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ligion. They were to tell of God’s wonderful deliverance to th e ir children and th e ir children’s children, and th e an- nual Passover festival would be a constant rem inder of this duty and of God’s mercy. It would lead them to love, tru st and worship God. It continued till Christ our Passover was slain for us, and is still perpetuated in the Lord’s Sup per, th e Christian’s memorial of th e Lamb of God for ever.-—Arnold. (12 :2 9 ) God’s judgm ents come upon sinners when they least expect it, and in th e ir moments of fancied security. The darkness cannot hide from God; we know no t what will be in th e approaching night. The wicked may awake to find th a t the stern messenger of eternal justice has seized upon them .-—Horn. Com.
die on th e cross so th a t His blood, sprinkled by God upon our hearts, will cleanse us from all sin, and God will then call us His children. Those like Pharaoh who would not believe God lost th e ir oldest child. Those who will not believe what God says about the blood of Jesus cleansing h earts from all sin, will lose th eir souls, and never will reach heaven. Let each one of us give our h ea rt to Jesus before it is too late. P haraoh let th e Jews go a fte r his oldest child died. How much b etter it would have been to have pu t th e blood of th e lamb upon th e door frame. Let us pray Jesus to sprinkle His blood now on our hearts before it is too late. Memory versé: 1 John 1:7. FEBRUARY 17, 1924 THE DIVINE PROVISION OF BREAD AND WATER Exodus, Chapters 14-19 Golden Text: “And when th e dew th a t lay was gone up, behold, upon th e face of th e w ilderness th ere lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar fro st on the ground.” Ex. 16:14. O utline: (1) The Rod and th e Red Sea (Ch. 14). (2 ) The Redemption Song (Ch. 15). (3) The Rain of Bread from Heaven (Ch. 16). (4 ) The Riven Rock (Ch. 17). (5) The Rules and R egulations for th e Camp (Ch. 18). ( 6 ) The Revelation of God’s Holiness (Ch. 19). In trodu ction : The six chapters given for th is lesson contain varied les sons of value which make it difficult to choose between them . The chapters should be read carefully by the teacher and the scholars should be urged also to read them all, or such sections as involve th e main LESSON facts should be assigned them for reading. EXPOSITION (1) THE ROD AND THE RED SEA, Oh. T. O. H orton 14 “And th e Lord caused th e sea to go back” v. 2 1 . The picture is easily painted. Israel, hemmed in be tween th e hills and th e sea; P haraoh, who has changed his m ind as always before, advancing w ith his pursuing army; God’s people filled w ith fear and dread. B itter complaints issued from th eir mouths against Moses and against God. God intended to bring about th is very situation th a t He m ight teach them the lesson of Divine dependence (vs. 13- 18) “The Lord shall fight for you and ye shall hold your peace” and “F ear ye no t; stand still, and see th e salvation of th e Lord.” They are to have the lesson so much needed by us all. We are pilgrim s, travelling over a strang e road. Our tru st m ust be in God. The beginning of the Christian life is th e beginning of testings. F ind this illu strated in th e life of Joseph, of David, of Paul. God has no other way of moulding men and women for His service. F irs t steps are memorable. F irs t lessons, important. The command is significant, “Go forw ard” (Josh. 1 :3 ). “Move on” (2 K ings 6 :1 6 ). The visible leader was the p illar of cloud and fire— th e manifest presence of God— daylight to them , darkness to the Egyptians. (Ex. 40:36- 38). The cloud was th e manifest presence of th e Holy Spirit, th e Shekinah glory of th e tabernacle and of the temple.
ELEMENTARY K ate H . Haus
(Review.) The last plague was now to come. The Jew ish people were warned th a t they must obey carefully all th a t Moses told them , if they wanted to escape th is plague, even i f they were Jews. God wanted to teach them a wonderful lesson of salvation. As blood
sprinkled u p o n the door would save them from th is plague, so the blood of Jesus, Messiah, was to free th e ir h earts from sin. Every th ing God did was to rem ind them in some way what Christ would do for them when He came. Getting ready was
very s o l e m n work. God called it a Pass- over F east. It was to be remembered by the Jews as long as they lived, every y ear of th e ir lives. I t would be an aw ful punishm ent to the Egyptians, bu t th e g reatest blessing to th e Jews. They were to kill a perfect lamb, sprinkle th e blood on the sides and top of th e door fram e, ro ast th e meat, go into, th e house, sh u t th e door and eat it. While they ate th e meat, the death angel would fly over Egypt, and wherever th ere was a house w ithout blood sprinkled upon th e door frame, th e oldest child in th a t house would die. (Describe th is Passover F east very carefully.) P haraoh, like many others, though t it was all foolish ness to obey God, and sprinkle blood on the door frames. So all through th e land, when morning came, people were crying because th e oldiest child was dead in every house, from P haraoh ’s to th e poorest hu t, where blood had not been pu t on th e ir doors. Pharaoh found out w hat an aw ful th ing it wa* to refuse to believe God. The Jews found it was a blessed thing to obey God. Then Pharaoh let th e Jews go, and th e people gave them many precious jewels to pay for th e work they had done when slaves. This passover feast stood for w hat Jesus would do for sinners when He came. The lamb stood for Jesus, it was so pure and white and clean, and its blood was used to. save th e oldest child from death. Jesus is more pure, more wlfite, more clean and holy th an any lamb, or any one who ever lived in th is world. He is as holy and clean as God Himself. Yet He was w illing to (If p re fe rre d , in s te a d o f u s in g th e p ic tu re w h ic h is sh o w n h e re w ith , th e te a c h e r m a y c u t o u t tw o h e a rts, sa m e size. (1) of h e a v y w h ite p a p er, o r c a rd b o a rd . B la c k e n one sid e to re p re s e n t SIN . (2) of re d p a p e r. P la c e th e b la c k h e a r t o v er th e r e d h e a r t, sh o w in g th a t C h ris t’s blo o d co v ers o u r sin . T h e n sh ow th e w h ite sid e— th e h e a r t m ad e clean , b e c a u se sin is c o v ered ).
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