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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson xlI.-Third Quarter, Fol
Sept. q, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of tho Lcoson. Deut. xxxiv, liz
Memory Vcrscs, TO- 12-Goldon Text,
Ps. exvi, 15-Commcntary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns,


Copyright. 1907. by American Press Association.
Since ''all Scripture is profitable" and
whatsoever things were written aforc
time were written for our learning"
Oh Tim. III, 10; Rom. Ky. -, what shall
he said Of us IL we pnss over all the
precious things OF this book between
the last lesson and this one? | cannot
forbcar calling attention to one of the
grent chnptcrs In each of these five
books ere we pass from thcm-Gen
xii. God providing Lamb: Ex. xii,
the Lamb slain md the protecting
blood; Lev. xvi. the grcnt ntoncment
Mum. XIX. cleansing by the way by
the ashes of the red hclfcr; Dcut xviii,
the prophet like unto Moses with Gods
word In Ills mouth.
AS to some Of the precious words OF
this book we are Just leaving, NAV
these which have long been living
bread and water to me prove the same
TO many: I. 30; II. Z: III. %: iv, 80: VII
o; viii, 2, 3; XXI. q. &; xxxil. OLE;
XxNlii. 3. -, %. AZ. These arc but
few of many OF His great words
The lesson today tells OF the home
going OF Moses the man OF God, and
the appointment OF his successor The
Instructions to Moses concerning his
death. the manner OF 1t and the reason
for 1t are found In chapter xxxil, As.
%. How mnny present privileges wo
lose because we ARE not always care.
full To sanctify the Lord In all things
we may never know on this side of the
glory. and there 1t Will he too late to
rcctify anything N.cv. y, o; Pet. Ill, 10:
". IL; Cor X, 80. In chapter III. Is.
% we read how Moses bcsought the
Lord TO let him so over Jordan and
see tile good land, but the answer was
Let 1t suffice thee; speak no more
unto Me OF this matters thou shalt
not go over this Jordan, but charge
Joshua and encourage him md strength
on him. for lie shall 20 over before this
people, and he shnll cause them TO In
herlt the land which thou shalt sce."
In John xiv. 81. %. see how lie says
that He Will specially manifest Him
SELF TO AMI make Ills abode In those
who keep Ills commandments He IL
always looking for such that lilo may
SNOW Himself strong OH their behalf
W Chron. XVII 81. but there are mnny
who see much that thoy never set foot
on either because they nre unbcliev-
ing, like the ten spies. or some special
SIN Is h!ndering. Many truly saved
people AFRO very fnr from possessing
their possessions (Obnd. IL, and thus
they dishonor God aud full to sanctify
Him In the eyes OF others.
We may try 20 imagine the parting
between Moses and the elders and the
people as lie left them to go up tho
mountain to 10 home to God. but the
Holy Spirit has not written 1t for us.
When. few months earlier In the
same year, Aaron went up into Mount
llor to go home to God. Moses and
Elcnznr went with him and saw him
die inter Moses had put his pricstly
garments upon Elcnznr (Num. XIX. %.
20. and xx1iiI, 3S). but no one was with
Moses except God and the angels
How far any OF the people or rulers
accompanied him we do not know, but
1t Is said. mo man knowcth of his
scpulchcr unto this day" Werse @.
W 49, tNt anu lluUNInu
natural force In his one hundred and
twentieth year. without sickness or
suffering. Ms far as we know. lie pass.
ell from this mortal body ont into the
presence OF Him with whom he had
often convcrscd face TO face and with
whom he had on two different occa-
sions spent forty days and forty
nights In another mount. The brief
hut comprehensive statement is. $50
Moses. the servant OF tho Lord, died,
and He buried him In valley
In the land of Moab" Verse y. There
is no death aud no burial like 1t In all
history. Just as there never arose In
all Israel another prophet like unto
Moses whom the Lord knew face to
face Verse 1M
Nearly 1000 years nftcr this tho same
Moses Is seen OH the Mount OF Trans
hGurntion with Elijah. who never died,
and with Christ. who was soon to die
for them and for us. and tho topic OF
their conversation was His decensc,
which He should accomplish Mt Jcr,i-
salem U.uke tx. 30. 81, by virtue OF
which both Moses and Elijah had Mt
that timo enjoyed many hundreds of
years Of blissful rest and by which
alone there is redemption for any one
since Adam fell The greatest event
III all the history of the world thus far
has been the incarnation OF God in
Christ with the life and death and
resurrection and ascension that fol-
lowed. for all are parts OF one event.
The next great event will be the rcsur-
rcction of all the bodies OF the saints
who have died and the rapture OF all
the living saints. aud these two classes
We're represented by Moses and Elijah
on tho Mount Of TRANSPORTATION.