The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-09-20
THE DEATH
OF MOSES
Sunday SchoolLessoni for Sept.22. 1907
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sight OF the Lord is the death Of his
saints. Psalm ZIG: is.
T1ME.-Moses died in the first week of
the twelfth month CFebruary-March) OF
the fortieth year since the exodus. b. c.
149l according to the common chro-
nology).
| PLACE.-Moses died on Mt. Nebo, the
eliminating peak of the Pisgah range OF
the mountains of Moab. 1t is 9h miles
east OF the northern end of the Dead Sea.
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES ON
MOSES.-Hos. L.: 10; Jer. Is: 1; Psalm 80:
uitle); Pisa. 106: %; Matt. II: 3. 4; Acts 4:
2O-44; Luke 20: 81; Heb. 8: 2, s; IL: 24-27;
Rev. Is: 3.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Vision from the Mount.-Vs. IA.
Moses had completed his work. The
time had come for him to entrust
the future of bis people to other
hands. On account of his almost only
failure to come up to his standard, at
the Waters of Meribah, he was not
permitted to enter the promised land.
His public sin before all the people
must be punished to show that Goo
was impartial, that no matter what
ones privileges or attachments he
cannot be immune in sin. But for
Moses. as always with his people, God
mingled love with justice, and showed
Moses that punishment was a neces-
stiy, but Gods heart overlooked with
loving kindness and tender mercies
toward his child and prophet.
Visions of Heaven. God gives us
Pisgah views of the promised land to
which we are travelling through this
wilderness world. Cd We have them
in Scriptures, where glimpses of heav-
en- are given to us, both by descrip-
set before us. But one must have
something of the character of Moses
before he can see the vision in its
true glory. (2) God gives his chill
dren heavenly experiences, earnest
and foretastes of the b~lessedness to
come. But these, too, come after
faithful service and devoted living.
The object of these visions Is %
to present before us the true ideal Of
life. 1t is not a vain thing to think
often of a perfect and holy heaven,
for 1t shows US how we ought to live
on earth. (2) To be a motive and
inspiration to higher living. (3) To
be a comfort in hours Of darkness and
encouragement.
Character Sketch Of Moses.-Vs. 10.
10. Moses stands among the few
greatest men in all history. In every
direction he was great and good.
1. AS a Prophet.-A prophet is one
who speaks and acts under the dire
ton of God, the medium through
which God reveals his will to men.
10. "And there arose not a prophet
-. like unto Moses" No other was
like him till VIC come to Jesus, the
prophet whom God had promised
should be raised up like unto Moses
(Deut. 1873, the organizer of a new
kingdom speaking the truth directly
from God. Whom the Lord knew
face to face" God revealed himself
and his will directly to Moses without
the intervention Of any angel or hu.
man being. Gods spirit acted upon
the spirit of Moses.
II. "In all the signs and the Won
ders, greater than any wrought till
Jesus Christ came. They proved to
the Israelites that Moses was Gods
messenger to them, his commands
were Gods commands, his leading
where God would have them led.
-. "In all that mighty hand" The
hand Is the symbol of power in action
the instrument. of power. IAN the
great terror" which God wrought
o<xotr,t Dhoroob 1nI NthAr a-4~ntAo
which was doubtless one of the rea-
sons why the Israelites were SO safe
in the wilderness.
2. As a Saint.-Moses' goodness
shines as brightly as his greatness.
He was unselfsh. He devoted him
people. He encountered every dan
ger for their sakes. He was willing
to die to save them. He was the
embodiment of love to God and love
to man. BY seeing God face to face
he was becoming transformed into his
spiritual likeness.
8. His Imperfection.-Two or three
times some fault Is attributed to
Moses, as every saint has failed in
some point at some time. There Is no
garden but has some weeds. But the
most unjust thing we can do is to
measure its value by its weeds and
not by its fruits
4. Moses as a Observation-Disclosures.
ton apart, Moses possessed all those
endowments and qualities which form
the consummate statesman and chief
magistrate: an intellect of the high
est order; a perfect mastery of all
the civil wisdom of the age; a pene-
trating, comprehensive and sagacious
judgment; great promptness and en-
ergy in action; patriotism which
neither ingratitude, Ill treatment nor
rebellion could qusnch, or even cool;
q commanding and persuasive clio.
quence; a hearty love Of truth; an
in%corruptible virtue
K Az a general Moses delivered his