The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-17

~Sses - tie later saaiosaI ssssss
sss oeteser 10, pDo2-The FsIs
~ Jericho.

- Anc seven priests beating seven trun
pets OF rams horns before the ark of ~
aofe went or continually, and blew Wit
Is uumpets; and the armed men wen
tIsm, but the reward came afts
ne ark OF the Lord. the priests woirx o,
ane Dlo~sEg with the trumpets.
- AIc the second day they compasx<,
Ae s's once. and returned into the camp
80 they did six days.
- Ah1 IL came 10 pass or the seventh
l@S. tEdt they rose early about the "a WIN
the Gay, and comprised the cit,
flser me same manner seven times: onl,
times N e.'S se'ei
~ arc IL came 10 pass at the seventh dav
rnsn the priests blew with the trumpets
'os hua said unto to the people. Shout. 70,
ne i-ort hath given you the city.
u And the city shall be accursed- even 4,
ano all that are herein. to the Lord, only
nahao the harlot shall live she and All
- are with her In the house. because
.s lio the messengers that We sent.
- ana ye, IL any wise keep yourselves
rom the accursed thing. lest We MAZE
,oeseIves accursed. when ye take Of the
1sr, tning' ard make the camp Of
H.a~I curse. ard trouble il.
T. But all the silver. arf gold. and va.
Ss OF brass and iron. are consecratar
unto the Lord they shall come into ,hs
treasury OF the Lord
% So the people shouted uher the nr,.s..
pew with the trumpets: and II came ~
pass "hen the people heard the sound ~
"s .luhpets and the people shouted with
sIset snoui, and the wall fell down nat
20 that the people went up into the citv
VERY man straight before him. ana they
took the city '"es
GOLDEN TExT.-By faith the wall.
o. Jericho fell down.-H~b. 4 40.
u,-,, SsoN IoPIC--Gcc's Word as to the
OUTLINE OF scRIPTURAL SECTION
keeping the passover .Jo,n s.1-,,
~ re instructions Josh. 5-IsLs:s
me city taken -.-----......-...J Josh. 600
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
An lnmiliiary Delay.-When the
inhabitants of Canaan heard Of the
Miraculous crossing Of the Jordan.
their heart melted, neither was
here spirit in them any more. be-
'ause of the children of Israel"
o:l)- Ii is a well-known military
'rinclple that the best of all times
o strike an enemy is when he IN
'aralyzed with fear According to |
his Joshua should have marched
Without delay against Jericho. But
Gods command he halted al Gil
al that the lsraelites might renew
heir covenant with Jehovah through
ne rite of circumcision, and thar
hey might celebrate the passover
ur lesson shows that nothing was
'st by this delay.
Keeping the Passover.-The inhah-
ants Of Canaan were paraIvzed
aih fear at the approach of the
eorews. and at the marvellous way
which all obstacles vanished he.
ire them There was absolutely
danger of attack, and so Joshua
'sted for time at Gilgal. which
as his headquarters throughout the
inquest During this time the rite
circumcision. which had been dis
'ntinued during the years Of wan
ring. was reinstituted- and the
'ssover anniversary Of the fight
ON Egypt was observed for the
~ time in the land of promise.
'tice that the miraculous supply
1000 was not continued after II I
came possible TO obtain food IN !
y other way. 1t was not Gods {
rpose TO encourage laziness. I
Divine lnstructions.-Tn seeing the "
rince Of the host Of Jehovah .
shua had his vision as Moses had o
at the burning bush. In The E,
AT responsibility that had been 4
! upon Joshua he needed n spe- Il
J, personal assurance Of Jehovab's O
nal leadership. lie received n pl
e. Of
he City Takcn.-The order az sr
rcii was fD company OF armed &C
A. 20 the seven priests with rams al
MS f3) the ark. az the rest Of
hosf-the 'rearward' The his st
an tells us that the siege Of Jeri- We
was very effective t6:D. and that m
final fall was wrought by the of
d Of God alone. mans part being ler
Ply the movements described in Sc
text. The account purposes 10 ed
y at least these four things: (n an
nience. The Hebrews were we
ed men. They were .ssfronp and his
'ood courage" They must have ".
tempted to attack the citv in to
usual way but they obeyed. ex. ed
ing great self-contrcl. for thev en-.
allowed 10 make no demonstra- VIII
against the city except the sol. pie
one divinely ordered. The fail 7
re city was the reward Of obedi- typ
f2) Faith. They were exhort. apr
be strong, and then at once gles
handed not 10 use that strength. lati
needed the strength. but thev in I
needed to learn not to RELY on pre-.
iere the historian saw lesson min,
ust in God by faith the walls Sen
ericho fell down. (3) Tsrne, thei
'od's chosen people. We are II
to see the conquest from two uIes
$ OF view First, God was TAX the
he land Of Canaan for his people. ate
!. and second. God was using the
eople as an instrument with on b
to infict deserved punishment "
race whose existence. for the sena
interests of mankind at large on |
no longer be tolerated. "a July
conquest was a religious move duti
IL was faithfulness TO God bill
he law that brought success. 415)
that brought fail cont'
fixed
SUGGESTIONS ton
love OF God isfhe lfrht - - hush