The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-24

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q Joshua ll.s-lSl H
! And the LORD COMMANDED No. M
the land 49, 10y mp N
:. Then the children Of yud an a. 4.
Joshua In Gilgal: and Caisb ~ sac ~ 4
,nurneh the kenexite said unto hI,n -.
Mo~est the thing that the LORD aid - .
the man Of God CONCERNING M ~
'.ee in kaceshbarnea.
ToIy years old was when Moses II
oarnSs,o " ne Lord sent me from Kadesh-
1eS 20 espy out the land: and broughr
~ .oro again as 1t was In mine hearl.
Nsse1tne.ess my brethren that vent
s"a me made the heart OF the people
n ~ee' Out 1 wholly followed the Lord my
ss ~ Ano Moses sware or that day. SAVING.
surrey the land whereon INV fsss S~~@
.soccen shall be thine heritarce ara Nv
.' 1el forever. because thou It Who'll
io.sowed the Lord my God
~ Ald now. behold. the Lord hath k~ot
49, .s s.se. AZ he said. these ~ and i've Years.
lMos. $50 tAe Lord spake this word unto
sss. wniie the children OF Israei ar
uesec IN the wilderness: and now 10 I'm
s..s Gay fourscore and five year. IA
"a Anc yet am as strong this CAV 49,
vas ~ the day that Moses sent me. INV
raS "a vas ther. even so Is my strength
come In os'' alo %
- VOW therefore give me this noun tain.
.eisoi the Lord spake in that cav: Tor
.nou neardest In that day how the Anak,~s
mere. ard that the cities were great
sno isncec; II so be the Lord will h. wffh
me, then ! shall be able - drly. ,hsr -,
a. the Lord said os',
Aro joshua blessed him. and gave
-, s'o Sasso the soE Of Jephunneh Hebron
- aeDron therefore became the inher-
Kenez,,a wa.eo the son OF Jsphunneh the
"louy followed the Lord God OF Isrsel
Ano the name of Hebron before was
! .naroa; which Arba was a greatman
r ns ine Arakims. And the land had
GOLDEN TExT.-He Wholly fellsu.s
ne Lords-JOsh. 1lsl4.
,uI.iNE OF scRIPTURAL SECTION.
leleat and victory Iosh ~, al
compact with the Gibeoniies. .Josi si
CONQUEST ~ rc-shrn Canaan.......y Josh. K
,aiebp ol ce uncorauered.. josh. XIII
TIME " = -.,..,.s,,.;.,:-....-...yosh. N:s-ls
PLACE.-Gilgai
NOTES AND coMMENrs IN
Inc oonquest.-it took about seven
ears to subdue Canaan with ANYTHING
nc completeness. though the victory
as practically assured in much less
me- Joshua's plan of campaign was
asterly. BY taking Jericho and A;
10 by securing the cities of Gibeon
eerooth and Chephirah and Kiriatb-
arm through the Gibeopites
;l-ls), Canaan was divided into two
rts by line running from Jericho Tn
mediterranean, SO that the kinRs ~
'ne north and of the south were cut
from cooperating with each other.
zen Joshua first conquered the south
then the north by the swiftness Of
movements and the impetuosity Of
attacks. All this was done before
redemption of the promise made to
leb.
ne Two Campaigns.-Ch Chapter vii. r.
es the defeat Of q small detachment
men at Al. as the result Of the dis
'dience Of Achan, who had taken
ne OF the plumber of Jericho for his
use; the detection and punishment
ne offender and. with him. the stop-
10 death OF his innocent children.
hua was noble servant OF God but
Who have known Christ's revelation
ne heart OF God cannot believe
ne was right in supposing all the
lfy and barbarism Of those daysto
'ieasing in Gods sight. The next
chapters relate the taking Of AZ
the sfrafagem Of the Gibeonites
accounts of the conquest found IN
ua indicate two distinct cam
rs carried on by the nation a. :
{. with marvellous success. The
was In the southern pe.-t of the
Try, and began with tie defeat ~
we Amorite kings 1t brought
the complete subjugation OF
part OF the country and the ex-
nation OF most Of the original
ianfs- The northern camnaigr
! with the defeat Of the coalition
.'abin. king Of Hazor, and was,
ghout, sweeping victory. The
ms in Joshua and Judges have
been satisfactorily harmonized.
4 perhaps gives a sert OF con-
account Of what really took
longer time than would appesr
surface.
BIS Claim--"The children ~
drew nigh unto joshua Caleb
ed to the tribe Of Judah Nv
on. Tor he was not one of the
=" ~ oiftn- lie was Caleb M
'nezite-" The thing that Je.
spake-concerning me-" He
MS claim on Jehovah's prom.
oxen more than 40 years be.
Forty years old was IT, ca.
s. years old at the time 81
'son. MY brethren:- Caleb
'rring to the ten cowardIv
men who had been enemies
whole nation. but he speaks
and nurses no resentment ~
It. Il am as strong this dav
as:' His life had not been
i Il had been pure and good
ong. and he assured Joshua
was just as well able to con-
Anakim as ever. though he
ears old. This old veteran.
crvices would have entitled
Almost any reward he might
not seek for a soft place for
aing years. but for author
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