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Show r iSUfUOAY LESSOK BY THE I REV. RflSSWEILER OF M. E. CHURCH Aphorisms an1 tho Sunday school lesson by Rev G. F. Rassweiler: The Lesson Text. 1 And Moses went up from tho plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to tho top of Plsgah. that is over against Jericho nd the Ixrd shewed him all the land of Gllead, unto Dan. 2 And all Naphtall, and tho land of Ephralm, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3. And the south, and the plain of tho valley of Jericho, the city or palm trees, unto Zoar 4. And the Lord said unto him This is the land which 1 sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, Ja-cob, saying, I will give it unto they seed. I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 So Moses the servant or the Lord died there in the land ot Moab, according to the word of the Lord 6. And he buried him in a vallev in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor but no man knoweth of his sepulcher unto this day 7 And Moses was an hundred I and twenty years old when he died his eye was not dim. nor his natural force abated. 8. And the children of Israel wept for Moses In the plains of Moab thirty days, so the da6 of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended 9. And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; fori Moses had laid his hands upon him and the children of Israel hearkened unto him. and did as the Lord com manded Mosen 10 And there arose not a prophet since In Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew fac1 lo face 11. In all the signs and the won ders, which the Lord sent him to do fn the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12 And in all that mighty hand. and in all the greet terror which 1 Mosos showed in the sight of all Israel Golden text. Precious in the sipht of .Tehovnh If the death of his saints. Pa. 11 15 The " orker may die. but God's cause goes on Many who are working for the bet ter day will only see that better state from afar. If we walk with God in life, He will he with us in denth. While he lived, the people murm-ered, murm-ered, when he died, they mourned Great lives are neer fully appreciated, appre-ciated, till they are gone. Moses vould have been willing to spare pome of the tenrras at his fu neral. If the people had spared some of the stones during his life. When we are true to God, He will be true to us. Those who wnlk on the uplands of life, do not go down Into the- shadow to die. If for us to live Is Christ, to die ' is gain When the last hour com";. the j stress and strain of moral endeavor seems worth while h Is a Kood thing to keep the bnl-apce bnl-apce on the right side, for the final reckoning. Right living seems to be good for tho health When Moses missed the promised land, he was received into a better 1 ,1 (inn God has better things in store for us than we would choose The power of a great life goes on In the lives of those who have been Inspired by its ideals The Moses of visions and law pre ceds the Joshua of action and con quest The foundations for success are laid in a right view of life. The astronomer who studies the stars regulates the ringing of the dinner bell. It is a great thing for a young man to have known a truly great soul either In tbe flesh or In books Moses was tho great law gler of the ages. The Influence of a great life goes on forever. |