Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-01-15
UPPER AND NEITHER SPRINGS
Sunday Sermon By Rev. j. Wilbur Chap.
man.
An Old Testament Story as a Parallel to Illus.
trate the Great Blessings We Receive
From Our Heavenly Father.

New Y0RH' CITv.-The following ser
mon is one of series prepared some time
the distinguished evangelist. 1t is entitled
"The Upper and the Neither Springs" and
was preached from the text And he gave
her, the. upper springs and the neither
springs" Joshua xv. 10. .
Half way between Hebron and Beershe'
ba there once stood the ancient city oil
Debr. 1t was the city of brains and books
and the centre of intellectual culture of the
olden days. At the same point now may
be seen a rude assemblage Of stone novels,
many Of which are half standing, but the
others are entirely broken down.
One of the names given to this city,
being translated, means the City of Brooks,
or OF learning Athens was to Greece
the city of Debir was to Southern Paes-
tine. 1t was supposed that all the records
of antiquity of the nation were stored
there. It was, indeed, a famous place.
Caleb, the son of Heron, of the tribe OF
Judah, was very anxious to secure posses
sion of the city. It is this fact which gives
rise to the text, His name is very familiar
to us. He was one of the twelve spies
sent by Noses over. into Canaan, and he
and Joshua were the only two born in
to,na S;pt an,u TU m'' Win Tho nosS;o nycent;on
~ III I ov;,n, and that nnt on,v because
thov LoI hronoht q, Truth f,,l rennrt of tha
lana thev had eyn,ored but were also will.
ing to take God at His word. and nut all
their trust in Him.
Forty-livc years after when the wander
ings were over, Caleb applied to Joshua
for the share OF the land which had been
thCrc wa, grantcd 70 him hcbir The city of
lc,rnins Il was si;II hnwcyer ,he stronr.
ho,I of ihc r;,nts nf Cnnao, AND must he
conluraJ to Ic nosscssed
CoIch thcn made the nro,osition that he
,vonld c;ve lis doughtar hchsah in mar.
r;,rc to ory one VIA was ah'c 70 take thc
c;tI' md m one 0Ihn;nl who had been much
of n warrior for hc lad Delivered the chill.
drcn Of Israel from the King of Mesopotn.
mia, marched against Deh;r. After great
struggle the gates were broken down, the
giants were CAPTURED or driven away, and
the Git, of Books lay at the feet OF the
conoucror, When the victory was won
Caleb was as good as his word, and his
daughter was given in marriage to the SOL
der. With her he also gave as an inherit.
ancc. a peculiar piece of property. known
as "rhe South Land" valuable for some
reasons. but it was mountainous and sloped
s0uthward toward the deserts of Arabia,
the hot winds of which again and again
swept across it. Before Achsah left hev
fathers house she bcSought him for his
blessing. The south land was not enough,
she would also have springs of water, and
Caleb responded at once. and gave her
more than she lad asked, for we read in
the text: "lIe gave her the upper springs
and the neither Springs" From an exceed
ingly fertile territory the land was chosen.
II contained no less than fourteen springs.
The valley was beautiful, for look which
wov Won would Won could see them gushing
forth Their presence in the field meant
not only n blessing for the field in which
they were found, but for all the country
around them.
I find in this beautiful story good illus
tration of all that we receive from our
Father.
An th,t b,s hoo, hostovod uno, ia ia az.
socatod win v;ctor, and thot w,s won by
lin, whose n,me w,s colled in thr nro-
nhnts 'nt ,hn camn,,eror n l. mas for Him n
forro s,r,,ooio t"r ,mt IJo cano of mora Than
non,Ionar f,or thnt liz rr,s cailed
tbn Hrdn1ro,n' nf Tho tba chmrch which is TO
ha Tie bS;do and Win Hin, wo bavc re,
co;ynd rnt on'v tLc "ift Of salyoiion Int in
Him we ,,'a aro o ECO h,essed with ali snirituol
i,inssi"r, i "v panI o;vos Ne thiS when he
,rr;tns - tbo EnLosions "RlosseI he thp
Cod and Eat hnr nf pur | ord .1nsus (hriSt /.
no hatL tIo,.oi 49, w.;tb ali sn;ritnai
h,nssinma Nno mu'" in ~ he,ron'v Mae nIacos " i, Christ
'Iesrs
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T, 1Ske holn OF the .nouSne Oh 'ne 1 ha1fila' a,t
nc sc'e'sce vi sc3I"e'il Va VIZ M 3:i I;.i
IRON lew Simple pllhclpses nS laac'lT t ~
anu Arcnl'l'e"eS; ny pure lelsohsnI ouI y.
Ineir hliius, ana on 'ne SAINTS OF .,'e noor
0i ine room "hsre 'ney were StunSlus
Arcnlmedes traced the curves IN Wh',n, nc,
coiuhg 10 science, tne neaLenly Dou,es
must move ana i3ng al'er, Mneh ane 'e eL Z,
scope was invented; the Gallleos ana the
Newtons brheld with reverent wonoer Ihat
the heavenly bodies were sweeping along
IN n the same curves described SO long ago by
the great Nathcmatlcian. it IS, lhdeed,
wonderful thing to have : mind
But If these things, which l have men,
toned as our natural inheritance are all
What we possess, then with IL the than, success ,
may still be of all men the most miserable.
For they are like the south land CT Achc
sab, they stretch of toward the deserts OF
sorrow a.nd, care and darkness, and the hot
winds OF DESPAIR ,r come sweeping past us
again and aSal,r, The most miserable, peo-
PIE IN the world. sooner or later. are tnOSc