The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-09-11

President w. C. Van Ness. Denson.
Vice President. J. B. Alfred. Manila.
Secretary and Treasurer. Chas. X. Meyers
Denison.
Department secretaries are as follows Home
department. Mrs. Pierce. Denison. Normal de-
to s house. Mrs. Harper. Dow City. Primary. Mrs.
VOss. Denison. Temp. rance. Sears McHenry
Denison. Missionary. Miss Sadie Medley. Manila
Sept. 10 Moses Pleading with Is
real Deut 6:l-l5.
The central thought of this lesson
is found in the Golden Text which de-
clares: 'tBeware lest thou forget
the Lord" The admonition comes
with equal force to the king on the
throne and the humble cottager.
These strong words were uttered by
Moses in his talk to the Children of
Israel as found in the book of
Deuteronomy. part of which is the
lesson for this date. There were no
printed books free for ali to read in
those days, and knowledge was com
municated by word of mouth through
succeeding generations.
There are many in our day who
seem to think that because the bible
is ready at hand that all responsible
ity for the instruction of the children
by word of mouth is unnecessary.
This is a grevlous error. The chill
dren do not know where the interest
ing and instructive parts of the bible
are to be found, and becoming in
volved III the chapters which are hard
to understand they are apt to turn
from the holy book to others they
think most interesting. From the
lips of the father and mother should
the children gain their first impress
sion of the bible. God knew how
very easy it was for the people to
forget, and so He ordained the con-
tinual observance of ceremonies tend
ing to keep we'll in remembrance GER
tain great events. The Children of
Israel were told TO observe yearly the
anniversary of their deliverance from
Egypt, in the celebration of the pass
over. On going into the promised
land they crossed the Jordan on dry
land. They We're directed to take
great stones and make an enduring
monument. and when in the times to
come the children and strangers
should ask the meaning of the pile of
stones, these were to be told of the
wonderful crossing of the river. at
the end of the wandering in the desert
for the long forty years
Jesus the Christ took pains to COM
mand after the eating of the last sup
per with his disciples. that they
should continue to observe this cere-
mony until He comes. 1t is one OF
the solemn things about the ceremony
of the communion. that one is TAX
ing part in a service which will be in
a similar way carried out. for maybe
ten thousand years to come. In wha;
better way could the fact of the death
and resurrection of Jesus be KEEP!
fresh before the world?
beware lest thou forget the
Lord. - The people were told by
Moses that the time would come wher
in enjoying the pleasures and com
forts of the Promised Land they
would be tempted to forget who u
was who brought them and their an
cestors out of the bondage and into
the good things about them. The
warning likewise comes to US. Sc
often we see the pursuit of wealth,
business or pleasure crowd out re
membrance of the Mighty God il
whose hand is our life. We hav,
heard the scoffer at conservatism and
Goodness declare :" A man will be {
long time dead so he had better have ;
gnod time while life lasts. - That thu
period of time when one is PHYSICAL,
dead far exceeds. that when he i
alive on the earth. is the best o
reason why one should Beware les
they forget God. >"
The woman or man who goe
through the world. not taking the Co
who made them into account is foo
indeed. On looking back all thin
how strange that the Jews fell ava
from the God who had chosen ther
for His people, and so signallv bles
them. but the people of our day ar
equally so. if they leave the Livin
God out Of their lives and fail to ODE
His commands.
osTEOPATHY.