_BANE AND ANTIDOTE_ ‘If a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.’ Numbers 21:9 Faint and weary, and dispirited, the old murmuring breaks out against God and against Moses. And this time God strikes. The punishment took a form, perhaps even more terrible than pe... [ Continue Reading ]
_LIFE AT ITS NOBLEST_ ‘Israel took all these cities … Israel possessed his land.’ Numbers 21:25; Numbers 21:35 I. ‘THE JOYS OF CONQUEST ARE THE JOYS OF MAN.’—To face hopeless odds without fear, in quiet reliance upon the Divine word; to act strongly, and conquer to the uttermost; and then, knowin... [ Continue Reading ]
_LIFE AT ITS NOBLEST_ ‘Israel took all these cities … Israel possessed his land.’ Numbers 21:25; Numbers 21:35 I. ‘THE JOYS OF CONQUEST ARE THE JOYS OF MAN.’—To face hopeless odds without fear, in quiet reliance upon the Divine word; to act strongly, and conquer to the uttermost; and then, knowin... [ Continue Reading ]