The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson VIII.--Third Quarter, For
Aug. "a, 1913.
THS INTERNATIONAL SERIES

Memory Vsrses, 4, 5-GoIdcn Text
John vi, a5-commentary Prepares
by Rev. o. M. stearns.
When they saw a great victory the.
sang unto the Lord, but when only ,
few days later they came to the bitter
waters of Marah they murmured. A
few weeks later they murmured again
and wished themselves back in Egypt.
where they said they ate bread to the
full, and ere long they murrnured again
because there was no water to drink
TEX. XIV, 1927; XVI, PIP; xvii. 1-3). Note
the word ''murmur'' at least tan times
In connection with these three Incl
dents. AS Ii Is written in Ps. cvi, 10,
IA. 81, %: '"rhey soon forgot His works.
They waited not for His counsel, bg4
lusted exceedingly in the wilderness
and tempted God in the desert, " " .
They forgot God their Saviour which
had done great things in Egypt. /" . T.
They murmured In their tents and
hearkened not unto the voice of the
Lord" These things are written for
our ~admonition that we may Eot muir.
muir, for when the people complained
it displeased the Lord Il Cor. K, 10;
Mum. ri, II. -,
The waters at Marah were .sweetened
by q tree which the Lord showed to
Moses and which he cast into the was,
tiers. This, to my mind, takes US back
to the tree of life in Eden and onward
to the trees Of Eek. Xvii, II, and the
tree of life of Rev. xxi, 2, l think also
Of the tree that recovered the lost axe
III Kings vi, 81, and in all l see Him
who alone can sweeten the bitter and
| recover the lost. Mediate upon His new
name-"I am the Lord that healett
thee"-and be patient till He bringt
you to Elm Cxv, 26, 20. =
In response to their cry for food Ht
brought quails and satisfied them With
the bread OF heaven. They spaksz
against God. They said: Can God fur
nish a table in the wilderness? o
Can He give bread also? Can He pro
vide flesh for His people? Then He
rained down ann upon them to eat
and gave them the corn Of heaven.
Man did eat angels food. He sent
them meat to the full Cps. CIV, 40;
xviii, 10. 20, "a, 26. He said to
Moses, Behold, / will rain bread from
heaven for you, and the people shall
go out and gather a certain rate every
day. Qesson verse d. or, as in the mar.
gin, "the portion Of a day in his day
1t came in this way: When the dew.
that lay upon the ground vas gone up
It left q small round thing, white like
coriander seed. and it tasted like
waters made with honey oversees Ii, IA,
BIZ. Moses said unto them, This Is
the bread which the Lord hath given
you to eat (verse 49,. They were to-
gather it every morning before the SUE
was hot, for then it melted, and they
were to gather it every man according
TO his eating, some more, some Less
They were not to keep it over till the
morrow, for it would spoil, except OF.
the sixth day, for then God would care
for it that it should not spoil, for they.
were not to gather it on the Sabbath
verses 10 to 26). So perVerse and des-
perately wicked is the heart OF man.
that some kept it Over till the morning,
and it bred worms and stank, and
some went out to look for it OF the
Sabbath verses 20. 27).
When they first saw it they said,
EWhat is this?" Therefore it is called
mamma Verse Is, margin). They ground
It in mills, or beat it in a mortar, or
baked it In pans and made cakes Of
It, and it tasted like fresh oil (Num.
XII, TO-. They did eat it forty yeara
until they came to the borders OF
Canaan (verse 35). A golden pot OF 1t
was placed in the ark OF the covenant
when that ark was made and kept for,
q memorial (vesses 33. "a; Heb. TX, a..
He who gave them this food has also
| given Us Himself, the true bread FROM
heaven, and has said: 81 am the living
bread which came down from heaven.
Il any man eat Of this bread he shall
live forever. And the bread that !
will give is my flesh, which I will give
for the life Of the world (Jehn vi, 81.
Read John vi, 47-58.
Believing on Him means receiving
Him according to John |, IL. :she
l phrase SFCIg L4AA "NNSSAlAxE ~ -
eating" oversees Is, 21) is found also in
connection with the passover lamb
(chapter xii, ~, for whether it be tho
lamb or the mamma 1t is Himself, and
we are reminded Of the words "He
that eateth aae, w he shall live by
me" John vi, 81. There is hfe, and
life more abundantly. The murmurinE
at Rephidim brought them water from
the smitten rock (xvii. O., and the New.
Testament comment is, They drank
of that spiritual Rock that went with
them, and that Rock was Christ II
Cor. x, A., margin).
The incident at Rephidim concerning
the conflict with Amalek (xyii, $40
and the victtsry of the Israelites under
Joshua while Aaron and Hurs stayed
up the hands Of Moses until the goira:.
down. Of the sun suggests the confic.
of flesh and spirit and that we are ta
give the old sinful nature no quartz
whatever. We have one at the Fa-
theirs right hand for US who ever
liveth to mike i~ntercession and who
cannot fail. but we must be willing
to be always delivered to death. the
death Of seiilfor His sake III Cor. is
10, III.
Note the new name, Jehovah-nissi
the Lord my banner (xvif, Is, margiya3
and remember Song ii, A. He brougFss
me TO the L maauetinR house. and Atg