The Green Forest tribune., 1913-09-26
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 25
REVIEW. OeliVerance and Disobedience.

Deliverance and Disobedience.
 READING LESSON ONLY-Nehemiah s:9-21. See also Acts 79O-34.
 GOLDEN TEXT-"rhou art God ready to pardon. gracious and full of com passion, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy "-Neh. 9:7 (Am. R. N0
 The lessons for the past quarter be- gin with the deliverance of the child Moses and end with the apostasy of the golden calf and cover a period of approximately 80 years. In almost every lesson there is something pro- phetic or typical of Christ, but two things may be mentioned with special emphasis, viz. the passover, lesson VI, see l Cor. 5:7, and the bread from heaven, lesson VIII, see Matt. 26:26, Cor. 11;23, 24
 For the younger classes a most fas- cinating story can be told when pre- senting this review. Describe Miriam watching the ark, Pharaoh's daughter espying the ark, sending the babe to it's mother and later adopting it as her son. Tell of the day when Moses made his great choice, of the time he IAOukHI ut COuIu IIee HIS LII CIlll CA, but failed, not yet having the neces sary power from God. Then the 40 years as a shepherd John 10:14), the revelation at Horeb, the conflict at Pharaohs court. the passover, and the flight by night, the crossing of the Red sea, the gift of the quails and the mama and that dramatic scene of ho twin oF ha 1ayr EDnnpb iG bpr0 presented to more than occupy the lesson period
 Four Episodes.
 For the older classes. The lessons of this quarter seem to group them selves into four general episodes; CD Moses, his salvation education, flight and call; CD Pharaoh, his pride. humiliation and the passover; (3) the flight, at the Red sea, being fed in the wilderness, and (4) the law, Gods holiness, his commandments and the great apostasy.
 The following brief review is sug- gested: Have one class member tell Of the steps leading up to the Israelit ish slavery in Egypt. Let another Pu- pill present either orally or written an account of the life of Moses up to the time of his appearing before Pha- raoh with his apparently audacious request, Let my people go." Let that student not only recite the historical facts but also show Gods dealing with this son of an obscure slave. He might illustrate by alluding to others whom God has raised up to do ex- ploits" in his dealings with men, Dan iel 11:32 This will cover four les sons. Another pupil should then pre- sent as coneisely as possible that re- markable conflict which God, through his representative Moses, worked out with Pharaoh. This whole episode was treated as lesson V, the text be- ing Ps. 105 523-36, and in lesson VI the record of the passover. This lat ter, the great feast of the Jews and Christ who is our passover ought to be carefully and yet emphatically pre- sented. Let us not neglect to present the Bible teaching on this, one of the greatest truths ever revealed to man by gracious. loving, heavenly father, Heb. 9:22
 Member as Spokesman.
 The third episode can be presented if in class by student, or if the re- view is general one by the whole school. Let some particular class se- lect one of it's members as spokesman This embraces lessons VII and VIII and Is 8 gracious revelation of Gods protecting care and also his abundant supply for our every need. In this section is another and most beauti- full suggestion of that living bread" so freely provided for all who will accept.
 Coming now to the last great cpl sode of this quarter, the events in con nectton with the giving of the law, we embrace lessons TX, x, XI and XII Before God gave them the various commandments he sought to empha- size his majesty and his holiness by the smoking mountain, etc. We then have two lessons on the decalogue, a most fitting arrangement inasmuch as the first part deals with the God-side of life-man's relation to his creator and the second part has to do with mans relations to his brother man. The last lesson Is terrible illustra- tion of this dual fact. The utter ina bility of the natural heart to fulfill it's high sounding promises, it's exceeding sinfulness and the necessity of right relations with him who alone can keep 1t pure is, it seems to us, the impor- tant lesson of the setting up of the golden calf.
 The two reading lessons give us the true light of the divine patience and at the same time of the divine persis- tence. These Levites celebrated in particular the patience of God, while stephen emphasizes his persistence God saw the afflictions of his own in Egypt; he showed his wonders on Pharaoh in order to deliver these af- tiicted ones; he divided the sea to make for tsem a highway, leading them through the wilderness by the pillar of cloud and of fire; he feeds them and at Sinai gave them the worlds most remarkable code of laws, and finally, though they deserted him and his chosen leader, yet he forsook them not in spite of their sin. These two passages are a really remarkable review of the lessons of the past quar- ter, for as we read them we can see the glory of Jehovah's patience and power which he manifested with his