The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
CALEB'S INHERITANCE.
international Sunday-School Les
son for November II, 1893.
Mount Hebron Given Caleb by Joshua ~
. Reward for His Fidelity An Ex-
ample of Great Pationce-Tho
Fruits Of Faith uinews.
Especially arranged from S. s. Quarterly,

ySpecinlly arranged from s. s. Quarterly.l
LESSON TExT-Josh. II: 5l5.
GoLprN TEXr-Trust in the Lord, and do
rood; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verify thou shalt be fed.-Ps. 81 81
CENTRAL Observation-Disclosures shall be
rewarded in due time
TME-B. c. I4445 More than nix years
after the last lesson comp vs. ana l0)
PLAcg-Gilgal near Jericho, west Of the
Jordan, the first enoampment Of the Israel
| ties in Canaan.
JosuuA-Now about eighty-hve years old.
CRCUMsTANcEs-Durin six years Joshua
and the people had been oonquering
| Canaan, and the work was substantially
done, 80 that the time had come TO divide
the territory among the tribes.
Helps OVER HARD PkAcEs.-b As the Lord
commando: Mum Sl6-2o). Dtptded uis
Land: as described IN the following chap
tiers. q. Caleb: = prince of Judah, hrst men.
toned ss one Of the spice Mum. B6).
KadSal-bds1xa: the headquarters Of Israel
In the wilderness for thirty-ei2ht years. Z.
Ebtv veoxs oh: therefore he was over thirty
eight years At the tune Of the Exodus. I
brn,oht him word: Caleb's faithful and noble
action is described In Mum. l8 and ID (see
Less 10, Sd Quar-. As IL Gds IN mine heart;
made true and honest statement a. il was
in nv heart; spake sincerely; uttered the
real sentiments of my heart. 1t has been
remarked that Caleb's name signifies, 40
eordn To As hsart. The other spies spoke NO
less from their heart than he did from his
But their hearts were not right with God;
and although they did speak from their
hearts, they spoke wrongly and falsely, b.
cause their was disharmony between their
spirits and the Spirit Of God. Q. Nosss spars
on that day (see Mum. H.4; Deut ~.
Suregp the land tphsrcon thy feet hSvs tsoddsR
shau be tlrtne trherttdnoe! forty-five years be-
fore no had gone into this land, and it had
been promised him. He had, as il were,
taken the deed Of the land, but not taken
possession. Why was the fulflment so
long delayedi Because it's fulfilment before
this would have been OF no use to him, or
worse than useless. He could not have en-
loved the land till it was conquered by the
tsraelites So the filfilment Of many
promise has been delayed, because we were
not prepared to receive 1t, or 1t would have
been NO blessing had it come sooner. The
delay also is test Of our faith, to prove
whether we will wholly follow the Lord.
Only to such can the best blessings come.
10. These torty;tive gears: from this we learn
that Joshua had been over six years IN con-
uuering Canaan. For 1t was thirty eight
and half years after his going as u spy
when Israel entered Canaan. IL. To 90 out
and IN: TO attend to his duties. -.
This mountain highlands, mountainous re-
gion. Anatin: a race Of giants. Fenced:
fortified. a. Hebron twenty miles south
Of Jerusalem. most beautiful and fertile
place. From this region came the grapes OF
Eshcol Mum. l3:28, az. Is Ktrjdt.-drba;
CITY Of Arba, giant who had conquered the
city,
CoMMRNTs-Our lesson to-day carries Us
back forty Ave years. 1t reminds US Of tho
sad experience Of the spies, and tho fate OF
those who brought an adverse report OF the
land Of promise. The ten had for years been
in their graves while the two had brought
q good report Of the land were still alive
and we'll Of these two Caleb was one, and
in our lesson we see him asking for the per-
mission to possess that part OF the land that
Moses had promised 70 him. Caleb was now
eighty-five years Of age, and yet he was
hale and hearty. He was full Of courage as
well, for the part Of the land that he now
claimed was still IN the possession OF the
enemy, and he was only asking for permis-
sion to go to war with them and drive them
out. So Joshua blessed him and gave him
the desired permission, and he went ahead
and conquered tho territory that had been
given to MIN forty years before that.
The foundation Of the grand character OF
Caleb all lay in the fact that he wholly 1ol-
lowed the Lord To follow the Lord under
some circumstances Is not so very difficult
thing. When every thing is IN favor OF sucn
adelity, and friends stand around ready 70
help, it is comparatively easy to 1.-Two a Chris
tan life. But tins was not the case Win
Caleb He stood Arm when ali around nm
were giving way to the temptation to reost
against God. In feet, millions were on tue
one side, and only he and Joshua WITH
very few others on the other. Yet ~ spite
Of this, he never wavered for moment.
More than this. He had to wait for the tui-
filment Of the promise OF God Iof
long time. We are sometimes Impatient
because we do not get what we WANT IN
years time. But this man had to wait lot
forty.five years. Yet, in all this period, ne
seems never to have wavered for an instant.
His faith was equal to every emergency
end carried him through grandly. we
may even mako the case stronger than
this. For when they came to the land itself,
the part that was promised TO him had sth
to be conquered. If he had been like those
ether men, he would certainly have taken 70
murmuring, and have said that IL was rath-
ar hard TO wait for forty-five years, aisi
then to have 10 fight for his possession But
the spirit of this man was very different
from that Of the others He accepted the
promise, waited patiently for Its fuihlment
and then went ahead and $50 to speak, full
filed II himself
IL there Is one lesson that our young peo-
pie need to take to hear. in these days, 1t 10
that of steadfast continuance IN well-doing,
We are all in too great hurry 10 succeed
We want to SOW to-day. and reap to-mor-
row. To wait for the result Of our effort Is
irksome, and there are many who are not
willing to do this. NO cross, no crown"
ls a proverb that they do not IKE. he
that endureth to the end, the same shall DO
saved" is not popular saying Yet there
Ia not much in this world that is worth the
having that can be gotten for nothing All OF
tho best things cost labor, and the better q
thing is, as q rule, the more labor 1t VIII
at VNE