The Bible Educator, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Bible Educator, Vol. 2 The character of Joshua, Moses´ minister and successor, the leader of Israel in their conquest of Canaan, is, confessedly, one of the grandest and most spotless in the whole Bible. The greatness of the man is indeed to some extent overshadowed by the greatness of the events through which he moved: we know him more as a conqueror than as a man. But so far as we do know him, he is almost absolutely faultless. He is one of the very few personages of holy writ of whom no evil is recorded. Free from all desire of self-aggrandisement or lust of gain, no taint of selfishness mars the simple nobility of Joshua´s character. In whatever circumstances we find him placed, his one desire is to know what the will of God is, and his one resolve to do it, at all costs. Of him, as of his true heart-brother Caleb, the unerring verdict of the Word of Truth is, "He wholly followed the Lord" (Numb. xxxii. 12). Who, then, was more worthy to be the first bearer of that "Name which is above every name," which in fulness of time was to be the human designation of Him who was "holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners," Jesus, the Captain of His people´s salvation in their conflict for the heavenly Canaan? It is as a warrior that Joshua is first presented to us, and this is the character he chiefly maintains throughout the Scripture record. His gifts and virtues are those of the warrior. Dauntless courage, indomitable perseverance, cheerful confidence in the face of difficulties (Numb. xiv. 7 - 9; Exod. xvii. lO), promptitude of action (Josh. iii. 1; x. 9; xi. 7), high honour (vi. x. 25; ix. 26), unselfish disregard of his own interests (xix. 49, 50), unswerving rectitude (vii. 25; ix. 23; xviii. 10), care for the interests of those committed to him - all built upon and based in faith in the Living God. Joshua, faultless and dauntless, without fear and without reproach, is a type of the high-minded, God-fearing soldier: the forerunner of the Napiers, Lawrences, and Havelocks of our own days. But it is not only as a soldier that Joshua´s eminence is displayed. He was one who had learnt how to command by having first learnt how to obey. We see in the earlier part of his history faithful service to his master; zeal for his honour (Numb. xi. 28); a simple, straightforward discharge of duty; moral courage strengthening him to stand firm when others faltered, and to declare unwelcome truths in the face of peril to life (Numb. xiv. 6 - 10) - qualities which sealed his fitness for the difficult post of the leadership of stiff-necked Israel, even before he had been designated as Moses´ successor by the voice of the Most High. And when his duties as a general and a soldier were over, and he had been called to enter on the less exciting task of settling the tribes in their new home, and allotting to each his portion of the conquered territory, his statesmanlike qualities became equally conspicuous. We see him diligently and laboriously distributing the land among its new occupants, and, while with complete unselfishness he defers his office claim to a share of the fruits of victory until all other claims had been satisfied, exhibiting the most scrupulous equity in his assignment of their portions to the several tribes. We watch him appeasing jealousies, calming rising feuds, checking arrogance, moderating overweening pretensions (Josh. xvii. 14 - 18), and, with the magnanimity of real greatness and the calmness of conscious strength, executing in all its details the difficult task devolved upon him. And when the work of his life is done, and in extreme old age he gathers together the tribes, those whose fathers he had so often led to victory, to receive his parting commission, how full of dignity is the reticence he observes with regard to himself and his own exploits (Josh, xxiiii., xxiv.). Na
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