The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
SIDE Lights on Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Puplls
Edited by Charles X. Meyers.
Jan 19-The Passover. Exodus IL.

Jan 19-The Passover Exodus IL.
21-2S.
A knowledge of the history of any
nation will show that for some great
cause there are certain DAYS set apart
try July Fourth, Washington's birth
day, Thanksgiving day, are we'll known
examples of this fact. Among the
great churches there are days of sac
red remembrance. The dates stand
for something and there is connected
with them history of great import
ance. We are to consider today an
event in Jewish history the memory
Of which is kept even to our day
The Passover
Bible students and all readers of
these notes from week to week well
know that during the life of Joseph
his family of Hebrews came to live
in Egypt. In time they became so
numerous that the Egyptians claimed
to be afraid that the strangers would
overrun the land and so the Hebrews
were made slaves and severe means
were taken to keep the race from
growing more numerous. 1t will be
remembered that Moses came to man.
hood as a Jew and Sater left Egypt
and lived out in the desert of Arabia.
In due time he was called by his God
to return to Egypt and act as leader
in compelling the authorities there to
free the Jews and allow them to go
back to the country from which they
came.
Our lesson today calls to mrnG the
long and serious days and years dur
ing which Moses and Aaron the lead
ers of the Hebrews, labored to induce
Pharaoh to allow the slaves to depart
in peace. 1t will be remembered that
Moses went before the Egyptian rul-
err announcing that in the name Of God
he demanded, "He let my people CO."
The answer of Pharaoh deserves to
stand out as one of the great ex-
pressions of the bible for he said,
"Who is the Lord that l should obey
his voice to let Israel go? ] know not
the Lord neither will I let Israel 60"
He was not the first man nor yet the
| last to defy God and history will show
what success he had, and all those
who follow after who take this po-
sition.
There was long hard fight before
Moses. At the first he told Pharaoh
that if he did not set the people free
punishment would befall the land.
The first Of these punishments or
"plagues' was the turning of the riv-
ers of Egypt into blood and the death
of everything living in the streams.
There were great trials for the Egyp-
tians and the ruler made promise that
| if the plague was removed he would
grant the request of Moses. When
the plague was gone Pharaoh refused
| to keep his word. Nine times this
took place when plaques of frogs:
death of cattle, lice by the millions,
flies in clouds. damaging floods and
the like came on the land.
We now come to the final plague
or punishment before which the proud
spirit of Pharaoh gave way and he
allowed the Children of Israel to leave
Egypt. Moses came before the ruler
and warned him that unless he "let my
people go" the penalty would be the
death of the first born person in every
house in Egypt and the first born of
the cattle in the fields. In view of
this Moses gave information gained
from God to the Hebrews as to how
to escape death in their homes. While
as result of the previous nine plaques
the Hebrews had not been told to 20,
now there was demanded faith that
departure was to be immediate. The
Hebrews were told to prepare in adj
vance for quick journey and each
household was to arrange itself to
leave the land. So quick was to be
the time that there would be no op-
portunity to prepare bread with yeast
and SO "unleaven bread" was to be
made. A meal was to be spread at
which the main dish was lamb roast