10. As Fharaoh drew nigh, and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, what did they behold? What effect had this sight upon them? From observing the spirit immediately after manifested by them, what may we suppose induced them to cry to the Lord? What is said of them in Ps. cvi. 7 ? Verses 19-23. 19. To what place, from before the camp of Israel, did the Angel of God remove? Did the pillar of cloud also remove? Who was this Angel of God? Ex. xiii. 21. Why did the Lord remove behind them? 20. Where did the pillar of the cloud rest? How did it appear to the Egyptians? How to the Israelites? What effect had the darkness upon the movements of the Egyptians? What is said of the path of the just, and the way of the wicked, in Prov. iv. 18, 19? 21. Over what did Moses stretch out his hand? How did the Lord cause the sea to go back? What remained where there had been sea? 22. Into what did the children of Israel then march? What is said of this passage of the children of Israel in Heb. xi. 29? In what position were the waters held? How is this expressed in Moses's song of praise, Ex. xv. 8? By whose power was this effected? Can this be accounted for in any natural way? 23. Did the Egyptians follow the Israelites? Who and what went into the midst of the sea? Verses 26-31. 26. When the children of Israel had passed through, what did the Lord say to Moses? 27. When Moses obeyea this command of God, what took place? What did the Egyptians do? Where did the Lord overthrow the Egyptians? 28. What did the waters, returning, cover? Were any saved? What had been the expectations of the Egyptians in pursuing after the Israelites? Ex. xv. 9. How were they disappointed? Ex. xv. 10. 29. Upon what did the children of Israel walk in the midst of the sea? 30. Who thus saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians? Where did Israel see the Egyptians? Who still saves the people of God out of great dangers and trials? What shall finally become of all their enemies? 31. When the people saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians, how were they affected by it? Where is the song of praise recorded which Moses and Israel sang to the Lord? Ex. xv. What is written of their faithlessness and forgetfulness of God, in Ps. cvi. 12, 13? LESSON XXXIX. Intemperance. What is drunkenness or intemperance? What is said of wine and strong drink in Prov. xx. 1? Among what abominable and wicked works is "excess of wine" ranked in 1 Pet. iv. 3? Among what sinful and despised people are drunkards placed in 1 Cor. vi. 10? From what kingdom are they shut out, with "thieves, covetous, &c. ?" With what is drunkenness classed in Gal. v. 21? What sin, together with rioting, is forbidden in Rom. xiii. 13? Has it proved a blessing or a curse to man? What is written in 1 Cor. x. 31? Is ardent spirit necessary to a man's health or comfort? Is strong drink necessary to strengthen people that labour hard? On the contrary what effect has it? What is the opinion of physicians concerning its use to preserve or restore health? What people do we read of in scripture who lived without it for 300 years? See Jer. xxxv. 5-8. Are people born intemperate, or fond of strong drink? How do they become so? If a person from childhood never tasted ardent spirit, would he ever become a drunkard? Are men made drunkards at once? What is generally the consequence of drinking moderately How do drunkards always begin their course? Is it necessary for any one to taste it? How alone can drunkenness be banished from the land? What, in this respect, is the duty of children who desire to go to heaven? If a child now loves the taste of liquor, or occasionally takes but a little, of what is he in great danger ? If he become a drunkard, what will he surely bring upon himself in this world, and in the world to oome ? How alone can he now prevent this? What are the habits that lead men to desire strong drink? Is it right to laugh at drunkenness ? What sort of people are we told in Prov. xiv. 9, "make a mock at sin?" May ardent spirits be considered as poisonous and destructive? Are people at liberty to take poison to please their appetites? What is written in God's word against those who give strong drink to others? Habak. ii. 15? Can any person be free from sin who leads another to commit sin? Does not all drunkenness begin in drinking moderately? If any one gives strong drink to people who are at work for him, what text of God's word stands against him? Habak. ii. 15. What sin does he sanctien? Why should not intoxicating liquor be offered to visitors? What set of men are especially warned in scripture against the use of liquor? See Lev. x. 8, 9, and Titus i. 7, 8. If it had been necessary and wholesome, would the ministers of God have been warned against it? What is said of the effects of drunkenness in Prov xxiii. 29, 30? How may a drunkard be known by his appearance? Are there any disgusting and loathsome marks about him? What diseases does a drunkard bring upon his body? Why is he often covered with scars, and bruises, and "wounds without cause?" Has God given any man a right thus to disfigure himself? How does a drunkard expose himself in attempting to walk? Is he able to use his hands with firmness, as others do? What are the consequences of drunkenness to a man's property? Prov. xxiii. 21. Can an intemperate person say, with truth, that he injures no one but himself? Whom else does he injure and afflict? Whose commands does he break? How are the children of the drunkard brought up? In what manner are parents commanded, in God's word, to bring up their children? Eph. vi. 4. What effect has the drunkard's ill conduct upon his friends and relations? If he be a young man, whom does he grieve and afflict? Prov. xvii. 25. What becomes of a drunkard's character and reputation ? Why can no one trust him? What effect has drunkenness upon the mind? How is the miserable weakness of a drunkard do. scribed in Prov. xxiii. 34, 35? |