The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20

quality of immateriality which charac- ISrlzed his grave was peculiarly fitting. co cor one who lived also ,suih a life of complete self-renunciatioh it was emi- menuy proper that his tomb should be unkhoMn. IL xes postmortem continu- ance or the spirit of his life. It was manlIestly unfit that the grave of one whose habit was to efface. himself dur ing life should bcome the Mecca of ad- uIation. This self forgctfulness has splendid illustration in Moses very dy-
 ng hour. He prays for a suitable sue cessor. and cries, Let Jehovah set a man over the congregation. The living TOT others has still further exemplifica- ton in the fact that while he led Isra-l up to the threshold of Canaan, he did Tot enter himself. He put them in the way or godly possession. in which he was not to have any share, even to the extent of pressing the soil with his foot. mus, Tn sacrafice of personal aims and gains, he indicated in advance the crown- ing grace of the Prophet who was to be like him, though greater.
 speculation about the grave of Moses IS as futile as that about the holy sep uichrs. In both cases 1t is wholly a mat ter Of curiosity. It is of precious little moment whether Moses body was buried ana remains so, or was resurrected after burial. or whether Moses was translated. NO doctrine concerning the resurrection dently exceptional and apparently pur- posely ill-defined in the narrative. What Moses was and did. these are the dy- mamie facts. What became of his body is matter of indifference. The latter Is left uncertain, the former is recorded with precision. Not only is Moses name hewn upon Time as on a rock. but he stands on Time as on a pinnacle"
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 Customs touching the disposition Of human remains are among the NoA I ness is natural. But in this celebrated case of Moses it is an open question whether there are not some suggestions we would do well to heed
 This was the first private burial'' of which we have record The obituary is also exceedingly brief. The record is: ''He died there in the land of Moab, and (theyl buried him in valley"
 Fuller says aptly. God not only buried Moses, but buried Moses grave also. The private burial, brief obituary and per maps even the unmarked grave, are wor- thy of imitation.
 The custom which transmutes lovely green sward into crowded and ugly ated.
 Browning satirizes a vulgar pride and jealous ostentation fin his inimitable poem ''Tho Bishop Orders His Tomb.' Moses is a fine example of the "young old man." of whom there are more liv- ing today than perhaps ever before, thanks to physical culture and hygienic observance. It should be the rule. not the exception, to find. even in extreme age, the eye undimmed and the natural force unabated.
 A modern analogue is found in the case of Dr. John P. Wood. of Coffeyville, Kan, one hundred years old January 4. 1902; has never worn glasses or car ri ,1 a cane. Writes prescription today with the tablet resting on his hand Folly of being welded to a theory is illustrated in those who affirm the Mosaic authorship of even the thirty fourth chapter of Deuteronomy. The straits they are put to are severe So:ne say Moses wrote the account of his own death to prevent his being deifed. Secret burial of Moses was not in- tended to conceal his grave for the pur- pose of guarding against supersti- tious and idcaltrous reverence There could be no fear of that on account of the opinion held by the Israelites that corpses and graves def1led. F:ren Abra- hams grave was never superstitiously reverenced.
 keirs interpretation is curious, viz: Gods intention was to place Moses in the same category with Enoch and Fiji jah. God burying the body with Ills own hand imparted a power to it which preserved it from corruption and pre- pared the way for it to pass into the same form of existence to which Enoch and Elijah were taken, without either death or burial. This is the basis of the Jewish theologoumeron mentioned by Jude of the contest between Michael and the devil