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to make this tabernacle as God had planned it? Yes, they were. The Bible tells us that they made a willing offering, so willing that Moses had to tell them to stop bring ing gifts, for there was more than enough to build the place of worship.
5. “By day, and . . . by night, in the sight of all” (40:38). Typically here in the last verses of Exodus we have a beau tiful picture of the millennial reign of Christ, when His glory shall be continu ously manifest to the nations for their edi fication and guidance in all the affairs of human life—“throughout all their jour neys.” It is true of nations as of individuals that “godliness is profitable unto all things, hav ing promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” Queen Victoria was right when she handed a Bible to an ambassador from a foreign court and said: “Tell your master this is the secret of Eng land’s greatness.” The best patriot is the man who loves his Bible best.— A Modern Cyclopedia of Illustrations, by Hallock. The Meeting House E xodus 25 a n d 29:43-46 Memory Verse: “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord” (Psa. 122:1). Approach: God not only gave Moses laws by which the people should live, but He gave him directions also for the making Golden Text Illustration P salm 33:12 ing them the plan of a wonderful taber nacle or tent to which they might come for worship. Lesson Story: The Bible tells us exactly how this tabernacle was to be made, the size and the materials and the things to put in it. It was to be arranged so that when the people were on their way from one place to another, it could be taken apart and folded together and carried along with them, just as their own tents were. Each thing about this tentlike building, which was called a tabernacle, had a meaning. There was one entrance and only one, just as there is but one way for us to get back to God: through Jesus Christ. Inside the entrance of the court of the tabernacle was the altar of burnt offering which repre sented the sacrifice that Christ has made in dying for us. Near it was the laver filled with water, where the priest who made the sacrifice was to be cleansed. Toward the front of the tabernacle was a room called the Holy Place, where the altar of incense stood. Our prayers are called sweet incense to God, and it was here that the high priest brought the prayers of the people to God. In beyond the Holy Place was a room called the Holy of Holies. Above the Holy of Holies the pillar of cloud rested, and within the room was the very presence of God. Do you think that the people were glad of a house where He, Jehovah God, should be worshiped. Up to this time, when any one wanted to wor ship God in a certain place, he built an al tar, usually of stones, and sacrificed an ani mal on it and prayed to God b efo re it. Now God was giv
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Objects: A sheet of white paper and a powerful electric bulb. (Roughly sketch on the paper the outline of the tabernacle and court, showing the positions of the articles of furniture. It will be observed that the articles of furniture form the shape of a cross. The brazen altar, the laver, the altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant make the upright of the cross. The line from the table of showbread to the candle stick makes the horizontal part of a cross. [Continued on page 266]
Training Christian Leaders— T O every walk of life, rural America has con The 1936 Young People's Bible Conference at Camp Sigel, Minnesota. Training rural boys and girls for posi tive Christian leadership is the primary aim.
tributed more than its proportion ofleaders. An increasing number of these are being developed from the nearly 3,500 Sunday Schools operated by the American Sunday School Union. To properly train such future leaders, the A.S.S.U. has recently instituted a new auxiliary enterprise— the Young People’s Summer Bible Conference. From a single Conference, the work has grown rapidly in interest and enthusiasm, until a year ago, when we sponsored 35 of them. They were scattered over 21 states. The enrollment was 2180 . There were nearly 500 decisions for Christ; and many splendid young people definitely consecrated their lives to active Christian service. To-day, when the forces of evil, in city and country alike, seem to prevail, we are seeking to marshall and train an army of youth for the cause of Jesus Christ. The results are far-reaching. For decades to come, active Christian work in America is destined to feel the continued impact of this nation-wide enterprise.
1 he A.S.S.U. is evangelical in purpose, non-sectarian in method, and true to the Word of God. Its field is unreached Rural America. The need is greater now than twenty-five years ago. We are planting SundaySchools,restoringwor ship in abandoned churches, establishing Vacation Bible Schools, and rendering com munity Welfare Aid which can comefromno other source. $25.00 annually maintains a Sunday School. $100.00 an nually commences work in an unreached county. $1200 an nually fully I supports an A.S.S.U. Missionary. Why not sponsor this nation wide, soul-saving, character building investment, paying dividends of a sort that will never fade away?
Our goal this year, “along the old hack road ”, is double the number of Conferences. Will you fellowship with us in this most fruitful task with your prayers and your support?
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