The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-11-09
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msvogo - - Uoosnv a. -
amDao~e0gsna Pansnss-1ns
Hsu1s - B.aeAea1nses.
lsDseially sg5angpo fson . q ouasssr1gas,
L.1s0x TBx8-Jooh- ~: IS
| 0oLDgu IDx7-Ituse q - Lord. - ~
good; - shal1 thou dwell h ~ I'D. g
verify thou ohnle y fod--Ra- IA
CEx1nN Tnru-Fai1hfulness shAn -
rowardsd IN due tina
Tnn-B. c. 1lltk Moro TN stx yonEn
o11er u lnst lessoo (comp W and 10.
PLAc.-0ngnl near JcF1cho, wess of -
Jordan. he 0rst encampnens a. ~ Israol-
tfes II Canaan-
yosurA-Now about eIshty-avs ysors old-
During Elk ycan JoshuD
end the people had heen conquertng
Canaan, and the work Vas subseaneialll
done. % that the time had CONE 70 dIvt6S
the territory among tho tribaa.
HKLPs Oven Ham PLAcEA-& - ~ Lv8
commanded: (Sum- 3S:169). Ddvt1s1 -
Land: = described n The following chap-
toned - enc % the spies (Xum- Os0.
Eadesh-bdtkea: tho headquarters Z Isrnsn
q the wilderness for thirSy-ciehs yeasA 2.
xbv<v yam 90: therefore be waa over sh1rty-
eight years - ne time q Tie 1xodnA I
brouoAfhfn r0v1: Caleb's faithful and noblo
action b described in Nun - "a ~ -
Less 10 81 QuArl. ~ 9 - - ntns hGwt:
| made true and honest statement q & was
b my heart; spakc sincerely; uttsrsd ~
real sentiments Of my heard h has boon
remarked that Caleb's name sIGninao. -
cordin0fo GAs he1yf The other sDiss spoho =
less from their heart than he did fFom ~
But their hearts were not right with ca;
and although they did spsak Iron thoar
hearts. they spoke wrongly and Aissay, -
cause their was disharm0uy between thoir
spirits and the Spirit Of God q Nss ssws
o. Aat day Zee Num- A:3s; Dsut 10
Suslv ~ lond wAgpoa ~ - hsss auG1sn
sAan b tAtns snA0eane<; foety-1vs ysass -
fcre be had gone into this laa1. and u had
been promised him He had, - & WogD.
| poosoooion- Why was tko nnl1lmmt -
long delayedl Because IL ful0lmsns bslogO
this would have been Of no Ne . him. =
worse than uselesA he could M hseo g.
\ 5oyed the lana ~ Il was conquered b. -
| Israelites 80 Tie fuldlment Of many .
promise be- boen delayed. because " wogo
/ ~ prepared % receive L. o. u would have
been no blessing had Il como sooner. n
\ lelay also h = test Of our faith . progU
1 whether We will wholly follow he Lord
| Only 70 such can tho best blessings comoL
| %. 1Aes f0stU.sss vsov: from this NJ learn
| that Joshus he'd bocn over six years n con-
4 Quering Canaan For Il was thirty-cight
and half years after his going = . spy
when Israel entered Canaan IL ~ % -
and ": 70 attend 70 his dutics- n
| INT mountain highlands, mountainous ~
| gion- Anakfa- . race Of giants. Fsncsd-
| fortified. - HsbroR; twenty miles south
1 Of Jerusalem : most beautiful and fertile
place From this region came the grapes Of
Eshcol Mum l3:sa ~. Is Kl5atA-1vba;
city Of Arba, = giant who had conquered the
| city.
| Cox,rExls-Our lesson to-day carries u
back forty-dve years Il reminds Us Of To
| sad experience Of the spies, and the fate Of
/ those who brought an adverse report Of the
land Of promise The ten bad for yesrs been
I In their graves, while the two had brought
/ . good report Of the land were still alive
and well OF these two Caleb was one, and
| IN our lesson We zee him asking for the per-
| mission to possess that part Of the land that
| Moses had promised 70 him Caleb was now
cighty-fyc years Of age. and yet be was
( hale and hearty. He was full Of courage -
| well. for the part Of the land that be now
claimed was still in the possession Of the
enemy, and he was only asking for permis-
(, sion 70 90 70 war with them and drive them
out So Joshua blessed him and gave him
| the desired permission, and he went ahcsd
and conquered the territory that had ben
| given 70 him forty-ive years before that
| The foundation Of the grand character q
| Caleb al lay in the fact that be wholly fol-
| lowed the Lord To follow the Lord under
| some circumstance II not % very dif1cult :
thing When every thing i IN favor Of such
| 0delity, and friends stand around ready %
help il u comparatively easy 70 live Chris
| tan life. But this was not the case with
Caleb. He stood firm whe- !" around him
were giving way 70 the tenn psAtion 70 rebel
against God In fact, millions were On tho
one side, and only he and Joshua with :
very few others On the other. Yct, IN spite
Of this. he never wavered for > moment
More than this- He had 70 wait for the full
Elment Of the promise Of God for .
long time We are sometimes impatient
because we do not get what we want IN .
years time. But this man had 70 wait for
forty-nve years Yet, in AL this period be
seems never to have wavercd for N IL slant
His faith was equal 70 every emergency
and carried him through grandly. We
may even make the case stronger than
this. For when they came 10 the land itself,
the part that was promised to him had still
20 be conquered. II he had been Ike those
other men, he would certainly have taken %
murmuring. and have said that IL W. rath-
er hard % wait for forty-nvc years, and
then 20 have 70 fight Tor his possession But
the spirit Of this man was very different
from that Of the others He accepted the
promise, waited patiently for IL fulrimcnt
and then went ahead and 80 70 speak, full
SIIe1 IN hiunss.lf