. The Bible and its . reserve theseshrined within the ark forever. He delivered his finalwarning and extended his blessing over all his peoplein passionate words of love. Then he bade them farewellamid their weeping and lamentation. He was a hundredand twenty years old, but his eye was not dim, nor hisnatural force abated. Sturdily and serenely he turnedhis face away from the nation which he had made, andfollowing a divine command, set forth alone upon foot, outinto the wilderness. And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto themountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over ag
. The Bible and its . reserve theseshrined within the ark forever. He delivered his finalwarning and extended his blessing over all his peoplein passionate words of love. Then he bade them farewellamid their weeping and lamentation. He was a hundredand twenty years old, but his eye was not dim, nor hisnatural force abated. Sturdily and serenely he turnedhis face away from the nation which he had made, andfollowing a divine command, set forth alone upon foot, outinto the wilderness. And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto themountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho; and the Lord shewed him all the land And the Lord said unto him. This is the land which Isware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and imto Jacob, saying,I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see itwith thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over one solitary sin in the desert had debarred theleader from the promised land. Yet he feltthat in this also, God was just, andhe uttered no complaint. 11-90. tKije Beatf) of iHoi^es; BY BERNHARD PLOCKHORST, A CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTIST NOTED FOR HIS PICTURESQUE BIBLICAL PAINTINGS. So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the landofMoab.—Deut., 34, 5. HAVING gazed upon the land of promise, Mosesdeparted from life there upon the summit ofPisgah, being alone with God. The exact man-ner of his death no man knows, but we are told that GodHimself buried this loyal servant in a valley in the landof Moab. But no man knoweth of his sepulchre untothis day. Eastern legend has seized upon this mystery, as uponso many of the incidents of Moses life, and enlarged uponit. The apocryphal epistle of Jude tells of the struggle ofthe Archangel Michael against the powers of evil forpossession of Moses body. The Hebrew tell also howGabriel, the angel of death, approached Moses butdared not take possession of him, so wonderful was thereflected glory of God shining from the prophets Moses consented to pass from
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