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June 16, 1909.
he made atonement for s
accept him for a personal
Take a divine Christ ou
we left? May we not say
question when she saw th
thou?" "They have taker
not where they have laid
Statesville, N. C.
BY FAITH THE WA1
D(
A scene unaccountably
tion as we read these wor
red in spirit to the warm
running north and south,
of Moab, to the the west 1
mountains of Palestine,
tortuous course of the Jc
in width from sixty to th
lords varying" in depth tr
to twelve feet or more in
Three principal fords w<
to the south near Jericht
Dead Sea and Gennesart
. north. Naturally these fc
of trade. Hence it is not s
west of this plain, immedi
the Palestine mountains,
Jordan, in ancient times
Jericho?the entrepot of c<
its linen and Babylon wit
It seems to have been a
extent that Achan could
hundred ounces of silver,
goodly Babylonish garmei
Its walls probably inch
the same whose waters '
Elisha. We have every r
n f lironlfU % rl i ? n *1 A 1 * 1 . ?
wi vvvaiiti dllll II dUC IIKC
thievish Moab, would be
Within the last two yean
uncovered.
In the plain before the
two or three million men,
have just crossed the swc
crated themselves to Jeh
sacraments, circumcision i
around the city seven di
seven times, when sudden
the air.
There seems to be no <
gate has been forced, no
wall, no sign of surrend<
city. But after the shou
the mountains of Judea,
city totter and fall. There
whirlwind, no manifestati
destruction?just the simf
Israel could march up int<
Such a picture may w
make us ask for the ci
It was a wonderful displ
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THK PRESBYTER]
in and refuses or neglects to
Saviour, ever be saved?
t of the Bible and what have
with Mary in answer to the
c empty tomb, "Why weepest
. t ~-,i t i :
i tx w i\y m\ LiUiu, aim l M1UW
him ?"
W. W. M...
LLS OF JERICHO FELL,
DWN.
strange rises to our imaginads.
We seem to be transfer,
fertile valley of the Jordan,
To the east lie the mountains
the perpendicular walls of the
Through the middle runs tne
irdan river, a stream varying
tree hundred feet, and at the
am twelve inches in summer
the spring time. -
;re known upon the river, one
>, one half way between the
;t, and one far away to the
>rds would govern the course
iurprising to find at the southately
under the steep sides of
and some eight miles from
the wealthy, strong city of
jmmerce between Egypt with
h its silks,
wealthy city, and to such an
lay hold of and conceal one
twenty ounces of gold and a
it without special difficulty,
ided a large perennial spring,
were subsequently healed by
eason to suppose that a town
this, lying on the borders of
strongly fortified, and it was.
> its massive walls have been
city lay the camp of Israel,
, women and children. They
>llen river, have just reconseovah
by celebrating his two
ind the passover. They march
lys, and on the seventh day
ly a mighty shout rings upon
:ause for the shout. No city
breach has been made in tnc
:r has been offered from the
t has been echoed back from
lo! suddenly the wall of the
is no e'aithquake recorded, no
on of the ordinary powers of
>le falling of the walls so that
d the city and capture it.
ell artest our attention, and
rcumstances of this victory,
ay of divine love and divine
[AN OF THE SOUTH.
power, but what were the coi
display? What Had Israel_doi
"by faith the walls of Jericho
It was a victory, won not
faith in God. How did that f
On the part of Israel, four tl
strong desire to possess this
which made them ready to br;
ingness to abandon all their o
and to proceed in the matter s
direction. 3. Abandonment ol
power, and a full reliance 01
victory. 4. Careful observan
God.
These features are very (
Eight and thirty years before
ites 011 these points, and on e
At that time when the spies 1
they had hardly ceased lusti
Egypt. . They cried, Would <
?let us make a captain and
Their desire and longing foi
feeble or absent. (2) They
reliance nil ('.nrl tn facp the ?
? ? ??
spies said: "We be not able
pie, for they are stronger th;
cried, "Wherefore hath the L
land to fall by the sword tha
should be a prey?" (3) At K;
unwilling to trust the Lord tc
God had told them to turn sc
Sea, they presumptuously turi
toward Canaan and joined bi
and Canaanites. In this frai
the time to which the Apoi
(Heb. 3: 19) "They could not
lief."
But the thirty-eight years
passed, and the rising generati
derings now look with longir
land of Canaan.
1. They long for the land, I
it ?o strongly that they are re
possible, foolish or ridiculous
thither.
2. They have acquired a re;
liance on their own wisdom
does this appear in the narrat
estine from the east, they ar
the river Jordan,?an entrant
have avoided the river altog
more southerly route? This r
comparatively inexperienced i:
tact with this walled city of J
less difficult city first? Sup
this route would compel them
try toward Ai, through narr
blockaded by an enemy: wh
feasible route? Or, if they m
the fords of Jordan, why tak
Consider the difficulty of cross
feet deep or more, with no
strong that the utmost care
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nditions precedent to this
tie to call it forth ? Simply
fell down."
by arms, but simply by
aitli show itself?
lings are prominent. I. A
promised land, a desire
ive all danger. 2. A willwn
wisdom and plannings
imply according to divine
f all reliance on their own
i divine strength for the
ce of duties enjoined by
:videntt from the history
God had tested the Israelvery
one they had failed,
lad made their report (1)
ng after the fleshpots of
Joel we had died in Egypt
let us return into Egypt.
the promised land was
then had not enough of
jiant sons of Anak. The
to go up against the peoan
we." And the people
.ord brought us into this
it our wives and children
idesh-barnea they were so
> plan for them, that after
>uthward toward the Red
ned their faces northward
ittle with the Amalekites
tie of mind were they at
>tle refers when he says
enter in because of unbe
of wilderness life have
ion weary with their wanig
eyes to their promised
ong to possess it, long for
ady to do what seems im,
if it shall but lead them
adiness to abandon all reor
plans. Most vividly
:ive. In approaching Pale
met by the obstacle ot
:e from the south would
jether, why not take the
oute brings them at once,
n warfare, into direct conericho?why
not try some
pose Jericho were taken,
to ascend to the nn-ennn.
ow, rocky ravines, easily
y not choose some more
ust take this route across
e it at this April season?
iing with the water twelve
bridge, and a current so
would be needed to take