Let the Jews
once learn to give the honour and glory to Moses, and not to God,
and the whole of their strange education went for nothing. Instead
of worshipping God they would begin to worship saints. Instead of
trusting in God, they would begin to trust in men; whether on earth
or in heaven matters not. If Moses was to have the honour and
glory, the Jews would surely grow into a superstitious, saint-
worshipping, miracle-mongering people, and come to ruin and slavery
thereby. They were to fear God and nought else. To trust in God
and nought else.
So Moses must vanish out of their sight, sadly and mysteriously.
All they know of him is, that he is punished for a sin which he
committed long ago, as you and I may be. All they know of his death
and burial is, that his body was not left foully to the birds of the
air and the beasts of the field; for the Lord buried him. They know
not how, and did not need to know. And we need not know. Enough
for them and for us to know that no dishonour was done to the grand
old man; that as he died far away on the lonely mountain top without
a child to close his eyes, his last look fixed upon the good land
and large which lay spread out below, of entering which he had been
dreaming for forty--it may be for more than forty--years.
Pages:
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245