The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
In TIE OLD W AY.
DIR. CrAPhAk'S SUNDAY SERMON.
EU,.rent pasto-.Evangeiist Prove:
: BY o!d Testament Reference Wha
Our Duty is.

kE1 .HGp1 'CNsuSS"Se F'NN>s
: BY o.d Testament Reference Wha'
Our Duty is.
NEv YosK CrrY.-The following ser
n.ea is one OF series prepared some time
xsnlsc by the Rev. DR.. j. Wilbur Chapman.
ahe distinguished evangelist. 1t Is emitted
-Tae Upper and the Neither Springs. and
0as preached from the text And he gave
her. the upper springs and the nether
serings." Joshua Nv.: l9.
PM INV between Hebron and Beershe-
Ia Ehere. once stood the ancient city OF
Dcbir It was the city of brains and books
and the centre of intellectual culture OF the
.,llseu dave At the same point now may
he seen a rude assembiage of stone hoveis,
rnsny OF which are half standing, but the
4athcrs arc entirely broken down.
Oac aos the names given to this city,
hcing translated, means the City OF Brooks,
or Of learning-what Athens was to Greece
SSe S,ity OF Dsbir was to Southern PaicS-
afpe. 1t was supposed that all the records
cd aRtinuity Of the nation were stored
there. it.mas. indeed, a famous place; =.
Caleb. the SON OF Heron, oil the tribe oil
SEu6sl. was very anxious to secure posses
ssSs of RE city. 1t is this fact which gives
xrse To TIRE text His rame is very familiar
In ss. Re was one of the twelve spies
srnt by Moses over into Canaan. and he
sDA -yoshus were the only two born IN
Egypt Wis were given the privilege Of en-
serins (.anaar, with the possible exception
<sf Che Ievitcs. and that. not only because
thrF had brought a truthful report of inc
xand They had explored, but we're also WliI,
la- 70 take God at His word. and put al!
ehesr trnst IN Him.
RarSy-five years after. when the wander
1nrs we're. over, Caleb applied TO Joshua
scr th- share OF the land which had been
urrmiscd him. and among other portions
Ghere Was granted to him Debr, the city OF
Leerning. It.wns still. however, the strong
hold OF the giants Of Canaan. and must be
eaRtnred 10 be possessed.
<Sleh then made the proposition thai he
~onid give his daughter Achsah in mar
riase is any one who was able to take the
cSsr. and cne 0thniei. who had been much
sS 4 warrior, for he had delivered the chill
sEren OF Israel from the King OF Mesopota-
ma. marched against Dcbir. After great
sfxuarse the gates were broken down. the
,r1ants we're oa9tGrcd or drivcn away. and
ae CITY of Books lay at tue feet ot the
sssnnueroE, When the victory was won
Gsleh vas as good as his word, AMI his
daughter was given in marriage to tnS sol
S}srr. With her he also gaye as "a inherit
ssncz. peculiar piece of property. known
= SSAAS
xsanons. but il was mountainous and slooed
a,lshward teEard the deserts of Arabia.
zlse hot Vinds of which again and again
HzsSsf across it. Before Achsah left her
Enthcr's house ehe besought him for his
ksesxing. The south land was not enough.
she would alss have springs OF water, and
G&se5 responded at once, and gave her
pzors THAN she had asked. for we read II
fhe text: 'He gave her the upper springs
L.
lnZS fertile territory the land was chosen.
R contained no less than fourteen springs
The valley was beautiful. for look which
wzy ycu wculd you could see them gushing
Ecrt&. Their presence in the field meant
nok only q blessing for the field In which
tacy were found, but for all the country
.rogud them.
I fnd in This beautiful story good illus
tratson Of al that we receive from our
K1kher.
>. An chat has been bestowed upon us is as
sochted with victory, and that was won by
MSM whose name was called in the pro-
kezSc struggle. but He came of more than
Sanauerur Then, after that, He was called
fzse bridegroom Of the church, which is to
be His bride, and with Him We have re-
.ees=ed net only the gift of salvation, but in
Him we are also blessed with all spiritual
kIcasinEs Paul gives US this when he
writes 30 The Ephesians, Blessed be the
God and Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
ySe hath blessed US with all spiritual
&aesssngs in heavenly places in Christ
syesns.n
q. God starts His children in this world
as Caleb started his daughter. with an in.
ikerksace. No one is so poor but God has
g9ven him something.
Seme have taken the inheritance and
rseaicd it as the man with the FIVE talents,
they have gained other five also; Others
fEke the man with one talent. have wrapped
II IN n napkin, and SO they leave the world
as poor as when they entered it. God has
been very good to Us. He has given us this
vsrli with an its beauty, its green pas
tazrs. its still waters. its rivers and its seas,
Tbs starry canopy stretching out above.
The wern is filed with forces of all kinds,
fhers, until to-day he stands himself like
q conquerer ia the midst OF them all.
Sut the inheritance is better than that:
He fsHs given US all the faculties of mind
zad all the powers of body. The mind. the
sassrz. the hands, the feet-no one is sent
INTO The world pauper. God has thus
rlaced q fortune in the grasp of every
Sssld of His. 1t is such a great thing to
hire mind. for with it man is able to
1cHfch the Qeep things oil Gou ana really
ta,se hold Of the thought of the Eternal.
The science of geometry was worked ont
Ersm . few simple principles by Euclid
aad Archimedes. by pure reasoning out of
Their minds, and on the sands of the floor
af Che room where they were studying
1sehinsedes traced the curves in which, &c.
sorssisx to science, the heavenly bodies
ssuss move. And long after, when the tee
ssspe ~as invented. the Galileos and the
EexTons beheld with reverent wonder that
Ske heavenly bodies were sweeping along
ln zhe same curves described so long age, by
tke great Mathematician. 1t is, indeed, a
vuuderfui thing to have mind.
2 Bot e these things which 1 have men.
9lsned as our natural inheritance are all
what we possess, then, with the success
121t rsy be gained by means Of them we
r.ay sin be Of gil men the most miserable.
Itr {sey are like the south land OF Ach-
sah- they stretch of toward the deserts Of
asrrsW and care and darkness, and the hot
vInds Of despair come sweeping past Us
sezse ana again. The most miserable peo-
v& az fhe world. sooner or later. are those
vhs have just the world and nothing el;e.
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