The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-08-23

Notes on the Lesson.
The Israelltes had now spent about nf~
teen months in Gods wilderness training
school, In wise and wonderful WAYS Je-
hovah had been teaching them great les
sons OF trust duty worship, obedience.
temperance. progress. Now comes an ex-
animation to test their minds and hearts.
An examination IN which. alasl most or
them failed
l. Spying out the Land. A Test OF
Courage. IS: 1-25. Having reached
Kadesh Barnea. the threshold OF Canaan.
the Israelites urged (Deut. 1.z0 that ex-
plorers be sent on ahead and God sanc-
toned the plan (Num. bed, because,
though He wants men to rely on HIS
guidance. He wants them also to use
their own eyes.
Spying out Our Promised Land. Our
life is like a wilderness journey. full OF
tardships. God understands that We
iced the inspiration Of hope. and 80 He
las set before us a Promised Land Part
81 II Is in this iife-the satisfaction OF
duty done, the power It gives, the friend
ships that spring from It, the approval OK
noble men. The best part Of II IL in the
next life. and the Bible Is full Of fore
CLEANS Of heaven.
IT, A Report OF Facts.-Vs. 26-2s. The
spies were gone forty days ". 25l. We
may imagine the first company. return
ing from lower Palestine. making their
report IN the presence OF an eager as
sembly.
Aaron and to all the congregation to ka-
desh and showed them the fruit Of tho
land"
q. 1T aoweth with milk and honey.
and this is the fruit OF It," They wanted
TO appear judicial. looking ittie on the
good side and much or the bad side.
Practical Nothing Is so dangerous as
haif-truth. The worst enemies OF
Christianity are those who condescend-
ingly praise its civilization, and then
class Christ with Socrates. They accept
Christ's fruits. but reject HiEh-
q. Nevertheless the cities are
walled and very great. We saw the chill
dren OF Anak there . A class Of han-
dts whose names inspired terror
throughout the district-Ahiman. Sheahai,
and Talmai. sons OF Anak."-Watson.
70 ''The Amalekites dwell in the land
Of the South" The Israelites had al
ready met the Amalekites. az Rephidim
(Ex- 17.s-l0. and God had shown that
he could conquer them. "And the Hit
titles, and the Jebusites. and the Ca
naanites."
III. A Courageous Report--v 90 and
Caleb" A Kenizzite. OF Edom. but at
tached to the tribe OF Judah "stiliea
the people before Moses" Evidently they
had burst out in a cry OF despair and
fear. And said. Let Us 60 up at once.
end possess 1t. for we are able 10 over
come it,"
". 4 cowardiy Report-vs. si-s2 a.
''But the men that went up with him
said, We be not able 70 90 up against tho
people"
a. and they brought up an evil re-
port Of the land. The land eateth
up the Inhabitants. the people -
are men OF great stature"
a3 And there We saw the giants. ana
we were in our own sight as Erasshop-
ers. and so we were In their sight" No
own estimation.
v. A Cowardiy People. VS.. II. !. -tnd
the people wept that night Wen might
they weep, but a. their own lack of
faith.
?. .'Afurmured against Moses Since
he had I'D them under Gods directions.
this WIS murmuring against God.
Would God we had died IN this wilder
nessi'' God heard their prayer. and
granted It By keeping them IN the vii
derness tiil their death. Il wish 7 were
dsNdr' men often say but would they
nst be terror-stricken n they thought
God would take them al their word1
q Wherefore hath the Lord brought
Us unto this land. 70 fall BY tho swordT
That our wives and our children should
be prey IL Is harder 10 have faith for
our dear ones than for ourselves.
4 Let us make a captain, and let Us
return into Egypt" They knew Noses
well enough TO know that he would not
remain their captain II they returned to
Egypt or stayed IN the desert contrary 10
Gods viii. Neither - q possible 70 re-
tain Christ as our captain and also 70
make this world our home.
Modern Applications. We sin IKE the
IsraeIites when we fretfuiiy ask. Why
a.4A -. arI fas
OF sickness. or poverty. or faiiuref-
VI The Penalty Of Cowardice. sud
denly. as twice before IN great crises
Gev. i0-2. Nun. ii.il. the people we're
terrified By a dazzling iight from tie tab
ernacie. Again. as on the occasion Of the
golden calf. jehovah offered 20 destroy
the people and mako Moses the second
Abraham or a new and nobier race In
a passage IN which Meyer declares one
of the grandest IN the whole Bible Noses
with God not 70 give the Egyptians and
canaanItes a chance 20 derlde the fail
ure of bis plans
Jehovah's decision shows how God can
AZ the same time b. mercifll and just
FOR Re answered Moses. prayer. Yet pun
only Caleb and Joshua and those twenty
years old or younger fwho probably had
not Joined ths Tevoiti. should ever 80
Canaan. Fer f.~fy years, beginning wits
ftif at.xolue.-a year Tor eferf Gay or tua
srlcss Absence. the fsraelitas were 90 live
IN the wilderness. an an the older 9en-
sration had perishcd. To attest the vsr-
ilct. a plague ragged among The pcorls
and slew the ten cowardly spies.
struck with a t1o-iate ref=srtarre. ne
lnrious nation detcrulncd 20 60 forward.
even nrainst Noses protest and without
ne ara. Bat as they rushed through tbs
naes that lcd ncrthH4r,t the forces q
me reriou fen upon them and defeated
.hrn terribly. They learned that Co.'s
Judgment vas duaL
Lessons in courare taught 81 Kadeth-
1 couarilce u constantly shuttinE iue-
lut of Canaars-fhe Car1nrs % worldly
suc-ess. or influence. honor. t1re. heaven
= ftisa false ard fraitless courage thAt
: not based on Cod Even The Church
.ni islflriduai Christians. uhsn theF take
ln nuarrefa which God does not cal 90
fera % take ur. or Use weapons Nnlcn
Sod does nut aprrove ana themselves
iromptiy defeated
J rh.ra Is a tine Ter chstIsnce. ari =
re- fet that time go hT Wtftout rsrsInr-
he loss is irrcrarabIc. THIS event sn1uiA
= a stcrr warnlar % o. aG Cieu. t-iiA