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wonder Faithful is so happy and cheerful, with such a garden! [Galatians
5:22, 23].
Oh, hush! There is Faithful on his knees now, at prayer to the Almighty!
How sublime he looks! Come; he rises.
"Good morning Faithful."
"Good morning to you, pilgrims. Blessings upon you in the name of Immanuel.
What may I do for you?"
"We are pilgrims in Canaan and have only lately crossed the Jordan. We
seek a home. But we have heard of the giants and we saw one afar off,
too. We are a little afraid. We thought probably you would tell us how
to overcome these giants. Will you!"
"With the greatest of pleasure. One of my greatest joys is to teach
pilgrims the strategy of spiritual warfare and tell them how to overcome
the Anakims of Canaan [2 Corinthians 10:4].
"About the first giant I met in Canaan was one Mistake, a large,
loose-jointed fellow, who, I found, made a tremendous bluster but was as
weak as a pygmy. Really he is not a true Anakim, but a Gibeonite, who are
foes until they are conquered, and then they become hewers of wood and
drawers of water for us--they become our servants betimes [Joshua 9:21].
But at first Mistake assumes all the characteristics of a true giant.
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