So while Moses was up on the mountain alone with God, God told him to make tent or tabernacle where the people could bring their sacrifices, and where they might worship Him. So the first thing Moses had to do was to tell the people that if they had willing hearts, they were to bring gold and silver and brass; and blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen; and shittim wood; and oil for light; and precious stones and spices; all these for an offering to the Lord, to be used for setting up the Tabernacle. [Illustration: GIFTS FOR THE TABERNACLE.] And then within the Tabernacle there were to be some very holy things. It was divided into two parts. One part was called the Holy Place, and the other the Holiest of all. In this Holiest place of all there was only one thing to be put, and that was an Ark with the Angels (called Cherubims), shadowing the Mercy Seat above it. In this Ark, or chest, God told Moses to put the slabs of stone with the Commandments written upon it; and this reminds us of those words, "Yea, Thy law is within my heart." And then, resting on the top of the Ark, or chest, was the Mercy Seat, where the blood of the Lamb was sprinkled, and where God's glory would shine from day to day, as He talked with Moses from above the Mercy Seat. Then in the other part of the Tabernacle, called the Holy place, there were to be three things. An Altar of Incense, overlaid with gold; the Table of Shewbread, where fresh loaves were to be put daily; and opposite to that, was the Golden Candlestick, all of gold, for the light. God chose Bezaleel, the grandson of Hur, and filled him with wisdom to make all the wonderful things of the Tabernacle, according to the pattern God had given Moses, and to teach other wise-hearted men to help him in this holy work. Surrounding the Tabernacle was a fence made with boards and curtains. Every part of the Tabernacle was to be made so that it might be taken down, and carried from place to place, and put up again when the camp rested. Only the priests might enter that enclosure hung with curtains. As the people looked into it from the doorway, or looked down upon it from the hillside above it, the first thing that they would see shining out in the light of the sun was the Brazen Altar, or Altar of Burnt Offering. [Illustration: HERE THE PRIESTS OFFERED UP THE SACRIFICES.] Here the Priests offered up the sacrifices which were brought by the people, and God accepted them for the sake of Jesus, His Holy Son. For, children, we cannot draw near to God to worship Him, without the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ our Lord, who is "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." Then there was the Laver of Brass, at which the Priests washed before they went into the Tabernacle. I cannot tell you, children, all that this wonderful Tabernacle means, but some day you will be able to understand how it all foreshadowed the loving life, and glorious work, of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.