The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-09-06


Not Perish. but Have Eternal life"
T. The Punishment Of Ptide.-Num-
bers 15,ze. The Isrneiltes by tneif iAeA
nf faith az kadesh Earnea. proves tnein-
selves unworthy To enter canaan ana
were Justly condemned 10 tnirt. .-easnt
school Gods purpose Deut w t~s 70
humble. them and ''prore them
Six events stand out In this long pe-
riod. chiefly al the end of t.
The Revolt Of Korah. chapter ~; tne
Budding Of Aarons Rod. the Death ot
Miriam. the sister OF Moses, at kAdeehi
the AiurmurinR az Kadeah; the hepAi7n
from Edom: the Death Of Aaron.
IL Faith Conquers the canaAnltee.--
Va l-2 4 And when. king Ar-a
King Of Arad" which dwsit In the
SOUTH The Negeb or South Country
of Palestine 10 reach which would ~
qnire a march northward from At her,
where Aaron died. Heard tell that -
raei came by way Of the spies Atnar-
Imr fH- " may mean spies. of a.t
BE- the name Ok some unknown iocAil.>.
Then he fought against Israel
And Israel vowed a vow.
II thou wilt indeed deliver this peopla
into my hand" This Il not In the bar
gaining spirit The people must con-
UHNI NHlHIF NUEE LUNNQ H"4H 49, 1850
their couauesfs. Then 7 viii utterly
destroy their cities" This was not Fln-
dictiveness. but ordinary prudence. J.
Is mistaken mercy not 70 cut down.
weeds ard KIN poisonous snakes
3 And they utterly destroyed them
and their cities~ This probably OCCUR
ed IN the later time described IN Josh.
le: "A; JadE. ]; n. ~And he called tne
name OF the place Hormat detot-
ed thing "something vowed
Lessons from Hormah. J. The tonaan-,
ties saw that they and the IsraelikaqN
could not live IN the same country
Wherever two opposing ideals come to-
eethar. there is irrcpreasitlr con-
dlct" You cannot mix Oh and water.
No nation and no man can serve two
mastcrs
2 No Canaan is to he won without
S God permitted the defeat an order
to drive people closer 70 himself How
often would you think Of God II It vera
never necessary to 30 90 him with pe-
tltions7
III Faithlassness and It's Punishment
VS.. -, T. And they lourneyed.
after Aaron's death. From mount
Her. BY the way Of tine Red sea. or
Yam suph fsea Of Weedsl. both names
surinEing from its abundant red coral
ITO compass the land of Edom. And the
soul Of the people was much disconraE-
ed because Of the way They were
turning their backs on Canaan and
marching directly away from a.
8 And the people Hpake aguinat
God" They tempted the Lord" Il Cor
10. g. Speaking Of God after a human
fashion. he wns tempted 20 give them
30 as hopeless And against Moses.
What a compliment thus 10 be coupled
with GOD. even Ia reproaches, Where
fore have ye brought uH up out -
Egypt. 20 die IN the wiidernessy Thus
they turned God's greatest miracle and
benefit into a complaint
s "And TIC Lord sent IL a not
necessary 10 suppose that the serrents
were created FOR thls occasion. but he
permitted the people IA their hllur OBJ
stinacy 20 run into them. withdrawing
hls protection from them. Fiery ser
rents
Illustration. AN an is IKE rerpent
frs .ta crafty. siruous action fascinatinr
10 the eye. and iliso vclum in 90 eject
iF The Look Of Faith VS. 70
Trhe people came to Moses Moses
VAS I'D years old and some have thouEht
that Joshua was already leading thu
redple more esneciauy since. Aoses fali
~ Nerlhahi bug the people care in'
sinuel-" The lsraeiites hesan % sfe thar
fne real danger was not The afrpeufs.
hut the ein that lci % the aerrgrts.
and o. WAS 90 open their eyes % this
f1ct that the serparts we're sent For
we have spoken aFalnst ghe Lord Con-
ffsston. % be anything. must ~ defi-
mite. ike fhia and not general -hnd
@ eairst thea" Most sins are aFairst
msa a. well ~ God II "a not enough
20 ask God 70 forgive Is. but wr muat
10 also. a. these israeiiies did. 20 the
men against whom We have tlnnei-
Pray unto the Lord
Practical The life 81 Moses abouras
n examples Of the value OF infercesaory
prayer. Such prayer Is sadly neglected.
s Make thee a nery serrenf.r of
brass ". 81. that Is. or copper or 5rnuxe.
which the word usually means And
elevate h. 20 that All might sea
And Moses made a serpent Or
brass Il existed Up 70 the time ~ king
Hezekiah. Who wisely destroyed d. be-
cause the people had begun e worship
Il A. an Idol q Kings "A. p. III SER
pcnt had bitten any man. phen h. be-
teld the serpent Of brass. he iieed.-
Illustration. Christ himself gave the
Interpretation OF this event IL John T.
a. l5--As Moees lifted up TIE serpent
'n the ~tldtrness. even = must the Sen
u man be lifted up. that whoaoevsr BE-
'iereth IN him should not perish. but
have eternal ilfc''
J. The serpent was not the symbol
Or likeness Of Christ. but Of sin ana rs
penalty.
AA--ANAnNs Inc ufAN-n Hr4rEuF was
hung up there on the barner-ntar a. =
trophy. % show that for the poison there
vas healing Afford. So Christ'a cross
has become the most conspicuons and
triumphant object o. the wnrldN his
Tory.
Illustration SIN the salvation comes.
- this illustration of the hrn1en ser
pfnt makes clear, not from anything
that We can Do. but from what Chri.t
j. and does.
Illustration. II needs only a look
Every evangelist and missionary can
give proofs of the Feasibility of sudden
conversions
And the look % faith toward Chrtsi's
'ross does actually and always heal
men OF their sin
Presented with Unique Chair.
Doncaster. England. towr council hna
been presented with a carved chair
made ont Of oak fnt,na u a. -