Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

o.. ,ba praat.st in his marvellous career.
There is abundant evidence that MUSES.
! saw that the desert life failed TO develop
the character that promised TO De the
mo.+ ,,soful AS he turned the thought
~ Israa, IN IN. conquest of Canaan the
resorrcefulness diplomacy and leadership
| If This ,rlo,fer of Israers life was taxed
While Moses must be tested By the
events of his whole life yet no year OF ms
remarkable life was or greater service
than his last years efforts. with an
aloa,,euce that has been compared 10
penosthtn mes. Moses Pressed home upon
+he raople of Israel that obedience ana
7oyalty to Jehovah was the only pain
way for the nation and its citizens. In
his farewell address there is mot a word
IF m,lrn1uring or rep'ning to himself.
not the faintest tinge OF envy o. jealousy
IN his refer to the one who was TO
take his mace not the most dlstan'
,nn~cach to aurht Of the kird: every
selfish consideration is s"al owed no IN
-ba ona grand cb1e"t Of encouraging the
hearts of the reople to tread with 7rn
step the PATHWAY of ooeoienre. Which
was then. is now and ever must De the
path Of victor. the pata u piessHts' the
patti OF peace.
Cod had given TO Moses a warning OF
The coming end so that hn prepared Israel
for his passing out, taught them the IN
mortal SONG recorded in the psalns. in
stalled his successor and "a nly RESPONDED
"a the call o. Jehovah to go III tn the
lofty mountain top for his departure Re
PASSED out from tim. into eternity before
he ha! colnpieted his own work as he
thought for he plead tisat he might have
the privilege Of LEADING lsrae' into the
promised land. Instead If permitting him
IA nrnss his foot as conlueror upon Ihe
soil If Palestine Jehovah gives 4 pano-
ralnic vision from Pisgah's lofty height OF
the land.
Pisgah's Panorama.
Willie God refused to give the answer
that Moses desired He gave him from
FisSaa's mountain top a vision Of the
promised land. the future home Of the
nation that he had called forth from
bondage and welded into unity as IA peo-
pie, disciplined by their life in the desert
II live together under the code pronul-
gated upon slna, and be one II their
wo ship CT jehovah whose life as the
chosen people o. God would mold all
coming a.es
The record OF the vision gives "a Gu. to
the poss be a2tkor OF this chapter. which
has ieSa called an appendix TO Deu-
sections OF the land seen by Moses are
named l. the same that In which
Joshua divided the Sand among the
tribes. which points to the successor OF
Moses as the one who peuncd this post
script narrating the last hours of his
great commander. which he PROBABLY re-
ceived From the Lord when He inform
ed him OF the death of Moses
From PisGah 5 tow ering height whose
GROWING summit completely overlooas
Hebron and the mountains of central
Judea, Moses with his eye undimmed,
oeheid the center from which Israel you'd
radiate blessings for the nations Of the
earth. The panorama spread before him
en- braced all the lands given to Israel
upon both sides Of the jordan. taking
III the cas-. Jordan country as far
Dan in northern Perea. Canaan proper
on the west or the Jordan l. all OF Is
different districts from Snow-cappei
Lebanon and the sources of the Jordan,
to Negeb or the southland OF steppe to-
ward the Arabian desert; sweeping the
depression of the Ghor from the north
down beyond the Dead sea, and across
the whole land % Mount Carmel and the
blue Mediterranean
God gave to Fis servant not only this
view, " hich cogid be obtained at no other
point, but also IL vision OF how speedily
He could fu.I ks promises 10 Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob to give this land. winch
ne could on.v see not tread his foct upon |
as the conqCeror, because he had spoken
.'unadvisedly with his lips. While Moses
may have considered his work ineofu-
plete. 1t was more important Tor Israel
to know that God would punish Moses