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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 28, 1913

Schedule for the Week Ending February 1, 1913

Day	Date	Chapters
Sunday	January 26	Genesis 42, 43
Monday	" 27	" 44, 45
Tuesday	" 28	" 46, 47
Wednesday	" 29	" 48, 49, 50
Thursday	" 30	Exodus 1, 2
Friday	" 31	" 3, 4
Sabbath	February 1	Psalms 10, 11, 12

Some of our chapters in Genesis are rather long, but they are always interesting. We complete the story of Joseph, his meeting with his brethren, the fulfilment of his dreams, the taking of his father down into Egypt, the death of the old patriarch, and finally the death of Joseph, Jacob’s blessing upon his sons, and the adoption of the sons of Joseph among the twelve tribes,—all these are of special interest. In the first four chapters of Exodus, we have an account of the Israelites in Egypt, very peaceful and prosperous at first; but when the new Shepherd Kings came into Egypt, they “knew not Joseph,” and they oppressed the children of Israel because they were fruitful and increased. But as it has been demonstrated many times in the world, the more God’s children were persecuted and oppressed, the more they multiplied and grew. Then comes the story of Moses, his birth, his remarkable preservation in God’s providence, his too previous act in endeavoring to deliver the Israelites—feeling that he was sufficient in himself because of his education and position in Egypt—his fleeing to the land of Midian where he took a postgraduate course in the desert—keeping sheep for forty years—and God’s call to him to deliver Israel from Egypt.

Our lesson in Psalms breathes strikingly some of the experiences of David, wrung from his heart, doubtless, when he was oppressed by Saul, and yet breathing trust in God; for while he saw oppression overwhelmingly victorious, yet he could say, “Jehovah is King forever and ever,” and could look forward to the time when the nations were perished out of his land. And while he prayed for help from Jehovah, and when it seemed that “the godly man ceaseth,” he could close his song with, “Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation forever,” regarding God’s children.