The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER %
NDco,b and Burial of Moses" Dcut'
cronomy xxxiv, 1-f2-Goidcn Text,
Proverbs, iv. tS Notes.


nm not 10 return. There Is something So
mysterious about the going out OF person
from the tabernacle in which they have so
iourncd on earth, either for few or many
wears. that though one may have witnessed
many such events IL is ever n most solemn
sichf Moses had long ago forsaken all the
measures and vanitics OF this world, choos-
Inc rather to su Ter atlliction with the people
Of God than to enjoy the pleasures OF SIN for
n season. osteeming the reproach OF Christ
greater riches than the treasures In Egypt
and for mt least eighty years he had endured,
As seeing Him Who Is invisible Heb. II,
M-2O. But now his work in n mortal body
was finished; it was the eleventh month OF
The fortieth year since they left Egypt
GDeut l.. ~, and he had rehearsed
TO them all the way Il by which they
had been led, and oil tho command
fnents of the Lord he had given them
another song, and had blessed the tribes
1rbs. xxxii, xySiii.), both song and blessing
reaching on to the time OF their TO us, still
future glory he had appointed his successor
and laid his hands upon him. and given him
(Num. xvii. is-2n: and now he IL to bc
gathered unto his people, Were there no
iareve,ls no clinging to him ~ the
Fphesians to Paul. did they not accompany
him as far as they might; aud when com,
pelled e. leave hun did they not stand
gazing with sorrowful and longing eyes upon
him ns he journeys up the mountain and be-
comes lost to their sight Verse tolls US
that they wept aud nournoi FOR him IN the
plains oi Mohnh thirty days, and sorrowtul
indce1 must have been the scenes OF the
leave. taking. but each one is left to picture u
for himself.
i-3. And the Lord showed him all the
Iand." lie is now alone with God, the people
ali left behind hi. earthly work lad down;
hut before he departs from earth he Is per
mttcd to see that good land which, ON ac-
count OF sin. hn was not permitted to enter.
He had lCsought the Lord to let him go over
and see tine land. but the answer was: Let
10 suffice thee: speak no more unto me OF this
mater thou shalt behold IL with thino eyes,
but thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
tIleut III, 2l20. When Paul besought tho
Lord thrice Tor the removal OF the thorn IN
the flesh. the Lords answer was. MY grace
is sufficient for thee.' In Iauls case tho de-
ninl OF the request and the continuance Of
the inlirmity was lest he should bc exalted
above measure. in the case OF Moses, his re-
quest was denied because of his sin (Num.
xvii "a. which, although forgiven, still
left present unpleasant result.
T. Tins Is the laud which | swore unto
Abraham Tho promise had been made
nearly 800 years before Gen. xiii, n, yet
Abraham had received no inheritance IN IT.
no. not SO much as to set his foot on tActs
vii, b. His seed, which has grown from
one to millions Is now about to take posses
sion of IL. but they did not possess II fully,
nor use 1t well when they got 1t, and now for
more than 1900 years they have been out OF
IL, and yet IL " their land, and God will
make good to Abraham, Isaac and jacob,
personally his personal promise 10 them
God lives, the persons live to whom the
promise was made, Jesus lives who died and
rose again, all the promises of God in him are
yea and in Him am n; one day is with the
Lord MS u thousand years, and q thousand
years as one day; be patient, be trustful, be
steadfast, be fully persuaded, and rejoice
in hope OF the glory of God; the resurrection
will make it all plain, see that you take part
In the first one.
8. 80 Moses, the servant of the Lord, died
Although before the deluge people lived
due time they died. at Is appointed unto
men once TO die" Heb. tx, 30 and yet there
Is u common saying to this effect-one thing
Is sure, we must all die-which is not correct,
for the Spirit says through Paul in |. Cor.
xv., 81, - that we shall not all sleep (or die,
but in the twnkling of an eye be changed at
the sounding of tho trumpet SO says the
Spirit also in J. Thess. iv., lG-lS. All true
believers who are alive when Christ returns
shall for His sake be excused from keeping
their appointment, and being instantly
changed, shall be caught up to meet Christ
in the air. Only two persons have up To the
present time thus escaped death: Enoch be-
fore the deluge, and Eli iah after but many
shall escape it on that morning OF the fret
resurrection.
g. "And lie buried him" Most unique
death and burial ever accorded to mortal
God and angels welcome him to the spirit
V.
long the body of Moses remained buried we
are no. told; but that he had the risen body
on the Mount Of TRANSPORTATION seems cvi-
dent from Jude iX., for not only does the
devil hate to give up a soul to Christ, but hl
also hates TO have to give up the body Of Il
saint from the grave On the Mount OF
TRANSPORTATION In that glorious glimpse of
the Son of Man there given TO us, Eli iah
seems 10 repres mt the translated ones, and
Moses the dead and risen ones, while the
Il
the earth.
7. "One hundred and twenty years old
when he died, his eye was not dim nor his
natural force abated." lie had surely had
enough sorrow and trial during the past forty
years 10 break down pretty strong man;
but he had learne | the secret of casting his
burden on the Lord; and il we were more
oiten on our faces before God, perhaps VIZ
would not grow old quite SO fast Sickness
Is not necessary IN death: We are constantly
hearing OF people in good health taken sud
denly from our midst, sometimes it is true
by accident; but how often without any an
parent cause. Physicians may call it heart
disease or apopleNy, or the failure of some
organ ol tho body To do its work. and it NAV
apparently have been so but why not often
times may IL have been the direct call OF
ioii In our liturgy We pray TO be delivered
from sldden death, but often tell my peo
pie that that must be for the sake of friend.
and relatives inasmuch as to the believer. al
ways ready ny the blood OF Christ, sudden
death means sudden glory, a thing greatly
10 be desired, The three forties OF Moses
life, In fharaoh's palace, as "a shepherd in
INDIAN, and as leader Of the hosts OF Israel,
nave no doubt "a Significance which some day
We shall see
& Tho children OF Israel wept for Nose.
thirty days. II departed friends hav,
gained by their departure we cannot mourn
Tor them III ye loved mo- said Jesus OF
the night of his betrayal-ye would have re
loiced because | 30 unto the Father" (Johr
xiv, 2sl. II wo believe that our loved one.
arc with Christ in paradise We cannot but be
glad for them.
~ Joshua was full OF the spirit OF wis
dom Joseph Is spok OF as one In whom
was tho Spirit IT God (Gen. xii, 50; when
seventy were appointed tn assist Moses God
TOOK ot the SPIRIT that was upon him aud put
AZ upon them Mum, Xi, ~; Beaaleel wa,
iillel with tho Spirit to execute the work for
the labarnlcle lex. XXI, - l; all the prophet,
spake 10y the spirit; tho spirit spaks and
wrought all that Jesus Himself said aud dil
inc apostles had u wait at Jerusalem until
th,y ronu'Ved tho baptism OF tho Spirit; au 1
unless wa TO day are llled with tho sima
spirit OF God wa shall be barren aud untruit
ful ia His service
lu,ls, No prophet like Moses, whom the
lIulI knew ln Iaant