The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-12-17
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LESSON
{By E O. SELL ERS, Director Of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago)
lEssoN FOR DECEMBER q
DIVISION or THE LAND.

LESSON FOR DECsMBeR ~
DIVISION OF THE LAND.
LESSON TEXTOyoshua N:1-1s
GOLDEN TExT-"Seek ye drst tho
kiastona Of God and his Righteousness:
md ell these things shall be added unto
vpn"-Matt- s:sa.
Following the defeat at Al We see
Joshua building an altar at Ebal (ch. 81
and reading again "all that Moses
commanded" (v. 35), to the Israelites
and the strangers as we'll. Then fol-
lows an account OF his campaigns. a
military critic has classed Joshua with
the AleXanders, Caesars, Napoleons,
Wellingtons and Grants Of all ages.
Ills dealing vita the Gibeonites and
its after effects was one error in his
campaign, for be failed to take coun-
sci of Jehovah At the close Of the
war (ch. III Joshua is ready to divide
the Compromised inheritance, chap
ters 1921
I. These left behind, w. is. Read
carefully Numbers ch. 90 20 recall the
story of those who, like Lot OF old.
saw good grazing land and chose It IN
preference to that on tie father side
Of Jordan, that possessed by the "ehS!-
dren Of Anak." Subsequent history
reveals the foolishness OF their cho;es.
for they we're tho Srst to tall beSoee
the enemies OF Israel when the King
dom was broken up. The '1evstsS
". ~ were not to have q portion bus
rather they weee to dwell in essecse&
cities with suburban property.
Caleb Not M ls.aelste.
u. Caleb eiaims hIs inheritance,
w. e12 Ioshua was old and stricken
in years (1S:D and now Israel !s BE-
fore him, each Of the remaining nina
and one-haH tribes, to have appor'
toned unto them a permanent dwell
ling place after the long years Of will
derness wandering, and the more re-
cent campaign Of subjugation- Before
Joshua casts the lot. however. Caleb
recalls the promise Moses had made
to him As years before (v. l0). From
q comparison of V. r. ", Gen. 1913
and Josh. 1913 it appears that Caleb
vas not an Israelite by birth, but neV-
ertheiess he claims an Inheritance
among them, based upon the promise
CT Moses. the man Of God," because
he had wholly followed the Lord my
God" V. 8. His name literally means
81 Gog"-yet this dog Of a Gentle gos
ere than tho crumbs that fell from
tie masters table. Matt. 1926. Caleb
rested upon the sure word OF God, and
to remember this promise was not an
ret Of selhshness. How those events
in the valley Of Eschel must have
stood out in the memory Of Caleb and
Joshua. They remembered how their
companions caused the hearts OF the
people TO melt" Mum. 1887. That
days work was one OF serious results
and so shall It be for their imitators
Of the present day. To see the giants
and not, Go Caleb. to see God had
brought death. In his heat, however.
Caleb treasured Gods word and now
at eighty-f7e he has not alone been
~kept alive" but he Is as strong as
On that day, when. in the prime OF his
manhood, Moses had sent him forth
with the twelve.
Remembered Gods Promise.
III. A promise fulfilled w. 1915.
Joshua at once recognizes the business
and validity of Caleb's claim. He re-
nenbeced Gods promise, Mum. 1&:&-
30; Deut. 1858, therefore he at once
grants the request and adds to it his
blessing. Hebron, means Joining"
union" fellowship" Thus we see
Caleb entering into all the rights,
privileges and blessings OF any OF the
descendants Of Jacob. Is this not
typical Of our privilege in Christ Se-
sus? John 1876: 1920: /. John l:s.
Sec also Matt. 3:11. 1a. The only co...
dition is that Of faith in God and IN
his Word. Gal 81, 2s. 50. THUS bath
in the case Of Caleb IL revealed a. the
principle which follows fully. waits pa
eently, asks for new opportunities for
= Its exercise, and gains hsal.y O VIC
tosy."-G. Campbell Morgan
Tho Gestea Text The essential
value Of this lesson ta expressed IN
these words Of eur Lord To seek the
Kingdom Of Cod and bis righteousness
arst, % the nattes OF supreme tnDos.
saree and involves following the LORD
fully. Frequently. constantly, this
means . long poetDonenent Of the
Iay Of our visible v!ndication. Yet
such pcstponement is not the result
Of the capriciousness Of God, nor 10
Il delayed beyond the hour necessary
for the working out of the plans OF
Jehovah, in accordance with the very
best means. AS Caleb waited those
Is years his strength waxed not, and
all things needful were supplied. The
point is not so much that he at last
gained the inheritance, but that dur
ing the period Of waiting his suste>
nance and his raincn. were provided.
All through the year we have been
hearing of promises which were con-
di;icnal upon loyalty to God and obe-
s!;ence to his will. Today we see =
fulfllment Of the promise made over
ind over again that Israel should pos
sess The Promised Land. DR.. J. vii.
bur Chapman asked Gen. William
Cooth for the secret Of his success IN
.:,e Salvation Array and his reply vas,
God has had all there was OF me-