What was said about Moses when he grew up to be a man?

He was learned in all the learning of the Egyptians.-Acts vii. 22.

Was this the only thing for which he was remarkable ?

No. He was a man of faith, and of a meek and lowly spirit.

What led him to refuse, when grown up, to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter?

"He chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season."-Heb. xi. 25.

What made him esteem the reproach of Christ greater riches, than the treasures of Egypt?

He had respect by faith to the recompence of the reward; like Abraham, he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

What should we learn from this part of the history of Moses?

We should learn like him to fix our hearts on the joys set before us, at Christ's coming; and this will lead us to forsake those plea

sures of sin which pass away, and tend only to sorrow and shame.

How may we learn to know and enjoy this? By faith in God's word, which the Spirit of God reveals to us.

What did Moses when full forty years old?

It came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel; and seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian.

What had he supposed?

That his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them, but they understood not.

What was said to him the next day, when he tried to make peace between those of his brethren who strove together?

He that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him out, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge over us; wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?

Of what may these two visits of Moses to his brethren remind us?

Of the work of Jesus, who seeks first to

deliver his people from their bondage to the world in which Satan rules; and, secondly, to unite them in love among themselves as brethren.

How is it these blessings have not yet been realized by those to whom the Gospel is preached?

Because, like the Jews, men reject Jesus, and will not have him to reign over them.

Where did Moses go?

To Midian; and he lived there with Reuel or Jethro, priest of Midian, for forty years. Whom did he marry?

The daughter of Jethro, called Zipporah, by whom he had two sons.

By what names did he call his sons ?

He called the eldest son Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. And the second he called Eliezer; for, said he, the God of my father was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. -Ex. xviii. 4.

What may we learn by these two names? The character which belongs to all God's

people, as well as to Moses: for all are strangers in the earth, looking for a better country; and all know God as a helper and deliverer in trouble.

What happened in process of time?

And it came to pass, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of their bondage, and their cry came up to God by reason of the bondage. Who heard their groanings?

God heard their groanings, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

Of what groaning do we hear in the New Testament?

Those who have the first-fruits of the Spirit groan within themselves, waiting for redemption.-Rom. viii. 22, 23.

When will they be delivered?

When their cry comes up before God, and he remembers his covenant with them in Jesus, and accomplishes their redemption in the day of resurrection.

What may believers learn from the long

period Moses was waiting for his people's deliverance in Midian.

To be content as he was to dwell as a stranger, separated from the luxuries of Egypt, and cast out by all those, our kindred, who refuse the salvation made ready for them by Jesus, the great deliverer from sin and death.

CHAP. III.

What occupation had Moses?

He kept the sheep of his father-in-law.

Where did he lead them?

To the back side of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mount of God.

Who appeared to him there?

The Angel of Jehovah appeared in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush.

What made Moses turn aside to look at the bush?

He said, I will turn now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

What did this vision of God represent?

The afflictions of Israel, and the presence