UNCLE IN ENGLAND. Ill 



Deuteronomy, or the song of Moses > was the 

 subject of our conversation this morning. My 

 uncle told us that it consists of six parts. 



" It opens in the first five verses with a 

 summons to the whole universe to listen to the 

 inspired voice of the prophet ; and contrasts the 

 power, truth, and justice of God with the ini- 

 quities of the * perverse generation' whom he 

 was addressing. In the next nine verses he 

 expatiates on God's continued indulgence and 

 more than fatherly affection towards the Is- 

 raelites ; he makes an affecting appeal to their 

 gratitude ; and he dwells on the unceasing pro- 

 tection they had experienced from their first 

 helpless origin, up to their entrance into the 

 rich land of promise, in a manner which shows 

 that Moses spoke from a full recollection of the 

 scenes he had witnessed, and that he deeply 

 felt the extent of the almighty power and 

 goodness. 



" In the expression * When the most High 

 divided to the nations their inheritance,' we are 

 to understand the tribes of Israel ; each of 

 which, from their extraordinary increase of po- 

 pulation, might be considered as a nation in 

 itself, while the whole composed ' His people,' 

 the most highly favoured of all the nations of the 

 earth." 



I begged of my uncle to explain what was 

 meant in the 13th verse by " He made them 



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