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It THE WONDERFUL PILLAR.
LESSON IX, THIRD QUARTER IN¬
TERNATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 26.
Test of the Lesson, Ntim. it, t#-83—Com¬
mit Verses 15. 16—Gotden Text, Ps.
xliii, 3—Commentary by Hev. D. M.
Stearns.
| Condensed from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission of EL S. Hoffman, Philadelphia,
publisher.)
This fourth book in the Bible, called the
Book of Numbers, tells us in the first chapter
of the numbering of the people after they
left Egypt, and in the twenty-sixth chapter
of the second numbering, thirty-eight years
later. At the first numbering there were
003,550 men of war <i, 40); at the second num¬
bering there were 001,730 men of war (xxvi,
51). but in the last numbering there was not
a man of them w hom Moses and Aaron had
numbered at the first, except Caleb and
Joshua (xxvi, 64, 65); all the 603,543 bad died
in the wilderness because of their sin in nmr
inuring against God (xiv, 20-31). f
V 15. “On the day that the tabernacle was
reared up.” That was on the first day of the
first month of the second year, then this
cloud which had already proved their guide,
their shield and their avenger covered the
tabernacle, and the glory of the Lord filled
the tabernacle. (Ex. xl, 17-34.) So also,
when the temple was completed, the cloud of
glory filled the house. (II Cbron. v, 13. 14.* It
was a visible manifestation of the presence
of God.
“The tent of the testimony,” because in it
was the ark of the covenant containing the
two tables of testimony ; the law testifying
to the righteousness which God demands, and
the blood upon the mercy seat testifying to
the salvation from the consequences of a
broken law and to the righteousness which
God provides.
“Fire, until the morning ” To give them
light (Ex. xiii, 21* He spread a cloud for a
S covering, and fire to give them light in the
mghl (Ps. ev, 3D* Thus they had continual
light, the sun by day and the pillar of fire
by night. Jesus said; “‘1 am the light of the
world, he that foliovvetb Me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have the light of life”
“Uutil the morning” is an expression that
always arrests my attention, since 1 have
been led to live day by day looking for Him,
loving His appearing. Then shall be “the
light of the morning without clouds,” when
the upright shall have dominion over the un
godly, ami when the joy shall come that ends
all weeping, because the morning star has
arisen <11 Sam xxiii, 4, Ps. xlix, W. £xx, 5
t.ev. xxii, 16) Are you in sympathy, dear
reader* Does your heart 6ay “My soul
fot the Lord more than they that
watch for the morning, they that watch foi
the morning, and in His word do 1 hope."
tPs. exxx, 5, 6.)
16. “So it was alway.” “Lo! I am with
you alway ” “He bath said: I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee, * * * for He
is Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to¬
day and forever.
17. “Israel journeyed. * * * Israel
pitched their tents.” Nothing had Moses or
Aaron to say in this matter, the cloud de¬
cided all The soul that now waits upon God
sincerely desiring His guidance and His will
in all things will surely be guided by His
word and His providence as plainly as Israel
was by the cloud, only be sincere and be just
as willing to stay as to go, or to go as to stay
Be warned by Jer. xlii, xliii. be comforted
and established by Ps. xxxii, S, only dissem
ble not in your heart.
18. “At the commandment of the Lord. ”
Twice in this verse, twice in verse 20, and
three times in verse 23, do we find this ex
pression in our lesson, just seven times, si g
nifying a perfect obedience. The same is no
tieeable in Ex. xl. 19-32, in connection with
the erection of the Tabernacfc. “If ye love
me, keep my commandments;” “if ye keep
my commandments, ye shall abide in
my love;” “this isjmy commandment, that
j’e love one another” (John xiv, 15. xv, 10,
12); see some of the words of Him who was
in all things the perfectly obedient one. I f
we' would know the joy and comfort of the
spirit dwelling in us, we must i>e cheerfully
willing and obedient; as Jesus said that He
came not to do His own will, nor seek tils
own glory (John vi, 33. vhi, 53>, we must tie
able in some measure to say the same if we
have Ills spirit dwelling in os.
19. “When tbo cloud tarried long.” If it
was a very pleasant place, an Elira and not a
Marah (Ex. xv, 23-27), we may suppose they
would be content to tarry as long as God
pleased, but if the surroundings were not
agreeable, how trying it must have been to
tarry long in such a place. We often think
we are content with the will of God and even
take delight in it, but He who reads the
heart proves to us, by some change of cir
cumstances or by asking us to tarry long in
unpleasant surroundings, that self is still un¬
subdued in us.
20, 21, 22. “When the cloud wa9 a few
days, * * * from evening unto the morn¬
ing, * * * two days or a month or a
year.” How uncertain of the future, how
dependent upon God, how impossible to make
plans for the morrow l And yet are not we
taught that we can only go here or there,
and do this or that “if the Lord will?” Jas.
iv, 15. Fancy a visit to the camp of Israel
and an introduction to Moses, the great
leader of the Lord’s hosts. We ask him, how
long do you propose remaining at this
encampment? With eyes turning toward
the pillar of cloud he replies, i know not
Which way will you journey when you do
leave here? With eyes still fixed upon the
cloud come the same reply, 1 know not.
Where will your next camping ground be?
and again the same meek reply, 1 know not.
And yet you, Moses, are leader of this great
host? No, not l, but Jehovah, who dwelleth
among us in the Tabernacle, and whose glory
you see in the cloud. He redeemed this peo¬
ple, He careth for them. He will lead us to
the promised inheritance, and we have only
to trust and obey Him.
Rather too tamo a life for the busy man of
today; but what will you, O busy and self
confident one, do with this command?
“Acknowledge Him in all thy ways, * * *
lean not unto thine own understanding."
Prov. iii, 5, 0.
Reserve Force ol Middle Age.
We—at least persons who have passed
middle age—have only a certain amount of
reserve force, and all that we draw upon in
hurries is abstracted from that which should
be distributed through the remainder of life.
The secret of longevity is probably skill in
so economizing the reserve of vital energy as
to make it last out an unusual period. Per¬
sons who begin unusual exercise in youth
may adapt their constitutions to the habit,
and may thereby hold on to their full term
of life; but this cannot be done safely if one
waits till mature age before beginning. —
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