y. "The
reproach of Christ," 35.--An impulsive act, 36.--Impulses not accidents.
The hopes of Moses, 37.--Moses and his brethren. His flight, 38.

MOSES IN MIDIAN, ii. 16-22.

Energy in disaster, 39.--Disinterested bravery. Parallels with a
variation, 40.--The Unseen a refuge. Duty of resisting small wrongs. His
wife, 41.--A lonely heart, 42.

CHAPTER III.

THE BURNING BUSH, ii. 23-iii.

Death of Raamses. Misery continues, 43.--The cry of the oppressed,
44.--Discipline of Moses, 45.--How a crisis comes, 46.--God hitherto
unmentioned. The Angel of the Lord, 47.--An unconsuming fire,
48.--Inquiry: reverence. God finds, not man, 49.--"Take off thy shoe."
"The God of thy father," 50.--Immortality. "My people," not saints only,
51.--The good land. The commission, 52.--God with him. A strange token,
53.

A NEW NAME, iii. 14; vi. 2, 3.

Why Moses asked the name of God: idolatry: pantheism, 54.--A progressive
revelation, 55.--Jehovah. The sound corrupted. Similar superstitions
yet, 56.--What it told the Jews. Reality of being, 57.--Jews not saved
by ideas. Streams of tendency. The Self-contained. We live in our past,
58.--And in our future, 59.--Yet Jehovah not the impassive God of
Lucretius, 60.--The Immutable is Love. This is our help, 61.--Human
will is not paralysed, 62.--The teaching of St. Paul. All this is
practical, 63.--This gives stability to all other revelations. Our own
needs, 64.

THE COMMISSION, iii. 10, 16-22.

God comes where He sends, 65.--The Providential man. Prudence,
66.--Sincerity of demand for a brief respite, 67.--God has already
visited them. By trouble He transplants, 68.--The "borrowing" of jewels,
69.

CHAPTER IV.

MOSES HESITATES, iv. 1-17.

Scripture is impartial: Josephus, 70.--Hindrance from his own people.
The rod, 71.--The serpent: the leprosy, 72.--"I am not eloquent,"
73.--God with us. Aaron the Levite, 74.--Responsibility of _not_
working. The errors of Moses, 75.--Power of fellowship. Vague fears,
76.--With his brother, Moses will go. The Church, 77.--This craving met
by Christ, 78.--Family affection. Examples, 79.

MOSES OBEYS, iv. 18-31.

Fidelity to his employer. Reticence, 80.--Resemblance to story of Jesus.
He is the Antitype of all experiences, 81.--Counterpoint in history.
"Israel is My son," 82.--A neglected duty Zipporah. Was she a helpmeet?
83.--Domestic unhappiness. History _v._ myth, 84.--The failures of the
good, 85.--Men of destiny are not irresponsib