further instruction in the word of

God itself, and to find that word to be "sweet," yea, "sweeter than

honey and the honey-comb."

MOAB AND MIDIAN.

I AM going to tell you, dear children, what happened to the people of Israel after the death of Joshua. He died when he was one hundred and ten years old, and was buried in his inheritance, in Mount Ephraim, near the hill Gaash. Now, though the land of Canaan had been divided among the Israelites, and their inheritances appointed, and a great part of the country subdued, yet they were living still in the midst of enemies; and, from

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time to time, these enemies fought against them, and sometimes overcame them. You should look through the book of Judges, and find who these enemies were.

First, there were the Moabites. These were a nation of very wicked people, who lived in the southern part of the country, east of the Dead Sea. They were enemies of Israel, and of the God of Israel; and he had himself declared, "A Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord." (Deut. xxiii. 3.) For eighteen years, the king of Moab oppressed the Israelites, and he took away some of their possessions. But how was this? Had not God promised always to protect Israel, and was not he more powerful than the king