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CONQUEST OF CANAAN.
LESSON VI, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. II.

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After the defeat of Israel at All because of
the sin of Achan, then followed the dlscov-
cry and conviction of the transgressor, and
tho putting to death by stoning of Achan
and all his family, and tho burning by fire
of tho stolen silver, gold and garment and
oil that belonged to him in the valley of
Achor. Thus wrath was turned away from
Israel and then, at the Lords command, all
the mon Of war went up against Al and took
it, and tho rest of the history is n succession
Of great victories, until thirty-one kings
have been slain and their cities destroyed.
g. "As tho Lord commanded Moses, so the
children of Israel did, and they divided the
land" Although there remained yet very
much LAND to be possessed xiii, y, set it
had all been conquered and divided, and it
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. Israelsf res
in this respect arc but pictures Of our own;
we who are believers in Jesus Christ have
been made by virtue of His merits children
of CID and joint heirs with Jesus Christ,
and we ought to have perfect rest and peace
and manifest in our lives that we have TEL
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 as children of King;
restful, happy, peaceful, and having constant
victory over ell enemies as if they really
lived in Beulah landl
g. THE children of Judah cauo unto
Joshua in Gilgal.1 1t was from GilGal,
where the reproach of Egypt had been rolled
away, that Joshua set out on all those vic
torious expeditions ", 0; tx, 6; X, Z, 0, IS,
4;9 teaching us that if we would have con-
slant victory we must ever go forth belev-
ing that there is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ
Caleb, the Son of Jcphumeh, the Kene-
Nte." We are first introduced to him in
Numbers xiii, G, as one Of the twelve spies,
and in that and tho following chapter as the
ono who with Joshua brought a good report
and encouraged the people to 60 right up
and possess the land Tho testimony Of the
Lord concerning him is my servant, Caleb,
who followed mo fully" Nun xiv, 24)
:. II brought him word as it was in mine
heart" Probably tho ten also brought
Moses word as il was i'll their hearts; the
difference was in tho 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 well 70 reaember that the
Lord looketh upon the heart; He searcheth
all hearts and Understandable all the inagin-
alton Of the thoughts Il Sam. xvi, z.
g. 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 atten-
ton to the difficulties and thus shut ont God.
"But | wholly followed the Lord my God
and thus the difficulties wero not seen, for
CID is greater than all that can be against
us.
US. In Heb xii, Q, we are taught to run with
patience looking unto Jesus, and the express
sion: Looking unto Jesus" signifies n look
ing with such undivided attention that Ho
shall fill all our souls vision and we shall SEQ
Jesus only" Thus we shall be strong inthe
| Lord and help to make others strong.
o. "The land whercon thy feet have trod-
| den shall be tbine inheritance This was
the promise on which he had lived for forty
| five years; we find it referred to in Deut
| j. 49, he was evidently fully persuaded that
it would in duo time be fulfilled. Thus all
| the worthless of Heb xi believed Grod and
waited patiently for tho fullllmcnt OF His
/ promses 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 i'll
! heritance be theirs and ours. QIeb. =, 3J-31;
| xi, -, 80, 40)
10 Tho Lord hath kept me alivo as He
said" All power is His, who is the
faithful promiser, and because Of
Nv faitLfulness none of His re-
de\med can perish Not one good
thing shall fail of all that He has prom
ised all shall be fulfilled; and it shall
| nll DO as He SAYS Blessed are thoy that be-
lieve, for t/ey shall be filled with joy and
peace. Josh. xxi, rs; Rom. Ky, ~
II. ~ am as strong this day as was in the
day that Moses sent me" How grand to
hear this old man of So thus talking about
his strength for war, nothing dauntcd by the
difficulties befoILhim, but relyi'%s upon and
rejoicing in the Lord, in whom he trusted, he
feels as young and strong as he did forty-iive
years before
IL. Give mo this MOUNTAINEERING Lord
with me, shall be able to drive them out"
Although tho cities were great ana fenced,
and there were giants there, he needs it not,
but believing that nothing was too hard for
the Lord, in whom he trusted, and on whom
ho relied, he asks Joshua for this mount
ain. Oh, for n faith like this, which
reckons not on ones own strength, but
on the strength Of an Almighty One who says:
Lo, am with you always, and all power is
/ SIf@h ulllO lHt III iltlNt l anu Oh tdIIlA.
IL, Joshua blessed him." Confidence in
God always brings q blessing, and one that
is real and lasting. "Blessed is tho man that
trusteth in tho LS.rd, and whose hope the
Lord is. Ilo 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. LIer. xvii, z;
Dan. iii, %; vi, %; Lu j, 40; John xI, 29.)
"And gave unto Catch, Hebron for an inner
itance." Hebron is one of the most interest
ing spots in all Palestine; it is about twenty
miles south of Jerusalem, and about the
same distance north of Beersheba. There
Abram dwet andfbuilt an altar unto the
Lord after Lot WINS separated from Him;
there Sarah died, and Abram bought the
cave of Machpelah, in which to bury her;
there Isaac sojourned and died; there in that
cave lie fried Abraham and Sarah, Isaac
and Rebekah, Jacob and Leah, and at this
very day the place is most sacredly guarded,
so that stranger cannot enter its precincts
nor look into it. Gen. xiii, IS; XIII, 2, 10
XIV, 1898, xix, 81; ], 49,
ID. Because he wholly followed the Lord
God Of Israel" Not only in the world to
come, but very often in this present world is
there great reward TO those who follow the
| Lord even in this Instrumentation, lut ,yp u,ist