Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-08-31
lie SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON K. THIRD QUARTER, INTER
Rational SERIES, SEPT. 8.

I4-comrnentary hy the Rev. ID. ~.
stca-ns.
6. las the lord commanded Moses, SO
tie childrvn Of Israel did, and they divided
the land. Hoses and Joshua were faith
full servants OF Jehovah and implicitly
obeyed His commands. They left nothing
undone thar He commanded. Joshua took
tho whole land ard divided In among the
tribes. and the land rested nom war schali-
ter xi. IS. 23l. But although the land was
wholly given TO Israel they did not possess
il fully (chapter xiii, ID, and they allowed
the .Iebusites and Canaanites 10 dwell
among them (chapter Ky, Oh; XVI, 10;
xvii. la). This disobedience on the part OF
the people afterward brought trouble upon
them (Judg. Ii, /, %. Eyery true be-
lever in Jesus is now blessed with ALI
spiritual blessings lea the heavcnlies in
Christ (Eph /, 3D. Yet but few enjoy full
possession Many prefer To tolerate few
Canaanitcs 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- barnca.
These arc the words of Caleb 10 his old
friend and companion, Joshua. Caleb was
OF the tribe Of Judah, and Joshua was OF
Ephraim (Num. xiii, q, -. Only they
two of all the spies believed God ana
urged the people 10 90 right up and take
the land In the name of the Lord. Tie
Lord said that only they Two of all thar
generation should enter tho land tNun.
xiv, SOD and that the rest would die In the
wilderness because OF their unbeiicf. They
too, would have 10 wait 40 years because
-. ts.e 4 l.s.sv i4.n1
with God, for Healso waited and was him
dered by the unbelief Of the people. Hear
His words, "How long VIII it be oge they
believe Mes'' ''Oh, tiias My people had
hearkened unto Me" (Num. xiv, IL Ps.
lxxxi, l3).
T. Forty years old was ! when Moses,
the servant of tho Lord, sent mo from Ka-
desh-hlrnea 10 espy out the land, and
brought hiuI word again rs il was in mine
heart. His heart was right with God.
He believed God and feared TO grieye Him.
Therefore he spake what was in his heart
as in tho sight Of God and sought not 10
please the people For this faithfulness
he and Joshua werc threatened with stones
Mum. xiv, l0), 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 q Sam. xxx, 81.
g. My brethren that went up with me
made the heart of the people melt, but
wholly followed the Lord my Sod. 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 disoouragement 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.
G. And Moses sware on that lay, say
ing, Surely tho land whereon thy feet
have trodden shall DO 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,
'Rememher the word unto Thy servant,
upon which Thou hast caused me to hope"
FPS. cxix, 49). The word of the Lord Is
sure foundation on which we may firmly
rest. 1t endureth forever, is true from the
beginning and is forever settled in heaven
lisa. XII, 8; Ps. cxtx, 100, 500.
10. "And now behold the Lord hath
kept me alive rs He said these forty and
five years" 1t always has been and al
ways win be "As Ho said. /" The noble
man of Capernaum Believed the word
that Jesus had spoken" (John iv, 500.
Paul said in the storm at sea, II believe
God that it shall be even as it was told
me- (Acts xvii, 25) Abraham was fully
persuaded that what God had promised
He was able to perform (Rom. iv, 21). "The
Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely
as have thought, SO shall it come TO pass,
and as have purposed, so shall IL stand"
lisa. xiv, 24)). Blessed are all who be-
iievc, for there shall be performance of
the things told them by the Lord duke i,
45).
IL "As yet am as strong this day as
was I'm the day that Moses sent me-" As
strong and hearty at the age Of 80 as when
he was 40. Like Moses, mt the age of 100,
his eye was not dim nor his natural force
abated (Dcut. 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 (Isa XII, 81; Ps. CHI, %. Take as
living illustrations of the same grace to-
Gay OeofHc MulicI III HIS IAHCtiSth year
journeying and witnessing for Jesus
Christ; DIR. David Brown of Aberdeen,
the great commentator, who wrote me Nov.
8, 1894, that, though in his ninety -second
year, he was in perfect health. He said,
II have no aches nor pains, am not tired
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.
IL. "If so be the Lord will be with me,
then shall be able to drive them out, rs
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, g can do all things through
Christ, who strengthened me-" For
when am weak, then am / strong" phil
iv, Ia; III Cor. xii, 100. 'God with us is
the secret Of all strength in His service.
See Jer. i, 8, 10; Hag. ii, 4; Math.
xviii, 1920.
10. And Joshua blessed him, and gave
unto Caleb the son Of Jcphunnch Hebron
for an inheritance" II was at Hebron
that Abraham built an altar unto the Lord
and dwclt, after Lot separated himself
from him. There he Welcomed and enter
tanned the Lord Himself, and there the
Lord conlmune! with him lGen. xiii, Is;
xviii, /, 35l Hebron Is suggestive Of fell
lowship or communion, and when we have
the spirit Of Abraham and Caleb VIC shall
know what fellowship with God means Il
John |. 81.
IA Hebron eI.orcfore bccamO the inher-
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