, 1876-12-11
,ha Three Services Yesterday
:" Largely Attended.
a., Moody Lectures OH the Char
actor OF Joshua.
q. A,ks His Hearers What They
Think Of Christ,
,,1 What They Will DO With The Son
OF Mnn.
MORNING SERVICE.

hF" ,,orr,nr AMONG the t1fsturltfstut
eflay "'osn't t,..f ,,,. H., H.. i1,1c,tt
psoplc ot' tl'e }','.l"'u! WINS a.o 'ss' .,e"4ts w.
r,tnagc, who o1trFc'i 'io onehnS prayer III
tu. Earnest all fitting words. Tie singing was
1tr,1 the Fort II anil !" Wfo fs on tho i.orsi'B
nv ,.m, Thc Scripture lesson wins 4 part Of The.
rath e''a.er " .toos H. - ~ >.1,a 1o'
rs a portra!turc nl ,hc cf1asaetel ol 1oslua.
ur. Moudy sail: want to cnll your nttGn-
,,.a n Tim character Of Juy,,na, man who WIS
suu @ =, Courageous. -Four times Iii tho first cuper
.! tic lsonK " 'ospua ooes ef". W. a'..i - Wv
strong and of goou co'rasc, and promises Thai ilu
wan slall ho able 10 stand lHforo h'tn nll tho
I.s at hfs life. Cuururc Is NECESSARY to sits
d'1s u I,arc vrt In fu, mou WIN ID ra.,,v dfs.
outraged VINO amounts ~ atst",'e' "r ~ my
rse, II minister Is easily discouraged, his
..or,e soou find It out p,ld lnsc their co.trngo
IVY, Nv, n fhr s,,m1ay-srl,n,, tcuchcr hasn't pny
to. ~, rloss mi II m, ortl lroy,. HIM.
courage, MS t,'sa .,'a ~ ~ M. ,e',e "."''
Aboul The most ""Fthless sSt .. people you can
fnl lka lot Of discouraged eu,nluy-sctuul trart-
-, We hear a Ercat deal nbuut Hdeyrion-
os 80, IN thc.c ,iays. but where ran rca, ,,u,1 n
rsns" ~ LIZ. M .o ~, "s ~ ,,rn w.,
klnng cIlnl 10 tlts joshua WHO was Drought
m ,,norg tho lrlcle.klns VI Egypt1
EThe irst thing we hear nlsn,ik him fs, he ts
tchtInr acutnst AmaIck, arl prevailed against
tSctn. Victorious tt, hrtlu with, for God WAS
viii him. But VIC find that J1sl.,sn didn't like
Il, pfcacncrs. On CERTAIN occasion lie found
tTo D,ct, named Eltlatl nul Mclad, who wesu
nrroobssylng MOI III the camp but WHO did not bu-
Ere to tho seventy cldcrs. St, lie gtes md rc-
rats the thing I" Mt'ses, and wants him u
.,o, tlcm. The people III That class aro t,ut All
sr1d ytt; Il guDll many people arG uproHcd to
h.rlng tho laynlcn nrea.h, Int the wursl II Tho
fon Is; "I.ct hin! that hcaretEl say come" II
w M ,an fall into Thu river, do yu think Isoull
sooil and get sonrbmiy to ortlnln inc, hcfore,
i,ni to u,lit lin out! Would y0u hare the
t;ool Samaritan, on bis way to .Icreln, when lc
GnI. man wounded and tIalt dead by tho WY.
Tie, icayc the poor fellow there while ho gucs
10 10 Jerusalem to yet eon,e Of tho priests TO
ii hunda npon llinst Dg t'lc time he got l'ack
tothe wounded man. II might Gc too lutte to do
lin any good. But Moses rcbukcs him AMI snys
Se wishes everybody IN tic camp were able 10
p,upllcsy; and tllat Is tho lust we hear uf
fo.kuas complaints. -.
Bsraea,wheii tlie twelve men wero sentovcs into
Canaan to spy ont thu land. l don't think they
oucht to hare sent those spica. This was tlu
l.al ti5a. Cod Ind promised so give tllrn,t and
of course 1t was a good land 'tTlcrr WIS no
reed to look ut tho strength Of Canaan, fur Col
iila't nattcr how strong lis cities were, or !,uw
pa:iy giants tl:crr were to defend tlicu. We'll,
ttey send out twelve men tu 70 through thu
laat. and they CONC back with majority and 4
m;snritp rrnort. Ten Of them l,atl l,cen lonk-
iae at Tho gtants md the strong cities With
t|eit walls rencing unso Heaven. Just Ike a
erat many people iowaayH, they were lnnkit'{,
tt the dark side. II tsa gt'ol latA rscl, la,s},
al,Ed aowinE viii, milk anu honey, xay tt!ese
ta mcn, but when one OF those Gllnts lnokc'l
tlaht. Mc lIasc no weapons: VIC are not used to
vM. We are nut able to 20 up nNu possr6s THIS
lg1.
But Caleb and Joshua Ind been looking In a
different direction They bad seen the giants
md the cities, but They bud boon looking to THO
}od Of laracl. They remembered llow' He hati
trought then. nut q Egypt, and through thu
Rel Sea, aud how lie had ruined down bread
ton hsarcs., and that He had pvosnlsea to g're
thsm tiat land fur an inheritance, Therefore
xhen they remembered tho tiOl Of thc
Aebrews wlo wns to light their battles for
'len. 20 they brought in minority report
ag! advised tugo right over a'a,a take the land.
i would 10 l;ou every Chrlstlit were like
lalcb and Joshua- u, instead 0f hclug dis.
Outraged 1T these saloons, aul theatres, aud
Ea'nt!:t.gdcnst tho Chrlstin.is nj CltirN!,o were
{ssdy 70 move forward IN tho name Of Col,
hosts 81 hell! How mary people do you sup
i'osc there werc ~ Clltcago VIII, didn't hellcyu
II putting lip this building! ETH neycr l,e
iull" II yois yet furwcll' Hall fnl! you vii!
90 better than think you will" said ono man
'e"s'
But 1srne1 didn't uelcyc In (;od, They forrot
that ,hry WHO arc witt Him oro ulv,lys on the
sinn!ng side, TEcy ucteptcI tho minority re-
port aid, "a for C.l.l aud jushya, try t,nk l,,,
shlts ant we're t.oinc to stuau them 10 death.
So Israel tururi luck iutu ,lc wilderness a1,,i
sAld.ry,l thcru {or forty yrars. iii every u,u
tAat sar,c m out of E,yyi,t. ux:nt.s tlcsH fwo
believing men, ,yrrc ,cai.
An1 low W. sec IrrarI coming I'm acolu to
thrJuy,lan. II * il, .fnr II h1rvcs wSr,, tl,,
jordan t.yvr:l0ws lts links. t;mt WIS ,,niur IN
tes, thptr faitl. bnfora ii" ton; thcu 7ntn r.,
nsaa. Sumn Of ttuan ,n;r,tt i,syn saiif.
"lhis Is pretty timu To bfiu. us un to
tpss Ills rIycrI Wc haven't ai,Y 6t,ats. t,r non.
toeus, ur .Af1s. mi! Inv urc W.. Il, t.,lss Tin
tNiii md swollen strcal, y, i,ut, tl,,upit t;wI
kceps them there fpr tl,r,.c flays fnnin,r ii fhnt
Great rushing river. wa d., MI hrnr wnrtj ~
Wlpplat, Gvt! te1ls ,h.r, Ia s,,,rtifv then,,
teIyr:, nm. thrm ~, il,S f,rti, flnv fhs ,rinx, q
hcht .!Uwn 10 Tia c.re,. ~ tha wa,cr ~ ,rnr;,,ts
hc ark OF tho lnri ,,,it m, ,v,."r ,1;y,5",I ",t;
ether, They wrrs mi .,tr. 81, lint lin ,,ron,C
rsssy,l tfourl, tis riy.r ~" ,rg.s,,eI MI TTnrI,
hasn't ever, sinn ~ ,,nmnr,.ss m ti,r.e sI,,m,
xAIrh thcy ,,l,l hcrn w."rt'"r for fnrtv ~ ,e"rs
TIE ark III f;nl WA niar"t, T. ~ ,hc hc;} II ""
River jordan f, ,"nt ,,n ~ int,, ,1,,,th ~,
snentfor Tint s',s !. ,shat 'o.,.au ~" sa
ual it'd hal. H. =, - VII ~ "9 ~,
Ill passed tyrr nrI Ih.,, VIII, ~ twrnivt st.,nrs