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What did the Israelite
against Moses, saying, \V1
What did Moses do?
for direction and help.
What did the Lord do?
through him to the people
he had made provision f
waters. "The Lord showe
had cast into the waters, tl
God not only had prepare
He had watched over it th
of rain and tliat it should
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Israelites. For years God
necessity and had been pr
God's covenant with us
with Israel. His promise!
' when our hour of disappc
shall come we may feel su
by surprise but that he lit
advance.
But God had provided
thing more and better th?
His people out on a jourr
It vyas important that at t
lesson concerning the car
m their behalf through al
he have devised a better
this? The experience rev<
edness and the complainitij
thoughtfulness of God and
It was a lesson on the fc
murmuring' tend to sweet
rather make the people le
which God was bestowing
followed was the memory
retrospect? Did the murr
stir himself on their beha
learn this lesson and forbe
Had it been a man and
in this instance would not
to restrain rather than to i
pie? In the fact that Go
people immediately sweete
evidence of God's love to 1
serving. Has He not deal
We seem to hear the rea
once give me such a swee
not murmur again." So we
of Israel indulged in some
turn to the next chapter
what occurred within aboi
bread was exhausted, lo!
again. Their good resolut
God sweetened the wate
pie to do what they could
waited until the young met
the tree and cast it into
part; he waits for us to do
The risen Christ is a pi
who are united to Him.
raised up Jesus from the
raised up Christ from the <
mortal bodies by his Spiri
y
THE PRESBYTERIA
s do? They "murmured
tat shall we drink?"
"He cried unto the Lord"'
He revealed to Moses and
that years and years before
or the sweetening of these
:d him a tree which, when he
le waters were made sweet."
d that tree years before but
at it should not die for want
not be cut down or injured
t it should hp readv for flip
had been anticipating; their
oviding for it.
is the same as His covenant
5 to us are just as sure, and
jintment or discouragement
re that it has not taken God
is provided for the event in
in advance for Israel somem
water. He was starting
ley to the Land of Canaan,
he start they should learn a
e which He would exercise
II their wanderings. Could
lesson on this subject than
ialed at once the shortsightdisposition
of man and the
His mercy to His people.
>lly of murmuring. Did the
en the waters? Did it not
ss fitted to enjoy the gifts
<; upon them? In days that
of that murmuring a sweet
nuring influence God to bell
f? Would that we might
ar finding fault with God.
not God who was the giver
the murmuring have tended
ncrease his love for the peod
instead of chastising the
ned the waters, we have an
the unworthy and the undet
even thus with us?
der sav. that "If God wnnld
t correction I would surely
fancy. Perhaps the children
such pood resolutions. But
and note that It describes
it a fortnight and when the
the people are murmuring
ions lasted only a fortnight,
rs. But he required the peoI
and to do it in faith. He
1 plied the axe and cut down
the spring. God does His
our part.
ledge of the rising of those
"If the Spirit of him that
dead dwell in you, he that
lead shall also quicken your
t that dwelleth in you."
r
N OF THE SOUTH.
Devotional ai
A VISIT TO THE
By Minot C
We reached Manila just a
ture it was, as the morning 1
gauze veil over the steamet
of every sort, some lying qu
of a smaller breed gliding a
Our visit in Manila was i
Ill m IllSUULlIVC ilS wen, IK
Americans and Filipinos in t
whom we could discuss tl
One day the Rev. Dr. Jame
sion, the first Protestant mi
Philippines, took us out int?
might have a true conceptioi
On the boat for Cavite we
"Concord.'' the only war ves
in the fight with the Spania
Cavite there followed a ride
comfortable little two-wheel
Hoard, one of the many unci
ion. It is built of nipa, as
houses, and rejoices in the .
ing lit with electric lights, tl
vite. Here a little compan
worship and instruction and
Sabbath, under the leadersh
Our next mode of conv<
amusing-looking little craft,
It is a dugout with a coupl
fastened on outriggers on <
from the boat itself. The or
in the water and acts as a flo
ward side is up in the air am
ially when a boy climbs out
After our banca ride came
cart to a river, then across
just big enough to hold th
man who pulled the boat ac
rope.
Safely across, our driver \
ve jogged alongva particul
river on one side, tropical f
ied on both sides, and hei
nipa houses. The nipa, by t
ing, looks like a dwarf pain"
thatch. A nipa house would
but for the tropics it is ce
light, airy, cool, picturesque.
At last we reached the v
Ueve they call it) of Imus, a
part of a charmingly novel a
Our host was a Mr. Behre
Commissioner of Lands for
ernment. He is in effect
thousands of acres of land
Friars, and bought, you wil
ernment, a very wise and el
exceedingly knotty problem.
We had lunch at the arm
an army post for several reg
August 4, igog.
id Selections
PHILIPPINES.
. Morgan.
t sunrise, and what a picliaze
hung like a luminous
s and launches and craft
ietly at anchor and others
bout between them,
nade peculiarly delightful
:cause of the number of
litterent walks of life with
le "Philippine question."
s B. Rodgers, of our misssionary
to preach in the
0 the country, so that we
1 of life outside of Manila,
met Captain Sears of the
sel with the fleet that was
rds ten years ago. From
: in a diminutive and uned
cab to a chapel of our
ler Dr. Rodgers' supervisare
most of the native
cnlltorv rlictinoftrvr* Ko
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irough its nearness to Cay
of Christians meet for
[ Bible study, Sabbath by
ip of an elder,
eyance was a banca, an
but surprisingly speedy,
e of hollow bamboo logs
?ach side five or six feet
ie on the leeward side lies
at. The one on the windJ
serves for ballast, especon
it.
another ride in a Spanish
the river in a ferry-boat
e pony and cart and the
ross the stream on a wire
vhipped up our steed and
larly charming road?the
oliage, luxuriant and varre
and there picturesque
he way, when it is growi,
and makes an excellent
not do for a cool country,
rtainlv the ir1#?a1 thincr?
j ** v*""b
illage (or barrio as I bevhere
we spent the major
nd interesting day.
:nds, an American, who is
the United States Govthe
landlord of tens of
formerly owned by thfr
1 remember, by our Gov- ?
fficient way of solving ar?
ly mess, for Imus is now
;iments of Filipino scouts.