Joshua and God’s Faithfulness
By Editor
We cover the remainder of the book of Joshua this week, with the exception of a part of chapter 10 to chapter 22 inclusive. These will not be of general interest, and many of the events can not be understood, concerning the division of the land, as there are no data to trace the boundary lines. This can be done only in a general way, and the division of the land is not of particular interest now. It shows this,—that God was true then, in the giving of the inheritance to the tribes, and that He is just the same God to-day, and will remember to fulfil His promises and carry out His purposes as He did then. Joshua could say, at the close of his eventful life, that "there failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass." After reading this record of the bringing of the children of Israel into the promised land, we can read with greater interest the 106th Psalm at the close of the week, and of the wonderful mercy which He showed, too—mercy in all their backsliding and departure from Him, and how He forgave them when they returned to Him with all their heart.