The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-04-26

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cal leadership. made him work with
his hands and his feet as we'll as with
his brain. When Moses went down
into the land OF INDIAN. he not only
had 10 20 10 work. but he had 10 hire
himself out 70 do the work Of COM
mon shepherd. Have you not heard
how he helped the daughters Of Reuel
10 water their lockSi
Methlnks can now see him guard
ing his sheep down I'm the pasture
lands near Mount Sinai. where God
was one day TO give him the Ten Com
mandments written on tables Of stone.
His clothes are coarse. Ills hands
are callous. The shepherds stan Is in
his hands. why" | hear him say 10
himself. Il never knew it was so hard
as this 10 earn your daily bread. In
my foster mothers home we never
worried about our daily food. In the
kings banquet we used 10 waste more
than we ate. If | ever am 10 De a
leader Of my people, / must teach
them not to be wasteful. God will al
WAYS give us enough 10 eat and
clothes tO wear, but waste Is n sin.
Il should be a crime IN mans eyes, as
Il Is a sin I'm Gods sight" Thus Moses
struggle for daily bread scattered
away many Of the foolish notions he
had about Gods providence and care.
He learned that God meant man 10
help himself. When Moses led-lis peO-
pie through the Red sea. methinks he
often went through the camps and
kept n watchful eye upon how his PEG
pie lived and what they did and how
they cared for the temporal blessings
with which God had surrounded them
Some women grumble because so
much Of their time has TO be spent in
bending over the kitchen stove, and in
making the dresses for the children
and I'm sweeping the floors. and I'm
making the beds. but remember that
bv these daily struggles Of life God is
teaching you that, though he is will
ing TO help you. yet he also expects
you 10 help yourselves Men. 1t seems
10 YOU that most of your lives have 10
he spent IN the store. The butchers
bills ana the bakers bills and the doc
tors bills must be met But. rcmem-
Der. God is developing you in this
struggle for daily bread
But / cannot close this sermon with
ont driving home one solemn warning
which should sink into every heart
After this long INDIAN exile after Mo
SEES had led the children Of Israel
through the Red sea. after he had Civ
en- to the Hebrew people the Ten Com
Of Sinai. what did Moses
do? He sinned. just as so many other
men have sinned when they have come
into the temptations Of thoir great life
work. You know the sad. sad story
Moses slnned down 10y the rock Of
Merihah. and God said 10 his great |
lawgiver. Moses. because thou hast |
sinned thou canst not enter into the |
promised land" Oh. my friends. many |
of MS have had our INDIAN exilcs |
Many Of us are today in the full swing !
Of our lfes work After God has fit |
ted MS for our task shall we fail him; |
VIII he refuse TO let us enter the prom /
ised land at last because of our faith /
lessneSs? II was but for a moment /
and under strong provocation that Mo
SEES failed. but that moment excluded /
him from the triumph Let us, too.
watch and be vlgilant, for God is strict
with those who have been near him.
We may miss our earthly rest as Mo
SEES did. but may we never miss the
heavenly haven TO which he went when
God buried his body and whence he
came TO rejoice with our Lord in his
on the Mount Of Transfgura-
lion.