have studied beside the
famous allegory OF Bunyan, Egypt be-
ing the City Of Destruction, and the
encampment in Beulah Land on the
borders of the river beyond which was
the Celestial City, the Land of Prom
ise. Cause your scholars to remember
ever that the Celestial City does not
mean merely place at the end of life,
but the heavenly character, heavenly
life, and heavenly blessedness here
and everywhere.
1. Escaping from Egypt, with re-
ligious rites. at the call of Moses. in
view of the judgments of God, and
feeling bitterly the degradation of
slavery, is like Christian hasting from
the City Of Destruction with his fng-
ers in his ears, crying, Life. life, eter-
nal lifel''
2. Crossing the Red Sea against
opposition, finding the way with diff
Guilty. but helped by Gods almighty
power, is like beginning the Christian
life
8. The bitter Waters of Marah, the
trials of the desert, early in their
march to the land of promise, remind
us of the Slough of Despond, in which
Pliable exclaimed, rs this the happi-
ness ye have told me all this while of?''
f. The wells and palm trees of
Elm show us the spring at the base
of the Hill Difficulty, and the pleasant
arbor about midway to the top of the
hill made by the Lord Of the hill for
the refreshing of weary travellers.
g. The Pillar of Cloud and of Fire
IS represented by EVANGELIST and the
Roll and the Shining Ones.
g. The Enemies, as Arnalek and
the Canaanites and the sons of Anak.
are pictured by Apollyon with his fiery
darts in the Valley of Humiliation.
Z. The Mama has its counterpart
in the Interpreter and the Roll, the
teachings of Evangelist, and the sup
per in the Palace Beautiful, with its
feast of reason and flow of SOUL"
8. The Golden Calf and it's worship
is partly paralleled by Worldly Wise
man and others, who sought to turn
the pilgrims to other sources of re-
lief than the Cross of Christ and the
Wicket Gate.
9. The frequent murmurings and
complaints, the bitter doubts whether
ing with milk and honey" remind US
of Christian and Hopeful in the Castle
of Giant Despair.
But as they found the Key of Prom
ise and of hope, so all the things that
tried the Israelites were a part of
their necessary discipline. They
should have made heavenly ladder
of their trials. Jacob, wrestling all
night with the strange power that
mains him. clings and wrestles on,
and will not let go wrestling until he
has extorted a blessing from his hurt
err 'The hard lot, called poverty, ig-
norance, narrow conditions. accidents,
is waiting to give US. after the strug-
gle. temperance, diligence, fortitude,
concentration"
TO- The Tabernacle, with all it's ap-
pointments. is symbolized by the Pal
ace Beautiful, with its arnor and sup
per and chamber of peace
IL. The truths taught by the Day
of Atonement and the Brazen Serpent
are well expressed by the burden on
Christians back falling OF in the pres
ence of the Cross, SO he gave three
leaps of Joy, and went on singing"
12. The report of the spies reminds
us OF the Delectable Mountains,
whence the pilgrims caught glimpses
of the Celestial City.
13. The Israelites' anger at CalSo
and Joshua makes US think OF the trial
of Faithful in Vanity Fair
Aggiootch. an Eskimo converted to
Christianity, went all the way from
the Aleutian islands to attend the
national Christian Endeayor conven-