The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-11-08
HELPING ONE ANOTHER.
international sunday School Lesson ID
November 10, 1883.

LESSON TExT-Josh. 81 :43-f5 and 22;1.0.
GOLDEN TExr-Bear ye one another's bur.
dcn's, and 30 fulall the law Of Christ.-(3al.
Go.
CENTRAL TRUTn-Twin virtucs-Fsithful.
ness aud Hepfulness.
TIxE-B. c. 1444. Not very long after the
last lesson.
PLAcE-Joshua had made his capital at
Shiloh w. 9) where the tabernacle remained
nearly oil the time OF the Judges. Shiloh
was seventeen miles north of Jerusalem,
half way between Bethel and Shechem.
TIE CONQUEST completed after nearly
seven years Of warfare.
The LAND DIv1DED--Nine md one-half
tribes west Of the Jordan; two and one e-half
east Of Jordan.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs--43 The Lord
0dpc. by delivering them from Egypt, by
leading them through the Wilderness, by
giving them the victory. Swdrc unto their
fathers: Gea. 1878; Mum. A:1.12. They pos
scssed q: it was theirs, they lived in It,
though some nations were not wholly driven
out, Judg. 1915. But the Ott was per-
feet. God would have given them the vic
tory at any timc they were willing to do
their part. 2. Kept all that Moses commanded
YOU: that II they should take their inher-
itance beyond Jordan, they would yet aid
their brethren to conquer Canaan, Mum.
82:6 z, 10, IL. Forty thousand went over,
but there were 100. $50 male adults in these
tribes, Mum. &c. 0. These many days. nearly
seven years. 4. Unto your tents. unto your
homes beyond Jordan. 8. Take dRigcnt heed:
because there was great danger of going
astray; for they would be separated from
their brethren and the tabernacle, and be
surrounded by heather influences. 1t would
be difficult to attend even oil the great an
nual fcasts. Moses charged vou: see Dcut
chs. 26-2S. 3. Return piih much riches. from
the spoil Of the rich nations Of Canaan. An
idea Of the extent Of these riches can be
seen In the spoil taken from tho Midianites,
Mum. 81 :26.47. The Canaanites had forfeit
ed II by their wickedness. Dipide the spoa:
those who remained at home, taking care Of
their families and possessions, were to re-
ceive their portion, as well as the warriors.
See Mum. 81 :26; Sam. 3O:oS25.
LESSON FACTs-The two tribes and q half
of whom our lesson to-day speaks, had re-
ceived their inheritance on the east of the
Jordan, on condition that they cross the
river with their brethren, and assist them
in gaining possession Of the land, before
they settled down themselves In peace. This
condition they had honorably fulfilled, and
now they wore allowed to return to the
land Of their choice, with the blessing Of
God upon them. In parting from them we
hear Joshua giving them the same kind Of
counsel that God gave to him, when he took
the place Of Moses, Gs leader of the people.
(See verse 5) Long experience had con-
vinced him that tho security Of tho nation
depended, not on their arms or their valor,
but on their obedience to tho commands Of
the Lord. He knew that righteousness
exalteth nation" and was very anxious
that the tribes that were leaving them
should perscvere in tho law Cf the Lord.
II only all Israel had hcarliened to this ad-
vice, and had abstsincd from any idolatry,
they would have been tho first nation Of oil
lie Woril 10 Iii. day. IL was their god
lCssncss tia. l.4.Gl then.
CoLMESTs-.We have a"cn tho way in
which tho tribes spoken OF in our lesson
fulfilled the law Of Christ. But the princi-
pie is one of universal application. Even
the world has learned IL in some Of its
| forms. For while men in business have
only too much neglected to apply this golden
| rule, we do see it applied in many ways.
| When Chicago was burned, all tie country
| leapcd to the assistance Of the sufferers.
From every village and town there came
help for those who had no homes left. When
the yellow fever was SO severe in Memphis
some years ago, the cry for help went out,
and the answer came swiftly from all over
the land. During this last year the cry
has come to this land from far-off Turkey,
where there were so many thousands that
We're starving, and we have sent them
thousands Of dollars to give them food.
The world has become very small lately,
and the need Of one part Is soon supplied
from another part. We are beginning to
recognize the common brotherhood Of man,
and to feel that II there Is famine in China,
America must at once come to the rescue.
This is as 1t ought to be. Perhaps no set Of
men have learned this lesson so well as those
that go TO sea. There are hardly any circum-
stances of peril in which the sailor will not
at least try to help his fellow-salor who is
in distress. 1t is accounted dastardly
thing to pass by any vessel that Is IN
trouble, even though to give help means
the rislnng Of your own life. Yes, there
are many departments Of human life In
which the golden rule is practiced very
nearly perfectly. Life is made up Of small
things, and he who would make tho most of
his life must be careful to do the Titles, or he
will never do any thing that Is worth speak
ing Of. Kind words, thoughtful deeds, cost
US nothing, but they are very helpful to
those to whom they come. Many sore
heart Is hungering for them, and we have
them, and yet because Of careessness or
selfishness we Go not give them. 1t has
been truly said that If half Of tho kind things
that are said Of people after they are dead
were said before they die, they would have
lived longer than they did. Praise after one
iS dead has no effect. but judcous commen-
dntion before ono dies is like water to
thir0ty soul.-Rcu. A. r. Scha,uJtcr.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
l. The Lord fuldlls I'LL His promises to the
letter.
g. God will give us perfect victory over
sin and temptation.
3. Whatever our failures, they arise from
neglect On our part.
L. 1t is privilege and duty to help our
brethren.
B. There is great danger in isolation from
Christian brethren and Christian privileges.
8. Brotherly kindness enriches this lifc
both temporarily and spiritually.
Z. Those who sustain minister's and mis-
sionarics receive a similar reward with
them.
1F oil the Sunday-school children in the