The Washington herald., 1913-11-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
THE DEATH OF MOSES.
LESSON. Deuteronomy x1I. ls; xxi. se;
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words unto all Israel
CD And he said unto them, i am an
hundred and twenty years old this day;
/ can no more go out and come in; and
the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt
not go over this Jordan.
ca The Lord thy God, He will go over
before thee; He win destroy these ma
tons from before thee, and thou shalt
possess them; and Joshua. he shall go
over before thee, as the Lord hath
spoken.
90 And the Lord shall do unto them
as He did to Sihon and to Og. the kings
of the Am0rltes. and unto their land;
whom He destroyed.
90 And the Lord shall deliver them up
before you. and ye shall do unto them
according unto all the commandment
which have commanded you.
(s) Be strong and of a good courage.
fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for
the Lord thy God, He II Is that doth go
with thee; He will not fail thee, nor for
sake thee. 90 And Moses called unto
Joshua. and said unto him in the-sight
Of all Israel. Be strong and of good
courage; for thou shalt go with this peo-
pie into the land which the Lord hath
sworn unto their fathers to give them;
and thou shalt cause them to inherit L.
81 And the Lord, He il is that doth go
before thee: He will be with thee. He
|, will not fail thee, neither forsake thee;
fear not, neither be dismayed.
C49 And the Lord sPake unto Moses
that selfsame day. saying
(IO Get thee up into this mountain OF
Abarim. unto Mount Nebo. which Is In
the land OF Moab that Is over against
Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan,
which.I give unto the children Of Israel
for possession
C5O) And die In the mount whittier thou
eoest up. and be gathered unto thy peo-
Pile: as Aaron thy brother died in Mount
Hor, and was gathered unto his people.
(sD Because ye trespassed against Ne
In the midst Of the children OF Israel at
the waters OF Meribah OF Kadesh, In
the wilderness of Zin; because ye sancti-
ned me not In the midst of the children OF
Israel
(59 For thou shalt see the land before
thee; but thou shalt not go thither into
the land which give the children Of
Israel. .-..
Cd And Moses went up, from the plains
Of Moab unto Mount Eebo. to the top Of
Pisgah. that Is over against Jericho. And
the Lord showed him all the land Of
Gilead. unto Dan.
CD And all NaphtaI. and the land OF
Ephraim and Manasseh. and all the land
Of Judah. unto the hinder sea.
ca And the South. and the Plain of the
Valley of Jericho, the city OF palm trees.
unto Zoar.
20 And the Lord said unto him. This
Is the land which sware unto Abraham.
unto Isaac. and unto Jacob. saying,
will give Il unto thy seed: / have caused
thee to see IL with thine eyes, but thou
shalt not go over thither.,
90 So doses the servant OF the Lord
died there. In the land of Moab, according
20 the word Of the Lord - .-
80 And he buried him In the valley In
the land Of Moab over against Bethpeor:
but no man knoweth OF his sepulchre unto
this day. -.---.-... ..-.-.
"a And Moses was an hundred and
twenty years old when he died: his eye
was not dim. nor bis natural force abated.
(D And the children OF Israel wept for
Moses In the plains OF Moab thirty days:
so the days of weeping in the mourning
for Moses were ended
Cs) And Joshua the son of Nun was
fun OF the spirit Of wisdom; for Moses
had laid his hands upon him5 and the
children of Israel hearkened unto him,
and did as the Lord commanded Moses.
QO And there has not arisen a prophet
since In Israel like unto Moses, whom the
Lord knew face to face.
I'D In all the signs and the wonders.
which the Lord sent him to do in the
land Of Egypt, to Pharaoh. and to all his
servants. and to all his land.
O2) And in all the mighty hand. and In
all the great terror. which Moses wrought
in the sight Of all Israel
The story.
In the passages marked out for our
lesson We have the account of the passing
Of this wonderful servant OF God.
The first part tells of its public antici-
patton by Moses. After he had dellv-
cred the fourth of his farewell dis
courses, the one concerning the covenant.
he distinctly told all the children of
HIS anticipation Of departure was char
acterized by quiet dignity. and submis-
sion. which were Of the essence OF faith.
He told them that on that day he was
one hundred and twenty years old, and
that he could no more go out and come
In. because Jehovah had said, Thou
salt not 20 over this Jordan" That
word was enough for him. There was
nothing in the nature either OF protest
or complaint, but calm acquiescence In
the will Of God.
Moreover. he made the declaration the
occasion for speaking to them in terms
Of absolute confidence of the continuity
of the Divine purpose. Although he
would not be with them. Jehovah would
go before them. and. according to the
Divine arrangement, Joshua would be-
come their leader. n
he charged the people that
they were to be strong. and of good
courage; and then calling Joshua, he de-
livered the same charge to him. This
charge was reminiscent Of the expert
ence Of forty years before, when. falling
70 recognize the power OF God. they had
faltered upon the margin Of the land.
and had been excluded.
The second stage is that Of the ultimate
command OF Jehovah. IN the meantime
the great song. which was to remain with
the people throughout all their genera
lions. had been written and taught to
the nation; and Moses had solemnly
charged the people to observe the law.
declaring that Il was no vain or empty
thing, but the very way of their life.
He was now summoned to Mount Nebo. |
and commanded to look upon the land
which he was not allowed to enter: and
then to die and to be gathered to his
people.
The anal paragraph tells the story Of
his obedience. II is characterized by sim |
plfcity, and vet by sublimity. The great |
servant OF God Is seen ascending the
alone His last hour on earth |
was one of communion with Jehovah. |
Who probably appeared to him as He |
had so often done. as the Angel-Jehovah. |
and pointed out the land and it's bound |
aries, away to the distant sea The final
words Of God to him were confirnIatory |
Of the covenant made with Abraham. |
Thus on the mount and alone with God, !
he died In full possession OF undimiiished I