The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-09-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 8.

DRY Verses. 7-0-Golden Text, Joshua xiv.
iA-Commentsry by the Rev. ID. M.
stesrus.
8. AS the Lord commanded Moses, 30
the children OF Israel did, and they divided
the land" Moses and Joshua we're faith
full servants Of Jehovah and implicitly
obeyed His commands. They left nothing
undone that He commanded. Joshua took
the whole land and divided IL among the
tribcs, and the land rested from war (ohap-
ter xi, 10, 23). But although the land was
wholly given To Israel they did not possess
it fully (chapter Kill, II, and they allowed
the Jebusites and Canaanites to dwell
among them Chapter Nv, 90; xvi, 10;
xvii, ICY. This disobedicnce on tho part OF
the people afterward brought trouble upon
them (Judg. ii, 1, %. Every true be-
lever in Jesus Is now blessed with all
spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in
Christ" (Eph. 1, -. Yet but few enjoy full
possession. Many prefer to tolerate few
Canaanites and Jebusites and rather enjoy
their ways.
8. 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 Mum. xiii, 8, 81. Only they
two OF all the spies believed God and
urged the people to 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 Mum.
xiv, 30) and that the rest would die in the
Wilderness because of their unbelief. They
too, would have to wait 40 years because
Of the unbelief of Others but they waited
with God, for He also waited and was him
dered by the unbelief of the people. Hear
His words, How long will it be ere they
believe Me!" "Oh, that My people had
hearkened unto Me" Mum. xiv, IL; Ps.
lxxxi, 49,.
T. Forty years old was I when Moses,
the servant of the Lord, sent me- from IA
desh barnea to espy out the land, and
brought him word again as it was in mine
heart" His heart was right with God.
He believed God and feared To grieve Him.
Therefore he spake what was In his heart
a. in the sight of God and sought not TO
please the people. For this fairhfulness
he and Joshua were threatened with stones
(Num. xiv, 10Y, but the Lord, stood by
them. Consider David, with not a human
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stones by his own friends, and observe
what he did U 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
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together that they filed the people with
fear and encouragement 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 infidels.
a. And Moses sware on that lay, say
ing, Surely tho 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"
Cps. 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 and is forever settled in heaven
lisa. xl, :; Ps. cxix, 100, S9).
10. And now behold the Lord hath
kept me alive AS He said these forty and
five years. 1t always has been and al
ways will be "As He said. - The noble
man Of Capernaum Believed the word
that Jesus had spoken" (John iv, 50).
Paul said in the storm at sea, Il believe
God that il 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. Nv, 2D. THE
Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely
as / have thought, 40 shall it come TO pass,
and as l have purposed, SO shall it stand
lisa. xiv, 24). Blessed are all who be-
lieve, for there shall be performance of
the things told them by the Lord duke 1,
45).
IL. "As yet am as strong this day as l
was In the day that Moses sent me-" AS
strong and hearty at the age Of 50 as when
he WAS 49, Like Moses, at the age Of 100,
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 CHI, 81. Take as
living illustrations Of the same grace to-
day George Muller in his ninetieth year,
journeying and witnessing for Jesus
Christ; DR.. David Brown Of Aberdeen,
the great commentator, who wrote me Nov.
5, 1894, that, though in his ninety second
year, he was In perfect health. He said,
Il have no aches nor pains, am not tired
Of life, but would like to do a little work
for my Master before go or He comes"
Jesus Christ Is still the very same Jesus.
1a. If so be- the Lord will be with me,
then shall be able TO drive them out, as
the Lord said. He seemed to covet the
difficulties that he might SEQ 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 strengthened me-" For
when 1 am weak, then am strong" phil.
iv, 49, III Cor. xii, 10Y. God with Us" Is
the secret Of all strength in His service.
See Jer. 1, 8, 10; Hag. ii, 4; Msth.
xviii, 1S-2O).
ID. And Joshua blessed him, and gave
unto Caleb the son OF Jephunnch Hebron
for an inheritance" IL was at Hebron
that Abraham built an altar unto the Lord
and dwelt, after Lot separated himself
from him. There he welcomed and enter
tanned the Lord Himself, and there the
Lord communed with him (Gen. Kill, 1s;