TEXT: "_I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing, therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live._"--Deut. 30:19.
Moses was a wonderful man; whether you view him as a poet or as a
leader of men, he is alike great. This text was spoken by him to the
people of Israel at the close of his career. The leadership of God's
chosen people is now to be transferred to Joshua, and it is in order
that he may speak to them as they should be addressed, and at the same
time in order that he may free himself from judgment, that he speaks as
he does.