Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-10
CONQUEST OF CANAAN.
LESSON VI, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATIoNAL SERIES, NOV. II.


stearns.
CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly. by
permission of H. s. Hoffman, Philadelphia, pub
lisher.1
After the defeat of Israel at Al because of
the sin OF Achan, then followed the discov-
cry and conviction Of the transgressor, and
the putting to death by stoning of Achan
and all his family, and the burning by fire
of the stolen silver, gold and garment and
all that belonged to him in 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 history is a succession
of great victories, until thirty-one kings
have been slain and their cities destroyed
5. ''As the Lord commanded Moses, so the
children of Israel did, and they divided the
land.n Although there remained yet very
much land to be possessed xiii, ~, yet It
had all been conquered and divided, and 1T
only remained for each tribe now to fully
possess its own territory which had been as
signed to it. How slothful and disobedient
they were in this matter is limited at in CHI
xviii, 3, and more fully described with its sad
results in the book of Judges Israel'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 in our lives that we have fell
I lowship, real, joyous and soul satisfying,
with the Father and the Son by the Holy
Spirit Now how many Christians do We
know who seem to live rs children Of King;
restful, happy, peaceful, and having constant
victory over all enemies, as If they really
lived in Beulah landl
g. THE children Of Judah came unto
Joshua I'm Gilgal." It was from Gilgal,
where the reproach Of Egypt had been rolled
away, that Joshua set out on all those vic
torious expeditions ", o; tx, @; K, 30, Is,
49, teaching us that If we would have con-
slant victory we must ever 60 forth believ-
ing that there is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ.
"Caleb, the son of Jephrnneh, tho Kene-
+. ute" We arc first introduced to him in
Numbers xiii, G, as one of the twelve spies,
and in that and the following chapter as the
ono who with Joshua brought good report
and encouraged the people to go right up
and possess the land. The testimony of the
Lord concerning him is my servant, Caleb,
who followed me fully" Num. xiv, 24)
Z. II brought him word; as it was in mine
heart Probably the ten also brought
Moses word rs il 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; tho other ten did
not believe God and consequently disobeyed
Him. We do well to remember that tho
Lord looketh upon the heart; He searcheth
all hearts and understandeth all the imagin-
alton of the thoughts q Sam. xvi, z.
s. my brethren that went up with me,
made the heart of tho people melt" Their
report caused the people to faint and be dis
couraged because they called their atten-
ton TO the difficulties and thus shut out God
"But l wholly followed the Lori my God, ?
and thus the difficulties were not seen, for
CID is greater than all that can be against
us.
us. In Heb. xii, 2, we are taught to run with
patience looking unto Jesus and the express
sion: Looking unto Jesus" signifies a look
ing with such undivided attention that He
shall ill all our souls vision and wesshall see
Jesus only Thus we shall be strong in the
Lord and help to make others strong.
0. 'The land whereon thy feet have trod-
den shall loo thine inheritance This was
the promise on which he had lived for forty
five years; we find it referred to in Deut
j. sc; he was evidently fully persuaded that
it would i'm due time be fulfilled. Thus all
waited patiently for tho fulfillment of His
promises; are waiting yet, for it is written
that they died in faith, not having received
the promises; and that they without us shall
not be made perfect, and not until He that
shall come will come, will the promised in
heritance be theirs and ours. Heb. x, S5-37;
XII, Is, 80, 40.)
10. Tho Lord hath kept mo alivo as He
said" All power is His, who is the
faithful promiser, and because Of
His faithfulness none of His re-
deemed can perish. Not one good
thing shall fail of all that He has prom
ised; oil shall be fulfilled; and it shall
all be as He says Blessed are they that be-
lieve, for they shall be filed with joy and
peace. Josh. xxi, IS; ROM XIV, 49,
IL. 81 am MS strong this day as was in the
day that Moses sent mcn How grand to
hear this old man of SIS thus talking about
his strength for war, nothing daunted by the
. difficulties before him, but relying upon and
rejoicing in the Lord, in whom he trusted, no
feels as young and strong as he did forty-five
years before.
u "Givc mo this mountain-the Lord
with me, l shall be abe TO drive them outn
Although tho cities were great and fenced,
and there werc giants there. he heeds- it not,
but believing that nothing was too hard for
tho Lord. in whom he trusted, and ON whom
he relied, he asks Joshua for this mount
ain. oh, for faith like this which
reckons not on ones own strength, but
on thestrength of an Almighty One who says:
Lo, am with you always, and all power is
given untomc in heaven and on earth.
IL Joshua blessed him. Confidence in
God always brings blessing, and one that
is real and lasting. blessed is the man that
trusteth in thu Lord, and whose hope tho
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 she that
believed. Blessed are they that have not
seen, and yet have believed. Jer xvii. z;
Dan. iii, Is; vi, %; Lu j, IS; John Xxx, 29.l
ssAnd gave unto Caleb, Hebron for an inher-
! itances Hebron is one of the most interest
ing spots in ell Palestine; it is about twenty
niles south of Jerusalem, and about the
same distance north of Beersheba. There
Abram dwelt andxbuilt an altar unto the