The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-21

the cry OF the children of Israel n
come unto Me; moreover + have seen
the oppression wherewith the Egyp-
tians Cypress them" God IL not heed
less of human injustice. The mills
Of God grind slowly"-but they never
cease to grind. For long generations
the prosecuted Christians Of Macedonia
cried to Him for succor. In the full
ness OF time He has answered them.
For ages children and women have
tOiled and been overburdened by task
masters like unto Egypt but Gods ear
has been open, and we are now In the
day OF their deliverance.
10 hold this faith is one thing. to
be willing to make it effective is quite
another. Many OF us believe that in
Justices should be remedied, politics
purified, nj the church magnified, but
we cannot quite see where the burden
Is laid upon us. Gods commands are
Gods enablings." This month cele-
bEates 100 years OF American Baptist
missions, freighted with heroic lives
and messages, and 1t recalls the ia
NOUS motto OF that earlier British
Baptist missionary, William Carey:
Attempt great things for God; expect
great things from Cod
This was the message to Moses out
OF the bush. AT the moment he was
not ready for II, nor equal to IL. 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 see that Moses
mistaken caution cost him a priceless
privilege.
The Great Debate.
The dialogue in the lesson story is
more than interesting. Moses shrank
FROM the great task offered to him by
LIahnNrFh NJ dnIiVarlnu" fhn nnnnIa from
their bondage. He Interposed objection
after objection. &@.
WHO am I that L should go unto
Pharaoh and that / should bring forth,
the Children. OF Israel out Of Egypt2"
Swiftly and sufficiently comes the
answer, Certainly / will be with
thee" That Is equipment enough.
Fearful that he had not adequate
credentials, Moses objects that the
people of Israel will demand OF him
concerning God. What is his name;
what shall I.say unto them?"
The mighty n mysterious, II AM
THAT I Am" was given as the suf-
lcient password. That, was the cove
nan name OF Jehovah, and the faith
full among the Children OF Israel would
count it sufficient.
But. behold, they will not believe
me nor hearken unto my voice; Q
they will say, Jehovah hath not ap-
.peared unto, thee objects Moses,
Patiently as a kindergarten teacher
with a stupid child, the Lord gave
Moses a two-fold object lesson. The
shepherds rod In his hand became q
serpent. Then his hand thrust into his
bosom was leprous when Withdrawn,
and restored when put into his bosom
again. 1t was promised that water
should become blood at his command.
20, Lord, / am not eloquent
for I am slow of speech and OF q slow
tongue" cried Moses. All
There is a flavor OF sharpness in the
rejoinder, Who hath made mans
mouth I" I will be with thy
mouth. and teach thee what thou shalt
speak?" ," "
Still Moses, with the apparent mod
esty which was fundamental egotism,
protested his ~unfitness. 1t is not self
assurance to step out m the promises
OF God for great service. Moses pro-
tested too much. Jehovah, in his n-
dignation, took Moses at his W word,
eyen as q multitude of us who have
failed to serve our God and our time
have been accepted at our own miser-
able self appraisal. We are not, and
we do not, because we would not. In-
stead of Moses, Aaron was substituted
as the voice Of God. To Moses vas lost
the privilege Of being the spokesman
of heaven in the greatest transaction
Of history, until the Son Of Man Him
self should appear.
The lesson OF the lesson Is that when
God speaks, swift, obedient answer
should be made. Every true disciple
of God should be able to say with Paul,
II was not ~disobedient INTO the heav-
emily vision" The highest development
of life comes by following Gods sum
mons, AS Tennyson puts 1t In Merlin
and the Gleam." I
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