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tried to do merely what was right.
1 olesy. R Eas.. = on oft ss n mount ss1alsh =, and a..
cision. when summoned. by the voice
Here am l." His reply wal as natural
and instructive as the AYE. Aye, Sir
Of the sailor.
The message that the wondering
ears OF the shepherd prophet listened
to was that God had heard and seen
the affliction Of His people in Egypt.
= know their sorrows. and 1 am come
down to deliver them Behold
the cry OF the children Of Israel 10
come unto Me; moreover ] have seen
the oppression wherewith the Egyp-
ians opPress them. God l. not heed
OF God grind slowly"-but they never
cease to grind. For long generations
the prosecuted Christians OF Macedonia
cried to Him for succor. In h full
ness OF time He q answered them,
For ages children and women have
masters like unto Egypt, but Gods ear
has been open n we are now In the
day Of their deliverance.
To hold this faith 10 one thing: to
be willing to make 1t effective is quite
another. Many Of us believe that In
justices should be remedied, politics
purified. and the church magntfed. but
we cannot quite SEQ where the burden
ts laid upon US. Gods commands are
Gods enablings.". This month csle-
nrates 100 years Of american Baptist
and messages. ana It recalls the ia
NOUS motto OF that earlier British
Baptist missionary. william Carey:
Attempt great things for God; expect
great things from God"
Of the bush. At the moment he was
not ready for 1t. nor equal to it, He
had turned his eyes away from God
and was looking at Moses and at
Pharaoh, and no man. who considers
only himself is qualified to do any
great work. We shall zee that Moses
mistaken caution cost him q priceless
privilege.
The Great Debate.
Thesdialogue in tho lesson story 10
more h interesting. Moses shrank
from the great q offered to him BY
Jehovah Of delivering the people from
their bondage. He ~interposed objection
"Who am I that / should 60 unto
Pharaoh and that I should bring forth
the Children OF Israel out Of Egypt?"
Swiftly and sufficiently comes the
answer, Certainly I will be with
Fearful that he had not adequate
credentials. Moses objects that the
of Israel will demand OF him
concerning God. What 10 his name;
what shall say unto them?"
rH Ehs Tis I. , md m gyss Q. II . AN
acient password. THAT was the cove
nant name OF Jehovah, and the faith
full among the Children Of Israel would
count It sufficient.
: But. behold. theysSwM not believe
they will say. Jehovah hath not ape
peared unto thee" objects Moses.
Patiently a. . kindergarten teacher
with . stupid child the Lord gave
Moses Q two.fold object lesson. Tho
sseessppsnnseE,d's rh soa h II 4n's nf thsu. ss inso hi e
bosom was leprous when withdrawn
and. restored when put into his bosom
again. It was promised that water
should become blood at his command.
20, Lord, I am moi eloquent
tongue. " cried Moses.
There IT, davor OF sharpness In the
re3Olnder, who hath made mans
mouth viii be with thy f
mouth un.s i, 2 teach thee what thou shalt
still Moses, with the apparent mod
esty which was fundamental egotisrn,
protested his unatness. II Ii not self
assurance to step out on the promises
OF God for great service. Mo1es pro-
tested too much. Jehovah, In higENtn-
even 40 multitude 81 III who have
failed toSserve our God and our tiIpe
have been accepted at our own miDer-
ablo aelf>appraisal. We are not, and
We do not, because we would not. In-
: stssd q so Mos g "a Asron ~ :ue .us,os
the privilege Sof being the spokesman
of heAvensf1n the greatest transaction
of historv. until the Son Of Man Him
SELF saaould APPEAR.