Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
THE DEATH
OF MOSES
Sunday School Lesson Tor sept.22. 1907
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sight of the Lord is the death OF his
saints. Psalm lie: IS.
TIME.-Moses died In the nrst week of
the twelfth month CFebruary-March) of
the fortieth year since the exodus. II. c.
1871 according to the common chro-
~nologyD.
PLACE Moses died on Mt. Nebo, the
eliminating peak of the Pisgah range OF
the mountains OF Moab. II is 81 miles
east OF the northern end Of the Dead Sea.
SCRlPTURAL REFERENCES ON
MoSES,-Hos. 10: 10: Jer. 10! ! Psalm 80:
'titleD. Psa. LOG: 20. Matt. II: ,, 4, Acts Z:
s0-A; Luke 20: 81; Heb. s. 2, 3. H. 4-2':
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 his people to other
hands. On recount 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 God
was impartial, that no matter what
ones privileges or a%ttainunents he
cannot be immune in sin. Eut for
Moses, as always with his people, God
mingled love with justice, and showed
Moses that punishment was a neces-
stiy, but Gods heart overfowed with
loving kindness and tender mercies
toward his child and prophet.
Visions Of Heaven. God gives us
Pisgsh views of the promised land to
which we are tarveling through this
wilderness world. % We have them
in Scriptures. where glimpses Of heav-
en- are given to us, both by descrip-
tion and by the ideals Of a holy life
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 experience earnest
and f~oretastes of the bl%essedness to
come. But these, too, come after
faithful service and devoted living.
The object of these visions Is (1)
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 II shows us 10Y we ought to live
on earth. 90 To be a motive and
inspiration to higher living. 49, To
be q comfort in hours of darkness and
encouragement,
Character Sketch Of Moses.-Vs. 10
~. Moses stands among the few
greatest men in ali history, In every
direction he was great and good.
l. As a Prophet.-A prophet Is one
who speaks and acts uAder the dire.
ton OF God, the medium through
which God reveals his will to men.
10. And there arose lot a prophet
like unto Moses" No other vas
like him till we come Il Jesus, the
prophet whom God had promised
should be raised up like unto Moses
(Deut. 1919, 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 W Moses without
the Intervention OF any angel or hu.
man being. Gods spirit acted upon
the spirit OF Moses.
IL. In all the signs and the won.
ders. greater than any wrought till
JtSub SHllSl tdllt. lhty pIoNCu "
the ~Israelites that Moses a Gods
messenger to them. his commands
were Gods commands. his leading
where God would have them led.
IL. "Ip all that mighty hand" The
hand is the symbol of power In action
the instrument Of power. "All the
great terror which God wrought
against Pharaoh and other enemies
which was doubtless one Of the rea,
son why the lsraelites were so safe
in the wilderness.
2. As a Salnt.-Moses' goodness
shines as brightly al his greatness.
He was unselfsh. He devoted him.
self at every cost to the good Of his
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. Py seeing God face to face
he was becoming transformed into his
spiritual likeness.
3. 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 Statesman.-"lnspira
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 sagaclous
judgment; great promptness and en-.
ergy In action; patriotism which
neither ingratitude, Ill treatment nor
rebellion could Quench, or even cool;
a commanding and persuasive elo-
Quence; a hearty love OF truth; an
i~ncorruptible virtue
s. As a general Moses delivered his
people from the most powerful nation
on earth; maintained them amid the
perils OF the desert for 4 years, and
led them in confidence against a coun.
try settled by fierce tribes, which they
conquered.
6. As a Observation-Disclosures much
may have been added by the develop.
ment OF the people, like the amend,
ments TO the constitution and laws
OF the United States, yet through
Moses was instituted the great sys-
TEN OF civil and religious law.
7. AS a Poet,--The two songs In
Deuteronomy 80 and 80. and Psalm 90
A LONG WAY TOWARD THAT