SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
• Br RgV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
wu of tfo Moody Bible Imtitute
ox Chicago.
e Waatarn Nawapaper Union.
July 4
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 1:6-14; 2:23-25.
SquIEN TEXT—Before they call, I will;
Hweri sod while they are yet speaking,
fem beat.—lsaiah 63:24.
ffitMAHY TOPIC—A Prayer for Help.
JUNIOR TOPIC—In Need of Help.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
Rhat Cries Rise to God Today?
I YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
jQod Cares When a People Suffers.
I Independence day—and we are to
/Study about a people in bondage!.
Now much that is like life. But,
■thanks be to God, no one need stay
in bondage. The way to liberty is
Men and free. The Lord Jesus;
(Christ opened it at Calvary’s tree ;
and anyone who is still the bond
.'slave of Satan may make this a.
'great and glorious Independence
day by now declaring his faith in
(die deliverer of our souls!
V We begin today a series of les
sons in the book of Exodus which
(reveal the high and mighty hand
•of God working on behalf of his
Ipeople. Many are the precious spir
itual lessons and rich is the practi
cal instruction for daily life to be
(received in the weeks just ahead,
let us not make the unfortunate
mistake of many thoughtless folk
(who miss the blessing of Bible
'school attendance because it is a
bit warmer than usual.
! The family of Jacob—or, as the
Bible calls them, “the children of
Israel”—prospered in Egypt partic
ularly as long as Joseph and the
rulers who remembered him were
alive. But they soon learned one (
of life’s bitter lessons, namely,
that— »
I. Prosperity Often Brings Opposi
tion (1:6-11).
The Hebrews were a peaceful,
law - abiding people. They were
God’s chosen people and as he
blessed them they prospered, and
thus innocently they brought upon
(themselves the hatred of the sus
picious Egyptians.
Prosperity is never an unmixe"'
blessing. We as a nation know that
■to be true. Not only does it lead tc;
a certain softening of the sinews,
but all too often it results in a weal:
• Cling of the moral fiber, which
l akes man easy prev to the attac.’
•yt the enemy of our sou’s.
The Egyptians made plans which
appealed to their brilliant leaders
as politic and wise, but they reck
• oned without God, and the burdens
and afflictions they placed on the
-Israelites only served to bring fur
ther blessing.
11. Adversity May Bring Blessing
?<vv. 12-14).
The people of Israel did not know
(it and undoubtedly did not appreci
jate the fact that the bitterness of
.itheir bondage was a blessing in dis
guise. Note that—
1. It kept them separate as a peo
■ pie. Affliction often serves to keep
,God’s people separated from the
(world.
2. It disciplined them and pre
pared them for the hardships of
(their wilderness journey. We too do
well to remember that “whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth,” and
* that if we are properly “exercised”
thereby our sorrows may yield rich
Tfruit in our lives.
3. It threw them back upon God.
Many are the saints of God who
: Slave found that the fiery trial, the
burden so hard to understand or
some affliction of their body has
caused them to bring their burden
(to the Lord. We have traveled far
ton the road of faith when we have*
(reached the place where we learn i
that “Man’s extremity is God’s op--
portunity.”
They had only one place to turn.;
They were hemmed in on every
side but, as ever, they found that'
,the way up no man can close. They
called on their God.
111. Prayer Always Brings God’s
Answer (2:23-25).
Does God really know when his
people suffer? Does he really care?!
Yes, he does. “They cried,” and<
“God heard” and “remembered.”|
,That’s all we need to know. The
groanings of his people had aU
ready stirred God’s gracious and
tender heart. But he waited to hear
,their cry before he answered. Such
is the law of prayer. May we not
forget it. Far too often we turn
jto everyone and everything else
and finally, in desperation, to God.-
Why not turn to him first?
As we opened this lesson with an,
•appeal for all who knew not Christ!
'as Saviour to make this the day of
(their Declaration of
iso we close by appealing to all)
'God’s children to let him make theirj
ears as sensitive as his to the cry)
•of the oppressed, that this national
(holiday may find every Christiart
•citizen tender in heart and liberal
’in deed toward the oppressed.
40,000 TIE IN CONTEST
New York City—Of 2,000,000 en
tries in the $200,000 Old Gold Cigar
ette puzzle contest, 40,000 submitted
correct solutions. These contestants
must now answer another and much
more diffeiult set of puzzles, and
perhaps still another, to qualify for
(the prizes. The contest sold $13,-
900,000 worth of cigarettes.
VOICE FROM DEAD’
CLAIMED RECORDED
Spirit of Indian Who Died 300
Years Ago “Heard” At Spir
itualist Meeting.
Lily Dale, N. Y„ July I.—Spir
itualist leaders claimed tonight to
have completed the first successful
mechanical recordng of a “voice
from the dead.”
While a railroad train whistled
drearily through nearby hills last
night, 25 spiritualists sitting in a
hotel room said they heard the
“voice”’ of a dead Indian address
a microphone.
Today they listened in silence to
the wax record of the seance. A
voice intoned:
“There is no greater manifesta
tion of God than in the beauty of
a human hand clasped to help a
human hand. . .”
R. G. Pressing, editor of the Dale
News, publication of this spiritual
ist summer encampment, explained
the procedure and said it was the
first spirit “recording.” ....
“The spirit was that of an In
dian who died 300 years ago,” he
said. “His name was Moon Trail.
“The seance took place in the
brightly lighted lounge of the Ma
plewood hotel (a small summer ho
tel). In one corner was the record
ing machine, bought here from
New York by a representative of the
manufacturer.
“Moon Trails’ intermediary, Mr.
Horace S. Hambling, of Lond,on,
England, stood before a microphone
30 feet from the machine. When
the people seated around him were
quiet, he went into a trance.”
As soon, as Hambling”s “etheric
body” was in tune with Moon Trail’s,
Pressing said, he took on the ap
pearance of the Indian.
“Moon Trail”s spirit,” Pressing
said, “then took control of Mr.
Hambling”s vocal cords. Mr. Ham
bling increased in stature slightly
and through him Moon Trail began
giving his message of philosophy in
a foreign tongue not known to the
listeners. Then Hambling translat
ed:
“Learning is living . . . every soul
is a brick in the mosaic of the uni
verse. If one were lost the universe
would fall. . . .”
All this came back through a.
loud-speaker on the recorder today.
Even the train, passing a half
mile away, could be heard whistling
insistently through the Indian’s
monotone.
The records will be sent to spir
itualist churches in England.
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Flea beetle attacks in Forsyth
County have slackened, and tobacco
has improved considerably, accord
ing to R. W. Pou, county farm
agent.
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SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1937