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Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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OF THEBRITISH ROYAL. ACADEMY, DIED 1896. Give ear, 0 ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear,O earth, the words of my mouths—Deut., 32, 1. HAVING thus prepared each possible detail for thefuture of his people, Moses looked back over allthe forty years that had passed, and his deepemotion burst forth in a great song, a death chant; for heknew his end was near. This marvelous song is full ofpraise of God. Its theme is always I will publish thename of the Lord. It describes His power and Hisblessings upon Israel, and the vengeances He had taken. To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their footshall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is athand, and the things that shall come upon them makehaste. Then the song closes in a great outcry of joy at Hisstrength and, last of all, His mercy. Rejoice, O yenations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood ofhis servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries,and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. n-95
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>1 d: ijaoiiH M FROM THE WORK OF THE GERMAN KUNSTANSTALT OFTHE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. + I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, hit thoushalt not go over thither.—Deut., 34, -4. NOW did Moses know that his end was at hand.He gave to the elders the tablets on which waswritten Gods law, and bade them preserve 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

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