The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-30
The Two Reports
of the Spies
Sunday sehoolls,sonior Sept. /. 1907
Specially Prepared n Ts,p,o,r

IS
lt@ by The common chronology This
was two o. three months af,er .fh.y L.,
hlnai on The ailh dhy u N. ..cand
month. sometime 81 MAY
PLACE kedesh. tarusa An u.sav,
Journey tpeut y u continued trave,
as modern travellers have found ,Robin,
son was exactly u days.. 10, ~ 10
miles route from Sinai II Il b nlles
south OF beeuheba on tie southern
border Of Palestine
Comment and Suggestive Thouoh,
For two or three months the peo.
pie Of Israel. men. women. and chill.
dren. slowly marched through the
great and terrible wilderness from
Sinai. Journey which ordinary trav.
elefs could make IN eleven days The
slow march and long rssts we're nee.
e~nary both on account Of the children
And he nocks. and on account OF the
need a longer training. Moreover.
ths difnenhies and priEAtioHs Of the
desert would make them more Anr.
ious 70 enter the land flowing with
milk and honey.
kAdeah-barnea Al beAgth. some
tine In July OF August they reached
kAdssh'barneA. Ain oadess. so miles
south Of Beersheba. iust al the foot Of
the range OF hills which are the south.
ern boundary Of Palestine.
From Kadesh the people can see
rising before them toward the north
west. the steep ascent which leads
into the hill country. the destined In
heri,anoe Of the tribe Of Judah
The gates 10 their new home were
before them. side open The fertile
oasis 20 which they had come was
tofeiAs,e Of their inheritance only 4
steep climb and they can SET their feet
on the land u promise
Then Moses said unto them 'Be
hold. Jehovah tn God hath set n,
land before thcs so up take posses
sion. a. Jehovah the Cod o. MS ia
tbeu bath spoken unto thee fear
not neither b. IsmaYsd Deut
Is2tl
They had only 20 trusf God and =,
forward add ID Dan ivo eaa
from satHe E91 fs au5 saHI,
hsye h.rl ihs.t ire Goa Rhd hal
delivered ifra ulfh miEhty hand
Whs tas mad pa'a itnaEh tho "a
who tzd aIaet mamma aHt hwIgh
wgirr luH sol if1u
Sinai ud HWfff uta covenant viii
ibrn ana r hsm Dill
visible - Hldr them &
np md takc possession % che prom
iscd land
The people w,ie afraid 20 30 Got
ward They we're not waflise pee
Die Abrshams attack on chedorlat
met and bic army IN rescue Of lot Il
the far distant pasi. and their BATH
with he Amalekites a year befor
this time. are the only battles record
cd In the whole history Of their race
Tho whole people tDeut ~ aske
Moses 20 nrsi send out spies TO II
yestEate This vas Wise under N
circumstances thar j.. the next wises
thlng 10 going forward trusting q
God. and therefore Moses agreed {
the plan lDout ! 81. and Il was $
directed by God Num 1881. p
The Committee Of investigation
Accordingly. Moses selected tWelv
leading men hest htted for the SCI
yico. whose names Ne given IN VI
as.
Spy Out the Lsnd.'-Thc ohieC
81 this expedition was a. 20 lear
what we're the attractions Of the oouI
Try. ~ the difhculties 10 the way Z
taking possession. 80 the best way
of reaching the country. 90 the pref
krations Il vas necessary TO max
&c, You up this way southwark Re
ter a. in x v. by the south, not n
ferring At al 10 the direction form N
israeIites camp but TO a Vell-defne
tract OF territory forming the souu
ernmost and least fertile portion
tho land Of Canaan II was Gale
THE Negeh OF the South Countr
literally. the dryness In the san
way We speak Of the South.
matter In what direction We approac
t.
Tn. Two Reports. tlmid SPITE
were like Ellshat servant q. kia.
SIC. ~. who saw the enemy. b.
ana no, see the heavenly chariots Al
horeemen ranged on the bills rour
about They saw the giants. but wei
blind 70 God
The report was evil because
omitted the essential factor in u
case
The minority report Of Caleb al
Joshua was good report aecaus
while Il accepted an M materi
facts N the other Il embodied u
npo essential ot faith in God with I
:. on,rnme OF obedience and courage
? To difference betScen the Two Y
IN this thai re ton looked at &c
through the difficulties, as when "
ic,k al the sun through a reverse
telescope. and il seems indefinite
4ls,an, and shorn Of rs glory viii
be two locked at difficulties 'hrou'
God II R Meyer
Practical Points.
God summons us to 10 M now Il
media,ely. aud possess the land, e''
-, La this world aud N u