_The children of Israel which came into Egypt._ ISRAEL IN EGYPT I. A retrospective view. 1. These verses lead us back to the time when Jacob came with his family to Egypt. (1) . It was a time of great distress from famine in Canaan. (2) It was a crisis-time in the history of the chosen family... [ Continue Reading ]
_Joseph died, and all his brethren._ THE DEATH OF A WHOLE FAMILY I. It was a very large family II. It was a very diversified family. 1. They were diversified in their sympathies. 2. They were diversified in social position. III. It was a very tried family. IV. It was a very influential family... [ Continue Reading ]
_The children of Israel were fruitful _ THE INCREASE OF THE CHURCH I. Notwithstanding the removal of its chief officer (Exodus 1:6). Joseph dead; his influence gone; his counsel inaccessible. To-day the Church loses her chief officers, but it still grows. II. Notwithstanding the decade of the gen... [ Continue Reading ]