The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTs FOR Ger. ~ BY THE
REV. j. w. HENDERSON.
Subject: Caleb's FaitHfuIness Rec
warded, Josh. 14:6-15-Golden
Text, Matt. rs Memoirs

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Text, Matt. 23-Memofy
Verses, a, documentary
Caleb's reward is indicative Of the
faithfulness of Jehovah to actualize
His promises Caleb had been care
| full and courageous investigator and
reporter in the days when Moses
wished to know OF the character OF
| the land and the people of Canaan
| (Cf Lesson for September He
had valiantly and consistently main
| tanned spirit of optimism and OF as
sistance to Moses when Israel's days
were dark God had promised him
| that he should live to see the realiza-
tion of his dreams, the fuifllment Of
his prophecies, the fructifying Of The
hopes of his people. And the prom
Use is kept.
Gods promises were effective in
the life of Caleb for the reason that
is stated in the fourteenth verse OF
the lesson because he wholly fol-
| lowed the Lord God of Israeli. That
was the ground of promise. 1t was
! the ground also for the realizing Of
| the promise God makes few prom
ises to poor followers. There can be
no promises to those who refuse to
| do His will. The promises of God
are many and beautiful and possible
| of fulfi1lment in the lives OF these
who. after the pattern Of Caleb
wholly followed the Lord God. Ca
! leb heard the voice of God because
he lived for God and within God, and
had confidence in Him. The prom
ises OF Jehovah were completed for
! him because he was steadfast in the
1 divine life and continued and ex-
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! had an abiding belief in the integrity
| of God Therefore God was able to
speak plain words to him The man
who doubts God never heat the sub
FINEST messages Jehovah sends TO
men. Only the souls who believe on
Him, Who trust Him, who obey Him.
! who are faithful to Him, hear, or are
| able to hear, the messages, the prom
| ises, the condolences of God. 1T could
not be otherwise 1t is not otherwise.
The twelfth verse Eliminates the
| character of Caleb. The Anakin1 en-
| trenehed among the hills we're the
most formidable enemies with which
| Israel was called upon to deal. They
| were most powerful and to be feared.
They were the sort Of opponents that
Caleb chose. He wanted no easy task.
/ His arm was mightiest and his heart
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rifying foes. AS he. possessed extra
ordinary strength and faith so he de-
sired the most dangerous expeditions.
His trust in God egcelled any awe he
| may have had for his foes. His con-
fidence in the enabling of Jehovah
/ made him fearless where others
might have been afraid
Caleb requested the infested noun
/ tain of the Anakim as his portion.
/ The sons of Anak were to fly before
his prowess and the power of his Cod
| Trusting in the promises of God his
Lord, Caleb demanded Hebron for
| an inheritance and was certain of his
ability to conquer and to hold it.
What to him were giants and cities
! great and fenced. He would under
/ God overthrow the giants and de-
| stroy their cities and topple down
| their walls
Those characteristics in the person
alities of Caleb and God that the les
son unfolds are applicable to pres
ent conditions and the modern life.
If they are not they are hardly
worth the study of those who
| are engrossed with the cares of
to-day and the expectations of
! tomorrow, who are compelled to
live and to labor in the days that
are. If they are not they are sub
1 jects most for the historian and the
study. Those Sunday-school lessons
that do not relate themselves to the
needs and the men of to-day, that do
not apply themselves with readiness
! to the solution and exploitation of the
problems Of the modern world ought
/ to be laid aside. But this lesson is
relative, it applies
FOR tho faffhfu1nocc nf rrnr,afc-
ing Father is daily proven. Multi
tudes daily test Him and find Him
| trustworthy. He is as faithful to
us as He was to Caleb Whenever we
keep our covenants with Jehovah we
discover that He more than keeps His
agreements. There is not promise
! that God makes to obedient souls
| that is not abundantly fulfilled, Those
| who are valiant and consistent and
courageous, trustful; who maintain
their spiritual and moral Wilderness
| and their confidence in God; who put
| themselves and God to the test en-
joy the realization of the ultimate
promises of Cod
With us as with Caleb these prom
ises become effective when we wholly
follow the Lord our God Caleb en-
| joyed the favor OF God because he
served Him. He heard the voice OF
God because he listened for it. He
saw the realized and objectifed glory
of God because he kept his eyes open
to discern the wonders of the ma
jesty and might of God That is to
say that Caleb followed God with
every faculty. When we walk after
God and before Him after that man
ner we too shall perceive His glory
in the land of the living. When we
open our eyes we shall see His ma
jesN revealed. When we open our
ears we shall hear His voice When
we submit ourselves to His will we
shall realize His power.
Living like this we shall be like Ca
leb who longed for the largest tasks,
the most vicious enemies, the stern
est strife. We shall welcome the la
bors that are most irksome and the
difficulties that are commonly re-
garded as insuperable. We shall
welcome them with JOY. For we shall
have confidence in God.
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