Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-08-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the International Series
fer August p, 19O2-ReDort Of
the Spies.
THE LESSON TEXT.
plumbers 1S:8-1A:Ll

q. And they told him, and said: We
came unto the land whittier thou senteSS
US, and surely it fioHeth with milk and
honey; and this IS the fruit of it
3. 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.
q. The AInalekites 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 oncea
and possess it; for we are well able to
overcome it.
81. 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,
1t, is q. land that eateth up the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that We saw
in it are men of a great stature.
IS. And there we saw the giants, the
sons of Anak, which come of the giantss
and We were in our own sight as grasshop-
pers, and so we were in their sight.
l. And ali 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 Aarons
and the whole congregation said unto
them: WoulG God that We had died in the
land of Egypt! or would God We had died
in this wilderness!
3. And wherefore hath the Lord brought
US unto this land, to fail by the sword. that
our wives and our children should be a
prey2 were 1t not better for US to return
into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another: Let US
make a captain, and let us return into
Egypt.
GOLDEN TEXT.-BIessed is that man
that maketh the Lord his truSt.-PE.
4O:4
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
The fire and plague. Mum. 11:1-3S
The spies sent out...............N an Ii: 1-24
he SPIES, report. Mum. 13;25-SS
TIME-B. c. 1880.
PLACE-Taberah, Kibroth-hataavah,
Hazeroth and the Wilderness of Paran.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Murmuring. = The particular
trouble now was the lack of variety
in food. The mama did not satisfy
the people. The plague (11:33) was
probably natural consequence of
| overeating unaccustomed food. God
is generally able to let the law of
cause and effect administer the pun
AS111lISub Ills nGeQs
The Spies Sent Out.-In Deut. 1:22,
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 it's
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 a home. Verse q
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
Ell. The Anak tribes appear to have
been redoubtabIe 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-barnea is one of the first and
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
tiona1 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 ~ 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 ~ the
different ways of meeting obstacles
! (2l that God helps those who helI
themselves. Israel wanted the prom
ised land but was not willing to wiI
it. 60 The ten spies had no faith il
God, and they were cas- grasshop
pers'' in their own sight. The people
who have faith in God and faith il
themselves are the ones who over
come giants a. From Kadesh
| Darnea Gnere were just TWO way
open-forward into the promised lanC
and backward into the wilderness
Every life has it's Kadesh-barnea. 4
great cause may come to Kadesh, fail
turn back into the wilderness for Al
years, and come again; but a sou
seldom sees Kadesh-barnea but once
The Hebrews who failed died befor,
the second chance came.
The RebeIlion.-Read 14:39-45. 1t ii
the old, old story of hopelessiy try
ing to get back lost opportunity.