The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07

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q rHE LESSON TEXT.
: Joshua e<:ls-3)
IL NOV therefore fear the Lord. anc serv
: aun IN sincerity and In truth and pu
y evny the gods which your fathers servst
< on the other side Of the Hood. and IL Egypt
ard serve ye the Lord
/ ~ And II II seem evil unto you 10 serv,
sne Lore, choose you this day wi ON ye vii
ssrss' whether the gods which your IA
.ners served that were on the other side
ahe noou' or the gods OF the Amorites
y whose land ye dwell: but a. for me ar(
ny mouse. We will serve the Lord
-. Alc the people answered ard said
Zoo FORBID that We should forsake the
LORD, 10 serve other gods:
=. FOR the Lord our God. He IL Is that
drought US up and our fathers out Of the
.aLe 81 Egypt, from the house OF bondage,
ano winch CID those great signs IN our
nsht. ano preserved Us In all the way where.
~ We went. and among all The people
through whom we passed:
-. And tie Lord drove out from before
Us al me people. even the Amor.tes which
o"et 10 the land. therefore vii. we also
serve the Lord: for lie IS our God
~. Aho Joshua said unto the people Ye
caAIot serve the Lord: for He Is an holy
800 lie IS q jealous God: lie Will not
forgive your traEsgresslOns nor your sirs
~ IL ye forsake the Lord, and serve
strange goes. then He Will turn ard 90
you hurt, and consume you after that He
hath done you good
u Anc the people said unto Joshua.
Nay but We Will serve the Lord
q And Joshua said unto the people. ys
are witnesses against yourselves that ye
nave CHOSEN you the Lord. TO serve Hin
Anc tney said. We are Witnesses
=. NOW therefore put away. said he, the
strange gods which are among you. ara
,neAne your heart unto the Lord God OF
Israel "
"a. And the people said unto Joshua. The
Lord our God Will we serve. and His voice
Will we obey
.. 80 Joshua made a covenant with the
people that day. and set the m a statute ard
an ordnance in Shechem.
.oLDEN IENr.-Choose you this day
whom ye will serve.-Josh. 24,I5.
OUTLINE OF sCRIPTURAI. SECTION.
The cities OF the Levltes ..Josh xxi
Ine mlsapprehens!on .............Josh xxIt
Joshua.s charge to the elders. Josh xxiF.'
IIo oshs charge TO the people. Josh 2i:l-2s
'oshua ceAth Josh. a4:-e-.j
TlME.-B c. 1874 and 1877
PLAcE--shiloh. Timnath-serah. ana
Shechem.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Cities of the Levites.-with
to-day's lesson we see the compile
ton of the division of the land |
among the tribes. Only the Levites, |
who were set apart to the Lord re-
manned. Joshua now located them in
cities here and there throughout the
country. Probably the whole city
in each case was not turned over to
them, but only such part as was
needed. with the privilege of pastur.
ing cattle in the suburbs" as the
strip of pasture land just outside
the city wall was called. Thus Heb
ron is said to have been given to
Caleb d4:D and also to the Levites
(2l:13.)
The Misunderstanding in.
dignation Of the pc rle over the ac-
ton of the two and a na.< depart
ing tribes. in building the altar %, !
the Jordan. was natural. They
seemed to have forsaken Jehovah,
which would have amounted to de-
claration of war, and il was feared
that, because they were Hebrews.
the whole nation would be punished.
Note the desire of the ten tribes 10
settle the matter peaceably If pos
sible, and that untold suffering was
averted by patience in dealing with a
suspicion that was afterwards found !
to be groundless.
The Charge 10 the EIders.-Tn 7
shapter xiii we have the first Of n
Ioshua's two farewell addresses. In 4
: he urges them TO be faithful 70 $
he law, and 10 avoid all intercourse Z
With the Canaanites. g
The Charge TO the People.-The q
econd Of the addresses was 70 those
= the people who were gathered at
he sanctuary at Shcchem. Joshua =,
eviews the goodness Of God from
he days Of the patriarchs on. and
iakes that reason why the people
hould abandon the ancestral idols
still worshipped more or less m
mong them,-and follow Jehovah III
MY. fc
snow. therefore," Because If CT
DDS goodness. Beyond the -iver:- II
eyond the Euphrates, in Mesopot- Q.
mia. whence Abraham had come. en-
lhoose YOU this day whom We will pi
rye" Times Of rcdedication to Is
I'd are necessary. Joshua put the co
sc for Jehovah just as strongly as WI
J knew how. and then left the de- sil
sion with the people. "Yc cannot m'
rye jehovah" Joshua seemed TO m;
y. 1T is no small matter.-this tn
rving Of Jehovah. FOR he Is holy. DO
d expects his people TO live holy
es. Are you sure you are equal ".
IL? IL You are unfaithfui YOU
ist expect TO reap the reward of WI
faithfulness. lave you counted oi'
e COST" Put away for no
IN gods" Begin at once. You ao
ist be wholly Gods or not at all. I'M
oshua made a covenant with the are
ople:" He acted for Jehovah. wa
rlarirg the mutual obligations mol
ich both parties. Jehovah and the Is
,ple. assumed. This was probably 'or
ne with impressive ceremonies. she
lging from Tx. 1920 and Deut. lat
1. ten
oshua's Deafh.--After the renew
of the -evenant. This sturdy SOL we
r felt that he could die in peace. en-
3 following paragraph names two en-
er noted men who were also ina