The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-08-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the international SerieA
for August "a, 1002-RepOrt of
the Spies.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Numbers 13:26-l4:4.)

THE LESSON TEXT.
Numbers 13:26-14:4)
g. And they went and came to Moses,
and to Aaron, and to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, unto the wilder
ness of Paran to Kadesh and brought
back word unto them and 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 it fioweth with milk and
honey; and this is the fruit of it.
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.
%. The Amalekites dwell in the land of
the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebu-
sites, and the Amorites, dwell in the noun
tains; and the Canaanites dwell by the
sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
80. And Caleb stilled the people before
Moses, and said; Let us go up at once,
and possess it; for we are well able to
overcome it.
q. But the men that went up with him
said: 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
it, is a land that eateth UP the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that we saw
in 1t are men of great stature.
SO. 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.
l. And all the congregation lifted up their
voice, and cried; and the people wept that
night
2 And all the children of Israel muir
INJURED against Moses and against Aaron;
them: Would God that we had died in the
Land of Egypt or would God we had died
in this wilderness!
8. And wherefore hath the Lord brought
us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that
our wives and our children should be a
prey? were it not better for US to return
into Egypt?
A. And they said one to another: Let us
make a captain, and let us return into
Egypt
GOLDEN TEXT.-Biessed is that man
that msketh the Lord his trust.-Ps,
40:4A
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION,
The fire and plague. Mum. II :1-35
Mlr1am's leprosy .................Num 1871 ID
Inc spies sent out. .............. Mum. 1871 -24
Inc SPIES report. .............. Num- 10 rs SO
The rebellion. Mum. l4:1-3S
TIME-B. G. 1890
PLACE-Taberah Kibroth- h
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 (11:33) was
probably a 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. 1922,
the sending of the spies is said to be
In answer to a 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 its
leaders among the spies. The COM
mission given the men was clear.
The observations they were to make
included the clay of the land" the
offensive and defensive abilities OF
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
81. 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 nationa
| life of the Hebrews. The failure al
| Kadesh-barnea is one of the first anC
one of the greatest. Through al
these long and weary months since
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 (1) the land Flowed
with milk and honey" but (2) there
were giants there. The ten spies
proved that they were still cowardly
slaves at heart by emphasizing only
the latter.
In studying the lesson, note On the
different ways of meeting obstacles;
(2) that God helps those who help
themselves. Israel wanted the prom
ised land but was not willing to win
it. (3) The tens 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 in
themselves are the ones who over
come giants" (4) From Kadesh-
barnea there We're just two ways
open forward into the promised land
and backward into the wilderness.
Every life has its Kadesh-barnea. A
great cause may come to Kadesh, fail,
turn back into the wilderness for 40
years, and come again; but a soul
seldom sees Kadesh-barnea but once.
The Hebrews who failed died before
the second chance came.