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Lesson Helps for the Week of May 1, 1955
JUNIOR TOPIC
May 1, 1955
By Lillian L. Faris, Cambridge, Mass.
The Beginning of the Miracles in
Egypt
Scripture Text: Exodus 7
Memory Verse: "And Moses and Aaron
did as the LORD commanded them, so
did they." Exodus 7:6.
Memory Psalm for May, Psalm 15: 1-3,
page 26.
Psalm 16: 1,7,8,10, page 27.
Psalm 47:1-4, page 120.
Pray that the Lord will help you to
understand this chapter. Pray that the
Lord will help you to love Him more,
and follow Him better.
The Lord sent Moses and Aaron to
speak to Pharaoh "that he send the chil
dren of Israel out of his land." The
Lord intended to show both the Egyp
tians and the Israelites what He could
do. The Lord had promised Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob that their people would
go back to the Promised Land. The
bones of Joseph had been saved for hun
dreds of years waiting for this very
wonderful day. They were to carry them
with them when they went out of E-
gypt. Yet the people found it hard to be
lieve.
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh
as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast
down his rod before Pharaoh and his
servants, and it became a serpent. Phar
aoh called for his wise men and magi
cians and every one of them cast down
their rods. Pharaoh paid no attention to
the miracle. He would not listen to
them. He would not let the people go.
I hope our hearts will not be like
Pharaoh's. When the Lord sends us a
message, I hope we will listen.
The Lord said to Moses, "Get thee
unto Pharaoh in the morning; and say,
The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent
me, saying, Let my people go, and thou
wouldst not hear. In this thou shalt
know that I am the Lord, I will smite
with the rod that is in mine hand upon
the waters which are in the river, and
they shall be turned to blood. And the
fish that is in the river shall die, and
the river shall stink;
and the Egyptians
shall loathe to drink of the water of the
After giving Pharaoh fair warning,
Aaron stretched out his rod over all the
waters of Egypt including their streams,
rivers, ponds, pools, and in vessels of
wood and stone, and all the waters
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were turned to blood,
Psalm 78:
as it says in
He turned their rivers into blood;
Their streams no drink would yield.
And also in Psalm 105:
He turneth their waters into blood,
And all their fish he killed.
Pharaoh and his servants
watched
Moses and Aaron do this, then when
his magicians did the same thing, his
heart was hardened and he went into
his house.
Pharaoh was hard on his own Egyp
tian people too. The children were wail
ing, "Mother,
we want a drink of water.
Oh, give me a drink." The mothers and
fathers were all out with shovels dig
ging round about the river for water
to drink. I don't think they found any,
for it says all the waters were turned
to blood. If their magicians were so
wise, why did they not turn the blood
back to water The Lord was away a-
head of their wise men, but Pharaoh
was too hard-hearted to realize this. All
the fish died. The fishermen were out
of work, the people were getting hun
gry; but Pharaoh went into his house.
The Lord was preparing to draw a
nation away from Egypt to a life of
faith. The people had to work hard
where they were; but they liked the
food, the onions and the garlic. Why
should they pack up and leave, when,
by the faith Moses was trying to give
them they might not have so much
We are asked to walk by faith in the
Son of God, who said, "Come unto
But count the cost, how much we might
have to give up. First the tight-rope
walker goes up the ladder. Let us go
up. We put our foot out on the rope.
See the crowd down below watching
us to see if we are going to fall. Jude
says the Lord is able to keep us from
falling. Shall we stand right up straight,
and walk along with assurance Shall
we sit down, hold the rope in both
hands, and inch our way along Shall
we turn back To turn back is faith
less. We who love the Lord will keep
on with the life of faith till we reach
the end of the rope, and the One who
loves us takes our hand, and says, "Well
done."
The following Psalms are about to
day's chapter. Would you like to read
them, or copy them in your notebook
Who can find them first
Psalm 78: page 187, v. 10
Psalm 80: page 196, v. 8.
Psalm 81: page 199, v. 3,8.
Psalm 89: page 217, v. 10.
Psalm 99: page 236: v. 5.
Psalm 103: page 247, v. 5.
Psalm 106: page 261, v. 5,6.
Psalm 114: page 280, v. 1.
Psalm 118, page 284, v. 1,2.
Psalm 133, page 330, v. 2.
Psalm 135: page 332, v. 7.
Psalm 136 : page 334, vs. 5-8.
Will you find a Bible with a good
map of Egypt, and trace it, and each
week this month write on the map the
places mentioned.
If you like to study, try to get a
copy of "Pocket Bible Handbook," by
Henry Halley. This book has several
pages of Archaeological discoveries in
Egypt. Men went to Egypt with steam
shovels, and dug deep down in the
sand, and found of
people of long
ago, and big stones which they had a
hard time reading. Everything they
found agrees with the Bible.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
May 1, 1955
Rev. J. W. McBurney
JEHOSHAPHAT'S RIGHTEOUS
LEADERSHIP
2 Chronicles 17-20
PRINTED, 2 Chron. 17:1-7,9; 19:4-7.
MEMORY, 2 Chron. 19:11 "Deal cour
ageously, and the Lord shall be with the
The history of Israel and Judah as re
corded in the Bible is remarkable be
cause defeat and shame are as freely
told as their victories. The sins and fail
ures of their heroes are as freely re
corded as their virtues and successes.
In contrast, the inscriptions of other na
tions, recorded only the victories and
valors of their heroes. The Bible gives
us a true picture of God's dealings with
men and nations.
2 Chron. 17:1-7 PROSPERITY
THROUGH SEEKING GOD
Jehoshaphat was the fourth king over
Judah after the nation was divided,
the sixth in the line of David. He did
not follow evil examples, but walked in
the first (best) ways of David.
sought the Lord, and followed His com
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mandments regardless of the idolatrous
practices that were popular around him.
He was not afraid to stand for a
clean worship. He prospered in his reign
because
Jehovah was with him.
The Temple had been looted by Shi
shak, King of Egypt, in the reign of
Rehoboam, and had not been repaired.
While the people followed idols, the
Lord's treasury was empty. When they
quit spending their money on idols, they
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