Evening capital., 1895-09-07
lie SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
Rational SERIES. SEPT. 8.

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the land. Hoses and Joshua were faith
ful servants Of Jehovah and implicitly
obeyed His commands. They left nothing
undone thar He commanded Joshua took
the whole land and divided it among the
tribes. and the land rested from war (chap-
ter ri. 10, 23). But although the land was
wholly given to Israel they aid not possess
it fully (chapter xiii, ID, and they allowed
the .Jebusites and Canaanites 10 dwell
among them tchapter xv, 63; xvi, 10;
xvii. ial. This disobedienoe on the part OF
the people afterward brought trouble upon
them (Judg. Ii, /, %. Every true be-
lever in Jesus Is now blessed with all
spiritual blessings IN the heayenlies In
Christ (Eph /, -. Yet but few enjoy full
possession Many prefer TO tolerate few
Canaanites and Jebusites and rather enjoy
their ways.
6. Thou knowest the thing that the
Lord said unto Moses the man of God, con-
corning me and thee in Kadesh- -barnea. "
These are the words OF Caleb to his old
friend and companion, Joshua. Caleb was
of the tribe OF Judah, and Joshua was OF
Ephraim tNum. xiii, 6, 81. Only they
two OF all the spies believed God and
urged the people 10 go right up and take
the land in the name of the Lord. The
Lord said that only they two of all that
generation should enter the land (Num.
xiv 3O) and that the rest would die in the
wilderness because of their unbolief. They
too, would have 10 wait 10 years because
of the unbelief OF others, but they waited
with God, for He also waited and was him
dered by the unbelief OF Tie people. Hear
His words, How long viii it bo ere they
believe hIe?' "Oh, that My people had
hearkenod unto Me- (Num. xiv, IL; Ps.
lxxxi, 13).
z. Forty years old was l when Moses,
the servant of tho Lord, sent me from Ka-
desh-barnca TO espy out the land, and l
brought him word again as 1t was in mine
heart" His heart was right with God.
He believed God and feared 10 grieve Him.
Therefore he spake what was in his heart
as in the sight Of God and sought not 10
please the people For this faithfulness
he and Joshua were threatened with stones
(Num. xiv, 10), but the Lord stood by
them. Consider David, with not a human
being to stand by him, threatened with
stones by his own friends and observe
what he did Il Sam. xxx, 81.
8. my brethren that went up with me
made the heart of the people melt, but
wholly followed the Lord my God" The
ten spies had to confess that the land was
a good land, but they made so much OF the
giants and walled cities; seemed so utterly
| to forget the power of God in Egypt and
at the Red sea, and to lose sight of God al
together that they filed the people with
/ fear and discouragement and with muir
murings against God. Many such today
are seeing themselves and their circum-
stances, and by unbelief and murmurings
are dishonoring God and making infdels.
8. "And Moses sware on that lay, say
| ing, Surely the land whereon thy feet
| have trodden shall be thine inheritance
| How Caleb had lived on the word of the
Lord all those years They had been his
] life. his meat and drink. Perhaps every
| day he had called them to mind and been
! strengthened by them. He may, like Da-
vid, have pleaded them in prayer, saying,
"Remember the word unto Thy servant,
upon which Thou hast caused me to hope"
| ops. cxix, 49) The word of the Lord is
| a sure foundation on which we may firmly
rest. 1t endureth forever, is true from the
| beginning ard is forever settled in heaven
| Qsa xl, s; Ps. cxix, 100, 800.
10. And now behold the Lord hath
kept me aliyo as He said these forty and
! five years 1t always has been and al
/ WAYS will be "As Ho said" The noble
I man of Capernaum Believed the word
| that Jesus had spoken" (John iv, b0).
/ Paul said in the storm at sea, II believe
| God that 1t shall be even as IL was told
| me- (Acts xvii, 25). Abraham was fully
| persuaded that what God had promised
| He was able TO perform (Rom. iv, 2l). "The
! Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely
| as have thought, so shall 1t come to pass,
and as 1 have purposed, so shall it stand"
! lisa. xiv, 24)). Blessed are all who be-
| iieve, for there shall be performance of
| tho things told them by the Lord (Luke !,
45).
/ IL. GAS yet am as strong this day as
/ was In the day that Moses sent me" As
strong and hearty at the age of 80 as when
he was 40. Like Moses, at the age of 12O,
| his eye was not dim nor his natural force
/ abated (Deut. xxxiv, -. They that wait
| upon the Lord shall renew their strength,
! they shall mount up with wings as
| eagles" youth is renewed like the
eagles lisa. xl, 81; Ps. ciii, 5) Take as
/ living illustrations of the same grace to-
day George Muller in his ninetieth year,
journeying and witnessing for Jesus
| Christ; DIR. David Brown Of Aberdeen,
| the great comrnentatori who wrote me Nov.
| 8, 1894, that, though in his ninety second
year, no was in perfect health. He said,
| ntlNb no tlbN lttAl1Hs taAAA hOe eAASA
| Of life, but would like to do little work
for my Master before go or He comes. /"
Jesus Christ is still the very same jesus
/ 12. IF so be the Lord viii bc with me,
| then shall be able TO drive them out, as
| the Lord said" He seemed TO covet the
difficulties that he might see the great
| power of God. Being not weak In faith, he
| gave glory to God. He counted not on his
ability, but that God was able. Like Paul
he could say, II can do all things through
Christ, who strengtheneth me-" For
| when am weak, then am Istrong" (Phil.
| Iv, 13; IL Cor. xii, 1O). "God with u.s. is
the secret of all strength ia His service.
See Jer. /, 8, 10; Hag. Ii, A; Math.
| xviii, 1920.
13. "And Joshua blessed him, and gave
unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron
for an inheritance" 1t was at Hebron
that Abraham built an altar unto the Lord
and dwelt, after Lot separated himself
from him. There lie welcomed and enter
| tanned the Lord himself, and there the
Lord coinnuncd with him (Gen. xiii, lsi
xviii, /, 35l. Hebron is suggestive Of fell
gowshap rcon.munion, and when we have
the gsi.it Of Abraham AID Caleb we shall
know What fellowship with God means Il
John !, 81.
IA. Hebron iherefere became the inher-