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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-05-10, Page 3Sunday Sch 01.101,0,1.190 LESSON FL, --JUNE 2, sgo7. Moses Called to Deliver Israel,-Exod. 3: ri4. Consmentaiy.-L God appears unto Moses (vs. 1-6). 1, priest of Midian- Or prince, or both priest and prince; "the e original has both meanings."- • ',Clarke. Lod the flock -For about forty tars Moses had been serving es a shep- erd, oaring for the flocks of his father - law. Back of the wilderness (R. V.) - is, the western side, for in the He- rew Orientation the spectator is always supposed to face the east, which is hence called "the front." Moses led his flock westerly or northwesterly, through the desert strip, to the elevated ground of Horeb, where were the most fertile val- leys of the peninsula, and where there was water when the lower wells were dry. -Terry. During all these years he bad been holding communion with God, and was being prepared for his life work. 'But think of a man with power and abil- 'Qty such as Moses had, being held down for forty years with a few sheep! Yet 'this was evidently God's plan. Mountain of God -Sometimes called Horeb, at other times Sinai. "The mountain itself had two peaks; one was called Horeb, the other Sinai." -Clarke. But Newhall thinks that Horeb was the name of the district and Sinai the name of the .mountain. It was called the mountain of God because here God appeared to Moses, and afterward. from the same 'mountain revealed His glory and pro- claimed the law to the Israelites. 2. Angel of the Lord -Not a created ;angel, for he is called Jehovah (vs. 4-6). ,This was none other than. Jesus Christ, • the Redeemer of Mankind. A flame of fire -"Representing God's majesty, pur- ity and power, and showing that He was about to bring destruction to His ere- : mien, and light and comfort to His peo- ,ple." The bush -The thorn -bush, a spe- cies of acacia, common in the Sinai pen- insula. Burned -1. As an emplem it in- structs. 2. As a miracle it admonishes. '3. As a magnet it attracts. 4. As a mon- itor it warns,-Hom. Com. "This is, 1, An emblem of the state of the Israelites in their distress. 2. Of the state of the church in the world. 3. Of the state of every true Christian:' Not consumed -- Showing that this was fire from heaven. 3. Why the bush, etc. -Ho desires if possible to see the cause of this strange appearance. God will reveal to listening souls all they need to know to be able 'to follow and obey Him. 4. God called t- . out of.. the bush -Flame is the best symbol of God: 1. It is immaterial. 2. It is glorious. 3. It is mysterious in its nature. 4. As light, it is everywhere- . omnipresent. 5. It enlightens the world. 6. It is a source of life, beauty and power. 7. It is undefiled and undefil- able, absolutely pure. 8. It is terrible es "•'a destructive power. 9. It is warming, cheering and life-giving.: Peloubet. .And said, Moses --Moses being thus addressed 'by name, must have been more surprised by what he heard than by what he saw. -Benson. Put off thy shoes -Rutting off the sandals is a. very ancient prac- tise in worship. The rabbins say that the priests perform their service with • bare feet in token of purity and rever- ence. All Mohammedans, Brahmins and • Parsees worship barefooted to the pres- ent day. -Nevin. "This was required of Moses as a token of his reverence for God, of humiliation for his sins, of his putting away all impurity in his life and -of his submission and readiness to obey • God's will." 6. I am the God -God does not say I "was" the God of thy fathers, but I '`am" their God . The patriarchs were still living, for God is not the God of the dead but of the living (1liark 12, 27). 0f Abraham, etc. -That is, the God who entered into covenant relation with :Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The prom- • ises made to them were now about to be . fulfilled. Afraid to look -He was over- awed by God's presence, II. God calls Moses to deliver Israel (vs. 7-10). 7. seen the affliction-7.that is, I have considered their afflictions. He counts the sighs of his .people and puts their •tears into hie bottle. 8. am come drown -When God raid something ' very extraordinary he was said to "come down' to do it, as in Isa..64:1. So Christ came down from heaven to save fallen ' Wean. and a large -Canaan was large compared with Goshen. with milk and honey -A proverbial expression; but sit- • erally true with reefrence to Canaan. The milk and honey are typical of the •, . !richness and fulness of God's grace. 9. the cry unto me -They did not , merit God's elevation., neither was he at- , treated by their excellences or their vir- ' tues; but it was sufficient for him that they needed the great deliverance that • ; he was able to give. 10. I will send thee -About forty years before this Moses had undertaken to deliver has people in ' his sews way. Now he had learned the other lessons God would teach Ilim`and 4erence between God sending a man and a man running unseat. • III. God promises to be with Moses ave. I1-14). 1. who em I -Moses was the best pre- pared for this work of any man living; eminent for learning, wisdom, experience, ' and yet he says, Wile am 1? "The bet- ter preaarea any one is for service, the less opinion he hadebt s of himself," at I should go -"Doubtless the was effected ' by the remembranoe of his former fail• Bare." -C. • H. M. "The work to be done was great and dangerous. 1. His life night be in danger, 2. What could w shepherd! do to influence a king? 3. It was not likely that he Egyptians his time had come. These is a vast dif- would give up 2,000,000 people who were doing their work without compensation." 4. To organize and discipline much a host seenuld requite great patience and: ability. 6. 14 would be difficult to induce the Is- ,ai'aelites to risk all, and leave Efrept for an unknown land. 12. will be with thee -My counsel shall direct thee, and my 1IIE RIGHT PAINT TO PAINT 3RIGMT Ramtsay's Paints spread easily and smoothly -dry quickly -are true in color retain their brilliancy -and are always ready for the brush with the least stirring. - For 65 years, Rarasay's Paints have been the standard all over Canada. 'Use Ramsay's Paints for all your painting-outside/end inside, write us for Post Card Series "C," showing how some houses are.peinted. A. RARMSAY & SII CO,, Paint Makers, - e, MC3NTRF.IBL. Established 1842 40 hW5 spa+gnaw ;x.Ws'?ioatr, power •shall bring all these mighty things to pass. this .slrall be a token -This burning bramble is a token. .The verse is often read as if the subsequent suc- cess of has mission to Pharaoh, and the •consequent worship upon Sinai, were to be regarded as the tokens that he had been sent. Sueeess itself was an obvious token ,then, but the hesitating Moses wants a present sign. The flaming shrub was the token that he would bring Israel tette: flaming mount. -Wheel, Oom. 14. 1 ant that I am -Literally, "I am who I am,' that is, "1 ant he who is?' -I only am he who exists in himself. Absolute independence, and consequent unehange- ableness and eternal activity, ereimplied in the name "I am,' and by adding bbe relative clause, "who am," the thought is added that these attributes belong only to Jehovah. Absolutely independ- ent in being and action, nothing can hinder him from performing his will; un- changeable, what once he huts promised must forever be bis purpoee,-Whed. Co PRACTICAL APPLIOAPIONS. Lessons From the Call of Moses. L God teaches his work•eras. 1. Hu - anility. "Moses kept the flock of eJth- ro . , .. and he led the flock to the back side of the desert" (v. 1.) For eighty yews, forty in Egypt and forty in Micl- ion, God was preparing Moses to be a laborer together •;vita him for the deliv- erance orf Israel. The instruction of his another, education in Egyptian lore, faro iiiarly with the court, experience as a statesman, renown as a warrior -ell these were in God's plan for hien es the diliverer of his people (Acts 7; 21, 22.) 'But his training in Pharaeh's home was as nothing compared with bis sojourn in the desert. One was valuable, the other indispensable. , 2. laelasess. .Elie: p nee of a!'holy. God mad' the place litere Moses food "1tol,r ground" �(v. 5.) This revelation to Moses of a "bosh 'burned with fire, end .. , . not consumed" (v. 2), was 'both a type and a pledge of the contl;$iunica- tem of God's holinese to us through the Crucified One. From the lips of Mases, the people of Israel, and from the pen of Moses, the Church of Gori received the message: "Yo shall be holy; for I am, holy" (Lev. 11, 44; 1 Pet. 1; 16). 3. Heedfulness. "God called unto him ..and. he said, Here am I" (v. 4.) When God calls we should tisten. When he coanmande we must obey. Whether the cal be to sweep a. room or visit the sick, to sow the field or reap the bar - vest, to work in the chop or write in the oficef, to mend the gement or to entertain in the parlor, to work in the city elms or preach in the city church, the call should be instantly Deeded and cbeerfully obeyed. I. God chooses his workers. "Come new, 'therefore, zed I will send thee unto Pharaoh" (v. 10.) Jere• said, "Ye have not chasms me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit" (John 15; 16.) As surely as God chose Moses to be Israel's leader, and Aaron tot Isreal's priest, and Miriam to be Israel's singer, and the 'twelve to be hie apostles, so surely does he now choose those to be workers :together with God the Father, as am- bassadors (2 Cor, 5; 10, 20); worker together with God the Son, as sufferers (Rome. 8;, 17) ;wor•Icecrs together with God the Holy Spirit, as witnesses (Acts 1; 8; nsrg,) III. God oaros for His workers. "I have surely seen the affliction of My people , .. , in Egypt ....laid ..I have also seen the oppression" (vs, 7,0). Ts there a tender suggestion of rebuke in the sentience? HadMaces, I wonder, in forty years of quiet in the desert, some- times thought God: had not seen and did not care? A. blind bag stood on the cor- ner of a city street. "Shell I help you aeross, my little friend?" a gentleman asked. "011, no, thank you; I atm wait- ing for my father ," "Can you trust your father?" "Oh, ,yes; when he hoe my hand I feel perfectly safe," "Why do you feel safe?" "Oh, 'because my father knows the way. He can see, but I am blind." 117. God chooses the work. "I em come down. , ..to bring them up" (v. 8). "I will send thee... ,that thou. mayest bring forth "the children of Israel" (v. 10.) We need to be careful lest in our natural en- thusiesm Ave assume. the leadership of Christian work. Made work is like this first attempt of Moses, premature, call- ed out by human sympathy. (Exod. 2. 11), wrought in the fear of man, and in the pride of human strength (2. 12), and ends in diecouraasemen4 and failure (Exod. 2, 13-15). While work done with hint, at his direction, in. the light of his smile, consiirained by His love (2. Cor, 5. 14), makes the heaviest burden light, the hardest task easy (Matt. 11. 28, 29). V. God wants willing 'iworken , "Who stn. I, that I should gor' (v. 11), God is pleased when like Abraham we rev - pond, "Behold, • here am 1" (Gen. 22. 1) ; when.. like Isaiah we SAM, 'Here am 1; send me" (Tera„ 6. 8) ; when like Paul we cry, "Lord, what wilt thou have ma' to do?" (Acts 9. 6). We ale not equal' to any teak, nor worthy of zany work ;. bast it is not a question' .f our witness, or our ability, but of G `,'a pleasure and His power. 171. God gives 'limed . His workors,; "Certainly I will be wi • thee" (v. 12) . With thee to subdue tl:.` Froud heart of Pharaoh; to rouse tihd poor, afflicted slave children of Israel •to endue thee with power and bear ai ': thy burdens`: God never says, "Go et ' to any child, but He also &aye, "Lo, am with you" (Matt. 28. 20). WILL STAND ALOOF. Germany Will Not Discuss Limitation of Armaments, Berlin, May 6. -In the Reichstag to -day several speakers suggested to Chancellor Von Buelow that Germany should take no part in the discussion of the limitation of armaments at The Hague Peace Conference, Von Buelow, in reply, said that Germany did not ob- ject to letting other powers discuss the matter,' but Germany would hold aloof. He referred to the recommendation of the first Peace Conference that the pow- ers study the question of the limitation of armaments. "Germany," he added, "has complied with this recommendation, but has not found a formula which takes into ac- count the great diversity in the geo- graphical,economic and military posi- tions of the various states, or one which would be calculated to remove these diversities and serve as a basis for a treaty." cera• ECEMA AGAIN OVERCOME ZAM-BUK CURES .A CASE WHICH FOR TWO YEARS HAS DEFIED EVERY REMEDY TRIED. A Farmer's Grateful Testimony. No case of eczema, skin disease, or ulceration .should be despaired of until 'Lane_-Buk has been applied. The case of Mr. Francis Penoit, of St, Anne's (Man,), is a powerful illustration of Zam-Buk's efficaey. IIe says: "I suffered from eczema for two years, and tried a great number 6f remedies. None of them; however, seemed to do me any good.. The ailment was mostly in my legs, and both these were actually raw from the knees down. A small sample box of Zam-Buk was given to me, and even so small a quantity as that did me a. Iittle good. )then obtained a proper supply, and by the time I had used a few boxes; I was coinplotely cured,' Zam-Buk differs from ordinary salves and embrocations in containing no ani - ural oil Sr fat. It is compounded from rich, healing, herbal essences, and is an ideal natural combination of power and purity. It is highly antiseptic, and in- stantly kills bacilli and disease germs, which .settling on to wounds and skin diseases set up festering, blood poison, etc. For cuts, burns, bruises, ulcers, abscesses, pimples, boils, skin _ eruptions, scalp sores, spreading sores, children's akin troubles, ;chafing sores, ete., Zam= Buk is unequalled. It also cures piles. All druggists and stores at 50e. a box, or from Zara-Buk Co., '.Toronto, for price, 6 boxes for $2.50. s4; UNION MUSICIANS FIGHT. Few Men in the Pittsburg Orchestra Have Signed Contracts. Pittsburg, Pa., May 6, -The Pitts- burg Orchestra now has a fight with the .musicians' union on its hands. Eight first violins, five second 'violins:, two vio- las, five 'cellos, three :basses, three horns, two .trombone's, one trumpet, one oboe, and one flute have rejected the contracts tendered them.. Of the 65 mu- sicians in the orchestra lees than a chos- en have signed contracts for neat ecce ewe The ehief complaint of the men is that the working season has been reduced to 21 weeks, one week of which, Ohristmnos week, they are not paid. Besides their pay has been cut. The union intends to appeal to the federal labor authorities if foreign net - skiers are imported.. The national or- ga,nazattion of the musicians' union has beer, notified of the trouble att4 word hogs been, emit to all large cities' notiify- ing 'imams musicians • not to Make eon - tracts with the orcliestt'at• until the trou' hie fe. ,settled.• Market Reports The Week. 111101.10.4 Toronto Live Stock Market, Receipts ef' live aeock at the city market were about 48 car bees, Owing to a light run, there was a fair trade in bu'tohers' but exporters were slew sale at about the ramie priees as at the Junction on Monday. E, orters-A frau loads sold at $4.00 to $5.25; export bulls at $3.75 to $4.25, Butchers' -Prime picked lots sold at $5.10 to $5.25, loads of good :at $4.6,5 to $4.00, mediiim $4.30 to $4.00, good cows $4 to $4.50, carnation •to mcdivan cows tot $3. $3,4070 ,to $4, common rough cows $2.75 Feeders and Stockers -23. Murby re- ports very light receipts of etookers anil feeders. Those entered sold at the same •lnotetions as last week, as follows: Steers, 1,100 to 1,200 •]hs., at 4,00 to $4.75; steers, 1,000 to 1,050 lbs., at $4.25 to $4.50; steers, 800 to 900 lbs., at $3.00 to $4; stockers, 500 to 700 lbs., at $2.50 to $3. In all other classes, mileh cows, calves, sheep and, lambs, as well as hags, prices are unchanged. Toronto Farmers' Market. The offerings of grain to -day were small. Wheat firm, 100 bushels of fall selling at 76e a bushel. Barley is quoted at 56 to 57c, but 200 bushels o1 poor quality sold to -day at 50c. Hay in liberal supply, with sales of 50 loads at $14 to ale a ton for timothy and at $10 to $12 for Mixed. Straw firm, one load selling at $14 a ton. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with light quoted at 0.35 to $9.50, and heavy at $9 to $9.25. Wheat, white, bushel -4 - $ 0 78 $ 0 00 Do., red, bushel . ... 0 76 0 00 Do., spring, bushel .... 0 73 0 00 Do, goose, bushel ....... 0 78 0 00 Oats, bushel , - , ... - . - 0 44 0 45 Barley, bushel ... ... ... 0 50 0 57 Peas, bushel .. .. ... 0 77 078 Hay, timothy, ton . . 14 00 10 00 Do, mixed, ton ... ... 10 00 12 00 Straw, per ton ... ... .. 14 00 0 00 `Seeds, re -cleaned - Bed clover, per cwt. ... 14 50 15 50 Aisike clover, per cwt.. 10 50 13 00 Timothy, per cwt. .... 6 00 7 00 Dressed hogs . ..... 9 00 9 50 Eggs, new laid 018 0 20 Butter,, dairy ... ... . , . 0 27 0 30 Do., creamery .. . 0 30 0 33 Chickens, dressed, lb. . , . 0 15 0 15 Turkeys, lb. ... , .. ... . 018 0 22 Apples, per bbl. ... ... . 2 00 3 50 Potatoes, per bag - . - . 0 85 0 00 Cabbage, per dozen ... , . 0 35 0 50 Onions; per 1g........175 2 00 Beef, hedquarters ... .. 800 9 50 Do., forequarters ... . 5 50 7 00 Do,, choice, carcase. ... 7 75 8 25 Do., medium, earease , 6 50 7 00 Mutton, per p••y a, Veal, per ew•(w.: . 8 00 10 50 Lainb, per cwt. .. 13 00 15 00 Biitish Cattle Markets. London. -Liverpool and London cables are easy at 111-2c to 121-2c per ib., dressed weight; refrigerator beef is quot- ed at 8 3-4e to 9c per Ib. Flour Prices. Flour -Manitoba patent, $3.85, track, Toronto; Ontario, 90 per cent. patents, $2,67 bid for export; Manitoba patent, special brands, 114.50; strong bakers, $4. Toronto Sugar Market. St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as fol- lows: Granulated, $4.50 in barrels, and No. 1 golden, $4.10 in barrels. These prices are for delivery here; car lots 5e less. Winnipeg Wheat Market. Following were the closing quotations to -day on Winnipeg futures: Wheat - May 80 5 -Sc bid, July 82 3-8c bid, Oct. 82 7-8c bid. Oats, May 37 5-Scsbid, July 38c bid. Leading Wheat Markets. May. July. Sept. New York .... , . ... 91 911.! 92 Detroit ... , .. ... , . 83 84 86))w Toledo .. , ... . , 82% 85Se 80%s St. Louis ..... , ... . 78i s 81% 8338 Minneapolis ... , , . . 83% 85% 86Y Duluth . , . , , , . , , . S6a,A 873 87% Bradstreet's Trade Review. Toronto -all ttaa.n,:hes-of trade here report a continuation of the unusual activity which has prevailed throughout the winter. All lines of drygoods are firm, silks, cottons, and wools especially so. Travellers out re- port an excellent business doing in fall linos. The demand tor metals and for heavy hardmare generally is brisk and prices gen- erally firm. Groceries are more active .ow- ing oto the opening with other ana.rkets, Dried fruits are firm and the demand far teas brisk. Deliveries of country produce are light owing to spring roads. nutter and cheeso is firm. Hides and Skirts are quiet with prices steady to easy, Team prices are expected to go lower, wool also is taking an easier turn following foreign: mar- kets. .Foreign fruits are active. Southern vegetables are scarce and 11rne, yanbouver and Victoria -Me situation in the coal mines provides the centre of Inter- est in alfalrs here. For a long time trouble has been brewing in the i3ritish Columbia mines end it Ls only lately that matters have Dome to a head. The min-: owners have announced a reduction in wages and the miners have ceased work for the time being. If this trouble should continue the result 'will bo disastrous to trade through- out all the Weet. The lumber ,trade contin- ues erseaedtngly busy and values are firm. Quebec-4rrade conditions are unchanged from that of the proceeding week, general lines being effected by the •backward spring, The outlook, however, is encouraging. The ear ebortage is being felt to this ateotton of the ,province. Iiamfiton-2ueLness continuos active along all Lines there, Retail trade is moving rather better and collections aro somewhat snore orompt• Local industries are busily engaged, businesctt� s in y can most to. 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Browne General Passenger Agent of the Cana- dian Pacific Atlantic Steamship Line, leave returned from Washingteen, satisfied from the interview they have . had with the authorities there that tl)a• change in the immigration laws of thea United States will be carried into effects at a minimum of inconvenience to Cases. dean travellers. Mr. Stitt says that under the draft! agreements which were submitted for consideration by representatives of the American Government there will be nee more inconvenience to ordinary trafflo' than there is to -day. The new law im- poses a tax of $4 per head on immi- grants entering the country, and tin regulations make transportation eons - pasties responsible for payment, Thies practically means that the railway and steamship companies of Camels will ba.' collecting agents for the United States Government, They will collect the head tab wisest they sell the tickets to immigrants for points in the United iitates, With s'e- gard to Canadians, all who have quasi-• fied by one year's residence in the Do- minion will be allowed to enter the States free. As discretion in this matter is left to the ticket agent, it is not an- ticipated that complications will arise. a'4' STONING TUE JEWS. Ministerial Association Deprecates the. Shameful Conduct. Toronto despatch: At the meeting a 14• the General ikli.nisteriaal Association the following resolution was uaaninonelee adopted: "Having heard beev. Mrs Singer's statement regarding the shame- ful treatment of Jews by Gentile chil- dren in the city, the Ministerial Associa- tion places on record their thorough dis- approval and sense of shame of this czznek, and abominable habit of stone-throwlis and will endeavor to frown down every way possible this miserable custom, and would cull upou all citizens to put the eretsures, • 4eA JAPAN'S NAVAL YARDS. She is Capable of Building Her Own Monster Battleships. Tokio, May 6. -The Minister et Marine denies the report that Japan has ordered a 21,000 -ton battleship in i ngland. 1:Te said such a step would not be necessary, as the works et Kure and Yokosuka were capable of construot- ing larger ships than the preceding two launched there, if it was considered acs visable. The torpedo-boat destroyer K.uruzuk4 recently launched at Kurnga, the Mite ister said, had been constructed kola a special credit which was not exhaulakw ed, and there were funds sufficient fear the construction of several more dor pedo-boat destrovcros, whose keels be laid innnediately, Jaroan has not, forty four torpedo-boat'