The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-30

Sunday School LessonIor Sept. /. 1907
Specially Prepared ~ This Paper
LESSON TrNT - Numbers uhl
q 1 Memory .,ises al. 80.
GOLDEN TFNT Tho Lord is WIN
as fear them not"-Num. lt1
TIME July or August 9Th. Time nf
tho first riro grapes fNum l3 fJ N '
1890 by thn common chronology tbs
was two or three months aifDr itor l.f
Sinai 900 tl, Uth Dly of thc second
month. sometime BOO May
PLACE kcdDsh-harnea. An h-aAff
tourney Dmf 30 nj continued travel
as modern travellers have found llnn.r-
son was exactly % days.. g. c. Don ODD l'N
miles routc from Sinai II is sd mil"
south OF Bcorshoha on tho southern
border Of Palestine
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
For two or three months tho pco-
pie of Israel. men. women. and chill
dren. slowly marched through "tho
great and terrible Wilderness from
Sinai. Journey which ordinary tray.
elers could make in eleven days The
slow march and long rests were nee
essary both on account of the children
and the nocks. and on account oi the
need of longer training Moreover
he difficulties and pFivations of the
desert would make them more anX
lous 10 enter the land flowing with
milk and honey
Kadcsh-bamca Az length. some
time in July or August. they reached
Tadesh.banea. Ain Qadecs 81 miles
south Of Bccrshoba just az the foot OF
the range Of hills which are me south.
ern boundary OF Palestine
From Kadesh the people can 500.
rising before them toward the north
west. the steep ascent which leads
into the hin country the destined 10.
heritance of the tribe of Judah
The gates 10 their new home were
before them. wide open The fertile
oasis 10 which they had come was %
foretaste OF their inheritance. Only a
steep climb and they can set their feet
on the land of promise
Then Moses said unto them Re
hold. Jehovah thy God hath set the
land before thee. 90 MP. take posses
sion. as Jehovah. the God OF Thy IA.
theirs. hath spoken unto thee; fear
not. neither be dismayed.-Ocut
l:2lJ
They had only 10 trust God and go
forward. and In less than two years
from leaving Egypt the land would
have been theirs. The God who had
delivered them with a mighty hand.
who had made "a path through the sea,
who had rained mamma. and brought
water from a rock. and spoken from
Sinai. and entered into covenant with
them. and was leading them by his
visible presence. he babe them go
up and take possession OF the prom
isod land
The people were afraid 20 go for
nard. They were not warlike poo.
Die Abrahams attack on Chodorlao-
NOR and hts army In rescue Of Lot. IN
the far distant past. and their battle
With the Amalekitos. year before
this time. are the only battles record.
ed In the whole history OF their race
The whole people lDeut l.22) asked
Moses 10 first send ont spies 20 3D.
yostigatc This was wise under The
circumstances. that Is. the next wisost
thing % going forward trusting in
God. and therefore Moses agreed to
the plan lDcut. 1920. and 10 was So
directed hy God lNum 1871. -.
The Committee Of investigation
Accordingly. Moses selected twelve
leading men best fitted for the SER
vice. whose names are given IN VS.
AIS
Spy Out the Land" THE object
Of this expedition was Cd 10 learn
what were the attractions of the coun-
try. l2) the difficulties IN tho way Of
taking possession, 90 the best ways
of reaching the country; lD the prep
arations 10 was necessary 90 mako
Get you mp this way southwark Bet
ter as in r. V. By the south not ro-
ferring at an to the direction form the
Israclite's camp. but 20 a wolldehned
tract Of territory forrIng the south
ornmost and least fertile portion OF
the land OF Canaan n was called
The Nogcb" or the South Country
literally. the dryncss" In the same
way We speak of the South. no
matter in what direction we approach
IT,
The Two Reports. timid spies
were Ike Elisha's servant q Kings
GIG. 10, who saw the enemy. but
did not see the heavenly chariots and
horsemon ranged on the hills round
about. They saw the giants. but were
blind 10 Cod
The report was oyil because 10
omitted the essential factor In the
case
The minority report of Caleb and
Joshua was a good report because.
while 70 accepted all the material
facts Of the other, IL embodied the
one essential Of faith in God with rs
outcome Of obedience and courage
The difference between the two Day
in this that the ten looked 40 God
through the difficulties. as when you
look az the sun through reversed
toloscono and n seems indefinitely
distant and shorn Of rs glory while
the two looked AZ difficulties through
God-F - Meyer
Practical Points.
God summons us 20 20 up now. i'm
mediatcly. and possess the land. eter.
nal life began in This world and ia our
youth
II Is right that we should know the
difficulties and dangers and seiffe-
malls. as we'll as the good things On the