“As thy days, so shall thy strength be;”—Deuteronomy 33:25.
Beloved, it seems a sad thing that every day must die and be followed by a night. When we have seen the hills clad with verdure to their summit, and the seas laving their base with a silver glory; when we have stretched our eye faraway, and [...]
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“And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with
children; let him be acceptable to his brethren,
and let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall
be iron and brass; and as thy days, [...]
“For it is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life.”—Deuteronomy 32:47.
It appears from this closing remark of Moses, that there were men in his time who thought religion to be vain, although, under the system which then existed, there were many plain proofs of its usefulness: for they who served God [...]
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In this verse the vengeance of God is threatened upon the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God’s chosen people, and who lived under the means of grace; but who, despite all of God’s wonderful works towards them, remained without sense, having no discernment in them (Deut. 32:28). After all the cultivations of Heaven, they brought [...]
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“Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end.”—Deuteronomy 32:29.
Man is unwilling to consider the subject of death. The shroud, the mattock and the grave, he labors to keep continually out of sight. He would live here always if he could; and since he cannot, he at least [...]
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“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend [...]
Continue reading about The Duty of Charity to the Poor, Explained and Enforced, Deuteronomy 15:7-11
“For the land whither thou goest in to possess it,
is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came
out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it
with thy foot, as a garden of [...]
Continue reading about Canaan on Earth, Deuteronomy 11:10-12
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of [...]
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“And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.”—Deuteronomy 1:25.
You remember the occasion concerning which these words were written. The children of Israel sent twelve men [...]
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