The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-02-15
THE JUDGE
REVIEWS
THELESSON
Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan

ldifcu OF al tHc boou iHliBo NhiNh thN
Lord your God spake concerning
you."-Joshua xxiii;l4.
The story OF Joshua has always
thrilled me-" said the Judge, "and
from that wonderful exploit OF his
in occupying at last the promised land
we can derive many good and helpful
lessons Let us note the significance
of the opening verse OF the Book OF
Joshua
Now II came to pass that after
the death OF Moses the servant OF
the Lord that the Lord spake I'M
to Joshua the son OF Nun. Moses
minister. saying. Moses my SER
want is dead; now therefore arise
Consider the perplexity, eveen the
fear. that must have filled the heart
of these desert wanderers now that
their great leader was dead Moses
my servant is dead Hope for the fu-
ture must have been nearly as dead
as Moses 1t is common expert
ence in the history of nations for the
people to be very downcast when their
leader is taken from them. What
will become of us now? Is there in
all the land leader who can rise to
the emergencies of the great task |
ahead? Moses we know was a man
of God. We were safe under his di-
rerfsuO h,tf IF Ia.
whittier will he lead' can very
well imagine these questions being >
ased in that fateful hour of Moses L
passing. for these questions are al !"
ways asked whenever leader passes. a
When Abraham Lincoln died many in 6
the North and in the South wondered :,
whether the republic would withstand l"
the shock of changed leadership To- al
day, in the passing of Woodrow Will u
son, many ardent believers in his Wis -
ion of world peace despair, as they I'll
wonder who will take up the task W.
that he has laid down. In great Rus WI
STA, Lenin has been taken. The world D'
watches and wonders. Will that cx- al'
pertinent succeed with the brains of &C
Sovietism' gone? A labor ministry ar
has elected its first premier of Great Je
Britain. Speculation is rife over there XII
and here as to the results of this en- riv
tirely new policy on the future OF that col
old nation. Or
Thus each nation faces, ever and POI
anon, the crossing of its Jordan, and po'
the occupying, under God, OF its prom der
sed land. Each new generation faces to
the perplexities OF its future policies. eric
md must be content, for a time al cou
east, with the leadership that is rails vas
ID up to grapple with its current tor
vents. AS that leadership succeeds tod
We cxtol them; as they fail we fling the
hem off into the limbo OF the forgot dar
en-. Great is the peril of him who pie
.adsl But if, like Joshua, the God of wha
loses is with him, he will carry on Jew
spite of every obstacle, and the visi'
romised land will be successfully &C. queI
npied. not
The conquest OF Canaan is the Il
DRY of Gods purpose being partially the
Titled in the life of particular ma toda
On. We further believe that in this will
ory of Gods dealing with his ers
hosen people of that generation. we but
i've revelation of what is Gods him
lrpose toward his chosen people ure
all generations. What Joshua had peac'
do, Cromwell in his time had to abou
I. Joshua, the Old Testament name powe
r Savior, in his achievement for the ure I
ople OF Israel, symbolizes for every pora'
'd-fearing people. the great 6ght splen
It must ever be made by men Tor
'ulded in his spirit against the own
'kedness of the enemies of righteous all HI
IS. So the story of Iosbua has of We
htly become an epic of the progress dehar
right over wrong. What was Gods good.
pose then is Gods purpose now. pohh'
The speculation as ~ IN. cao,c;,, bear
Joshua to successfully lead on the fallen
lies of the Lord must have dissi- he wa
ca as soon as his commands began late |
ring out In the story Of his life Ca
re is never moment but Joshua
YES his capacity for the task ahead. s''N"
'er crisis, but he meets it head on. comm
waves it aside. There are no fail -
credited to Joshua, and there is
other character in the Old Tesla ll6I@
t of which that can be said. on Hill
now of one in the New Testament IIII
has the same distinction, and he Hill
the name Joshua, or Jesus, our Hill
or. Joshua, the Old Testament DllIl
Or, led the children of Israel into HUH
land OF political liberty. Il|lI
$, the New Testament Savior. H|lll
mot only the children of Israel. WITH
all the children OF the Heavenly llII