remarks, it is the Divine righteousness by God, and the oommand was again given manifested in the vindiontion of his people to him to ascend Mount Nebo, thence to from thrir enemies that is to be oelebr1tted, eur,•ey the promised land, and there to bo and n0t the people themselves, RB what ge.thercd to his people. The enme in fo\l!1ws shows. Here as elsewhere the 11ationa and the peopui e.re in eontrnat. substance, the command o.e given hero differs Vera. 44-47.-Mosl'B, having c-0mposed slightly in form and in some minor par- this song, came, ecoompe.nied by Joshue., ticulars from the.t as recorded by Moses and Ibey togetlwr spoke it in the hearing of himself (Numb. xxvii. 12-14), the people; after which Moses t_ook occasion Ver. 49.-Abarim (cl'. Numb. xxi. 10, 20). t-0 urge upon them anew the importance of Nebo (cf. Numb. xxxii. 3, 38). Au idol Nebo WD.B worshipped by the Moabitce (Isa. keeping the commandmonts of God. xlvi. 1). Ver. 44.-Hoshea the son of Nun. Moses Ver. 50.-Ana be thou ge.thered unto thy invari11bly writes this name Jehoshuah people. "To Abraham, Isa.ac, and Jacob. (Jehornh is 1,elp; of. Numb. xiii.; eh. xxxi. This signifies," saith R. Isaac, " tho.t he 3, 7, H, 20, etc.). The use of Hoshea here is should be associe.ted and joined to the souls due to the fa.et that this account is pal"t of of tho ju!it who e.re called his people. For the supplement added by another writer to the people of Moses wore not bul"ied in the writing of Moses. Mount Abe.rim, antl. therefore he doth not Yer. 46.-(Cf. eh. vi. 7; xi. 19.) epee.k of ge.thering his body to their bodies, Ver. 47.-It is not a vein thing for you; but of his soul to their souls (' Chissute because it is your life; these are not mere Emuna,' i 11)" (Po.trick). emi,ty words; they are of vital import (cf. Ver. 51.-(Cf. Numb. n. 13, 21:.) Beoe.nse eh. xxx. :co). ye sanctified me not ( cf. Numb. xxvil. 14 ; Vcrs. 48-52.-0n the day on which 1 Pet. iii. 15). Moses rehearsed this song in the hearing of Ver. 52.-Yet thou she.It see the land the people, his death was announced to him ( cf. Heh. xi. 13).
HOMILETICS. Ve!'S. 1-4.-God the 'beUever's Rock. "Forms change: principles never." So hr.ve we had often to remark in discovering in and developing from this book the everlasting principles which are therein set in archaic forms. The song of Moses here recorded will yield us many illustrations of this kind of teaching. Its first four verses suggest three lines or thought. I. 'l'HEilE IS HERE A REVEALED DOCTBTh""E CONCERNING Gon. In the last song which the old man utter~ ere be climbs the mount of N ebo to die, he declares," I will publish the Name of the Lord." 1. This Name is "Jehovah." The word involves self-existence, self-sufficiency, immutability, pure being, personality. "I am that I am" expresses all this. It would be a burning shame for any one to apply the term "anthropo- morphic" to such a revelation as thi~. Such a conception may be revealed to man, but assuredly it borrows nought from him. 2. To this l.leing, greatness is ascribed; i.e. royal magnificence and splendour. The sovereignty of heaven and earth is there! 3. All moral perfection.-; are in the" Name" of God (cf. Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7). 4. His work is perfect. The revealed attributes of God warrant us in drawing this conclusion. The intention of Moses here is to set the perfection of God's work over against the sin of man's. 5. His ways are judgment: ;~. they are according to justice. G. He is the IJ.c,c/c. This epithet is a" piece of Ai.u,;ai..:." It was indeed used by others long after. But the use of it began with Moses. On the roclcs of Sinai was the Law proclaimed. In the ruck-cleft was Moses hidden. From the smitten rock the waters gushed forth. How natural for Moses to apply this figure to the eternal God! In ver. 31, Moses speaks of God as "our Rock." He was knowu to Israel as theirs, their own firm 1 chai,geless ground of strength, through all the chauging years! II. THIS DOCTRTh'"E OF THE LIVING Goo AS THE RocK 1B FRAUGHT WITH COMFORT AND BEFnESHME!iT FOB MAN (ver. 2); i.e. what the rain is to the herb, what the showers are to tbe grass, that is this teaching concerning God to the soul of man. 1, Our heart wants God (Ps. lxxxiv. 2). 2. Such a God-t/,i.~ God is as rain and as dew: refreshing, enlivening, kstoring. 3. This doctrine of God is meant to make the heart productive of holiness. God's revelation of himself ia meant to draw men to himself; iD doing lhla God 1111vc1 them I en. xxxu. 1-62,] THE no.OK OF DEUTERONOMY. 603
IIJ. T!IE DO0TRINE TilUB PflOP0UNDED DEBERVEB TO BE UNIVERSALLY HF.A RD, LISTENED TO, AND DEJ,JIWED. (Ver. 1.) MoseA would summon all to hear it. It is: 1. For all olusses. 2. For all lands. a. For all the ages. The day will never come when this doctrine of God will be obsolete-never I