Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05
Golden Text: "Jehovah is with us;
fear them not" Mum. 1873.

Golden Text: "Jehovah is with us;
fear them not" Mum. 1919.
S1AA Israelites stayed at Sinai ten
nssiths and twenty days. Coming
there a motley crowd of more than
r%,u million people just out Of
slavery. unorganized, uninstructed
undisciplined, a marvellous work
was accomplished in that brief
period. They were given the law,
the ordinances, they were instruct
ed, they were we'll disciplined, they
were thoroughly organized. Every
man had his place in camp and in
line of march With the Tabernacle,
where God met with them, in the
center, two concentric circles were
formed when they encamped-the
outer circle being composed of
Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon on the
east; Reuben, Simeon and Cad on
the south; Ephrian, Manasseh and
Benjamin on the west; and Dan,
Naphtali, and ASHER on the north.
The inner circle was composed of
Moses and Levi On the east just at
the door o fthe tabernacle; the Ger
shonites on the south, the Ko-
hathites on the west, and the Mer-
arites on the north.
When the cloud lifted and the line
Of march was formed, Judah's mand
was first; then followed the
Gershonites with the tabernacle and
its coverings, and the Merarites with
the posts and boards; then Reuben's
band; then Moses and Levi and the
ksRhathites with the ark; then
(nriam's band; and lastly Dams
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thaSched their meeting place with
God was in their midst.
On the Goth day fthe second
month Of the second year after
leaving Egypt the host of Israel
left Sinai A brief journey with few
stops brought them to the lower
border of the land of promise at
Kadesh-barnea From Deuteronomy
We learn that the proposal to send
spies into the land to reconnoitre
came from the people themselves,
but God confirmed it, or rather al
lowed it, and by His direction one
man fro mevery tribe was chosen
for this purpose. It may be regard
ed as sin on their part for desiring
this; on the other hand, God ex-
poets every man to use his head. 1t
ID IliS part VI pl QOCI1SS ~ INV"
what you have to do before you do
it. There was no sin in sending men
on to see what their task was. Their
sin consisted in depreciating God
rather than in approaching their
task.
The Majority Report
These twelve headsmen or the
tribes did good job. They went as
4, yI,o lot ny.
Galilee) and made careful obserVa-
tions in the southern portion of the
land. Probably they divided, some
going, one way and some another.
They were forty days in reconnoiter-
ing; and then came back to give their
report to the nation. Surely" they
said, sit is a good land and floweth
with milk and honey" And to prove
their report they brought back
buch Of grapes from the valley of
Eschol which was SO large that it
took two men to carry it. Never
theless"-oh! that fatal word!-the
people are strong, the cities are wall
ed, and very large; and, and we saw
the children of Anak there!!! Boo!
Besides this, the Amalekites whom
we had such a time whipping down
at Rephidim are there; and the Hit
tites the greatest nation in the world
at that time) and the Jebusites, the
Amorites are in the mountain fast-
nesses: and the Canaanites are down
bv the coast. Why! there is not
chance for us in the world. THESE
folks are so big that we look IKE
erasshoppers beside them! Ugh!
Well, that report just scared the
people to death; for read the next
verse: "And Caleb stilled the people
before Moses, and said, Let us go up
at once, and possess 1t; for we are
we'll able to overcome it." But other
spies save one, spoke Vociferously:
The land eats UP the inhabitants;
and all the people are like giants,
and we are like grasshoppers! How
inconsistent that statement--n the
land ate up the inhabitants how
could all the people be men Of great
stature? These ten were just scared,
and made bogy man out of every
thing that they saw. And if the peo-
pie were scared before, they were
worse frightened now. They cried
all night, they murmured against
Moses again; and they wondered
why he had brought them out of
Egypt, and If they had to die, they
would lots rather. have died there;
and they actually went SO far as to
propose electing a captain to carry
them back!
Caleb was not alone however; there
was another one OF the spies who
had a heart of gold and a backbone
of steel. His name was originally
Osh9a which means salvation; but 1t
/ WA changed to Joshua, which means
yah is salvation. He was the
Nof Nun and a member of the
Wribe of Ephriam. He must have in
herited from his many-times- great.
grandfather Joseph that faith in
God caused the change in his name.
When the people took that stand
Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the congregation; and
Joshua and Caleb rent their clothes,
and said: 1.-The land, which we pass
ed through to search it, is an ex.
ceedingly good land. If Jehovah de-