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people a t a ll seasons; and It shall be, th a t every g re a t m a tte r th ey sh all b rin g un to thee, b u t every sm all . m a tte r th e y sh all ju d g e: so sh all it be e a sie r fo r thyself, and th e y shall bear th e burden w ith thee. (23) If th o u sh a lt do th is th in g , and God comm and th ee so, th en th o u sh a lt be able to endure, and a ll th is people- sh all also go to th e ir place in peace. (24) So Moses h e ark en ed to th e voice of his fa th e r-in -law , and did all th a t he had said. (25) And Moses chose able m en ou t of all Isra el, and m ade them ru le rs (heads) over th e people, ru le rs of th o usands, ru le rs of h u n dreds, ru le rs of fifties, and ru le rs of Je n s. (26) And th ey ju dged th e peo ple a t all .seasons: th e h a rd causes th ey b ro u g h t un to Moses, b u t every sm all m a tte r th ey ju d g ed them selves. w hat God had been doing for them during those try ing weeks. There was a spontaneity and a fullness of m ean ing in the testim onies th a t followed, th a t sent us all out a b it more th a n k ful and stronger th a n when we came in. Look up w hat it says about this in Malachi 3:16. As Moses talked of God’s g reat good ness to th is man, who was also a be liever in God, th e ir h ea rts were filled w ith rejoicing and Je th ro offered a b u rn t offering unto th e Lord, ju s t to show his g ratitu d e to Him for all His goodness. Aaron and th e elders of Israel joined in the thanksgiving feast. The -old-fashioned Methodist class meeting held m ighty possibilities in it. How th e h ea rts of th e saints used to rejoice as th ey talk ed over th e things of God together. H as public te sti mony a large enough place in our church life today? I t is to be feared th a t we spend more tim e in talk ing to one ano th er abou t kings, and presi dents, and arm ies, and business than about th e w onderful w orks of God. H . Moses’ Occupation. W hat a trem endous burden Moses was carrying. A djusting all petty dif ferences and settling all th e m inor problem s for th e whole encampment. He surely was busy from morning un til night, teaching th e things of God. It is no t h ard to believe th a t th e volume
un to him, The th in g th a t th o u doest is n o t good. (18) Thou w ilt su rely w e a r aw ay, both thou, and th is peo ple th a t is w ith thee; for, th is th in g is^too heav y fo r thee'; th o u a r t no t able to perform it th y se lf alone. (19) H e ark e n th o u un to m y voice, I w ill give th ee counsel, and God shall be w ith th ee: He th o u fo r th e people to Godw ard, th a t thou m ay est b rin g th e causes unto God: (20) And thou sh a lt tea ch them o rdinances and law s, and sh a lt show th em th e w ay w herein th ey m u st w alk, and th e w o rk th a t th ey m u st do. (21)Moreover, thou sh a lt provide o ut of a ll th e people able men, such as fe a r God, m en of tru th , h a tin g covetousness (u n ju st g a in ) ; and place such over them , to be r u l ers of thousands, an d ru le rs of h u n dreds, ru le rs of fifties, and ru le rs of ten s: (22) And le t them ju d g e the I. J e th ro ’s Arrival. The purpose of Je th ro ’s visit a t th is p articu lar time, was to bring to Moses, his daughter, Moses’ wife, and h er two sons. They had v ery evidently, not been w ith Moses dur- LESSON in g 'th e try ing experi- EXPOSITION ences of th e Egyptian J. H. H u n te r plagues and th e exo dus. It was about 12 or 14 months since th e fam ily had been together, bu t now th e time seemed propitious for th e ir being reunited. The meeting between Moses and his father-in-law is interesting. Moses saluted him in custom ary E astern fashion and did obeisance unto him. The la tte r shows us something of the real hum ility of th is man, whom God had used to do such g reat things in th e sigh t of all Egypt. Though Moses had all th e affairs of the camp on his hands, which was no small task, as some of our United States arm y officers could now testify, yet, he had tim e and inclination to sit down and te ll Je th ro of God’s m ighty works and g reat goodness. A B rotherhood Bible Class of busi ness men m et th e o th er Sunday, afte r the sessions of th e class had been sus pended for seven or eight weeks, on account of th e influenza epidemic. In stead of th e Bible lesson for th e morn ing, th e teacher suggested th a t th e men should tell each o th er something of
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