Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-09-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson IN the international series
Tor >rptcmber "a, IOO2-Thc
Death OF Moses.
THE LESSON TENT.


JUDAH unto the utmost sea.
-. And the south. and the plain of the
valley oi Jericho. the city of palm trees.
unto Zoar.
4 Au0 the Lord said unto him. This is the
.dHd which l sware unto Abraham. unto
Isaac. aud unto Jacob. saying. | will give
II unto thy seed nave caused thee to see
II with thine eyes. but thou shalt not 90
| over thithtr
> So Moses the servant Of the Lord tlce
| there In the land OF Moab. accordtng TO the
word OF the Loru
q And he buried him In a valley in the
| land of Moab, over against Bethptor. but
| 10 man knoweth Of his sepulchrr unto this
cay
l. Arc Moses was an hundred and TWEEN
~ years old when he died his eye WAS not
dim, nor his natural force abated
\. And the children OF Israel wept tor
Moses In the plains OF Moab thirty days.
50 the days OF weeping and mourning TOR
Moses We're euGed.
D And Joshua the son OF Nun was run
OF the spirit OF wisdom, for Moses haG laid
his hands upon him: and the children o.
Israel hearkened unto him and odd as the
Lord commanded Moses.
lV. Auo there arose not prophet since In
israel Ike unto Moses, whom the Lord
knew face 10 face.
IL. NAL the signs and the wonders. which
the Lord sent him TO 10 In the land oil
Egypt to Pharaoh. and to all his servants.
ana TO all his land,
Il And In all that mighty hand. and in
an thNSrtat terror which Moses showed in
the sight OF all Israel
GOLDEN TENT.-Thc Lord .pnI.,
unto Moses face Ten fncr.-EN. BJiII.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Death IN view Dcut. NNxi
NNiuS'S. song .....................Dc ut., NNNll
Moses. blessing ................Deut.. xXxiL
Noses death .............. dent ~
| Moses muuruVGi .............. b,ut 'gt'A-l1'
TIME b. e. li5I
| ILACE.-Laud OF Moab
NOTES AND COMMENTS
~ Sentence Fulfilled - Because of
his sin at Meribah, Moses was not to
he permitted to bring the children
of Israel into the promised land
| (Num. 2O:7-l2). He besought the
Lord To revoke the Judgment but
without avail (Dcut. 3:23-26); for il
would not be just To punish the PEG
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 IA great deal.
Death in Moses knew that
his work was done. The reading of
the Dcuteronomic law took place dur.
ing the feast of tabcrnacles once i'm
seven years ". 100, and women and
children, as well as the men who
usually assembled for feasts, were
gathered TO hear il. The consecra-
tion Of Joshua ns Moses successor
took place privately within the taber-
naclc (N. lD, but was supplemented
by public charge (v. 23). The rcgu-
lations for preserving the copy of the
law are very definite (v. 2G). and the
| song of Moses was so he taught To
the whole congregation.
Moses Song This song is one Of the
finest poems in the Hebrew language.
II dwells on Jehovah's faithfulncss
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
| presentation of prophetical thoughts
IN poetical dress, on n scale that is
without parallel i'm the Old Tesla
ment. As the opening verses show.
| ii is didactic poem. The
| poet develops his theme with con
| spicuous literary and artistic skill;
| the images are diversified and ex-
| pressive; and the parallcism Cthe
| Hebrew substitute for rhyme) is re
markahIy regular and forcibe. \
| spirit Of impassioned earnestness sls-
| tains and suffuscs the whole"
| Moses Death The top Of Pisrab
| is sheer rocky mountain standing
| just east Of the northern end Of the
| Dead sea, from which one can see the
mountains of Gilcad, Hermon. Tabor.
| Ebal, GeriIim, Quarantania, the Mount
Of Olives, Mount Zion and the slopes
extending to- the Dead sea. 1000 feet
| above the summit The Mcditcrra-
mean sea is not visible from Mount
| Pisgah.
There are few things harder 10
bear than such disappointment ms
| this 81 Moses. His was one of the
great gricfs OF history. Moses had
| spent his life TO bring his people into
the promised land. but here. i'm sight
Of that land Of his lifelong dream.
| but not in IL. he died But Heaven is
| full If those who have known their
measure Of Moses grief who have
laborcd and striven and prayed ~
ward some one great hope. and have
| died without reaching IT, May not
| the example of Moses help us to- see
90 that trough its dearest hope be
not realized. life is bv no means
failure; o. that God IS TO be- TRUST
cd and Ills necision faced i'm quictuc-s
and peace: 60 that The Development
~ character ifs more important than
he carrying ont Of amy earthly plan:
| 90 that 10 die 20" friend of God is