News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-08
TIE |. S. S. LESSON.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
NOVEMBER II.

Lesson Text: "CaIeb's Inheritance,
Josh. xiv 5-15-GoIden Text;
Ps. xvii, 3-COmmen-
| tary on the Lesson.
| After the defeat of Israel at All because oil
| the sin of Achan, then followed the discovery
| and conviction of the transgressor, and the
| putting to death by StOning of Achan and
| all his fami v, and the burning by fire of the
stolen silver, gold and garment and all that
| belonged to him i'll the valley of Achor.
| Thus wrath was turned away from Israel,
and then, at the Lords command all the men
of war went up against Al and took it, and
| the rest of the story is a succession of great
victories, until thirty one kings have teen
| slain and their cities destroyed.
| 5. "AS the Lord commanded Moses, so the
children of Israel did, and they divided the
| land" Although there remained yet very
much land to lie possessed xiii. J., yet it had
all been conquered and divided, and it only
| remained for each tribe now to fully possess
| its own territory which had been assigned to
| it How Slothful and disobedient they were
! i'll this matter is limited at in CHI xviii, .,
| and more fully described with its sad results
| in the book of Judges. lSrae'S failures IN
| this respect are but pictures of our own, we
who are believers in Jesus Christ have been
| made by virtue of His merits children of
| God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ and we
| ought to have perfect rest and peace and
manifest i'll our lives that we have fellow
| ship, real, joyous and soul satisfying, with
the Father and the Son by the Holy Spirit.
6. 1.-THE children of Judah came unto
| Joshua in Gilgal." 1t was from Gilgal,
where the reproach of Egypt had been rolled
away, that Joshua set out on all those vic
toriOus expeditions w., 9; IN, 8; Y, Z, 9, i,
49, teaching us that if we would have con-
| slant victory we must ever go forth believing
that there is no condemnation to them that
| are in Christ.
Caleb, the son of Jephumeh, the Kene-
| ute" We care first introduced to him in Num-
| ters xiii, 6, as one of the twelve spies, and
| in that and the following chapter as the one
who with Joshua brought good report and
| encouraged the people go right up and
possess the land The testimony of the Lord
concerning him is my servant, Caleb, who
| follow ed me fully" (Num xiv, 2L)
The thing that the Lord said unto Moses,
the man of God, concerning me and thee in
Kadesh- barnea." All those forty-five years
had Caleb lived uron the promise of God;
he had eaten the words and could say like
jeremiah: THY word was unto me the Joy
and re ;oiCing of mine heart der. xy., 1GJ ;
and no doubt often pleaded like David RE
member the word unto Thy servant, upon
which Thou has caused me to hone Il s
elk. ~. lie believed, rejolced and waitel
patiently.
Z. n brought him word; as it was in mine
heart" Probably the ten a'so brou hit
Moses word as it was in their hearts, the
difference was in the hearts OF the ten and
the two. Joshua and Caleb believed God and
were ready to obey Him; the other ten did
not believe God and consequently disobeyed
Him. We do we | to remember that the
Lord looketh upon the heart; He searcheth
all hearts and UNDERSTANDABLE all the ilnagin-
nt:on of the thoughts Il Sam. xvi, :; Chr
xviii, % if the heart is right with God all
else will he right, but if not all will be
wong. How keautiful are the names of
Moses in this and the preceding verses the
man of Cod" 1.-The servant Of the Lord. u
let those who have eyes to see find in them
the God man. the true servant OF Jehovah.
s. My brethren that went up with me-
made the heart of the people melt" Their
report caused the people to faint and be dis
cOuraged, because they called their attention
to the difficulties and thus smut out God
But wholly followed the Lord my God"
ami thus the difficulties We're not SEEN Tor
God is greater than all that can be against
U.S. In Heb. xii, 2, we are taught to run
with patience looking unto Jesus, AMI the
expression: Looking unto Jesus, signifies
u looking with such undivided attention that
shall sec Jesus only" Thus we shalt be
strong in the Lord and help to make others
strong.
D. The land wherein thy feet have trod-
der shall be thine inheritance This was
the promise on which he had lived for forty
ST: he was evidently fully persuaded that it
would i'll due time be fulfilled. Thus all the
worthless of Heb. XII, believed God and
waited patiently for the fulfillment of His
promises; and that they without Us shall not
be made perfect, and not until He that
shall come will come, and the promised iu-
heritance be theirs and ours. Heb X, ID 81;
XII, 10, 80, 400 If we can say from the heart
by faith IN Christ, Jesus: 81 am, through the
sufferingS of Christ, a partaker of the glory
that shall be revealed Il Pet v, y: Il am
now q child of God and know that when He
shall appear | shall he like Him. Il John ill.,
o. Then we can add also The sufrerings
OF this present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory which shall be re-
vealed i'll u.s. Rom. viii. Isl, and thus with
heart and eyes fixed on the hope set before
us we shallmore fully follow and more faith
fully serve Him, patiently enduring while we
wait for Him.
10 The Lord hath kept me alive as He
said" All power is His who is the faithful
promiser, and because of His faithfulness
none of His redeemed can per sh. Not ono
good thing shall fail of all that He has prom
ised; all shall be fulfilled; and it shall all be
as He says. Blessed they that believe,
for they shall be filed with Joy AMI peace
Josh. xxi, Al; Rom. XIV, 80
II. 81 am as strong this day was in the
day that Moses sent me- How grand to
hear this cd man of eighty-fve thus talking
about his strength for war. nothing daunted
upon aud rejoicing in the Lord, in whom he
trusted, he feels as young and strong as he
did fOrty-five years before. His youth was
renewed Ike the eagles; he could testify that
they that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength Us. CHI, ,; lisa. xl, BIZ
II. Give me this mountain-the Lord
with me, | shall be able to dr. We them OUT
Although the cities were great and fenced,
and there were giants there, he heeds it not
but believing that nothing was too hard or
the Lord, in whom he trusted AMI on whom
be relied, he asks Joshua for this mountain.
On, for faith like this, which reckons not
on one own strength, but on the strength of
an Almighty One who says: LO, am with
you always, and all power is given unto me
IN heaven and on earth. The question for
I he believer, therefore, is not what can do,
buC what is He able to do and what has He
promised.
Is. Joshua blessed him Confidence in
God always brings a blessing, and one that
is real and lasting. blessed is the man that
truSteth IN the Lord, and whose hope the
Lord is. ''He sent His angel and delivered
HIS servants that trusted in Him. No man
ner OF hurt was found upon Him, because He
believed in his God. Blessed is he that be
leyed. Blessed are they that have not seen,
ard yet have believed.
II. Because he wholly followed the Lord
sod of Israel" Not only in the world to
come, but very often in this present world,
IS there great reward to those who follow |
'ho i1Oiu even III ItlS ulSPenSatlOn: Ut we !
must wait for the next one before we can
hope to inherit the earth. for it is still under
the curse, an evil world, and not fit for a |
holy people; in it are still to expect much |
5rlbuiaton. Notwithstanding the curse |
which abounds on every sd~ and in every |
'orm, we may however have great peace and |
fOretasteS of glory It we will only, |
ike Caleb, follow tho Lord fully, AMI not |
lfar Off, as Peter did before no denied his |
Master
ID. The name OF Hebron before was Kir-
ath Arba.' kiriath- Arba, or the city of |
Arba, was so called because of Arba. the
,iant; and from it Caleb expelled three |
giants Judg l., 20. We cannot en- ;oy fell
OWs ship with God if we to!crat, i'll our hearts
he giants of fear, or doubt. or unhelief or
retfulness, or anger, or any IF the host who
well in the land; thcy must DC cast out, and
eslis is able to do It for US After the Apos-
les were filed with the Spirit, the LeOpe
oOk nowle1ge of them that they had been
With Jesus. Ii our fellowship is with the
'ather and with his Son Jesus Christ, the
)ve and JOY and peace of God will show it
elf, and not only will we have this JOY in our
WIN hearts, but wo will prove a comfort and
efuge to many; for Hebron became one of
he cities Of refuge for those i'll sore distress
Xxx, O.-LeSSon HcLDer.
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