THE
PASSOVER
Sunday School Lesson for Juae 9.1907
Specially Prepared for This Paper.
LESSON TEXT. Exodus 12:21-30. Mem
ory verses, 20, 27.
GOLDEN TEXT. "When I soo tho
blood, I will pass ovor you." Exodus
12:13. x , ,
NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES.
New Testament references to' passoVer:
John 1:29; G:B3; 1 Cor. G:C-8; Heb. 9:14;
11:28; 1 Peter 1:18, 19.
TIME. Tho plagues lasted nlno or ton
months, from Juno to tho following April.
Tho Passover, our Easter tlmo, was tho
full moon of tho first month of tho He
brew Bacred year, Ablb or Nlsan, cor
responding to tho last of March and tho
first of April. Tho year (Usshcr) was B.
C. 1491; or about 1300 according to others.
Professor Price makes It 127C.
PLACE. Tho meetings of Mosob with
Pharaoh wero at the capital, Zoan (Tnn
ls), or Memphis. Tho Passover was ob
served in tho land of Goshen, in north
eastern Egypt.
THE PHARAOH was probably Mcncph
tah, son of tho powerful monarch, Rame
Bes II. Tho monuments of Egypt refer
to tho death of a son of Meneptah and
ominous uprisings In 127C B. C.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Tho Bible records fewer miracles
than most men think. They are
grouped in three great periods, each
a critical epoch' especially requiring
divine interposition the , times of
Moses, when ihe' nation was to bo de
livered from bondage; the times of
Elijah, when the authority of the
prophetic order was to be established
and tho liberty of tho people defended
against tho kings; the times of Christ,
when the world' was to be redeemed,
Wo study in this lesson the first of
these periods of miracles.
The First Triad of Plagues. Ex.
7:14; 8:19. The plagues group them
selves in threes, gradually increasing
In severity, for God gave Pharaoh
every chance 'to repent The first
triad are plagues of loathsomeness,
not inflicting actual pain or injury to
life. Water into blood; frogs and lice.
The Second Triad of Plagues. Ex.
8: 20; 9:12. In this group of plagues
the property of the Egyptians is in
volved as well as their persons; the
land of Goshen, where the Hebrews
dwelt, is pointedly exempted from the
visitations; and Moses no. longer
makes use of the rod, as if to show
that no magic virtue resides in that
piece of wood. Flics, murrain aud
bolls.
The Third Triad of Plagues. Ex.
9:13; 10:29. In this series of plagues
"a new insect of awfulness now ap
pears In the circumstance that the
physical agency Is no longer of local
origination from within the land, but
comes from the general system of the
world; as If there now had been an In
vasion of Egypt on the part of the un
seen universe beyond It. The rod is
now resumed." Macgregor. Hall; lo
custs, and darkness follow in ominous
succession.
The Last Plague; Death of the First
born. Exodus 11. Paraoh and his
people had been given every opportu
nity to repent. Even the divine pa
tience had ceased to endure their hard
and cruel and deceitful hearts. The
final and decisive plague was announc
ed and described with accuracy; but
before its actual infliction several
days elapsed that tho people of Israel
might be prepared for ihe exodus. One
important step was the asking (not
'borrowing" see It. V.) of jewels,
the most easily carried form of
wealth, from the Egyptians. It was
only right that the Hebrews should
have a little return for their long
services, and what their masters gave
them was far less than their due.
The Institution of the Passover.
Ex. 12:1-22, 43-50. While the Israel
ites, protected by the effect of the
plagues were making preparations for
thfilr Honnrfnrp thov woro nlnr. nro.
paring for a great and beautiful cere
mony, ordained by God, which should
at the same time arouse, their religi
ous feeling, and Wnd them together
more firmly as a nation. It extended
from tho fourteenth to the twenty-first
day of the month Ablb, afterwards
called Nlsan, corresponding nearly to
the last half of March and the first
half of April. Hebrew months began
with tho new moon, so that tho Pass
over came always at. the time best for.
traveling, tho time of full moon. .The
religious year began at this time; the
civil year began with the month TIsrI,
including tho last of September and
the first of October.
"Tho Passover feast remains to this
day an enduring memorial of the exo
dus, Inexplicable except as the com
memoration of a historical fact, and
testifying by Its name to the nature
of the fact commemorated." Rawlln
son. Taken up Into the Lord's Sup
per, it is celebrated all ovor tho world
whorever Christians as well us Jews
are found.
Tho awful stroko fell at midnight,
and immediately the ontlre land was
filled with bitter anguish and with
irror. Pharaoh, whoso own boy lay
dead, the heir to his throno, could not
wait for mornlnK. but sent in tho
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hikhi, praying ine .Hebrews to ho
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J. W. Browning, 1011 22d St., Ogden,
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Great Cricketer's Simple Tribute to
" Hie Own Worth.
In 1885 thcro was a great celebra
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uel Johnson, and among thoso in at
tendance waB the Australian "crack"
cricketer, Bonner, then at tho loight
of his fame.
As one of the guests, says the com
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Hill, Bonner's health was proposed.
His response was noteworthy.
"After seeing the way in which Dr.
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with great simplicity, "I am not sure
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Medicine of Bamboo Sap,
In India tho sap of tho female bam
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been known from the earliest times as
a medicinal agent. It Is also known
In Borneo, and was an article of com
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has been analyzed and has been shown
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with traces of lime and potash. From
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Whole Head and Neck Covered Hair
All Came Out Cured In Three
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"After having tho measles my whole
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it was well entirely and I have not had,
tho trouble any' more, and as this was
seven years ago, I consider myself
cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion,
Neb., Aug. 25, 1906."
There 1b something Bubllme In calm
endurance, ,soniething sublime in the
'resolute, fixed purpose of suffering
without rrimninininp which maltefi
disappointment oftentimes hotter than'
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Tho first requisite of a good
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couHutuiiun, . , ,
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