The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-10-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared Especially For The Repub-
LEANS Readers by Rev. U. 5.
Wright, ID.

THE REPORT OF THE SPIES.
Numbers 13:1-14;45
We are well able to overcome it.
Numbers 1880.
THE MAN OF FAITH.
That was a wilderness journey all
right. Flooding through hot sand un-
der scorching sun is never cheer
ing exercise, and Israel found enough
to vex their spirits as they advanced.
They had been in camp in the noun
tain shadows for year where cool
water gushed for their refreshment.
Their muscles were unused to the bur-
dens of the road and their spirits
were soon as raw as their shoulders.
Were there murmurs? Ask any of
the boys who were in France if there
were any there and compare their re-
ply with the lesson. Perhaps the
burning" of which so many died was
sun-stroke. In contrast some were
caught up in a religious ecstacy and
the coming of the quails brought on an
epidemic through overeating. Then
Aaron and Miriam quarrelled under
the strain and headed a revolt against
their brothers authority. Finally they
reached the southern borders of the
land and caught a glimpse of green
oon1oI hx- ho hrooth nf ho
hills. Moses carefully planned for
advance by sending out dozen men
who tramped, possibly by twos, over
the country likely in the guise of trad
ers, and sought to discover whatever
might be of service for the conquest
of Canaan.
The outstanding thing in these days
of gruelling march was the faith of
Moses, which never wavered. God
had promised and the word was good
The daughter of Christian mother
who was an invalid lost her job, stop
ping all income and broke into
TRADE against God who did not care.
But her mother never faltered and
when the new job and better days
came heard the girl whisper, Mother,
you'd have died trusting, wouldn't
you?" Moses believed God in a fash
ion not known to most of us. But his
belief in Israel was no less striking.
In spite of their progress there are
many who would hesitate long over
committing the destiny of our land to
the guidance of colored folk. Yet
Israel was but year out of slavery
while our Negroes are in the third
generation, but Moses was planning
to cross over to their land of promise
Immediately. Talk about Lincoln's
belief in the common people and then
compare it with that of Moses and
see where we are. There's nothing
like it in history.
THE FOLLOWERS.
Two men came back from the forty
day exploration with spirits stirred
by the opulence of the land that was
so rich with rivers of milk and rivu-
lets of honey from its hills. There
would be pasturage for all their fiocks
and an abundance they had not known
since leaving the fertile valley of the
Nile that had nourished their fathers
even in famine. Of course they saw
the struggle, for the location of each
fighting clan was known and the for
tresses had been mapped. They knew
the enemy were strong but they were
undaunted by size and were counsel
ling advance in great crusade, for
did not "God will it? ?" Perhaps Peter
the Hermit caught his cry that reused
Europe out Of its lethargy and hurled
her columns against the Turk was
borrowed from these earlier men
whose faith was like that of their
leader. In the minority they might
be but they would advance with God
and keep pace with His plans. Little
wonder that theirs are the only names
that have survived the dust of the CEN
turtles. For the years are wiser judges
than the hour. Flowers bloom where
fagots glowed and the scattered ashes
were worth kings ransom today.
Men who have kept the faith and fol-
lowed it are the makers of all the his
tory that is worth recording
THE FAILERS.
Ten men talked and the dream of
empire crumbled-such is the power
of words. To be sure, their fear out
weighed their logic, for they reported
both land that ate up its inhabitants
a very unhealthy place, and all the
people of giant stature. And so con-
tagious was their fear that nobody
laughed. 1t ushered in one of the
blacklist nights that Israel ever knew.
They had been in a perfect fever of
expectation of finding a settled home
after their distress in the desert. They
had seen the fruit that made their
mouths water with sheer eagerness to
possess the orchards and vineyards
from which it came. But they had no
desire to battle against giants and be
trampled like grasshoppers beneath
their feet. Tears and despair marked
the early hours and then excited plan
ming swept the camp. They would
elect a new leader and on hack Tbau