Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-22
SERMON.

pe,iyered by Rev. Dan r. Bradley n,
me Congregational Church Yester
day Morning.
By request Il many who heard ii W.
nnblish lie following sermon delivered
Yesterday morning st the Congrega.
tiousl church in this CITY by Rev. Oar
F. Bradley, pastor:
Numbers XIIl-3l: 1--WE be no,
able to go up against the people. for they
are stronger than We = 4 It The
land through which we have gone &c
sesrch /, is q land that eateth up The
inhabitants thereof: AMI all the people
that we saw in 1t are men OF eres,
s,otnre X X y And there we saw this
Grants. And We were in our own sigh,
Al e~rasshoppets and 20 we were in their
sight"
This was the majority report of 8 com.
mittee of IL men, sent by Moses to ex.
anime the land OF Oanaar, with q view
Of making an invasion of it. The
Isrselites had been away from Egypt
tao years when they reached tie south
border of Palestine. Those two years
had been full of marvellous events in
their history. They had crossed the
Rad sea by a divine miracle in their
Aippt from Pharaoh's powerful m
They had camptd at Sinai, while God
gave them their law. They had been
fed BY q mysterious providence; and the
mspna had not fAiled them. They had
found water in the desert sands. They
hid been guided by q supernatural cloud
in the day time, which also illuminated
their pathway by night. The mob OF
fugitive slaves had been orgsp,z d into
an army, with its twelve army corps
The mass oil men and womrn had been
dlyid ID into proper divisions with the
proper magistrates and rulers. Their
external religious rites had been purified
and centralized into the worship of the
one God who dwell beneath the cher.
bbim in the tabernacle. Discipline and
organization, law and 0 der bad been en-.
forced, so that the Israelites were q com
pact nation. governed by one man who
was d~ivinely inspired to govern. With
ease and CELEBRITY they had come to the
border of the promised land, and they
halt for a few days while twelve repre-
sentative men go up to Hebron and be,
yoDd to explore the way, ard bring back
report.
But what q reportl Ten Of the COM
mittee with fear in their own hearts, tell
the people that the land canno be con-
d quered. That the men of the land are
1 ottsl stature, giants in strength and
power. That the cities are l~mptegnable.
that the rosds and passes are so danger
Gus that an invading army would be cut
to pieces. That they were outnumbered
and excelled in strength by their in
I tlenched enemies, and tfat it was useless
to try to conquer the promised land.
No wonder there was a great murmur OF
sorrow and encouragement throughout
that camp. No wonder that the women
Wept and strong brave men grew pale.
III and the hearts of soldiers even failed
them. Was 1t in vain then they had
s. come SO far? Was it in vain all these
yeara OF preparation? Was it for nsught
oil this organization and discipline?
had God Knocked them to bring them to
the gateway OF fair Canaan to close
that gateway forever? The marmurs
grew louder, frightened men ran up and
DOM the camp, increasing the fear.
4 fsafsoon gave place 80 the rage and
passion of disappointment. Men grew
angry because they had lost ell as they
I 'aought. A mutinous spirit was reused,
Moses was to blame fer ell THE. Moses
asd brought them on that vain errand,
which Was to end in i3nominious failure.
4 Moses was the cause of ell this trouble.
apanlc OF hate and wrath broke out,
\ and confusion, which soon would end in
blood IL mo- checked, prevailed in the
camp.
But there were two men out OF the
committee of twelve who did not sympa-
MIA with the majority. These two men
4 were Caleb end Joshua. No truer g
10 Drawer soldiers ever drew sword
'aan these two soldiers. They too had
seen the giants, and the fenced, walled
eses, and the difficult roads and passes,
ont they had seen more. They had seen
'ast these same O%anasnites were them
sslVes In fear OF the children Of Israel.
Notwithstanding their great stature
sheae big sons OF Anak were themselves
~ astate of panic. Joshua and Caleb
Knew by intuition that important mill
Wy principle which General Grant
ssned fSom General Harris in 1861
Ss the enemy has as much reason 90
ast your forces as you have to fesr his.
aud Joshua and Caleb had faith. They
'sl' that with. Gods help they could
s0aquer. They tell the people so. They
ayto check the panic, they put them
ss'ses between the mutinous soldiers and
aoses, whom the mEtineers wanted to
,es'foy, and argue with them. They
isos a shower OF stones and missiles and
WIN brave words try to quiet the peo-
ps and iDpart their own courage to
,uese tickle men. But all in vain. The
.~aaelites will hsar OF nothing bat re-
asss. 1--WE will go back to Egypt"
~ they ,"We will go back to our slav-
w rather than fQht The Qanaanites.u