The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-05


Co. Joshua, Iis comzni<s1ous an1 0ed's
Promises - Bim-Prrparine -
Eater shc Prosniscd Land.
Especially arranged from 8. q ouarsesiy.l
LEssoS TExr-Josh. 1:l0.
GOLDEN TExT-Stand therefore, having
your loins grit about with truth. and hav-
ing on the breastplatc Of righteousness
Eph. 6:lf.
CENTRAL TRrru-T-ust IN God, courage
and obedience, according TO His Word, arc
the conditions OF truly successful life.
TmE-B. G. ll5L About tho drst az
April
PLAcE-Thc Lsrd<lifes srevs encdmped on the
plains Of Moab, in tho valley OF Jordan, near
its mouth, opposite Jericho, on the eastern
side Of the river, and between the river and
Mt. Pisgah.
TRz Book or JosurA-1. M author;
Joshua himself, the book being completed By
some OF the elders that survived him. 2.
Date: Written not far from b. G. 1891, tho
year OF Joshua's death. 8. Time; Tho
eYents extended over twenty-five years
The LrFE or JOSHUA. Lis name. orig
inally Oshca, or Hoshca (hclp). Moses
changed Is to Jchoshua (thc help or solrdf(on
cf J>hora1). In Greek his name became
ycsus. 2 HsGncestrE he was Of the tribe Of
Ephraim, the eighteenth generation. His
fathers name was Nun, and his grand
father was Elishama, the head OF the tribe.
s. His birth; He was born IN Goshen IN
Egypt, about b. G. 15SA so that he was
about cighty-fhrco or eighty-four years old
at this time. =. Ills history: he was proba-
bly, born a slave TO Pharaoh. He was about
forty-three years old at the time Of the Ex-
odus. Moses made him general Of tho
army, and his prime minister or chief aid.
He died after the conquest at the age OF one
hundred and ten. s. Els character no was
distinguished az for courage; 60 for his
generalship-lrccn observation and quick
movements; 49, for his faith in God; ~ for
his humility.
Moses had brought the
children Of Israel to the borders OF the
promised land There he died on Mount
Pisgah. which rose behind the encampment,
about the last OF February, 1f5 b. c., aged
one hundred and twenty. For thirty days
the people mourned him. Then God called
Joshua 70 90 forward and possess the prom.
iscd land
HELPS OVER HAnD PIAcEs.-o. 60 crer
0,is Jordan which lay before them. Its
name means dcScend,r, frcm its rapid cur
rent. Usually il was about SOL 40 feet
wide. and 3 70 10 feet deep. Now 1t was
swollen by the spring rains, and was 100
feet wide and quito deep. 4. The viz<i<vness:
the desert Of Arabia Pctrea on the south;
Lebanon: the high mountains, on the north,
1o,0Oc feet high; the Eupsrafcs: loo miles
long. on the east. The land - the Husu<s:
descendants OF Heth. the sccord son OF
Canaan At one time they were great ma
s>a; the Mediterranean their western Dor
der. This region was about 40 miles from
north to south, and 400 from east to west
Only in tho time OF David and Solomon dad
they possess IL eli. But they might have
held il all the time. The promised land Is :
type o. heaven, and Of a holy. happy. rcstful
life here. :. an the lar: contained in the
five books Of Moses. s This book: he was
~ 70 teach IL; CD 70 study T.; (D policy It.;
~ the result would be prosperity.
CoxsExTs-As the people saw Noses go
ing up into the mountain 70 die, they must
have felt as though their best earthly friend
had left them They could better have
spared one thousand II their most valiant
soldiers than have parted with Noses But
there was no help for IL, and they had to
say farewell to their great leader. With
their leader gone, there was danger that
they would become discouraged. and say.
: Let Us 60 back again TO the land whence
We came Tor II they were SO easily dis
outraged while Moses was alive. how much
rorc easily would they now lose heart
when he was gone. The natural heart
would say, Moses Is dead; now, there
lore, all Is lost Men have become dis
outraged with far less reason than this.
md have given up all effort But Just as
his danger was before them God speaks 10
heir leader, and cnhcartcns him most
randy. "Mosss my servant is dead. now /
therefore arise. go over this Jordan, thou
md all this people. unto the land which do 1
i've 70 them, even 10 the children Of Isracl.v /
THIS word was calculated 70 cheer them |
Ill and 70 make them feel TINT \
rod can not fcEsalze them, in spite Of APP l
'earanccs-
After God had thus encouraged Joshua
nd the people and had renewed His \
'rolnises 70 them as fully as He had ever
made them TO Noses, lie gave some very
ur1ous directions to Joshua, as to how he
hould conduct himself In order 70 win that
md These commands, II given to y mod
rn army, would sound very strange; for
ney We're not at all commands as 70 how to
e. the battle IA array against the enemy.
~ ASw Asts<iI H+5tucIl& nc was 10 OrR1n-
g. and how they were to be drilled. Not q
'oru was said about any or these things.
oshua was cnjoincd TO be very courageous.
nd this injunction was many times r..
Gated; but there was not q word said
bout courage IN battle. What. then.
- ne 70 be courageous about,
cad verse Z, and you win see tho
nswer 70 this question BE thou strong
nd very courageous, that thou maycst cl,-
srve to do according to all the law which
loses my servant commanded thee: turn
iou not from II 70 the right hand or 70 the
~ that thou maycst prosper WHITTIER
ever thou gocst." Surely there never
ere stranger marching orders given 10
~ commander in the world And 10 inn
rcss II deeply upon the mind Of Joshua.
lis command ID repeated more than once
Ihy did 6cd thus instruct His servants
ecause He knew that tho foundations Of
e prosperity Of the nation Lay. not III its
my Or IN rs navy. but in its moral charac-
r.: and that II 1t obcycd the voice OF the
ORD its God. no people would be able TO pre-
NJ againstit. This was the deep reason that
He'd forth the injunc;ions 10 Joshua. And
e future history Of Israel showed that
% was right IA what He affirmed. For
'ver while they obeycd the voice OF the
,rd their God wcrc the enemies OF Israel
La ~. ~.