Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-18

communist exnressed by the majority and
minority i'm their public presentation OF
their reports started revolution that re-
suited disastrously for the nation
The difference in the reports was due
to the personalities of the men making
the investigat ton All recognized that
there were difficulties in the way OF inc
| conquest of the land. Two, Joshua ana
Caleb, saw by faith Gods part, promise
| and power to carry out Ills program.
| Through their faith they came 10 UNDER
stand that God never gives men tasks pc
yond their ability to solve ana nlaster ps
their own strength. assisted Dy his heip.
They had counted the cost To enter the
J land of opportunty. They understood
/ how that opposition and struggle was
I needed for the development Oh spifltua
/ strength because the pressure OF coli
| slant danger !ntensifies the feeling OF de-
pendence upon divine power. They re
! ported in favor of attempting at once the
! conquest of the land, for they knew tna'
| Israel directed by Jehovah, was well aoi+
to conquer the land with her army o.
100000 men.
The ten other spies reported against
any such an effort, because they lacked
| the faith of the other commissioners.
| They showed the effect OF slavery py uii-
derestimating Israel's strength. In iact'
thew proved that they were towards. sln.
which makes towards of ali men, does Il
! by the slavery of habit. appetite or prac-
tice They were filled with the spirit oI
infidelity. that doubted COD ihnoeilt.
always misrepresents facts. ne result
of their misstatements OF the conuiuons
resulted in Israels losing It's oppor-
tunity to capture Canaan, because oou
considered the revolution that IL start
ed to be against Him. although IL trieu
Moses. for il proved that lsraei hau ios'
its faith in God.
The revolution started when the
discouraging reports of the ten had turn
ed the thoughts of the asseinDiy ava
from God to self. so that they ilted up
their voice and cried; and the peop-e NepL
that night" AS Meyer truly says; inns
was, perhaps. the bitterest hour Ia Moses
life They had proposed to elect cap
tain before, but IL was when ne wa
away; this proposal was made before nus
face The people whom he had loved
with passionate devotion. wdose very ex-
istence was due to his intercession on the
mount when they were on the point Vi
being DESTROYED had forgotten all he had
done: actually proposed to superseoe M
authority; and If he would not go with
them beneath their new-Inade captain, 10
leave him to his own devices there
Caleb showed his power as an orator
and man by calming the nuitituoe, proved
his courage and at the same time FeVeitieu
the secret OF his power to be his hearty
obedience to Gods will. Joshua also dls
tinguished himself by his heroic staho-
The people, unable to answer their arsu-
ments were clamoring FOR the lives OF the
1t was only the intervention Of Jehovah
that protected the men OF faith
Moses however. stands forth once more
as a patriot, for amid the darkness he
takes I'D the cause of his nation. declln-
ing to accept the offer To make of his
own seed the coming mighty Israel.ush
power He once more ayerted the day
Of doom by praying for those who sought
to dethrone him. He made his appeal
iipon the supreme necessity OF maintain
ing the honor OF Jehovah among the
nations, which would te impossible with
on: the exercise of Divine clemency
toward Israel
The petitions o. Moses secured some
notifications of the penalty God had de-
creed for the craven people. Jehovah
pardoned the people. but discipline, as
well as the instruction of future nations.
required that Israel be punished The
people that in ten transgressions had
proved that they lacked faith were not
allowed to enter the promised land, while
Joshua and Caleb were the only men
over twenty that We're allowed 10 enter
the holy land. All were at once ordered
back into the desert toward the Red
sea
the desert were issued Israel found out
too late its mistake. Life offers 10
each one of US our Kidish Barnea. which
gives US "A chance tn exercise our faith
and advance to the largest possible con-
quests. God still seeks servants FOR His
service. He prepares men by providen-
tiaj leadership that opens up TO them the
for development through
struggle and sacrifice. The man Of faith
fears not because of the outcome. for the
issues Of the battle are with God.'