The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-28

Al OLD WORLD HERO.
Reported Tor the Daily Timos.l
Numbers. chapter u. v.2i.-"But my
acrv nj Caleb because no had another spirit
in him. and hath followed me fully. him VIII /
bring into the land.
The world admircs heroes. II always
did. il always will, il always ought 10.
Brave men. unselhsh men, determined
men. ready to sacrifice case, fortune and
life. II need be. for the good Of Others or
for some noble cause. arc the worlds
greatest teachers and examples; they re-
bukq s.oih and cowardicc. they inspire
emulation. they quicken the pulse
of the world and set 10 TO
tincling with healthy thrill; they main
tain the empire of truth and righteous
ness and make others feel that life Is
worth living Even the weak and timid
honor what IS brave and strong, and the
self indulgcnt and wsvering are kindled
into resolute endeavor, and rally al the
cali AID follow in the lead Of those who
command their confidence and win their
love 1v noble lives consecreted 10 noble
ends The history Of the world is full Of
exa1 1les Of the kind The history Of
our country Is full Of them and even the
BIS uere who are Just be
ginning 20 read. know some
-uiu1 0t such heroes as William Wallace
and William Tel; of Alfred the Great
and Christopher Columbus; of John
Smith and the founders of Virginia. OF
LAFAYETTE and Washington; OF Living
sion and Chinese Gordon. We have all
heard Of the great soldiers who have
burned their ships behind them, cutting
of all possibility Of retreat, and then
marched 70 conquest with the certainty
of success. Of naval commanders who
have nailed their colors 10 the mast,
making surrender impossible; of private
soldiers who were so confident OF victory
that they never knew defeat. of great
philanthropists who toiled on 10 the &C
complshment Of their ends, through long
wears Of opposition, scOrn and danger. TO
be at last rewarded by the gratitude and
love of those whose love was worth hav-
ing.
THE HEROIC ACE
But II we want 10 find some Of the
worlds truest heroes. We will not look
for them in our public school history
books only, we will look in the Bible
and there find the story of the men OF
whom the world was not worthy; the
men who through faith subdued king
doms, wrought righteousness. stopped
the mouth of lions, quencheG the VIC
lence of fire, escaped the edge of the
sword, waxed valiant in fight and turned
10 flight the armies of the aliens The
heroic age of the world was the patriarch
al age, and one Of the grand old men of
the time was Caleb the Kenezite, the
subject Of my sermon tonight
Wlen God brought the lsraelites out
of their bondage in Egypt, in one year
they marched across the desert 10 the
borders of Canaan, the promised land
that is, the land which God had declared
Ihould be their heritage and possession.
Ii is true il was full of a resolute people
trained TO war and capable of defending
their country against all corners. But
God had promised to fight for the Israel
ties and 10 give them the land He had
chosen for them Joshua was the gen
eral OF the Jewish forces. lie had
splendid army under him of 600, 600 men.
But Joshua was prudent as well as
brave; and therefore he determined 10
ind out how the land lay before he in
vaded H. Accordingly, he chose twelve
picked men, head man of each tribe,
and sent them 10 spy out the
land from east TO west and from north
10 south. They must have managed the
business very adrOitly 10 escape catch
ing and hanging, but they did escape,
and came out safe, after exploring the
whole country and finding out all that
was worth knowing.
REPORT OF THE SPIES.
When they got back you may imagine
how the people fiocked around them
eager TO hear the news. The spies made
n delightful report of what they had seen.
They said II was land flowing with
milk and honey-then it had fiocks and
herds and grassy meadows and endless
swarms OF bees humming among the
very land they wanted As
one evidence of its fruitfulness they
brought back with them great cluster
of grapes, so large that IL took two men
10 carry II, as il hung on a pole, resting
ON their shoulders. This was good news,
indeed, or would have been If they had
stopped there. but that was not all.
Nevertheless, said they, "tbe people
be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled and very great; and,
moreover. we saw the sons Of Anak there
the Amalekites dwelt in the south and the
Hiitites and the jebusites and the Amo-
rites dwelt in the mountains. and the
Canaanites dwelt by the sea"-all the
frontiers fortified, all the mountain
passes guarded, all the ses-cOast defend
ed. You have no doubt noticed how
people bringing news like 10 magnify
their own importance by exaggeratng
what they have seen, and when once
shey begin how they pile il up So they
went on: I'VE are not able 10 20 up
against this people, for they are stronger
than we; all the men we saw are OF great
stature, aud there we saw the giants, and
We were in our sight and in their sight
bit as grasshoppers. Now mark
what came next when they heard
this, all the congregation lifted
40 their voices and cried
and the people wept that night The .
whole camp was full Of lamentation
Az ANCIENT "GREAT-HEART."
But among the faithless there was one
man WHO was ANlkNlAi- Dut man DiaNt i
enough 10 tell the truth and shame the /
weepers Caleb stepped TO the front and F.
bis words rang out like the sound Of a
aleb cried, "let us 20 up at
onc- and possess il, for we are able 10
overcome II"
For this fidelity Caleb was promised a
special portion Of the land when ii
should be conquered-a portion secured
10 him by covenant, in advance. 1t was
ong before be received il. rs we shall
see, but ne gained II in the
md
For forty-fve years he never lost hope,
md through all yicissitudes and storms
chung 10 the determination to
Iecure that estate, and there 10 ind home
u his declining years.
WARREN HASTINGS.
Calebs tenacity Of purpose reminds Us
Il most interesting resemblance OF il In
English history There was an ancient
amily, once influential because Of rank
md riches, which had been reduced by
.iyii wars and various disasters, 10 pOy
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