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TRE BURNING BUSH. 63
2. Who sought to kill him l Whither did bc fly ? Who cnmc to n
well to water their fathcr'ti flock? Who drove their sheep away?
Who dofendcd the rriairlelle? 3. \\'h111 did Jetlu'o nsli his daughters
alrg~l llrey l~ad returned home 'l Wlist did tbcy 'cply ? ll'l~at did
Jethro tell thorn to do? IIow long did Blofies lay there, and whom
did he marry i' 4. Of whom is Moses a figure?
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Llur~zi~zg BzsR.
1 car1 do all thiligs in Hiw who strenptheucth me.-Phil. 4, 13.
OMT, ~FUSCS fed the eheep of Jcthro, liis father-ill-law.
N One dny he druve his Rock into We desert, and c;tnxe
as fhr as Mount Horeb. Tllerc tllc Lord qq,enrcd to lliirl in
a fl:~mc of fire, ~vhidl issued from tlie midst of a bush.
Moscs saw that the Lush was on fire and was not burnt. Hc
mid: '' I ~vill go II~:~F to s(:e ~11y the bush is not bunit." As
Mosc~ clrew near tlit! 1,nrtl criccl oul lo hiin from tl~e Lurning
bush : Mosos, i\.loscs ;" and l10 ans\seretl: " Here I am."
And God said: '' Come not nigh llill~er. Put off thc shoes
from thy fcct; for the place wllereoa thon slltlldest is holy
gronucl. I am the Gocl of thy f:~thc:r, thc Gocl of Abral~~zlyl,
thc God of Isaac, ancl the God of Jncob,"
2. Moses', ia a117ful rcverellco, hit1 his face, ancl dared not
look i ~t Gocl. Ancl tlie Irortl mid t.41 liilli: " 1 have soell the
amictio~~ of My people ill Egypt, ancl I :Girl r:omc to delivcr
tlierrl out 01 the hailds of the Egyptians, sild to bring tl~cn~
nut of that land into a land that floweth 1vit21 luillc and honey."
The LorcI further told Moscs that 11c should go to
Pllnrno to dellinrld the 1iLeratiol.l of the chilrlrcl~ of Ismel.
3. Moses nns~~rered: " IT'llo nin I that T sl~onlcl go to Phs
rao, and sl~onltl bring forth the t:llildrca of 1srar:l out of
Egypt ? Thc! Lord sdcl : " I will bc .rvilh tliee." Moses
declnrcti that llie lmq~le ~i~oolrl not beliuve him ; but wuulcj
ask who had sent him. Then God sid to Moses, '' I Alh