Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-21
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Lesson text Exodus 3d.

Lesson text, Exodus 32
Moses remained $50 lou- upon thc
mountain receiving from jehovah
NOT only the ten commandments. 90
"a detailed code of laws for ur gov
eminent of the laruclu-h nation.
that - people cuCHmpod h,lu', hc.
gan t1 doubt that he would ever rp.
turn. Perhaps this mlAhtE and ter
unlr being had grown au-y VIyl
their leader and destroyed him. rhN
had NOT the faith TO wait with pa.
ueucc for his roappcaraupr. Many
among them had NOT yet l,pumy rp-
coucilrd to the idea ol WUrslipuug
an unseen God. The Egyptians aud
other nations they knew had visible
gods that were carried before them
into battle. ana at whose feet they
laid their offerings. Not AN ul the
people thought so, bur during the
period of thundcrs ana IiphnmgS
these had remained in the back
ground, but now that the tcrrOrs had
abatcd and Moses, the one man who
could inspire popular confidence had
been out Of sight for nearly six
weeks, the 'mutcrialist' faction took
the asccndancy and demanded yisl-
bic representation of deity
swept off his feet by what appear
ed TO be unanimous demand Aaron
weakly consented to this comprom-
isG with sin. Not that ne proposed
to abandon the true God, but to make
% visible representation of Jehovah
for the people to worship and thus
CWct the popular clamor Gather
iug up all their iewclry, he proceed
ed to carve an imitation of the Egyp-
tian bun and covered 1t with gold.
Then the people joined I'm "a feast OF
worship and noisy demonstration.
Moses, on the mountain, was noti-
fled by the Lord of the peoples
apastay ana hurried down, In COM
pauy with Joshua, to arrest the tide
of sin. SO great was his anger on
seeing the image Aaron had made
thai he threw down and broke the
tables of stone ON which God had
written his testimony This hc fol-
lowed by utterly destroying the i'm
age and strowing the fragments in
the water the people had TO drink.
Aaron received scathing rcbuNe
for his part in this great sin, which
he aVaslVcly defended by laying the
blame upon the people. The sons of
Lcvi, remaining true TO God, were
commissioned TO visit punishment ON
ihe people by the slaughter of three
thousand men.
This was the just anger of the dc
voted leader who had Just been
pleading with the Lord to forgive
these people and remember his cove
uant with Abraham, Isaac and Ja-
cob. when the Lord had threatened
10 destroy Israel and make OF the
seed of Moses "A great nation Now
again he returns TO the mountain TO
intcrcede for forgiveness for his peO-
pie, showing his devotion to his
brethren by asking TO share in their
condemnation, If mercy were denied
them. lie receives the promise that
the angel of the Lord would go be-
fore the Israelites as Moses led them
to the promised land, but that would
not avert due punishment falling
where it belonged.
Sometimes we suffer and fall into
error because our leaders have gone
up so high we no longer feel their in
fluence or sympathy. our spiritual
leaders should live close to God but
it is n serious mistake for them to
live on a plane SO far above their
flock that they lose their power over
human hearts and lives. The power
ful preacher is the one who can hear
tily grasp you by the hand and make
you feel that he is your friend and
brother On the other hand, we
have our Aarons-preachers who are
so fearful of losing popularity or in
fluence that they viii do violence to
their own conscience in order to keep
peace in the church or to ride on top
of a wave of popular opinion.
lgg "a a. n
all men worship some kind of a god
human nature i'm every degree, from
savagery to civilization, demand an
object of supreme alteration. Whether
we worship the true God, or an image
or riches, or power. or our own self