The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-08-21
TUE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international Series
for August -. IoO2-Report Of
the Spies.
THE LESSON TENT.

back word unto them, ard unto all the con-
gregation, and Showed them the fruit OF
the land.
q. And they told him. and said: We
came unto the land whittier thou sentest
us. and surely 1t iloweth with milk and
honey; and this is the fruit of H.
2S. Nevertheless the people be strong
that dwell in the land, and the cities are
walled, and very great; and moreover We
saw the children of Anak there.
y. The Amalekites dwell in the land Of
the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebu-
sites, and the Amorites. dwell in the noun
ta.ns; and the Canaanites dwell by the
sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
". And Caleb stilled the people before
Moses, and said; Let us go up at once,
and possess 1t; for We are well able to
overcome II.
81. But the men that went up with him
saidr We be not able TO go up against the
people: for they are stronger than We.
80. And they brought up an evil report
of the land which they had searched unto
the children OF Israel. saying: The land.
through which We have gone TO search
1t, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that We saw
In II are men OF great stature.
S. And there We saw the giants. the
sons Of Anak, which come Of the giants;
and We were in our own sight as grasshop-
pers. and SO we were in their sight.
/. And all the congregation lifted up their
voice, and criedI and the people wept that
night.
. And all the children of Israel mur-
INJURED against Moses and against Aaron;
and the whole congregation said unto
them: Would God that We had died in the
land of Egypt! or would Go. We had died
in this wilderness.
). And wherefore hath the Lord brought
us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that
our wives and our children should be
prey? were 1t not better for us to return
into Egypt?
4. And they said one to another: Let us
make captain. and let us return into
Egypt.
GOLDEN TENT.-Blcsscd In that ma
thht maketh the Lord his trust.-Ps.
IOJ.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Inc fire and plague. Mum. II lbs
Miriam leprosy, y,................Nu Num. l2:l-l6
The spies sent out. Mum. l3:l-4
Inc spies report. Mum l3 25-33
Inc rebellion. Mum. li:l-.S
TlME-B. G. 1890.
PLACE-Taberah, KIbroth-hataayah
Aazeroth and the Wilderness of Paran.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Murmuring. - The particular
trouble now was the lack of variety
in food. The mamma did not satisfy
the people. The plague Ql:33) was
probably natural consequence of
overeating unaccuStomed food God
is generally able to let the law Of
cause and effect administer the pun
ishment his children need
The Spies Sent Out-In Deut. 1:22,
the sending of the spies is said to be
in answer to II petition of the people.
The men chosen, according to Jeho-
vah's direction, were the best and
most representative that could be Sc
lected. Each tribe had one of it's
leaders among the spies. The com
mission given the men was clear.
The observations they were to make
included the ''lay of the land" the
the people, and the desirability of
the country for home. Verse 81
shows that they did their work very
thoroughly, for they journeyed to the
northernmost limit of the land in
stead of stopping at Hebron or Beth
el. The Anak tribes appear to have
been redoubtable warriors of great
stature, but they really made very
little trouble when Israel actually EN-.
tered the land.
The Spies Report. - There have
been many tragedies in the national
life of the Hebrews. The failure at
Kadesh- h-barnea is one of the first and
one of the greatest. Through al
these long and weary months sine,
leaving Egypt the Israelites had but
one thought-rest and home in the
promised land. Now they had come
to the threshold Their hope was
high. At last the land of their ma
tional dream, and of Jehovah's prom
Use, was almost in sight. They de.
layed only for the report of the spies
The men returned, and hope turned
to despair, simply because there were
obstacles to be overcome. The spies
reported that (D the land Flowed
with milk and honey but (2) there
| were giants IntTt. lne Ten SDles
proved that they were still cowardly
slaves at heart by emphasizing only
the latter.
In studying the lesson, note G) the
different ways of meeting obstacles;
(2) that God helps those who helr
themselves. Israel wanted the prom
ised land but was not willing to win
it. (3) The ten spies had no faith in
God, and they were "as grasshop
pers" in their own sight. The people
who have faith in God and faith ir
themselves are the ones who over
come giants" (4) From Kadesh
barnea there were just two ways
open-forward into the promised lane
and backward into the wilderness
Every life has it's Kadesh-barnea. A
great cause may come to Kadesh, fail
turn back into the wilderness for Al
yeaYs, and come again; but sou
seldom sees Kadesh-barnea but once
The Hebrews who failed died before