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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE. C • ON, GEORGIA.
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7 Lesson’
tvl /By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D.D., !
|U Dean of the iCvenln* School, Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(<&. 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 27
ISRAEL SAVED AT THE RED SEA
LESSON TEXT—Ex6d. 14:21-31.
GOLDEN TEXT—The Lord is my
strength and sons, and he \a become
my salvation.—Exod. 15:2.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—Israel Saved at the Red Sea.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—God’s Guidance From £j, r ypt to
Sinai.
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HELL IN THE MAKING.
(Negro Philosophy.)
The newly appointed pastor of
a negro church faced a packed
audience when he arose to deliv
er his sermon on this burning
question: “Is There a He'll?”
“Bredern”, he said, ‘‘de Lord
made the world round like a
ball.”
“Amen!” agreed the congre
gation.
,, And de Lord made two axles
for de world to go round on, and
He put one axle at the north pole
and one axle at the souf pole.”
“Amen!” cried the^ccngrega-
tion.
“And the Lord put a lot of oil
and grease in de center of ce
world so as to keep the axles well
greased and oiled.”
“Amen!” said the congrega
tion.
“And then a lot of sinners dig
wells in Pennsylvania and steal
de Lords oil and grease. And
they dig wells in Kentucky,
Louisiana. Oklahoma and Texas
and Mexico and Russia, and steal
the Lord’s oil and grease.
“And some day dey will have
all of de Lord’s oil and grease,
and dem axles is gonna git hot
And den dat will be hell, bredern
dat will bd hell!”—Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
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The tenth stroke from the strong
hand of the Almighty, the tenth turn
of the screw of Omnipotence, brought
Pharaoh to time and made him willing
to let Israel go. The Israelites went
out on their wfly to the promised land
with u high hand. Through the land
of the Philistines the journey would
have been comparatively short, but
God commanded them to turn from
that way, lest, going through the land
of the Philistines, they would be dis
couraged at the sight of war and de
sire to turn back to Egypt. The way
of the wilderness was a long route,
but it had many valuable lessons for
them. By this they escaped the experi
ence of war, bnt learned the crooked
ness and perverseness of their own
hearts (Deut. 8:2).
The Lord went before them In. a pil
lar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire
by night. He not only thus Indicated
unto them the right path, but walked
with them In It. At the Lord’s direc
tion they turned from their first course
and were made to face something dif
ficult. The Bed sea was before them
and mountains on either side. The
stricken Egyptians had recovered from
their sorrow and now saw the Israel
ites In a situation from which they
could not extricate themselves. They
interpreted this to mean that Moses
was unable to lead them out of their
difficulty. Therefore, they went in pur
suit, hoping yet to prevent them from
going out of the country.
. I. The Miraculous Escape of the Is
raelites (Exod. 14:21, 22).
They were In a straitened condi
tion, hut had no reason to fear, for the
Lord hud led them there. There seems
to have been a twofold object in lead
ing them into this particular place: to
strengthen the faith of the people and
to lay a snare for the overthrow of the
Egyptians. The people, as usual, dis
played their unbelief, even censuring
Moses for leading them out of Egypt.
Moses replied to tlielr mumiurings by
saying: “Pear ye not, stand still, and
see the salvation of the Lord.” Stand
ing still in such a trial Is faith taking
hold on God’s promises. God said to
Moses: "Wherefore crlest thou unto
me? Speak unto the children of Israel,
that they go forward.” Having had
His definite promise, to have prayod
longer would have been, unbelief. The
lifting up of the rod simply served as
something tangible upon which their
faith could act. They were to go for
ward a step ut p time, without raising
any question as to the outcome, for
from the same source from which came
the command came the power to obey.
The presence of the Lord was adapted
to their needs as they went forward.
The form of the Divine presence and
help is determined by His people’s
needs. The cloud then passed to the
rear and held the enemy at bay. The
presence of God had a double effect:
darkness and confusion to the enemy
and light and guidance to His people.
As they went forward the very thing
which seemed their destruction became
a wall of protection on either side.
II. The Overthrew of the Egyptians
(Exod. 14:28-31).
Haring seen the Israelites go across
dryshod, Pharaoh and his people mad
ly pursued them. They insanely
thought that they, in their unbelief,
could follow In the wake of God’s
children. The Lord looked forth from
the cloud and wrought confusion
among the Egyptians. He not only
looked upon them, but took off their
chariot wheels, causing them to realise
that God was' fighting against them.
He then directed Moses to stretch
forth his rod and bring destruction
upon the Egyptians.
III. The 8opg of Triumph. (Exod.
15:1-21), I
Standing on the other shore of the
Red sea, they could fittingly sing the
song of triumph because ef the mi
raculous deliverance and overwhelming
defeat, They attributed all to God.
All self was left oat In a glad coming
day a similar but larger congregation
will sing the same song with an addi
tion, namely, of the Lamb (Rev, 15:3).
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