The daily Republican., 1902-12-16
THE WISDOM
OF MOSES.
Mr.. Shape breaches Stirring
Old Testament Sermon to
Baptist Congregation.

morning, the Rev. John Snapt
preached on the subject, The Sec
ond Law"taking his text from Deut-
eronomy 81: II. Thou Shalt reat
this law before all Israel in theIr
hearing"
In part Mr.. Snape said
"The key word OF Deuteronomy is
Obedience. Moses could illustrate
the necessity Of this from the his.
tory Of he former genera ton. How
they used to murmur when God sen +
them sweet whte bread from Heaven
and sighed for flesh. And you re-
member how their prayer was an
swered and how many OF them died
in loaLElng OF the flesh that they had
desired and grave Of desire for
thousands Of them, was made in the
wilderness. And lie could show them
from the brighter portion Of their
history how at every battle success
had been theirs because they had
obeyed the divine instructions 1t is
| just 80 to-day.
"Obedisnce is ever better than
sacrifice and TO hearken than the
fat OF rams. At crowded railroad
depot some time ago, the passen.
gers one cold snowy night were
grumblng at the gate keeper who
insisted that each one. mGtlled and
gloved though he might be, should
stop and show his ticket. 1t was in
an exposed place, and caused much
delay, but he was memorable. One
Of the passengers going through
said rather good naturedy, "You
seem 10 be an unpopular man to-
night lie answered II want to
be popular with only one man to-
night-the Superintendent He
counted obedience OF far more val
ue than the applause Of follow trav-
eiers. And the Christian leader
while appreciatlng the confidence
and the encouragemen Of friends,
will yet count it OF more cOnse
quence to be popular with the Su.
perlntendent Of lltes great road.
Moses could Illustrate the need
Of obedledce Dy his own experience
when one act OF dis obed uence
kept him out Of the promised land,
the smlting OF the rock when he
should have spoken to il.
"What great man this Moses was
anyhow. lie was eloquent though
strange TO say the one excuse he
pleaded when God called him to the
leadership of the people Why, this
book that we are considerin. Is filled
with the eloquence Of Moses. The
bulk Of it ia taken with his thre ad-
dresses. How patient he was with
an ungrateful people, They had an
easy time Of it. They were nor
making bricks In Egypt, they did
not have to WORK for their living
and food could be had for the gath.
ering. And yetthey were never sat
is6ed, they murmured constantly,
and Moses was patient with them.
He was Il patriot. Few men would
have wlthstood the temptation he met
at the court of Pharaoh Yet he |
accepted the rigors Of the desert
and the Affections that befel bis choS.
en- nation rather than to Joy the
pleasures OF sin for season.
"'lle was a general. lie had safely
brought vast multitude OF men,
women and children to the borders
Of new land, and when they start
ed, no provision other than lDdOmi-
able faith In God had been made for
their sustenauce. lC was new ex-
perlenCe to them and many difficult
i4s presented themse elves. Moses was
discouraged, and once or
twice wished that he might die, but
he has persevered and
though he himself is not to have the
ey OF possession, vet only because
OF bis noble leadership of the people
and his confidence in jehovah, has
the great mission been so far success
tut.
1T is a comforting thing to know
that Deuteronomy was the arsenal
from which Christ drew his ammuul.
ton to repcl the assaults Of the devil
10 the wilderness temptation. When
in reply to the first temptation he
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he was simply qnoting Deut. S; 3.
and when he said Thou shat not
ls mpt the Lord, thy God, lie was
luotIng Deut. .. Ii. and hen he
nd n reply to the third temptation
Him only shalt thou serve it was
a reference TO Deut 3: Is.
Three fcaSts are mentioned in the
Book Passover, pentecost, and the
Feast Of the Tabernacles. 1t has
oeen shown that these present the
picture Of completed redemption.
! he first to show that redemption is
that the gift of the Holy Spirit is the
proof Of the first fruits Of Christian
tv, and the third that with the
coming oil the king the triumph OF
the IuIl harvest shaI! be seen.
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'briStmas house, cost 800 when
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