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'. -f had :^ve cioui in 8C X»ife- heav Him di^n streii the I his T deri\ belie' ■7 hwtii heart Sixw had I] Work menti tjhofi tion c (B xr -Jr., , V ^':'^ ■V /JIA4 :rff ..If j. ,5| )■ u:-;> r- ^ ^n ■^A i ,f.v>,; ..;f %■ ■■?^"< This chapter cofitalns tho aocoutitof the Bread that came down fronv heaven, aent by God to His chosen people Israel, for their only fbod during their forty years' soiourn in tho wilderness. It was called by ^!^5,pe^P^G Mnn-hn, meaning, What i^ it ? It was -lk>methinff totally different to anything [that they had seen before, and hence the name manna was given to it. ^ho accouiit here given is Ml of pre- cious instruction for tho believer in Christ, forming in 80 many ways a complete type of that Bread of X^ife^ — our blessed Saviour, who came down from heaven 1500 years afterwards, that He might give Himself a ransom FOE ALL, and beTheBreadpf Life to all who would believe on Him. ' -^ y Thus as the Israelites— the type of God's Gml' dren through Christ-^were supported in their bodily strength and health in the wifdemess, by feeding on the manna— God's Bread — so the true believer, in his wilderness joiirney through this world, must derive all his spiritual strength and h(?alth by feed- in^'bn Christ, the tfueBfeadof Life, sWitiilso down .from heaven by God to this wgrld, that whosoever ; believeth in Him should not perish, but have over- V lasting life (Johniii. 16). "^ - {^^v >r; ,1,4,,^ — •y ^ '' The utter and hopeless corruption of the natu'al heart of man is shown in v^se 3 very pofotedly. Six weeks only had elapsed sincerthe peopfepf Israel had been brought out of Egypt (a tyfee of the World); they had b^n shielded from all'^hd judg- ments of Egypt, especially the liB»t one of deatli to the first-bom (tTpes of the judgment of the damna- tion of hell totne wicked): they had beenirifeessea (»— ^) — . .- — . . . • V • — - • s A V f ft I ' i. ./ <# God*§ iielff presence amonff them, to ihe piUiur of cloud and of fire, g^ing thoin light in tUne^)! darkness, and loading |,he way for them to walk in (a type of the Holy Spirit) : also of God's power in dividing Uio watow of the Bed Sea for them to * pass through (a type of baptism, 1 Corinthians x. 2, signifying death to Egypt, or the world, and resur- rection to a new life with God) : they had seen God's mercy towards them in the total destruc- tion of their enemies— dead on the sea shore, and then they had sung the song of Mosijs, that song of victory (typical of the believer's victory ovpr sin ^d death, and deliverance fW)m the nowor of Satan, through the Lord Jesus) : yet for all this is so short a space of time they accuse W^oa and Aaron of having brought them into the wildonaess to kill them wiUi hunger, entirely forgetting the God of. love and meryi. How simply was the bil^r .^ni^if^^ sweet; so also how ewy ip it for the in e pillar time wot* walk in s power thorn to ions X. 2, id rcttur- tad aeon destruc- % shore, ai^Bj that ^ victory Be power r all this oseB and ildorness tting the rfully led , after all ur at the I, in cfuip- t'or them, tlioy are hadow of scorching Has much demption listenings, (Hebrews s greatly. 29) ; it 18'^ LQ Q, peter convoyed aten with n^JJi^ke vi. } the bitter Lord to^ni s nffiftitof weeping Into a morning o^ joy ; and ho out of daikoat clouds, to bring perhaps when least expected, the brightest sunshine : the bitter water to teach or coiToct, then the sweet re- sulting from the lesson taught {Hebrews xii. 11). After trial, blessing often oomes, and then raoi*o trial to prove us further, and to make iw still more fruitful {John xv. 2). The description of Elim in verse 27 is very significant. The abundance of water — twelve wells (one for each tribe)--the most im- portant necessary for life in a dry |>arched desert, where thirst is known as a fearful suffering; then the palm tree8,-^their foliage evergreen, their fruits most nourishing and pleasant (cocourniits and dates), A tree capable of being made of greater service to the varied wants of man than any other ; forming material for food, for wine and oil, for clothing, habitation, and utensils of daily life. Does not Blim .^ive a picture of the rest, the abundance, the bread and water of life, the shadc^ of & great rook in a weary land {haiah xxxHi. 2)\to he found in Christ, for in Him all things \xvkm^A(tCorintMans iii.21). They were not alwayri|RPrest at Elim, but to go 4iorward out into the desert again, and then another trial, more proving, and more failure on Israel'» part. The first trial was thirst— it \^as satisfied; the necond was hunger, and now their heai-ts go back to the things of Egypt: they long to Sit by the flesh- pots, to enjoy the satisfaction of fleshly appetites, * and even endurance of paptivjty amongst uiolators again, rather than remain with God in the wilder- ness, in perfect freedom and safety, t6 feed on hea- venly food. What a pictm-e is tliis of many of -God's children, after they have been rescued fi'om the wrath to come, from the captivity of Satan and the chains of darkness -^ after coming out f]K>m the -world and its follies, after the realization of the powarland priesence of God in their hearts, and ■ • •» h t It f^^ w » '1 A ^ littvlDg «M^n fHJTO*wftiiift cshiidi^ thev havo been Havod : even atti^r all thin, imd the first joy of the newly-born saint Iirh pHHned, how many grow cold, giving up fighting the giKxl fight of fuith; uOmt^ thhikingthat it iHOTor now that they have ever- lasting life through Christ ; othen* Injconiing careloHH ^ In their walk in life, either temporizing with the world, or rotaining ia thomHolveH nonio evil weodt^ of pride or vanity, or worldlino«8, that they may thrnk ncceHflnry to tholr proper station in life, for- Setting that their now station in this life is with »e Levite,~iio Inheritance of land (that Jis, the world), but that (iod is their inheritance— a Bpiritual pOHsession, not an eiirthly one. So, •ISO, being buried with Christ by baptism into ^iris death, they have now to live the roMurroetion life of Christ,— a life of holiness, of humility, of* (meekness, of hrotherly love, etc. Their place now io that which Christ occupied on earth— a path of ^humiliation, while the world is flourishing in power and glory ; hut the day is approaching when the manifostation of the sons of God will be seen, then is the time for (fOd"'8 childrm to shinejin their power *iind glory in (Jhrist. When Ho comes to judge th-o -world, then will be the time for the worldlings to ery out with terror and anguish, calling to the /mountains and rocks to fall upon them, to hide them 'Jiom the wrath of the Lamb (Eeveiation vl 16). ^iguch believers in Christ little think of the im- finensity of the privilege that they lose, of having intimate communion with God, for without holiness '^ ©f heart and life we shall not see the Lord in oui- lliaily walk, ot have fellowship with U'lm (^Hebrews ^atii. 14, IJohni. 6); and remaA the specialpnvile^e 1©f a close walk with God, as shown of Joshua in ^ech. HI. 7, after his iniquity lyas purged, •nd the Heavenly clothing aiid mitre was put on : then was the promise of walkingspiriturtlly ip heavenly places in til Bi fiet'Oi hoav flesh hear mise theii mun appa l)efte their unfri forge all HI •comi berin that patie Wore In was i!! see b God'B must world soui-c failnr VThus the efiw# elievei-M? How often are they finding fault witllv" their fellow man for thingA done t6 thenr in aiu^s; unfriendly spirit, or in spiteAor hatred, etc., etc.^" forgetting that it is their plAce to Tqnietly accept ~ all at the Lord's hand, be it either good or ev41, «s^ coming direct from and allo^W by J[im ; remenir, bormg that al 1 things work togdthor for good to theni • that love God (Jtorn. viii. 28). AWhat comfort and Datienoe is to bo derived from this paromine of the • Word!, f:> i^r A' ■ -1: /'" .^.-■Piil..-',^ In verse 10 we notice that theVlory ^ the LoBor was seen when the people lookedUoM;ar<^ the wilder^ 4tess. How suggestive this is for ihose who would- ' ^^o by the eye of faith and spiritikl discernment' God H glory, and their own share in\ it : that they must seek for it away ftom Egypt, aWay from the world, in the wilderness with God. Here was th^i sojwxje of Abraham's power, while Lotte mi8erabl#'^ failure and losifrosulted fVom his dwelling in Sodomi^ VThus also wa« it with Moses : so long aslie dwekih> the court of Pharaoh, in the exalted posiiioii of an^ earthly king's son,, with all earthljr •wiSom and»i |X)wor, he was helpless to assist his peopldin theit'' bondage and affliction. See how he was redeifeed in ' ^ivodmii. 14, etc., and compare it with «M< .««w.aw T V, A- ^ V. ! 4 ■. ' ' ,: > \' ^ ' \ • •■ * Go(L for forty years iii'^he wnd*rlieBP,7he without worldly position, strength, or power .Of ^^^\V^ able to deliver; his people fromlPhitMoh's oaptmty, becanse Motes being nothing^but weakneds, (^i« in him all strepgth, and all t^a* *^?'' >®/Si?«^il > < irlory alone. sJ must It be with all of Ood's chil- >< Iren : if we want to have power for good ^ otherp, we must be weak and empty in ourselves, that ttod mar be strong through us (2 Corinthians xn. 9, 1U> , Verae 12. God in tender forbearance gives the people their own wisli for flesh firs^'' ^t even yo Shall *AT FLBSit ". Eventime is ajtime of faint ligbl, of increaaing darkness— the glory of the ftun ha^ set ; this is the time chosen fbr thetn to eat flesh , hntnot to be satisfied with it^ ^ there is a special contrast in this verse : « In the morning ye shall be FILLED WITH BRiiAD ". Moming time is a time of increasing light, the glory <>? *1^ ^^ ^'''^/Sri isettinff brighter, the time mentioned for bemgyJWe^f with ^ead,. So feeding on Ohwirt^ atidliirinff His Ufe-liere betew (iZewnans xii. ly 2), i* theonly way of being fiHedand^i«tis^, tntl^^^^ joitelMi ft time of iBorning light, ,ittcrdwi^^ mia^n0iirl5»irtfe,aiid ?N^?» g^^ *™ .-•,^> without Goditt oGodrft * I's cWIt 1 others, bat God i. 9, 10). ves the even y^ ntUght, junTia^ at flesh*, special ye shall 3 B a time ^ jing and ragflUed ;esBon is „ r satisfy rth, and vexation Jarkness is shown is power h flesh to Qity ind only can rf Life— in FscUm n Ohvist^ i.ly2),i* with PC" lin^ ^(wlth ; tnator li to Goi lein|Mliofnw P- ,l%ere fti^Wttii*irt>le K6t^^fo^ ^vlng of quails to Israel in answer to their cry for fl68h— it is the place WiiCre they fell. . The first time God acted in fbrbearance, andlove, and pity, giving them their wants to prove to them that God's f6bd was hetter than the flesh of quails. On this first occasion the quails fell inside the camp, while the heavenly bread fell outside, in the wilderness. Both flesh and bread was given, the former for them t(^ eat J the latter for them to he fil^d or misfied tmth.' _EiicTi fell in its appropriate ^a,ce, so to speakj. The camp represented, a collection of .habitations, or a city : a constant type in the Wprd of God of on. evil place, of worldly professors, religious pharisees^ and, hypocrites. Eemember that when Cain " went qat from thQ prcisence of the Lord " (away from God), the first thing his descendants did was to buildi a city. So Lot prefen-ed the cities of the plain W dwell in„ wiihmt Gody and his descendants were idojators, and cursed. Alsraham chdse to dwell in) th» desert, with Qod^ and his descendants wero Wewed for ever, for all God's children are children of Abraham by fidth (Qal iii. 2B). So also Christ sulfeped without the gate (of the city) ibr the sane^ tiftcation of Kiftr people, and so should we believerji in Christ "go without the camp, bearing His ret^r p^?oach " Jjepwrate from the world, and-sanctified in^ Iife.(i?€6. xiii.l?-U). . , , ,.t(i^ r\*rf jt. ,^ .; How few bear the i-eprbach of CJhrist now, ^en' ^ the fashion of the day la reUgiausness in church de- coration, and chui-ch music, and ci^oir«, in elaborate i^sAes of priestsrsoKjalled), conffesiiiohsand incense, ete:, cptc, all to please the eye, the ear, the senses; himng « a *h(^ of whkiom in w!H (or self-devised) wcfrthip ",aretiirhin^to JM^mand pbpery rCofos- tms ii. m% hut how lapponlte to t*[e %%e We^ship of God « in spirit and^fn iriifh '. ^ v ^ ^ t- «WV '<'*' ^ »^ ."l"" l'~ *«p* s****^^*^ r ri^>, ! s t\^ \ f I «:a £ J ' li* ■ . » But the Iwaeiites were not teught by CW's merciftil forbearance in thus sending tbe^""«' ™f 7 , mui-mured a second time fytieMaeeMmbersM.). God now sends fle^h in ju(lgment-n6t an evenings supply, but iimotUh's forced eating of it, fovnoj^ seS the quaiU fell ^««ie, and rmmd ab«'*«• W* ooidnAss of love (iiMrtft Ux.,J|)i.MiK Mi^^^^^^^ \ i-.ts r GUMP'S Is, they '^5 xi.). now we ley fell mly w^ and %ii& lague nentaiy y Feedi- ng lean^ » mftnna. rst, then beautiful lenoe. on<,^ Christ m* ►mes un- manner. ere is an m^limeB larkness, ly, Bome^' v^siniiliir- ►on being isensibly ear^V andJ pid,4»Hts IV is, ery Uttle un,if we ) an4f<>W7' Q abs^noe that V :T-f. The/dew also laid V round about the boat". Not in the/ camp (verse 13). The type of the camp has bew already spoken «f— -the world, and 'the out- ward^jr professing to be religious Christians. Tlns^ ■ 18 not the place to seek for dew or manna; it ift not amohgst the amusements, follies, theatfes, ballsi* hoi-sfe-racos, etc., etc., of the world that we ^\Ma hnd heavenly food; it is outside all such things, ito the wilderness,' where no pasture can be found iot) the fleshly appetite, but where God reveals Himi^; self in all satififyipg abundance for spiritual r©#i fresbment. See that beautiful reference to this' point in Hosea li. 14, 16. It is in the wildewiesiH thatr God chooses to *' speak comfortably" to the^. soul, giving it vineyards of blessing fromi thence^; and there makes it "to sing". / . -svJr . Here also was Paul taught of God ; he c6nfe#^at^ not with flesh and blood for teachingYGfaZaf mws i.. 16, 17), So, before our Saviottr began His tuinistryj He was taken into the wilderness for forty days/', to be first proved there by te^^^ptation, ?and to bo found the victor over 8atan«; /ifv ," . ? J ,4% Verse 14. When the dew had gone up the mannii^ was seen. . How beautifully does ihis expressioh^ show us the action of the Holy Spirit. It is wh^n^ the Spirit lifts up the vail of blindness that Sat^J^- ■envelopes us with, that Christ is discovered to 6# hearts, and we see the light of God in Jesus Chrid¥;i and'salvation through Him (2 Corinthians iv. 4*, W imA\ Corinthians ii. 10-16). But mark the vastr diffidrfenco between the seeing of CSirist as theSavi^' our of the world.'und laying hold of Christ as otir own mviour, Il^ds ih th6 fliiling to see this distin(»-' tion that has caused so much perplexity 'in th^' minds of maay Chriiti*ns ^pon that pUssagfiSln Mekr&ws vi. 4, where the expressions used appairei^ , v»«aatoi*^»i . i:tm ?mi>mmii ^■ST-.#^|. »<) *',l\.^ ■sisf*- t^^ w li^ .»' seems invpH«d tie tH«fbil^ "^^ ^kM^^^ It is quite impossibfe for • true- ohiW of »<« «3» tofall »w»y to perdition: w.tneesour SavioM-s worfs in Joito X. 58. Bnt these o^'Pressions do not warrant the application to a true behever. M^'"' > tudeswiU be fSund to haW tast^i. ?"* ,*1 ^.t known the preoionfi gift of everlasting life, but- Xoould not give up the things of this life for Christ: they stopped «t tasting, and never arrived Xt feeding Jchrhttor all strength. So have ^ey hJin p^taJa, ""^ through ^m havd^en enlightened and seen Ohftst, and His finished work for them,- and yet ""J*', l^^M""? BO fer as to have been partakes ."/^CTimt, which '•lone brings salvation: and this w.t«!!.eii.^%mnm^:'^^^',m^ ^flMlf WAS Jw/rrf.-*-^^ a 8^^ < etNtttiity! The aiii^ii««Bg3^ianB^xpres^^^^ i4e* of et«»nity by tow^t^gr « olrdd, but l^is mtttitia vf wa»i this gra^ plan nrv 'A 18' away. d ever viomr'ft do not o have > fe, but- life for arrived re th^y rhHim^". ind His '^e gon© which by* onr is Been : id thing, ought of ) BOUffht it by l)it er,4t be- [JS^brem ' t-his, is t is that jessodby walkifig 4, brings :heybftvfi> om thfiir istyifii*' ees^d the lis matil[ia- was in tht shsj^ of a ^lobe^Nft p^mfet tpliere; and this symbol runs thronghoBt oreiition— ^he law of gravitation to a centre. The sfars, the sun, the planets, moon, and earthy all round globes or spheres; even the rain-drop in its Ml assumes fti round form,; seen also in f\'osen rain, or hail ; again in the dew-drop, and the little globule of quick- silver. But in these last two another thought arises : so long as the dew-drop merely rcsfs on a leaf or blade of grass, it retains its round formrbut when it adheres to a leaf or blade of grass, deriving support from ai^ earthly thing, then ite spherical form is partly lost-^! its symbol of eternity is gone. So with the little glo^^ bule of quicksilver : if it igbroken up, it only formi smaller globules— all still ^ttle round globes — but immediately it amalgomates with the earthly met?, als — ^gold or silver though the most precious — ihfr little globe becpmes flattened, its symbol of eternity is gone. Does not this teach us that we believers, though in the world must not be of it f For so, ir we attach ourselves to earthly things, shall we not render our title to eternal life in Christ less mony to the sinners perisfaing^^around iw. V- h^^ 3rd-^t was white.— (See vem 31.) A^ evi- dent eii^blepi of purity, |ioliness, and righteousness. But hoar-j^rost is more ik^n >vhite, it is wat^r orys«^ tallised, and so macle^ftpftblenQt only of reflecting the son's rays witb' dazzling brilliancy, but also of breaking aomiQ of tho§e rays up into their compoi BW^tcoIoiir%,bpinffiip fcynth lowrely liues of ^reat b^aoty aa v#U as Br%t|ln€|p ai|^ glo«y. ^ wkm tl v?si -rm4-^ j. •., V* 0- i* I IP-'- . ■ ... 14. ■ .-. >:"'.:::*- in all daziling beauty, as perfect «^'*>"^'^,f God: perfect and complete in character a« a whole, and also beautiftil in tie varied htteji of His jb^; acter, in all ite component parte. ^«r it not th^ brilliancy of His gloij that felled Paul at DamaiT CUB, and prostrated John ? (See Revelation 1 13-17.) 4fh-lt was on the ^r(?w;/(/. -Another lenHoij, It was in the lowest place possible on earth, yet m^ one sense the surest foundation, free from aU riskj- of a fall (see Proverbs xviii. 12; Jjuke,xiy, ^^Aj *¥• order to obtain it vre must stoop for it, and it We do not pick it i^p Wo shall surehr trample upon i^ andso act as despising it (see Hebreivs x. 29). In., the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow. Hetppk thb lowest place; from the manger to the cross, ^IL ^as humility and meekness How wholly opnosed to the thought of man are the ways of God. Where , ii^ttrif Inhis impotence, assumes to the P^oud and haughty position of greatness, wealth and poW^r, «6(fodfin His omnipotence, takes t^^^eek and, humble position of lowlines^, poverty and weakness, ilemember the « still small voice m 1 Kings xix. 11-13, aiid lOorinthidns i. S6-29. The precept given., by Christ in MaHhew kx. ^7— a precept sadly owex- ^ looked in tlie Vf««^i^? Christendom of these daj^ —Was faithfully earned out by Himself, ^^.j .^„ . J^j^/^ ^j5 52tf^^f.^yerse 31. As honey 1* luscious.and nourishing, so was this mani^ to the S thirt ate it (see Ptalm cxix. 103).- In*um6«r3 xi. 8,'it is said that it had the tiiate of 61, smooth-; hess, softening in eiffect, uncltuous. ^attenin^ Oil is used as atype of the Holy Spirit iii liieWord^bf G^, also for anointing Jewish pri it rtfkimio knowledge aiid< forth aft that iij pi-eciefei^ii GhristI att Hj^irhW bliBS^^ lot the [)amafK .3^-17.) leBSO^J llriBkB' . if AVe iponlt, ). 'In., letpyk fOSS, fill mposed Where j fud and power, )ek and ^akness. ngs »x. pt given ^ ly td' <. _ . .' '* ■ r in^ and jojB» fkr exoeedingrttfijrliihi^ tenlpoi^T, ilnd our most exulted imapaations, not to be grasped by the heart of man in the flesh; diBcerned only spiritually kjr the aid of the Holy Ghost in those who are God's true -childiten, and even then only >r faintly during our sojourn hero below. By such, great ftweotneHS is enjoyed from eating the mann»; and the more we feed on it only, the more will our characters and bearing to those around us assume a heavenly, soft, lowly holiness of life, and bring forth that predous ft-uit of the Spirit in Gcdatians v. 22, 23. Let me warn Christians of the mixing of^ this food with the world's bread, worldly literature, novel-reading, works of empty fiction, of untruth* theok)gioal disputations of clever, intellectual, hot worldly men, though they may stand high in the^ religious profession, or the religious dignity of -this world. . j/\ I Such sorts of bread abound, and are greedily de- voured, starving souls^ and thus rendering their tone of life as. worldly as their food, while there »!» comparatively but few books wi-itten by dear saints of God that are really helpful to an inquiring soul. 6od*8 own Word is the onlr ,gi*and store-house of the Manna that gives health and strength to our soiils; all else is feeding on flesn more or less, the SJ^ne-husks of this world, which surely gives us u thorough distaste for reading the Word of God» m? i In verse 16 we see another lesson— -that of per- sonal responsibility taught us j every man was to gather for those dwelling witii him, and in dep^nd^ enceonihim. i w »i V 1 How much this lesson needs toihe considered by Christiaiis : what Messing attaches to it I Bemem- ber the promise in Acts xvii 81«**M;Believe on tko Lord Jesus, imd thou f^halt be siived, and thyh&use'W How truly was this MfiUed then {verse 34). Vfbe^ import idf«^heee last tfare6 #orda ivm^h oyerkx>k- .V X \ yM nU '«. •» t' V \ ■ t El ! ; 4 ■ I V i#i^VM&» ttie prwffiit iime Hw «««« blfwaiiig is oon- tiniitlly ffivon now to heads of boufteholds, who, . ^ havinir accepted ChriHt fbr themiiel^wjs, immodlately Dreach Chriat at home, to thow around them, and lio become the channels of brin^nr w^vation te> iheir houfleholda. This was the injunction alnoot } our SavidUr to the maniac restored, in Marky. l», «nd see how wonderftil was the effect of this wit- nessinir among his ft-iends : those who then prayed Jesus to depart out of their coasts are to«n.. So the command was, for " every man'' to gather; and, as God commanded then, so does He now, un- der this newer dispensation of the Spirit, in ACU L^xvii.30, "commanding aU ^ien everywhere to re- pent " ; ttien there is the Itee and full invitation to .' feast on the good things of God in Isaiah Iv. Soute ' who refuse now to listen to these commands and invitations will have no excuse in that day ol judg- ment that salvation was not offered to them. ■ - u Verse 18 teaches us another precious lesson, es- pecially for the weak and timid believer. God gave t# measure, the omer, that was to be gathered lor every man to suppoit life ; and when the m^na - ca*ne to be measured out after the gathering oC it, 80 it was found that those who had the ability to gather much, howeVer abundantly, had (mly an omer ^ full for each person, while those who were on y able to gather little, (itill fbund that that htt\o fill^ the . otherti; tiiey -mil only havfe enough tor «U God* f is oon- ie, who, . edifttely em, and ation to^ { alHO of k V. 19^ ihis wit- i prayed bund in ►f mercy '■ . ■ - . t "^ J gather; now, un- in Acts Y to re- itation to y, 8oal9 inds and Y of judg- m. '■y Mi esson, ©»- God gave lered for e manna fing of it, ability U> ly an omer only able Q filled the lith, timid asBurance iinie ftdtb, strong in ivrance 6f will haVo ii give 'to r#ir QoA'a . 17 » measure for eternal life-^Mklvatioa throagh &itb in Jesuii. The apostle Paul quotes this patvage in another sense, as teaching us that of bounty to bnr poorer brethren in theXiord, each helping to supply the wants of others, in this iostanoe in temporal matters (3 Corinthians viii. 14, 16). So 11 kk mm duty to do 8(i in spiritual matters, to holf oB,.eoun- sel, exhort tuid build up, those who are weaker in faith, knowledge, or experience of temptation, etc., etc., as being all of one body, and each dependent on one another, as so beautifully shown in 1 CoHm thians xii. Let me urge the reader to study this chapter carefully. It will also be here seen what 1^ called a " schismatic " in God's Word--(t7cr8« 25 —ft dividing or separation from the body of Christ, not a mere weparation fjom this or that church, or ^ct, established by the governments of men, which is the sense in which it is almost invariably used, generally in the most contemptuous manner. t.s«, Verses 19, 20, teach us another lesson. That' portion gathered for the day was to be eaten, and so digested; it was not to be kept for another day, forth^n it bred worms and stank. ,,- .,i, . What numbers of roalChristians there aee wib gather truth and precept, example and command, from the Word of God, and havmg gathered it U-easure it up in their ^heads, but never eat it, feed on it, and digest it> and therefore never gain spiritual nourishment from it, but it rather cor- rupts, hardens, Bears their souls and conscionoes,— it 'breeds worms', and causes unhealthiness of soul. With professing Christiana there are numbers who haye miich knowledge of divine truth, attained by the intdlect of man, but it has never been carried out in their lives, aud so ^ill Jgy bring upon them tbegpeater condemftation, brMiig *the w<»fe.that dieth not ', leading them into Stha fine that is not .quenched'. [LMnQ^tiv^m^iii^-imma-^ - -.imi:^' ■■: > :^ f i»' r yi8 .ii iteneil iihowii a« that th« ^atherinff wa» tol^ «rmy mommK, earl^^ before tb« ittii waxed bot,!^* •then it moltwi. ^ ' ' xi. li a »^ Here may bo aeon two lewHoriH r flrat, the time mr Hpeekintf Chrint to in onHy youth, bofbr6«'Wt«y •fcardcned by the tin and evil of the workl, U heeti in Eceie^nstes idi. l* ^^» * ^ ^ .. „ , g Secondly, to live on Chptet mnfit 1** a daily feetl- inir,— -the pi-aycrs and icliKiouH privilegeH of tho Sunday will not Boftioo u» fbr the rent of the week. Daily ^raoe is needed for daily trial, and daily , growth ^ daily prayer fbr daily 8*iength : it is 'pray ■without ceasing ' ; a course so opposite to the relt- .f^on of the world, who put on religion as a Sundn>' tH)at, that is carefully put away in the dark d"n"K —the week, until the next Sunday comes round. It, through carelSHHneHH oi" hjardnoss of heart sinnern neirlect to thusicather the manna early— now in thin ' accepted time (2 Cmnthians vi. 2)— the time may •come in this life even, when the wrath of God will wax hot against them, and it will melt from then- view, so that when they awake in eternity they will, like the rich man in Luke xvi. 24, thirst for the water of life in agony, but no drop will be then .Ibiind to ease their tonntnt. ' ^ 2l, li In verse 24 there is the contrast to verse 20. When the manna was gathered' for the use of the Sabbath >day that was giyer/to the Jews (verse 29), it did mot breed worms. There was no finding the manna on that day. The word Sabbath meann resf, and this is the word used in the Greek, in Hebrews iv. 9, translated in our veriion " wst ''indicating tho ^•eat day of rest that is to cdme for all the children of God daring eternity. Thus if we gather manna "N now, in this our day of grace, it will fast us during tho eternal sabbath above : ft will bot Corrupt, as h wen in this nerse^. But if we do not so gather, in prepiu*ation fot this sabbath, but do aa some of *'?? •4^i?Wlf^^m-^^'^'^^^vm^Sf'.^^^:7mgiimm> M to Ik» hot, tot time ft)!* ily feed- 4 of tho fie week. nd daily ; is 'pray tho reli- i Sunda>- k duniiK and. If, t BiniierH )w in thin [me may God will ■om their dty they thirst for i be then 20. When B Sabbath 9), it did he maiina restj and 'ebrewsiv. r{itin^ the children er manna us dnring ruptjasiB BO gather, s some of „ ifl the Jews did, who woit out U) gather it on tho sab- balh, but i . . 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