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living from the stony h ard soil th ere is a sturdiness developed th a t has blessed th e world. T rial Developes Character. A soldier in one of the regu lar arm ies of the Confederacy had displayed con- spicious bravery in a dozen engagements whilst serving w ith his gun as a can noneer. At the battle of Chickamauga he was assigned the duty of a driver only, and instead of p articipating in the excitement of loading and firing, had nothing to do but sit quietly on his horse, and watch the havoc created around him by the enemy’s shot. He was soon seized w ith te rro r and im plored his commanding officer to send him back to his gun. We do not de- velope ch aracter in our idle moments. 1:10. L et us deal wisely. The wis dom of Egypt ended in P h arao h ’s hav ing to bring up, educate and prepare the very man who was to accomplish w hat he feared. COMMENT FROM — Bullinger. His MANY SOURCES wisdom proved Keith L. Brooks ' t o be r o u n d - about folly. The only way to make men glad to remain in the community is to make them a t home there. It was a blunder to make lives b itter for h earts were embittered. — Maclaren. L e st they m ultiply. He vainly imagined th a t he, by his manage ment, could prevent the increase of those concerning whom God had said, “They shall be as th e sand which is upon the seashore.” His wise dealing was therefo re simply madness and folly.;—McIntosh. v. 12. The more they multiplied. H ere we may read the histo ry of Israel among the Gentiles. Their increase and expansion has produced w h at is known as “Anti-sem itism .”— Gaebelein. Nothing can destroy th e people of Israel or thw art th e divine purpose w ith reg ard to them.-^-Dummelow. v. 14. H ard bondage, in m o rtar,
and in brick. Brick was a staple of Egyptian arch itectu re. Only temples and palaces were constructed of stone. The Hebrews .were therefo re taken from tending th e ir flocks and pressed into w hat to them was a p articu larly irk some service.— Meyer. It is w orthy of rem ark th a t more bricks bearing the name of Thothmes, who is supposed to have been king a t the tim e of the Exo dus, have been discovered th a n of any o th er period.—W ilkinson. 2:2. She hid him th re e months (because of P h araoh ’s d ecree). The serpent has a t all tim es watched w ith m alignant eye those in strum en ts which God was about to- use for His own gracious ends.— e . H. M. She must have “ h ea rd ” from God (Rom. 10:17; Heb. 1 1 :7 ), for th is action was by . faith (Heb. 1 1 :2 3 ); otherw ise it would have been through affection or fancy. All th e steps taken in verses 2 to 4 were th e resu lt of believing what God had said to her.— Comp. Bible. The--steps of faith fall on the seeming void and find the rock beneath.—W h ittier. F aith is letting down our nets into the un tran sp aren t deeps at-th e. divine com mand, not knowing w hat we shall take. F a b e r. B ear a son. Moses was the seventh from Abraham , Abraham the seventh from Eber, and Enoch the seventh from Adam.— Comp. Bible. 2:3. A rk daubed w ith slime.....Boats of th is description are seen daily float ing on the river w ith no other calk in them th an Nile mud, and they are p er fectly w ater tigh t.— Jam ieson. P u t th e child therein. This 4s faith trium phing over the influences of n atu re and death, leaving room for the God of resurrection to act.— C. H. M. This is fa ith ’s d raft handed in a t the treasu ry of the God of resurrection.— Sel. She reckoned on God. G reater was He who was for her th a n all who were against her. “By faith Moses was hid by his parents, and they were no t afraid .”— Meyer. A beau tifu l example of firm reliance on th e ' Word of God, united w ith an active
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