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origin of th e scheme was owing to divine suggestion, as its success was due to an overruling Providence, who not only preserved th e child’s life, b u t provided for his being train ed in the n u rtu re and admonition of th e Lord.—- F aucett. v. 8. Called th e child’s m other. God’s children are secure as long as He has work for them , and H is m ighty plan strid es on to its accomplishment over all th e h arriers th a t men can raise.— Sel, The Story of Baby Moses. Ex. 1: 8-14; 2:1-25. Memory Verse. “The Lord will help me.” P salm 50:7. Approach.— I wonder how many of you hoys and girls know w h at a king is? Yes, he is a man who ru les over th e people of a country. Are all kings good men? No, BEGINNERS AND some kings are PRIMARY very bad and Mabel L. M errill w i c k e d. Our sto ry for today happened in a land ru led over by a wicked king, who th o u g h t he could do ju st as he liked and made people suffer, and we will see th a t he forgot th a t God was stronger th a n all th e kings in the world. We are so glad th a t God is our king, for our memory verse tells us such good news. L et us say it. P ray er.—¿Thanking God for watching over and keeping us th rough ano ther week. Lesson Story.— Do . you remember Joseph, who was made ru le r over all th e land of Egypt, and how he brough t all his people down th ere to live? Now it has been a long tim e since Joseph and th e king who was so good to him lived, and in our sto ry for today ano ther king is ru lin g over Egypt, b u t he is a very wicked man, and does no t like these people who were Jews, and were Joseph’s relations, and he is going to try and get rid of them . These people
use of th e most suitable means.— Brown. The faith which su rrend ers its ea rth ly treasu res to God, in confidence in H is care, is generally rew arded and vindicated by receiving them back again glorified and sanctified by th e a lta r on which they had been laid.— Maclaren. How much of th e w orld’s h isto ry th a t tiny coffer among th e reeds held !— Sel. Does not th e Christian p aren t h ere find a w a rra n t for casting his children upon God?— K. B. v. 5. D augh ter of P h arao h came. The most trifling m a tte r may a t times tu rn ou t to be th e most im po rtan t link in a chain of events by which the A lm ighty God is helping forw ard the development of g rand designs.— C. H. M. There is always a soul of good in things evil.— Sel. The glory of God’s providence is to carry out H is etern al purpose in spite of hum an opposition, and often by His reversal of hum an plans.— F. B. M. God acted as He always will in answer to faith. He guided P h arao h ’s daugh ter to th e very spot where th e'ch ild rested.— Gaehelein. Nothing w ith God is accidental.— Long fellow. He who ru leth th e raging of th e sea knows how to check th e designs of th e ungodly.— Racine. I t is not given to our weak intellects to under stand th e steps of Providence as they occur. We comprehend them only as we look hack upon them .— McClellan. v. 6. She h a d compassion on him . Who would have though t th a t th e one who had said, “ If it be a son, ye shall kill him ,” and again, “ Every son th a t is born ye shall cast into th e riv er,” should have in his very cou rt one of those very sons. The devil was foiled by his own weapon.— McIntosh. If C h ristian women knew th e ir obligations and power; and lived up to them as bravely as th is Egyptian princess, th ere would he fewer little ones to he flung ou t to he eaten by crocodiles, and many a poor child abandoned to th e devil would he rescued to grow up a serv an t o f God.— Exp. She opened it. The
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