The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-10-14
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared Especially For The Repub.
leans Readers by Rev. U. S.
" Wright. ID.
MOSES. HONORED IN HIS
''' '''' DEATH.

DEATH.
Deuteronomy .32:45-52; 34:5-S.
Precious in the sight Of Jehovah is the
death of his saints.-Psalm 116:15.
THE DEVOTION OF MOSES.
Israeli turned q back from Kadesh
Barnea. They in whom he had believed
and to whom he had given such unique
training had. failed him. 1t was a
tragic hour inathe life of this great
leader, and the added heartache was
that he was blamed for the failure. 1t
must have been one of the bitterest
experiences of the many that came
to him during his long career. With
the hills ahead and the call of faith
echoing his own desire for rest and
quiet to give the order "back to the
desert" must have whitened his hair
a bit as well as the lips that spoke it.
But there was no repining, no TRADE
against their cowardice that had
thwarted his chief ambition. He
would not pity himself, nor would he
cruelty them upon the cross of his
own petulence. He set himself the
new task, at so, of training children
instead of giving himself as he had
done before to the education of adults.
A New Jersey teacher was dismissed
by the school board as too old to con-
tinue her service, but instead of retir-
ing she, entered medical school from
which she later received her diploma.
A grandmother graduating from a
class in Northwestern of which her
grandchild was a member serves also
to emphasize the fact that even age
may change its direction and achieve
great things. upon new fields. The
greatness of Moses appears in that it
was not new field with the stimulus
of new surroundings but his new ven
ture was among those who had shared
the failure of Kadesh. For he loved
them and was determined to give
them his best endeavor at whatever
personal cost it might involve.
Our present lesson comes long
years afterward and marks the close
OF his schooling Of youth that had
caught his fire and was ready to press
into the spromise that their fathers
had denied. All the WEAKNESS of the
desert years could not still the exul-
tatlon in the heart of the still un-
daunted leader. The book is his swan |
song that drips with love unmentioned
in what has gone before. For Deuter- |
.onomy is the account of his last ad- |
dresses given to the men who peopled |
his affections. 1t holds retrospect, in
trospection and foresight. 1t gives
God the praise for all the years and |
for all the way they have been led.
1t is the book that our Lord used in
His own hour of testing and is one
that may hearten our own in many a
time of need
THE DEFEAT OF MOSES.
He had marched with Israel through
all the dreary days of desert dust and
had cared for their sorrows and for
their sins. Now he was at the end
of the road and ready still to advance
but God said, MOI. He might climb
the Hill of vision but he should not
pass over. Again there is no self-pity
nor word of complaint. He goes up
into the mountains of Moab and gazes
long across plain and sea at the bill
lowing mountains beyond. What kept
him out? The interpreter of his life
was perfectly sure that it was sin.
And not near as great sin as Israel |
had INDUCED in on many occasions.
Just the loss of temper once. If that |
is true it looks mighty dark for the
rest OF US. But in these days of rein
depreciation of almost everything un-
der the sun, with the love of God so
distributed that it covers all alike,
with new liberties born with every
dawn, it is desperately needed that
we see the bitter consequences of per-
sonal sin. 1t bars the way to every
land of promise. And as it robbed
Israel of the high comradeship of
Moses on its further march, so it en-
tails it's distress upon generations
ahead. A soldiers night of debauchery
let loose upon New Jersey the terrific
record Of the Jukes that has cost mil