...was on their side ; (Ps. cxxiv.l.) and with a full confidence in this hope, fearlessly exclaimed, " Let us go up at once, and possess it, for we are well " able to overcome it." Is there not much instruction to be derived from this chapter — much that may be spiritually applied...

...Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And P Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and oly, and between unclean and clean; 11 <>And that ye may teach the children of I 31 i But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are...

...that famous history of the spies, who brought up an evil report of the promised land. I .. . i. I . " Let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well able to overcome it." God inclined theihearts to listen unto me, rather than the men that went up with us, who say, " We...

...of God, stands boldly forward, and strives with Joshua to repress this coward spirit of unbelief : " Let us go up at once, and possess it ; for we are well able to overcome it." He was nothing daunted by the indignation of the people, who even " bade stone them with stones," but...

...confirm the feeble hands." Let us rather say with trusting Caleb, " The land is an exceeding good land ; let us go up AT ONCE and POSSESS IT, for we are well able to overcome it ; neither fear ye the people of the land, for their defence is departed from, them, and the LORD is...

...Canaauites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb1' stilled the people bofore Moses, and to the king of Sodom, I" have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high Go 31 But the men that went up with him said, Wo bo not able to go up against the people ; for they are...

...saints' ears to discourage them, valiant faith steps in, like Caleb of old, and stills them, saying, " Let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well able to overcome it," Numb. xiii. 30. 4. Unbelief centres the soul upon earthly things, and thereby influences it unto an...

...confidently say to them, cs Caleb, on that most critical occasion said to the disheartened Israelites, " Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it." I am clearly of opinion that it is owing partly to the difficulty of returning home from Australia...

...Israelites were powerfully moved by this representation ; but Caleb at once interposed to calm them : " Let us go up at once, and possess it ; for we are well able to overcome it." In this expostulation he was joined by Joshua, who afterwards, as the successor to Moses, led the Israelites...

...statement of the other spies, or in the lamentation of the people, any believing reference to God. " We be not able to go up against the people ; for they are stronger than we," (Num. xiii. 31,) is the infidel opinion which is the ground of all their fear and rebellion. They did...