The Holt County sentinel., 1913-11-14

I. Tho Old Leader. w. f-s. We have
now come to the last OF our lessons
| which have to do with Moses Fol.
lowing his lamented failure at the
time Of the second arrival at kadesh.
Barnea. Miriam dies at Mt Hor,
Aaron departed and his ONCE is be.
slowed upon his son. Eleazar Then
| quickly followed the plague OF ser.
| penis. the defeat OF the king Of tho
| Amortos, Balaam's folly. the apostasy
| OF Israel which was cloansrd by blood
through IN" zeal Of phinchas. and final
| ~ the arrival upon the plains OF
Moab.
Law Confirmed.
Here MOs'E repeats aud confirms
| tho Law 10 this new generation Of
Israel. delivers his last charge. sings
| his last song. asrends W Ncbo to
| Wow Canaan. aud Is forever with
the Lord In the passage marked out
for this lcEson 80 have the account Of
the passing ~ this wonderful servant
~ God Returning To Oh 3i:i.S and
| 20 ii.a9 81" SOC this Journey In pros.
| V'''f Hll'T 'ifi w F'dV NN~fr NfTNlUF
blessing and IN this section We read
Of The mlilm"nt ~ that prospect
Moe"a anticipated biz departure hy e
| quiet dignity. absolutely divorced from
haste or fret, that vas characteristic
of his life Of submission aud was the
essence Of his ~" " fai'h
BEFORE dppartur" Moses .olomnly
| 81 -. -.
serve IN" law. declaring that IL II not
(, vain nor an empty thing but In decd
and IN truth 10 them the way or life.
Then conc. the simple diEniiicd nc.
count Of this last act of obedience, sim.
pl", Yet subllm" Wonder We soc him,
viewed by III" hosts NJ Israel. ~ he
lsc"uds m" mountain alone yet not
alone prepared 20 spend his last
GoUrr upOn earth With Jehovah who
doubtless appeared ~ III" angel
| IL hoyah aud pointed out to him the
land he 80 much long"d tn enter. but
could not bocaus. he failed to Saur'ify
God In the sight of tho people NJ a
critical moment. Taking the elory to
himself on that occasion demanded m
act Of punishment ~ warning To
the people. hence, II went III with
Moses for their sak"S.' ps 1906. =.
There upon the mount Gods covenant
with Abraham Is confirmed and with
undimmcG eye and undlminishcd ylgor
~ -. Moses was shown IN. fuhl
mcnt OF that promise. his body was
laid nj rest by God himself In an IN
known and unmarked srpulchre over
against lcth,pcor," v. T.
u. The New Leader. v. Q. God mover
leaves his people without leader
aud hence Joshua is exalted to com.
pcnsatc Israel for the loss OF Moses.
The king Is dead-long live the
king The worker dies. the work
| goes on and many times the victories
| OF the new leader are fully M great
and lar reaching ~ any won by the
former leader. Joshua was not Moses,
he VAS Joshua and ~ such called to
face new problems.
| ~. A Great Character, w. 1912. The
description OF Moses IL Of one who saw
Jehovah face to face. n peculiar dig.
nifty. and the secret OF his greatness.
When Aaron aud Miriam murmured
God declared that Moses was different
from all other prophets In that. with
him viii speak mouth to mouth. even
manifestly. and not In dark speeches,
and the form OF Jehovah shall he be.
hold" Nun la;6's, Moses himself
declared to Israel that when God
spoke TO them out OF the midst OF the
fire. II stood between the Lord and
YOU" Dcut ga. .. The supreme
teaching OF this lesson Is the fact that
great as Moses was. he was never.
theless excluded from the promised
land as u warning TO Israel,
On the other hand this story 10 a
wonderful illustration OF the tender
compassion and watchful care OF Jeho,
yah even To the end, Even the discip
line OF Jehovah Is accompanied by
gentleness, II he must needs be ex.
cluded yet he Is not excluded from
communion with Jehovah.
Thus this saint who WAS separated
10 the will OF God passes out OF life,
In the hour OF the contamination OF
his life work his spirit passes into
yet closer fellowship with God. The
Psalmist In the words OF the golden
text most beautifully suggests that
such an hour IL delight to God and
suggests the welcome which must be
awaiting his saints. DO not forget the
last glorious appearing OF Moses after
the lapse OF the centuries when.
"On the hills he never trod
spoke OF the strige that won our life
With the Incarnate Son OF God"
Death and judgment were a con.
slant source OF fear to me until real
lied that neither shall have any hold
on the child Of God" d. H. Moody:
DO not put death out OF consideration
but welcome II as Moses welcomed
it. When We stand on Pisgah, can
we say we did our full duty? In that
hour the plaudits OF men will be
stilled.
Moses was a great hero, prophet,
| DriQRt. law.River mat and 0aoar~l