Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

heaven, fix your eyes on Jesus. who is the
apostle and high priest of our religion
See his faithfulness to the God who ap-
pointed him. like the faithful service of
Moses, in all the house of God. Jesus, in
deed. has been considered worthy of far
nlgher honor than Moses. just the build
er of the house is held in far greater re-
gard than the house itself. For every house
has its builder, and the builder of the uni
verse is God. While the faithful service of
Moses in all the house of God was that of
a servant. whose duty was to bear teStf-
mony to a message still to come; the faith
fulness of Christ was that of son set
over the house of God.
The Lesson.
1t seems though the very secret of
Moses whole life has here been selected for
our study this week. Moses the reluctant,
VINO fled away from the first manifestation
OF Gods presence, became the intimate
companion of the Lord; close. in fact,
that when he came away from talking with
God and writing down the words God had
to say, the very glory of the Father, which
no man may look upon and live. was re-
hected in his face, so that his former
friends were afraid.
When one looks back to Moses early his
tory and sees how he held back from the
great life work God had prepared for him,
how he gave this excuse and that and
longed only to be a common every day man
like others, living his simple life, how little
he really seemed to care for the great
partnership God held out to him. it seems
possible that even you and l may become
companions and coworkers with Cod also
Yet this chapter of his life is very diff
ferent from the first. Here we find him so
engrossed in the work God has for him.
SO taken up with what God has to say,
that he stays forty days and nights with
out food or drink up there with God. and
yet finds strength to write upon stone.
along forty days without feeling the deep
need of these necessities of life. and the
first lesson We may learn is that a man
may live with God and not miss many
thing that in ordinary life would seem
absolute necessity. Perhaps this would be
solution of the troublous problem of
questionable amusements that come up TO
worry so many young Christians. Let them
go upon the mount with God a while. and
see if some of these things are as essential
to them they thought.
1t is significant that Moses when he came
down from the mount did not know that his
face shone. 1t is not always those who
think themselves most holy who shine most
clearly with the reflected light of Gods
glory.
Would it not be well for us to ask why
so many Christians about US never seem to
be troubled with too shining faces? Is It
that we do not go apart with God enough,
nor stay and let him give us his command
ments to write upon the tables of our
hearts? Was any one ever afraid to come
near YOU me because we were So much
like Jesus that it made him ashamed?
Perhaps one great difference between
Moses and US was that he the veil
over his face while he talking with
the people. and took it off when he stood
face to face with God. Some Christians are
inclined to show all the goodness they pos
sess to the great congregation. while in
their talks with God there is veil of their
own placing between their harts and God.
They never allow the full radiance of his
OIL to hi,,n i,,fI i l;.~I,t
cret thought in them. They keep a corner
of themselves for themselves. which they
never open to God. Can such expect to re-
fleet the radiance of His glory when they
come away from talking with Him?
1t. seems If the second scripture Sc
lection was an illustration of the PROMISE
I'VE shall be like Him for we shall see Him
as He is. When the disciples in their
vision looked upon Moses standing talking
with Jesus and Elias they seem to have
seen the likeness. for they speak of three
tabernacles as if the glory of each was
alike.
We ought to make the serious question of
this character study: Is it possible for all
Christians to bear in their faces the refec-
ton of Gods glory. and if so whether it is
wrong for them not to do so-a wrong at
which the world has a right to point the
finger of Scorn.
Applied Truth.
In small ebony frame on my wall hangs
white star. In the daytime it is appar-
emily cut from white cardboard and pasted
against a black background but when the
darkness comes my star shines out clear
and sharply pointed, glowing and Pickering
like star in the sky. When 1 waken in
the night 1t shines there quietly full of as
surance. like watch in the dark that all is
right.
Sometimes my star grows dim and scarce
fNy Shnyx iy, thn n
it has been too long away from the light,
and 1 take it and place it in the full sun
light of the window for a little while.
when it Shines as brightly as ever because
the luminous paint with which the star is
coated has the power to absorb light and
give it out again.
The Christian who stays long time away
from communion with Jesus will find his
light growing dim and feeble
How to help the leader-Repeat:
-" ould you like to know the sweetness of the
Come and hide beneath His shelter this shall then
be your reward;
But Whenever you leave the silence of that happy
You must mind and bear the image of the Master
in face
Parallel passages = Exodus. xxxiii 81 d.
Psalms. xxxi;16: Psalms wa Psalms,
lv:16,1l; Malachi iv:2; John, ia; Acts iv:13
Second Corinthians, iii:7,S,1S; Second Cor
inthians, i've.
Hints to the Leader.
Hints to the Decentralization Endeavor
hymns 2, 49, 46. 81. 73. The Endeavor Hymn
nal. 81. "a, II, 50, 205, DOB. Have some one
sing as a solo, I'm the Secret of His Pres
ence,' found in Gospel Hymns, No. 5, just
after the reading of the Scripture. Follow
this with sentence prayers. Take as the
central thought the perfect reflection of
Gods will that Moses became Guard
against too extended review of Moses
life. The last two meetings may have
taught you that a speaker with a whole
biography before him is apt to take the en-
tire time of the meeting. Ask different ones
to speak briefly of points in Moses life and
lessons from them.
20 lonely tomb in Moab's land!
dark Beth peers hill,
Speak to these curious hearts of ours,
And teach them to be still
God hath His mysteries of grace,
Ways that cannot tell
He hides them Deep like the secret sleep
OF him He loves we'll. -