The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-19

Lssseo - The lntessatieaal oososs
Ter September ~, iDO3-The
Death ~ MOseo.

THE LESSON TEXT.
(Deut.. 34l-i2)
L An0 Moses went up from the pleino Of
Moab unto the mountain OF Neto. TO the
top OF Pisgah. that Is over against jericho.
And the LORD Showed him all the land Of
iileac. unto Dan.
2 And all Naphtali. and the land Of Eph-
rain. anc Manasseh. and all the land Of
judah. unto the utmost sea.
! And the south. and the plain OF the
valley OF Jericho. the city OF palm trees
unto Zoar.
4 AND the lord said unto him. This is the
land which ! sware unto Abraham. unto
Isaac. ard unto Jacob. saying. will give
{ unto thy seed have caused thee 10 see
I with thine eyes. but thou shalt not 80
| aver thither.
| 4 So Moses the servant OF the Lord died
here In the land OF Moab. according 10 the
word OF the Lord
G. And he buried him In a valley In the
land OF Moab. over against Bethpeor: but
no man knoweth Of his sepulchre unto this
Cay.
I. And Moses was an hundred and TWEEN
" years old when he died: his eye Was not
dim. nor his natural force abated.
b. And the children Of Israel wept for
Noses in the plains OF Moab thirty days:
SO the days of weeping and mourning Tor
NOSES were enoed.
=. And Joshua the son OF Nun was full
Of the spirit OF wisdom: for Moses had laid
his hands upon him: and the children OF
Israel hearkened unto him. and Gao as the
Lord commanded Moses.
TO- AEo there arose not a prophet since In
| Israel like unto Moses. whom the LORD
knew face TO face.
". IL all the signs and the wonders. which
the Lord sent him 10 do In the land Of
Egypt to Pharaoh. and to all his servants.
and 10 all his land.
II. Ano In all that mighty hand, and In
all the great terror which Moses Showed In
the sight of all Israel.
GOLDEN TENT.--The Lord spake
unto Moses face to fsce.-Ex. 33sl1.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Death In view .................-.De ut, XXI.
Moses song ..................... Deut., XXI.
| Moses blessing ............... .Deut., 1xxill.
49, esatn .....'.'''..'''... iDeu'.' st:l,.'
TIME.-B. &. li5l.
Pl-ACE.-Land Of Moab.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
A Sentence Fulfilled. - Because OF
his sin at Meribah, Moses was not to
be permitted to bring the children
Of Israel into the promised land
(Num. 20:7-12). He besought the
Lord to revoke the judgment, but
without avail (Deut. 3:23-26); for it
would not be just to punish the peo-
pie for their sins and overlook the
transgressions Of their leader. 1t
seems pathetic that Moses should
have been denied this great privilege,
but those who carefully study this
lesson will see that in reality he lost
nothing and gained great deal.
Death in Niew.-Moses knew that
his work was done. The reading of
the Deuteronomic law took place dur.
ing the feast of tabernacles once in
seven years (v. 10), and women and
children, as well as the men who
usually assembled for feasts. were
gathered to hear it. The consecra-
ton of Joshua as Moses successor
took place privately within the taber-
nacle ". 1i). but was supplemented
by public charge ". 23). The regu-
lations for preserving the copy of the
law are very definite w.. 26), and the
song Of Moses was to be taught to
the whole congregation.
Moses Song-This song is one ofthe
finest poems in the Hebrew language.
II dwels on Jehovahs faithfulness
and the ingratitude of His people
and promises rescue at the last mo-
ment from threatening judgment
Driver says of it: The song shows
great originality of form. being a
presentation Of prophetical thoughts
in poetical dress, on a scale that ID
without a parallel in the Old Tesla
ment. As the opening verses show,
1t is a didactic poem. The
poet develops his theme with con.
spicuous literary and artistic skill;
the images are diversified and ex'
pressive; and the parallelism (the
, Hebrew substitute for rhyme) is re-
markably regular and forcible.
spirit of impassioned earnestness sus'
tains and suffuses the whole"
Moses Death.-The top Of Pisgah
Is a sheer rocky mountain standing
Just east of the northern end of the
Dead sea, from which one can see the
mountains of Gilead. Hermon. Tabor
Ebal, Gerizim, Quarantania, the Mount
, Of Olives, Mount Zion and the slopes
extending to the Dead sea. 1000 feet
above the summit The Mediterra
mean sea is not visible from Mount
Pisgah.
There are few things harder u
bear than such a disappointment Al
, this of Moses. His was one of the
great griefs Of history. Moses had
spent his life to bring his people into
the promised land. but here, in sight
Of that land Of his lifelong dream
but not in II, he died. But Heaven II
full of those who have known theiI
measure of Moses grief-who have
labored and striven and prayed to
.. ward some one great hope. and have
died without reaching it. May moi
the example Of Moses help us to SCI
(1) that though its dearest hope b
not realized, life is by no means .
failure; (2) that God Is to be trust
ed and His decision faced in quietnesI
and peace; (3) that the development
OF character is more important thar
the carrying out of any earthly plan
(4) that to die the friend of God I,
sublime even though the promised
land of our dreams is never reached
Moses Mourned.-The grief Of thu
! people for Moses was sincere, though