Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-20

tks future as in the past; from this Jeho.
yah relieves Moses,-he Ia given the view
Of what Israel may inherit when the jour.
ney Is completed and the conquest won.
And In the happy assurance Of reooncilia-
ton with God he enters the Land Of eternal
promise.
V. o. And he buried him in the valley, in
the land of Moab. Moses was buried in a
grave unknown TO Israel, but not unknown
TO God. With him there arc no unknown
graves. They may be In the desert,
fathoms deep in the sea, but God knows
The key Is in heaven, and when he wills,
the door will be unlocked and they shall
come forth. The old testament record
leaves Moses in Moab; the new testament
reveals him in glory on the Mount of Trans
figuration with Jesus.
V. z. And Moses was 100 years old, his
eye was not dim, nor his natural force
abated. Why then was he 10 diei Had
his faculties exhausted themselves, had he
been a decrepid old man, in kindness 10
Israel, he might have given place 10 a
younger and stronger leader. The Scrip
lures themselves seem to give the reasoni
HE who spared not Moses" 1t is griev-
Gus sin TO arrogate TO ones self the pre-
negatives of the Divine. This was Moses
fault and his punishment was the leaving
Of an unfinished task. Every man wishes
to complete his work. Viewed from the
present standpoint, 1t was a blessing TO
Moses to see Canaan in it's glory and TO be-
relieved of the hardship Of its conquest
but IL was grief then.
V. 10 And there arose not q prophet
since like unto Moses, Whether Joshua,
Samuel, or some later writer, inserted
these words, is not known. They are an
affirmation OF his pre- eminence. up to the
time of the writing. Christ also attested
to Moses greatness and mentioned him as
one who "saw his day, and spake Of him"
SUGGESTED THOUGHTS.
Moses often wept for Israel, but when he
was gone Israel wept for him. Parents
often weep for the sins of their children,
but the children's time Of weeping will
come.
Moses began life in the bulrushes; he
died on the mountain top. Men die as they
live. 1t Is their option to die in the dark
valley or on the sunlit eminence. Moses
died with song on his lips; some die
silently and in dumb despair.
Every man shall die; when and where
we may not know; how is at our option:
If any man believe in Christ Jesus, he
shall die in peace, and she that hveth and
believeth in him, though he were dead, yet
shall he live"
God only nkows when it is best for men
TO die. Sometimes the work is done in a
few years; sometimes in a few months,
sometimes in short and busy day. We
will not question his mercy and wisdom.
AL our days are in his hands.
Men desire 10 finish their life-plans. 10
see their children settled in life. They
work night and day TO add 10 their patri-
mony, but God needs no man, he can care
for our friends and our interests better
than we can. The workman drops his
tools but the work goes on.
II is not in the power OF man TO arrest
the purposes OF God. The kingdom of
heaven is an everlasting kingdom. We
lament the weakness of man, but We're
twenty thousand 10 do evil the kingdom of
God would remain untouched. Although
there are many OBJECTIONS the church goes
on.
In the great concourse entering the holy
land, were only Caleb and Joshua Of the
old stock, but there are always some saints
left. While congregations change year by
year, in every church is Caleb or a Josh
ua. Preachers die, but the ministry con-
tinues sermons are ended but voice is
still heard.
The new generation repeated their faith
ers' sin. How little thinks a parent that
he will live again in the life of his child.
One cannot tell where influence begin, or
where it will end. Every man helps in
known and unknown ways TO make those
about him what they are.
While respect is TO be paid the memory
of the dead, mourning is not TO be perpetu-
al, but should give place to the active in
dustries of life. In emphasizing the vir-
tues of the departed, the merits of the liv
ing are not to be undervalued. God will be
honored in those who come after, as he was
in those who went before.
Library References: Comprehensive
Commentary, Peloubet, Parker's Peoples
Bible, Hitto's Encyclopedia.