The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-09-18
Sunday School Column
Side Lights on Next Sundays Les.
son for Teachers and Pupils
sunday sehoo, Association ome.r..
BY CHAs. X. MEYERS.


Sunday School Association omesrs.
President, w. C. Van Ness. Denison
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 house. Mrs. Harper Dow City. Primary. Mrs.
Voss. Denison. Temp. rance. Sears McHenry.
Denison. Missionary Miss Sadie Medley. Manila.
Sept. %. Death of Moses. Deut. "a I:
l-12.
Our lesson for this date relates to
the death of one of the most remark
able men of all history-Moses. the
law giver of Isreal. On the death
of every noted man it is customary
to call to mind his career from birth
to death. In the case of Moses the
task will be easy and pleasing to
those who have followed his history
in the lessons OF the past few weeks.
1t is always interesting to the chill
dren to recall the birth of Moses and
the hiding of the little one in the
high rushes of the Nile river to avoid
the decree of the tyrannical Egyp-
rians that male children should be
killed The finding of the child by
the daughter of the king. and his
adoption by her. is a touching Incl
dent. His education as an Egyptian
prince followed. How came the turn
ing point in his career. when he chose
rather to suffer the disgrace of being
Jew than to live the life of idoli-
try and ease of an Egyptian. 1t
was his faithfulness to the God of his
fathers at that time which saved his
career for the great things to follow.
Now follows the forty years of prep
aration as leader IN the desert,
ending in his call from the burning
bush. With his divine commission he
appeared before Pharaoh and demand
ed that his people be released from
slavery. In time came the deliver
ance and the journey through the
wilderness. 1t was while in the
wilderness that Moses came to the
height of his powers. There he was
sorely tried. there he gained the Law.
and there he set forth the wonderful
directions for pure and healthful liv-
ing which were far in advance of
those practiced by the nations about.
In the lesson of this week it is told
OF the death and burial of Moses.
His work done. the leadership, was
to pass to Joshua the warrior. The
poem which is familiar to every school
child. has so graphically protrayed
the scene of the death and burial of
this great man there need be nc
dwelling upon them. Many have
been confronted with the question.
"What will you do with Jesus?" Al
this time we ask the scoffer at the
bible "What will you do with
Moses?" Truly. never man excep,
Jesus ever spake as did he. The ter
commandments. the minute directions
as to legal procedure. the suggestive
as to health, his high code of morals,
remained unsurpassed until the full
ness of time brought Jesus to earth
No religious teaching of the ancien
times compared with those laid dowl
by Moses. He must have had di
vine commission. there must be some
thing inspired in what he said ant
wrote. We can hardly see how on,
can read the books of Moses withou
being convinced of the truth of tn,
bible as in an inspired book. TIL,
character and life of Moses form ont
of the mountain peaks of history.
which are not OWNED by the passag.
of time. People will study of his
life for all the ages to come. and tn
wonder and power of his teaching
grow in estimation until the end o
all earthly things shall come.