Newport weekly independent., 1902-10-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson i'm thc International Series for October ;, 19O2-Joshua
 Encouraged.
THE LESSON TEXT. (TNrI,,a 1.1 1IA


 l. Now after the death of Moses the serv. ant of the Lord it came to pass that tho Lord spake unto Joshua, the son of Nun Moses minister, saying:
 7. Moses, my servant, is dead now there fore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and als this people, unto the land which l do glv.. 10 them, even to the children of Israel. 5. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that have l given unto you, as 1 said urto Moses.
 1. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Eu- pirates, all the land of the Hittites and unto the great sea toward, the going down l Of the sun shall be your coast. 5. There shall not any man be able to 1 stand before thee all the days of thy life; | as was with Moses, so I will be with thee; | Will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. o Be strong ard of a good courage; for l unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which 1 sware unto | their fathers to give them.
 [. Only be thou strong and very courag- eous, that thou mayest observe to do | cording to all the law, which Moses my | servant commanded thee turn not from it | to the right hand or to the left, that thou 1 mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. | S. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt mediate | therein day and night, that thou mayest l observe to do according to all that is writ
 ten therein; for then thou shalt make thy l way prosperous, and then thou shalt have | good success.
 | 3. Have not I commanded thee? Be 1 strong and of good courage; be not afraid, | neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord
 thy God Is with thee whithersoever thou | goest.
 | ID. Then Joshua commanded the officers l of the people, saying,
 Il. Pass through the host, and command | the people, saying, Prepare your victuals | Tor within three days ye shall pass over this
 ooroah. to go in to possess the land, which 1 the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.
 GOLDEN TEXT.-Be strong and of . good cOurage.-JOsh. 1:9.
 l OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION. | God word to Joshua. ....Josh. 1:1-9.
 Joshua's word to the people Josh. 1:1O-1S
 Sending of the spies.. 2:1-24: 1 TIME.-B. c. 1451.
 | PLACE.-Skittim.
 NOTES AND COMMENTS.
 Gods Pledge.-Just as He does
 now to those who are about entering
 upon the warfare of life. God assured
 Joshua that He would not fail him nor
 forsake him. All that he required of
 Joshua was that he should be strong
 and of good courage and faithfully
 keep Gods law. The history upon
 which we enter shows how perfectly
 God redeemed His promise. The les
 sons for the quarter emphasize the
 truth that ''In God is our help" TLat
 fact that we need to realize in our
 own life $ conflict.
 Gods Word to Joshua.-There was
 no question as to who Moses successor
 should be. Joshua had been pre- emi-
 nent as a brave and upright soldier
 from the time, 3S years batore. when
 he led the Hebrews to victory at Rephi-
 dim. Moses chose him, and God called
 him, because of his fitness. God has
 many kinds of work to be done in the
 world, and needs different IlinGs of men to do it. Joshua was , far bette,
 man to direct the conquest of Canaan
 than the greater Moses could have been. "Jehovah spake unto Joshua:' ; He was conscious that he was called o1 God to do Gods work. In that very fact was his supreme encouragement It is one that every true Christian n , should feel to-day. "Moses is dead; now therefore arise:" The death of Moses is the call of Joshua. The loss from Sunday school, Endeavor so- ciety or church of one strong worker is a call to others to take up the work. 'Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon:" A prom ise and a conditions; you shall have what you conquer. 'To you have given it." Though we have to work for what we get, we still thank God as it's giver. "I will not fail thee:' The source of Joshua's strength was not his own great ability, but the fact flat God had promised to stand by . Jim in the work. "Be strong and o1 .. good courage:" Realize that you are strong; expect to succeed; have faith in yourself and God. "Observe
 '. the law . '. . that thou mayst
 have good success:" Success through obedience to God. This is not an arbi trary reward for obedience to an ar
 Iitrary command but shows rather
 that God. in His wisdom, commanded : those things that are for mans best : good and bring success as their own re . ward.
 Coopera tion.-The account of the sending of the spies to Jericho, anc , their adventures (chap. 9, should really prccedc Joshua's order to pre- , pare victuals, which was given thre, , days before crossing the Jordan (1Otf of Nissan, 4:19(. The spies were gone
 from the 5th 10 the Sth. Reuben, Gao
 and the half-tribe of MaHasseh had al . ready settled east of the Jordan (Num |