American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-08-03
from the New York O5selver.I

iE SACRED MOUNrAINS-MOUNT PISGAH.
By THE REV. }, t. HEADLEy.
Perhaps there is no mountain on our planet,
,ch from its associations, has furnished more
eerlng promises to man than Mount Plsgah.
s rouad It's summit cluster some of the most
Drious truths of our religion, and light falls
Gre like the radiance of heaven itself. But of
ese do not design to speak. Others have
hibued these truths better than | could, and
flowing out my original plan, wish merely
describe the scenes connected with this
8ountsn, rather than the truths they deve-
<lpe.
Moses was denied entrance into the land of
anaIn Though he had braved the wrath of
naraoh, renounced his worldly expectations,
erled his life, and led on the hosts of Israel for
Brty years through the wilderness, for the sole
2s,rpo,e Of reaching the promised land, his eyes
ere never To 10 gladdened by the sight He
Sad escaped the wrath of his Pursuers-the pes
lence that swept SO many thousands to death
The bite Of the flaming serpents that strewed
ne camp with so many thousands more even
he decay OF the body itseli'--to dio at last by
pscisl decree, in sight of the very object of all
is tolls the anticipated rest from all hls la
Hors. The sea had been psssed-the murmurs
f the people borne wIth-the long weary de-
ett travelled over-forty years OF the prime
f life exhausted, to secure one single object
nd then he died with that object unreached,
IhcuJh spread out in all its tempting loneliness
efuIe hIm.
Angry when the people clamored for water
daring to carry out the commands OF the
Lord in u pctuant understanding the peo-
lie bastliy, without sanctilylng them tor the
great miracle about to be performed, address
ng them roughly, and claiming the credit Of
ho racie, though perhaps automatically
Isaying "nlust zee bring water out OF the rocks!'
Ilnd smiting, IN lis veXalion, the rock twice, in
ktead of once, as he had been commanded, and
Thereby injuring the antitype,-Muses had Sc
k1ispleased the Lord thath denied him entrance
into Canaan.
In whatever relations we behold Moses, will
|. he ajuvG single exception, he is ever tue same
Tsubli,ne and majestic character. Noble by ma
lure, great by his mission, and greater still BY
the manner in which he accomplished it, Ia
fever maintains his ascendancy over our feel
|ings. We see the fiery pronptings OF the hear
THAT could not brook oppression, 10 the blood
vengeance he touk OH the Egyptian who woult
Etrample on his brother, Pickering the deser
\ with freedom to the court Of Pharaoh in sigh
Ply voice from heaven to go back to delive
his people, he again trod the courts of the King
Of Egypt.
But not in the presence of Pharaoh when h
withstood tho monarch to his face, and brough
down the thunders Of heaven on his throne
not on the beach of the sea, with one arm up
raised towards heaven, and the other stretched
out over the water, while the waves that wen
surging by stopped and crouched at his feet
not in the midst Of the raining manna--not il
the lif ing of the brazen symbol in the midst O
the flying serpents, while the moan Of suffer
ing and the cries of the dying struggled u
fom the mighty eacampment-not when, be
tween the mountains, his stately form shone i
the light OF the blazing fiery pillar, while tn
tread of The mighty multitude shook the cart
behind him-nor even when he stood on shak
ing S,nai, his guard the thunder and his yes
ture The lightning, and talked with the Etel
nal as u friend taketh with friend mot in a
these awful relations does he appear to me s
majestic and attractive as in this last event
his HE.
Behold the white tents Of Israel seattere
over the plain and swelling knobs at the fut
Of Mount Nebo. 1t is a balmy, glorious da,
The sun is sailing over the encaupMent, WIN
the blue sky bends like God III love over u
things. Here and theIe fleecy cloud is HOY
eing over the top Of Pisgah, as If conscious
the mysterious scene about to transplre Their
The trees stand green and fresh in the sunllgh
the lowing OF cattle ilSes through the still a
mosphefe, and nature is lovely and tranquil,
ifno sounds grief we've TO disturb her repos
Amid this beauty and quietness, Moses asser
Ii q the children Of Israel for the last time,
take his farewell look and leave his iarewe
blessing. He cast his eye over the leaders b
side HIM, and over the host, while lhousau
contending emotions Struggled for the maste
in his busom. The past with It's tolls and s,
fsring rose up before hm, and how could
part with his children, murmuring aud ungrat
f. full though they had been, whom he had bori
on hs brave hes It Tor more than lorty wears?
Sc! collected aad calm he stood before the
aud gave them his hast blessing. He made
ccmplawls- spoke oI hs hardshrps
e4