The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
ENTERTAINING DISSERTATION ON
SERIOUS SUBJECTS.
Lesson and Where IL May BE Found-A
Learned and Concise Review of the

WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
1. The plains Of Moab. Much ground has
been gone over since the last lesson Mum
20)s Edom has been compassed, Gilead.
Basham and indian have been subdued in
three separate conquests Mum 2l-3n To
the mountain ~ Nebo. Not in MOAB proper.
but beyond the Brook Arnon and in the
country then called Gilead. PiSgdh. Op
posite Jericho. All the land east Of the Jor-
dan was at this time conquered. See Under
the Springs OF Pisgah." Deut 4: H. Unto
Dan. The name atterward given The far
thost point 90 the north in the land of the
conquest, upwards OF one hundred mile''
distant.
.. Naphtah. The most northerly tribal
neutrality-suspicious.. Central part o;
what was subsequently Samaria.-Jnddh
To the west of Pisgah, thus completing the
main semicircle OF his vision. which began
with the cast Utmost sea. The hinder
sea. l. g., western: the Mediterranean.
3. The south. Afterward given TO Simeon
Jericho. Thus completing the circle
fully.
a. Unto abraham. Cen. 70: = Unto
Isaac. Gen. 26; 3-URto Jacob. Gen. %
13.-CduSed thee 10 see H. The account
seems TO indicate a miraculous enlargement
of the powers of siglit.-But. The ad
versative idea is absent from the Hebrew. as
from the Greek translation.--AHd is the
word as OF the simple reteration OF we'll
known fact.
5. So. And is here again the literal Ian
guage OF the original always 20 be preferred.
-Serpd5tt. or slave. as. Paul was OF Christ
Word Of the Lord first spoken in Nun
20: r. but alluded 10 by Moses in his farewell
address.
6. Valley Hebrew. Gal. the earlier form
for 0e. the earth, from which geography. etc
--Beth-peor, two words-Beth house Peot
possibly person. SO considered by the
translators of Septuagint. Vulgate. Pho0Or
Unto this ddB. This. with other internal init
nations. indicates the later authorship of the
last chapter of Deuteronomy. Probably
Joshua. or possibly Ezra. was the writer OF
redactOr.
Z. An hundred and t,centy years. Son oJ
an hundred and twenty years. is the pecul-
lar Hebrew idiom.-NdturaL force. His
youthful freshness and vigor. The root
meaning is full Of sap. Strangely enough
the Vulgate renders this. Neither were his
teeth removed"
g. Wept. public Observance as in the
case Of the death OF Jacob in the last chap
ter OF Thirty days. The or
binary time for the most distinguished. SO
with Aaron, Mum. 20: %
9. Joshua. Meaning helper or deliUerer.-
Wisdom, with the idea both of understand
ing and experience. Hands formal ordina-
tion.-Hedrkened He had shown himself
worthy OF leadership both at Rephidim and
at Kadesh. Eek. Il: 3, Mum. IA: 6.) Com
rndRded. When Moses sued for a successor.
Mum. 81: 49,
WHAT THE LESSON PEACHES.
The ton Of PjS0ah. II was the old warriors
last watch. For forty years he had kept
guard over the children Of Israei. sleepless,
it may be- many, many nights when they
slumbered. watching against enemies and
waiting for allies of which they knew little
There must have been in IL all something OF
n relief TO the toil-worn warden Of Israel. In
the Agamemnon OF Kschyus we are told of
the faithful Waterman upon the roof Of the
palace. shading his eyes. as day after day for
nine long years he keeps his unbroken vigls,
waiting for the beacons which shall announc
the fall Of Troy. At last he describes them.
and the song he lifts is one of double reloic-
ing. for the vision heralds not only his lords
return but his own release. The top Of Piss
gah was not 70 Moses place unmixed with
Jov.
This as the land. At last, the fair land Of
his hearts ardent hope. We have read Of
the glorious moment when Columbus first
beheld from the "Pinta the coasts OF a new
world. Yet how much more there was in
this spectacle OF sweet fields arrayed 10 the
heaven opened eyes of the great seerl IL
was like that late vision which came 70 the
devout Simeon when he cried. Now lettest
thy servant depart in peace. for mine eyes
have seen thy salvation" Yes, IL was be-
held from affair. like Balaam's anticipations
beheld but not enjoyed. possessed by the
eye but not by the sense. SO looked our
fathers forth in this land in the days OF its
rugged wildness. They saw but in happy
dream and vision, as from some lar Pisgah,
what we enjoy in peace and plenty to-day
Iyenaga, the Japanese lecturer has good
occasion for his praise in the self-sacrifce
OF the Emperor and the Daimios OF Japan
who for the sake OF the civilization that is
20 be and OF which in their life they can
catch but glimpse. relinquish all the tradi-
tons of the past and point toward "a land
which perhaps only their children shall en-
Joy. And yet what greater Joy on this side
of heaven than that of Mt. Plsgah fore
glimpses?
was a departure that could be felt. The old
world might almost be seen TO reel under the
going forth Of such mighty spirit. Some
one said. If we mistake not. OF Napoleon
when he died that there was left behind a
sense of vacancy such a. is experienced
when huge three-decker casts off its moor
ings and sweeps out and away into the
ocean With the death OF the worlds great
men there comes for a space the feeling as
of emptiness in the air. Far out OF sight
the ship is riding the high seas. Here only
is the ripping beach where once IL tarried
but little Out yonder on the great ocean
of eternity is floating many lordly craft
that has sometime anchored itself beside US
on these shores Of time. Only the old
moorings left the great and good of the ages
come and go at Gods bidding. Socrates.
Augustine, Washington, Scott, Webster.
Carey, Judson. They died-but Is that all?
How irresistibly there fastens upon the mind
the feeling that life is creator and larger
God has something yet beyond of which
soul greatness here is but the earnest ami
harbinger. Moses in his death did for Israel
what he could not in his life. In the death
as well as in the life of every man like Moses
there Is "A strong lesson for the sons OF men
Like unto Noses. He was SUI geHertS.
until Christ came, the grandest figure in
Israels history. Like Saul. head and Shout
ders above his contemporaries, when az last
! the Lord Jesus shone forth In his glory.
there stood Moses with Elias talking TO him.
For years Michael Angelo labored with ham,
mer aud chisel TO bring forth that august
| face and form Through like years of sharp
and shifting discipline that character was
! being formed under the divine hand. until
nj last Moses stood forth not perfect. as this
/ lesson plainly shows but regal in heart and
soul. rightly called, ~the servant of the
/ Lord"
Next Lesson--Temperance Lesson. Deut.
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