Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-31
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.



Three months after hoir rHr'.r.
from Eu>pt the oulIdI.u of Israel
canned at the Il-a Of Mount .u.
|tah,rr they were destined .u r.u.m
far nearly "a N,Ir. making tl,g ....
.u1rt with Jehovah and rr.D.I. n
detail the law that WAS to s.' r.r
aplt from All other u.t.uus DI ...
earth n was prulou..d s.h...u.
land ,a'ulug for Inc NuII, tho. H.r.
d, perform as Gol's chosen n..p...
Itu I,r.u intact the Worship u. 'l. 'N
ns Lord down thrG.n aN t.r ,.ur.
to come. mU Na,atgn should HuH..r
Since our last lesson. Wh.r. tHr
.rarua was uroyid.l for t.o.r .t-l.
r.nr, i'm the Wilderness. rh.r. l."
..,rurrrd IN, mlrlrI.. of Moses s..E-
lur hr rock and Iriu.tn. forth
.nuious suppN Of water They I.l
Ialso drfeatrd the AmaI.kitps u l.f.
Iur this being the occasion ,f nun-
tns into favorable notice Joshua WHr
was destined to succeed Moses .s 'ur
leader of the Dcople and bring tuHu
nto the promisrd land. The p'lr.
where tbey canned now is surpusrd
to haze been n large plain. f.r.ilr. .tu.
pleasant. at the foot Of the uorthpr.
peak of Sinai This was the place OF
which God had told Moses in the I'm.
tcryiew of the burning bush, "Nh,u
thou hast brought forth the people
ont pf EryDt We shall serve God upOu
his mountain. ."
Here Moses received direct from
God his message to the house Of
Jacob. rcciting first the wonderful
ltllvcrance he had given them, and
prouosiug that they enter into "a Gov
eu1nt with him. lie desired to malie
them "a Dcculiar treasure unto me
priests and A holy ma ion" AS the
priesthood was set apart for the spc-
ial work Of religious service. SO the
people of Israel were to be set apart
from other nations and cuusucratcd
10 divine service. for. ne say. "all
the earth is mine" This cous.cra-
tion was conditioned upou tnoir
promise of actual obedience TO the
laws he would give them. The pro-
posal was communicated to the p,o-
pla ihrough tine rldprs and without
hesitation the Israplitos aere.d to
Jehovah's term. They sud "All tha'
the Lord has spokcu we win du." n
was a solemn covenant. and many of
them proved mfdthful to their
promise. so much So that f.v Of thps.
D present at Sinai ever lived To enter
The land of Canaan.
The announcement was then mad.
that on the third day the Lord would
T sneak TO them from the mountain
Tho pcoplr were instructed TO san,tifg
| themselves in proparatlou for THIS
event even TO a thorough cleaning Of
their clothing. and abstinence. 4
barrier was set that they might not
lose heir lives bv coming too near
the holy mountain. Even n second
time Moses was sent to warn the p.o-
ple not to let curiosity get the better
of prudence. for the penalty Of dis
obedience was death Thon on tho
third dav came he divine presence on
the mount. with thunder and light
ming and earthquake. At the sound
as of trumprt "eXceeding loud" the
trembling multitude was led out u
! maet inc Lord Following our pros-
J en-, lesson we have the giving of the
| ten commandments. the gist and heart
| nf tho whole law OF God afterward
/ amplified and given I'm detail I'm what
, we can the Mosaic code
In All of this we see the mighty
! God the giyer of law and the terror
of the slnf,,l The mountain smoked
and nuivered in contact with the al.
vina nresenco and the spectaclo wa,
,,,itra,sod ~ rhis ,,aS tbo graat To-.
hovah who had delivered them from
lbondapc who had made them n patf