. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . Butas Moses grew old he was sensible enough to know it, and to seethat Israel needed a younger man to lead them; so he took the mat-ter to God in prayer, just as he should have done, and God told himwhom to appoint. And whom, suppose you, the chosen man was ? Aaron, said Carrie. No; Aaron was three years older than Moses, and hence hardlythe man. What is worse, Aaron was then dead. Joshua! shouted Charley; he was a tip-top old soldier. Hewas alive, and he knew how to fight. Correct. Joshua could fight as a General, and he was a
. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . Butas Moses grew old he was sensible enough to know it, and to seethat Israel needed a younger man to lead them; so he took the mat-ter to God in prayer, just as he should have done, and God told himwhom to appoint. And whom, suppose you, the chosen man was ? Aaron, said Carrie. No; Aaron was three years older than Moses, and hence hardlythe man. What is worse, Aaron was then dead. Joshua! shouted Charley; he was a tip-top old soldier. Hewas alive, and he knew how to fight. Correct. Joshua could fight as a General, and he was also goodand true. A better leader there could not be for any people. SoGod said, Take thee Joshua, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay13 198 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES. thine hand upon him. This was done, and Eleazar, who had becomeHigh Priest in Aarons place, became special adviser to the newleader. Moses did not die at once, but he put honor and respon-sibility on Joshua to accustom him to his coming duties, and sotaught and prepared him for what he had to He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation. And he laidhis hands on him, and gave him a charge.—Numbers xxvii, 22, 23. That was noble, wasnt it? said Mary. Its a pity such grandmen have to die. It does seem so, but his work was done. He would have failedin strength and become less grand had he lived much longer. God FORTY YEARS A GENERAL. 199 gave Moses a most honorable removal from earth. The people hehad led so long had come to the borders of Canaan, their land ofpromise, and were about to enter into it. Then God called Moses upinto one of the lofty mountains lying east of the Jordan River, ledhim up to the very top of Mount Pisgah, and from that lofty heightshowed him all the land the Israelites were so soon to hold. It wasa magnificent outlook for the venerable man who had so lonq- toiledto bring them there. Then Moses died there, and God buried him,but just where was ne
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