Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-01-20
The Sunday School.

| iovmant without a conflict which will ST.
yorol, fax tbe faith and coura,e 10 which
,bev ,,oro ovborted in cb The ORIGINAL
inbabitant. are still in the land. They are
gathering in seeming security behind the
walls. which forty years before had seemed
ipnregnohle to Israel. snies. Dent. T. 2s
Thev seem to hold the country i'm firm ros-
session. Rut tbey have lost the r,llt TO the
endowment of it which the providential favor
Of God had heretofore bestowed. The war
of fconouo.t in which Israel is about to engage
is a religious war 1t, object is mercy to Is
rael and Judgment to the doomed races. The
meaas by which its victories are to be won,
unite the resources of heaven and earth
martial courare. and Divine mterpositions
Of the most mark ed description. The condi-
iions Of success are am ,nswerving faith in
| Gods word and obedience TO his commands.
As to the spiritual signifclnce Of the history Of
the conquest we may add that the Instinct
of Christian experience has universally
found therein an illustration of the conflict
/ Of divine grace with the sins of the heart
/ bv which Jesus conduers to himself his
promised inheritance ofwhich he saws. " The
kingdom Of heaven is within YOU" We
NAV expect then that the Preparations for
the conquest" viii he found rich in spiritual
/ lessons.
|. Circumcision RenereA vs.. o. Cir
| cumcision wa, the seal of the covenant by
| which God had given them the land i'm prom.
ise II marked Israel a, the people to whom
the land was due. Gen. Nvn: Iii In
previons verses we find IL had been neglected
/ i'm the wilderness. il is ,uppo,ed as a reproach
to mark the covenant a. sn.,enled. after the
refusal Of tbe people to no M and posses, the
land rs commanded soon after leaving Sinai
| Numb. XIV. b. II would seem that during
| the time or pppislue,t for their refusal to
take the Lje,sj,o of the covenant they were
also ,r.yo,teJ fro,r roceivinc tbe ,.ol bv
which that blessing was assured TO them.
az 1ze.r,pyoo,A of Eovpt" See Numb. NV:
1a.1G Dprinc these forty years Of wasting
ay,o, ia, tbs wilderness Israel Law updsr ex.
ros,re ~ ,nocl..rv of E,-,nt for tbe DELAY of
their homes. and tbe .uspension Of the mark
Of the covenant fcircumcisiou) would seem
IN iustify tbi. mockerv making il anpo,r
that Jebov,b hal c,st tbemof The re.tor.
,tion of tbe seal nj God'. command vould
certify a renewal of the covenant and the
rror,i,e contained that th. Land sbo,ld he
/ tbeirs Tins fine rerroacb was rolled
,vav" Rut What does circumcision sir
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/ OF the corrupt eaIthly' seh'uai h'art' Inns
/ is the circumcision of the heart. Deut.
Xxx. g. This spiritunl circumcision is the
l,ri ~ ,tt p.,, 1s ,o
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/ nm. III b. bap'lSm under the New le'ta-
ment dispeusation has the same place and
the same significance: the outward purifca-
.ot;,,, with ,,,tar rof..rrin,, IN am inward
elean'ihs ny '"e 'll'i'' ."'' H. - -
/ Eek. NNNvl 23-2t. let MS bee taught that
| as the host must put "off the body Of the
sirso u,e a.sl,-i, IN, Ala. t,,,irol rite ere tb.v
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victory So must we pe ciiculnclSed III heart
| for our spiritual warfare. Unless sins are
emf off lac a Cbrist's circumcision ,ve shall
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H. Pa@ord Celebrated vs. IO-l2' %
| The mama fails As soon as corn Is supplied
from the land. This surely would show
a.. t..l r.,,l,..1 ,ho ,,l,,, of r,., ,,l.oro
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they couid ne periha"'h'y SuPPHeu WIN
the fruits OF the earth. The failure Of the
mamma was. therefore. token for good. and
the supply of corn came Just in time to pro-
vide them with unleayened bread for the
feast which followed Immediately after the
eating of the paschal lamb. The barley
harvest was ripened 50 that the sheaf of first
fruits could be waved before the Lord at the
Passover, Lev xxiii:2. (2D This cele-
bration of the Passover had striking sig
nifcance to Israel. It carried them back
to that fearful night in Egypt, when the first
born were dying all around, but Israel was
shielded hv the blood of the paschal lamb. 1t
reminded them that their deliverances were
the gracious work of God, who accepted the
lambs as atonement for them They were
reminded. also that as the lamb and un-
leavened bread were the nourishment on
which they had set out upon the way of de-
liyerance from bondage; they were also 10
find in the sustenance of the same holy feast
the strength with which they enter the ca
reer Of victory and conquest. And in this
career they 90 forth under the guidance of
the same Jehovah who broke the power of
the bondage of Egypt. (3) This Passover
has also significance for us. 1t has become
the Lords supper, under the gospel as cir
cumcision has become baptism. Cor w, S.
We may learn that we must enter upon a
career Of spiritual conquest and victory in
the work OF God, not only having our heart
circumcsed, baptized unto Christ's death,
but we must feed upon Christ as our life
aud enter upon our work having heartily
received him by the act of faith.
III. The Captain Of he Lords Host Re
reaied. vs.. 1918. "1he Lords host" This
expression usually means the "heayenly
host" and the truth taught Joshua is that
the power of angels, under their Captain,
is engaged to fight with Israel. Who Is this
Captain ?" He is almost universally taken
to be the Son Of God who afterwards took
the form of the man Jesus, but who several
times in this early history, manifested him