The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-08-30
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
SEPTEMBER =.
Lesson TcSt: The Spies Sent Into
Canaan" Mum. Niii. fT-.3-
Golden Tcxt; Mum viii,
30 -Commcntary.


the twelve spies to search out the land before
| entering into IL, might well he entitled tho
| sad work of unbeef, for although we are
| told that Moses sent them and in the first
| and second verses that ''the Lord spake unto
| Moses, saying, send thou men, yet the rea-
| son OF this sending is seen from Deut. l., -,
to he because the people demanded IT, The
| word OF the Lord was Behold, have set
the land before you; go In and possess the
lana which the Lord sware unto your fathers
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give unto them,
and TO their seed after them Il bcut l., S2D;
so the only thing for faith to do was 10 go up
and possess ii
When we desire another way than Gods
| way, and have our hearts set on something
| which we are determined to have. He some
times grant us our way and our desire in
order that He may thus teach Us our folly
| and convince us OF our sin: When they
| lusted for meat, He gave them their request,
| but sent leanness into their soul. when they
! desired king in Z nd Of God, IL Is written:
" gave thee IA king IN mine anger, and tool:
| him away in my wrath lPs cvi, II; Hos
J Kill, Ill The only way Of rest aud victory
| is perfect submission and obedience TO God
! in all things.
! l120. These verses give us the instruo-
| tons OF Moses 10 the twelve spies ere they
set forth. There was one from each tribe.
every one ruler, all heads Of the children
small, mean business in which they were
! about To engage, to see whether the land w,re
| good or bad, Fat or lean, well wop,iel or not.
| IL some father or mother should plan a gft
/ Of great value for their children the very
/ test ana most apprOUriat" that their love
/ could suggest or dcvis" 10 would surely not
] b. very hattteTIug a. fh" Parents or credit
able 20 the children II the latter should wish
10 examine the gift before ,onsrnt,ng 20 nc
ccpt It, tod Almighty hal chosen tho land
. uf Canaan ani had gwen 10 20 Abraham,
J Isaac and Jacob and their descendants for.
ever and lie could not give anything hut
| the very h".t. When II. called Mos n, the
| burning bush 20 go y lharaoh and lead out
| the people. He sad i aui come 20 de- Iyer
them ont of the hands OF the Egyptians and
bring them up out Of that land unto a good
. lhnd ana a inrE", unto a IauI fOwuug with
milk and honey TX. in, -. o.. xiii. ID.
XVIII 81 When God, who chose IT, thus
/ descrited u again and again A. such a good
AMI fruitful land, Why should there te any
such Instructions given by Mo~es unless 10
may b. that Moses, fully teeving wha, God
had said. wanted thssc heads of Israel o. ses
/ for themselves what he knew to b. true
thinking they would thus he persuaded %
go right up and Possess IT,
81, q. This j. the record % their iourney
and their search Tin and Rehob were he
southern and northern boundaries Josh.
| ", l.. xix, y ~ they went through the
whole land 90 the extreme north Hebron or
Mamre was Abraham's tentinZ ground
l where he built an altar unto the I.ori after
/ Lot vas separated from him tteu. xiii. L..
there. also, the Lord and Hs angels ap.
I Feared 10 him a. he sat in the tont door fu
/ the heat of the day and rested themselves
/ under the tree while they pnrtoo, of The food
/ preparel by Abraham and Sarah Ten
! XVIII. and there Sarah d-d ami ~as buried
! in the cave Il Nachrelah ten. xiii lr
In that cave lay the bodies q Abraham and
! Sarah, Isaac and kebeAah, Jacob ami Leah
Zen. xix, -'-ilI, 70 j. about twenty miles
south Of Jerusalem. and about half way 20
Beershe6a. What privilege % visit such a
place Had these rulers been men Of faith,
how that faith would have been strength
ened by the remembrance ot the promises %
Abraham, Isaac ami jacob.
2j-27. They returned after forty days
| Some time We shall -e- more than We d. now
/ Of the significance Of that wonderful mum Der
forty. We think at once u Moses IN the
mount with God. Elijah visiting the same
I mount, Jesus In the wilderness ". .th the Wild
beasts, the period between HIS rpsurrer ton
and ascension, ami the many other t1rrirS (
the Scriptures but who hh, -een the depths
. OF significance lu any OF them
surely 10 toweth with milk and honey.
. AMI TIN, o. the fruit ~ q. lust A. ltDd hal
said truly a good Iand and thev hat Moth
ln- % DO ont march up ~ H.s command and
posses AMI enjoy it II was HIS Ei'E % them.
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