62 homes, rep resen ts th e price paid for the redeemed, b u t th e deliverance ou t of Egypt speaks of the LESSON power given to the ILLIISTRATIONS blood-bought ones. W . H . P ik e An E n g 1 i s hman standing in a m ar k et in Egypt, saw a slave being sold a t auction. The slave, noticing th e avowed enemy of slavery bidding was very angry, despaired of his freedom . F in ally th e Englishm an being th e highest bidder, had th e slave sold to him. Then he took th e bill of sale, duly receipted, gave it to th e slave, telling him he m ight go free. The slave was so over come w ith astonishm ent and joy th a t he refused to leave such a loving mas ter, and from th a t tim é became his faith fu l and devoted servant. It is told th a t when th e saintly Dr. Robertson of Twing was dying he ordered his sister to his side and said, “ If I had th e power to preach again, do you know w hat tex t I would preach from ?” She suggested various fam iliar passages. “No, no,” he said, as he realized th e power of Christ to. satisfy in life and com fort in death, “ I would preach from th e words, ‘He is able to save to the u tterm o st.’ H allelujah! W hat a Saviour.” Redemption by Power. Scientists tell us th a t a piece of radium so small th a t we could no t see it th rough a misroscope is so powerful th a t it would ring a bell for 30,000 years. If God has so much power in the little things, w hat m ust His power in th e Risen Redeemer be? Eph. 1:19, 20. The V ictoria F alls, we are told, are five tim es larg er th a n N iagara Falls. These have seven m illion horse power, b u t th e Victoria F alls have thirty-five m illion horse power. These la tte r would create so much electrical energy in a day as a m illion tons of coal would produce in a day. If th is is tru e in the physical, th in k of th e energy, moral,
THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S m ental and sp iritu al, rad ia tin g from the glorified Son of God.
v. 21. The Lord caused th e sea to go back. The idea of divine interposi tion is imperative.— F aucett. The God of n atu re has not tied H im self to its laws, b u t when COMMENT FROM He pleases dis- MANY SOURCES penses w ith them . K eith L. B rooks —Henry. v. 22. W ent in to th e m id st of th e sea. Here was th e path of faith (Heb. 1 1 :2 9 ). The hand of God opens the way for us to tak e th e first step, and th is is all th a t faith ever asks.— McIntosh. Those who will w alk by faith will find a p ath to walk in.-r^Sel. Our faith is often called upon to' ven tu re upon perilous paths. We may tru s t Him to hold back the w atery walls from falling.— Maclaren. The way of safety often does no t open un til we are hemmed in and P h araoh ’s chariots are almost upon us.— Sel. Where God leads us He will ligh t us.-— M. H. There is a grand fearlessness in faith .— Robertson. Upon th e dry ground. So the sealed of Israel will go safely th rough th e g reat trib u latio n a t the close of th e present age, and the pursuing nations will be caught by the clo sin g .in of th e w aters of judgment. — K. B. W aters w ere a w all un to them . The cloud and sea were to them w hat the cross and grave of Christ are to us. The cloud secured them from th eir enemies, th e sea separated them from th e Egyptians. The cross shields us from all th a t could b,e again st us. We stand on heaven’s side of th e empty tomb of Jesus.— C. H. M. The event cannot be ascribed, as some have sup posed, to an ex trao rd inary ebb which happened ju s t th en to be produced by a strong east wind, for th is would not have caused th e w aters, con trary to every law of fluids, to stand as a wall
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