‘The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my    salvation….’    EXODUS xv. 2.These words occur three times in the Bible: here, in Isaiah xii. 2, andin Psalm cxviii. 14.I. The lessons from the various instances of their occurrence. Thefirst and second teach that the Mosaic deliverance is apicture-prophecy of the redemption in Christ. The…

    ‘Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people    according unto the greatness of Thy mercy, and as Thou    hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.’    –NUM. xiv. 19.See how in this story a divine threat is averted and a divine promiseis broken, thus revealing a standing law that these in Scripture areconditional.This striking incident of…

    ‘I am not able to bear all this people alone, because    it is too heavy for me.’    NUM. xi. 14.Detail the circumstances.The leader speaks the truth in his despondency. He is pressed with thefeeling of his incapacity for his work. We may take his words here asteaching us what men need in him who is to be…

          ‘Casting down imaginations, and every high thing          that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and          bringing every thought into captivity to the          obedience of Christ; and being in readiness to          avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall          be fulfilled.’–2 COR. x. 5 and 6 (R.V.).None of Paul’s letters are so full of personal feeling as this one is.It is…

    ‘And Moses said unto the Lord, See, Thou sayest unto me,    Bring up this people: and Thou hast not let me know whom    Thou wilt send with me. Yet Thou hast said, I know thee    by name, and thou hast also found grace in My sight.    13. Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found grace    in Thy sight,…

    ‘And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of    the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore    the name of it was called Marah. 24. And the people    murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?    25. And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him    a tree, which when he had cast into the…

    ‘And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his    brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his    coat of many colours that was on him; And they took him,    and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there    was no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread: and    they lifted…

    ‘And Abram passed through the land unto the place of    Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was    then in the land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and    said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there    builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto    him.’–GENESIS xii. 6, 7.Great epoch and man. Steps…

    ‘And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met    him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s    host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim’    (_i.e._ Two camps).–GENESIS xxxii. 1, 2.This vision came at a crisis in Jacob’s life. He has just left thehouse of Laban, his father-in-law, where he…

          ‘Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to          all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at          Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2. Grace          to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord          Jesus Christ. 3. I thank my God upon all my          remembrance of you, 4. Always in every          supplication of mine on behalf of you all…