The Afro-American., 1895-08-03
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IL. Havins left Heseh where They
been so long eneamEa they ean1eka hals
barnea on the saaf border of thH iandsE
which was eleYef slsBvs Journey from HnEat.
Here the people asked THAT spies might as
sent to search out the land ana hri1g word
as to the best way to enter (Deut.
22l. 1t seems strange chat Moses Should ns
pleased with this thought of sending spie8
when God had said thas II was good A
large land flowing With mill and honey s I'M
iii, So, and when HBs aI3msalf always Mhs Hl
before them In tne.c!gIlds but NE renlainns ii
the story OF IoDah. A
Is Since God had testified as to fhs gan
and had said that Ha YNsnid give TX t0 thegI
what did it matter whtAher ths ihhabitan
We're few OF many, strong or FfeakI HOLM
not the God of Israal Shown them lis powell
in Egypt and at tNe N' sea- and WIS NOT 4
His presenea a Hslai n faAs nranee2 But h
they did 50 forget aad. just a. WE ao.
19. 1T looks tgs II ssAey Yssga going It'll see tF f
God meant what E'asA5l and if Ha was as
good as His word Sas I'll ifs. 5s x1xiii. 6, 3)
But one may say SAyhs Hid fault with the
spies when GQa con9aA lied them oversees Il
y? But little attel tte II snsl3eut. i 22. will
show that God only peSg git1 III them to have
their own way JIM Inn liter, I'll did
afterward in that of d III MA Sam MI
Z, 81. 22). A&
20. 1t seems odd to tell haa t9 he o
courage when unbeiief N II | 'adfng
forth. 1t requires faithia MD aayAk
one to be OF coed courage, Wg nt Tx
il HE -prorA rras *4ue agtlit Ha 1fs rA&
courage. Listen to Paul ind se.s sorl atA
when everything seemed agalas- rim, HI
lieve God, that it shall be even n it Was f0laA
noe" (Acts xvii. 25l III
%, "a. One would think FhPA alf Tears
would be dispclled @ visit t9the j frS Il
place where Abraham, Isaac aesI J aeob ay n
buried. How could they hs f thl king of L
the faith of Abraham and being srengtn-
ened thereby? Then such grapes an,i ponles'
granates and figs-hoW could their hearts
help crying out, 1T is aii jnst as He saidss
Same one has suggested that these two car
rying the grapes make us think bit lale D
and New Testaments-the one ahead did nafY
see what he was carrying. but the one be-
! hind saw both the one ahead andithe grapes
| too Yet both carried the same fruit Jesus,
! the True Vine, is the burden of the whole
| book but is more clearly raNaalad in The
| New Testame1
| 25. "And they returned from SEARCHING OF
| the land after forty days AnA because OF
| their unbelief they, though so nearly pos
| sessing the land, were turned back into the
| wilderness to wander f0F furIy years, d year
| for each day (Num ziv.4 84D Some timefWe
| will see a deeper nearing In all the s'folfy
/ day experiences of Ser ipture.
| 2G, u. They could nor hHt hafsg q good
else concerning it thar Surety 1t d0Weth&
with milk and honey ard this il the frait of
! it," God always means what HE says, and
we are perfectly safe ID taking Him at HisR
word When ne mahes Il statement. emusl#
either honor Him hy haiinTing Il brfisAonop
Him hy our unbelief AMI mEke Him lFdH
III John u, 100. Rataer ies WI naYeT is.
every word, and thus set to otrsealfha4 God
is true.
%. 29. "Nevertheless the people be strSng
And SO they talk Of thh giants, and aA tha
inhabitants of the lard and the walled elEles.
God had mentioned these Nations and had
said that He would drive them out (Ex.l
xxxiv., 11). Observe ais sayerfolR II will,
beginning and ending WITH aI ann 31oyah, #
in Ex VII 6-8 and see what ida crate uNga
belief these men were guilty Oily gutting
least obstacle before tha paoT inste
the living God who Lad lLlp .dy dof
w0ndrously for them. AtI refreshlI
turn to Caleb and listen to him.
80 tTet us go upAt a9l III and n2sSA "
for we are welt able t8 overcome
| is confidence in GOa, and III as veil
it rests on His poser WAa nsGe
and OF whom the prophea ~ III
God, behold Thou last masla1he
the earth by Thy great power ana Y fetgIIS
out arm and there ls nothing 100 Ai3fd 4ar
Thee (1et 5s<.xff ii 171. These ehM@Hs ginz
words by which caleb sought III sstf ssae Ped
Die were from his heart (J0shua saTv -
he wholly followed the Lord.
81. 'rWe be not able togo ur ageanst
people, for they are stronger than Me-.
was not q question Of t'thHy and We, bus
only Of them and God. He who brought
them out Of Egypt was able to bring them
into Canaan, and in that light Caleb and
Joshua saw it. for they said, has Lord II
with us; fear them NOT (xiY., ID. Until we
have learned our own inability to save Qnf-
selves. we will not be likely to let tres Lord
save us, and until we have learned sslls ina
bility to keep ourselves aa will not knoE fhe
ioy of His keeping poRae. wv wanaA deeper
knowledge and experiences 0f All tssE IL ln-
clrded in the words. mot 4, but q lst.
80, &c. They and We waa unDe'
levers suggestive Of giants SID sr pper9
and resulted IN much weeping I'll knur,
ing on the part Of the people. A Ig
Il new captain who would lead th
> Egypt, 50 that The Lord ha ro3
Moses: HOY long wiilttgis ttssxl A,as Seiieye
= Me? How long will Ii VI eFa $500 aas shewed
Y Me- for all the signs WFeF.s a LF y,Iaee oair$
.. among them?'' civ, LIZ ssMts.Rglsfae Ms wg
selves face to face witt our dlInehls9 Il nr5
. viii ofttimes be- discharged Dnt NH, 9sI 11a6
place our difficulties ice tn lace w.. say erd
then victory j. sure d reae9i e9aRos HIM Swn II
ours. The matter thN He nlaka3 I'll. ass and
as good as aecoraplisiBd. In qnles4sss HIN HIN
in Confidence ID opr kfength (lsa. Afr'A.i
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