Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-12-27
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
he breaches ON THE WATERS
OF MEROM.

Continuation OF His Series Descriptive OF
HI. Trip Through tho Holy LAnd-A
beautiful Series OF Word PaintinGs-A
Discourse That win BE Remembered
BROOKLYN, Dec. 21.-Dr. Talmagc
preached the following sermon this
morning in the Academy of Music in
this city, and again in the evening at
The Christian Herald service in New
York. His text was Joshua II, 8:
"And when all these kings were met
together they came and pitched to-
Qether at the waters OF Merom to fight
against Israel"
We are encamped tonight in Pales-
tine by the waters Of Merom. After
long march we have found our tents
pitched. our fire kindled, and though
far away from civilization a variety OF |
food that would not compromise |
first class American hotel, for the most |
of our caravan starts an hour and
half earlier in the morning. We detaln
only two mules carrying so much OF
our baggage as we might accidentally
need. and a tent for the MONDAY
luncheon -Inalarias around this
Lake Merom oro so poisonous that at
anv other season of the year encamp-
nent here is periIous, but this winter
NIGHT the air is tonic and healthfuL In
this neiohborhood Joshua fought his
last great battle. The nations had
handed themselves together to crush
this Joshua, but along the banks OF
these waters Joshua left their carcases-
Indeed it is time that we more minute
" examine this Joshua, of whom we
have in these discourses caught only
a momentary glimpse, although he
crossed and recrossed Palestine, ana
next to Jesus is the most stirring ana
mighty character whose foot ever
touched the Holy Land
TRADITION OF THE DEATH OF MosKs.
Moses was dead. A beautiful tradi-
ton saws the Lord kissed him, and IN
that act drew forth the soul of the dy-
ing lawgiver. he had been buried
only one Person at the funeral, the
same One who kissed him But Goo
never takes a man away from any plac'
of usefulness but ne has some on
ready. The Lord does not go LOOKING
around amid q great variety OF candi
dates to find some one especially ftte'
for the vacated position. He makes
man for that place. Moses has pscse'
off the stage, and Joshua, the here
puts his foot on the platform of histor
30 solidly that all the ages echo wit
the tread. He was q magnificent fgh
or. but he always fought on the rigf
hide. and lie never fought unless Go
told him to fight. He got his militaI
equipment from God, who gave I'M
the promise at the start, There sha
not any man be able to stand befo
thee all the days of thy life" God fl
filed this promise, although Joshus
first battle was with the spring fresht
and the next with stone wall, al
:sc next leading on 2 regiment
whipped towards, and the next bat
against darkness, wheeling the sun a
the moon into his battalion, and
last against the king Of terrors, Des
five great victories
For the most part, when the gene
OF an army starts out In conflict
would like to have a small battle IN
der that he may get his courage
and rally his troops and get tn
drilled for greater conflicts; but
first undertaking of Joshua was grea
than the leveling of Fort Pulaski,
the laundering down of Gibraltar
the overthrow of the Bastile. 1t
the crossing of the Jordan at the
of the spring freshet- The SHOWS
Mount Lebanon had just been melt
and they poured down into the val
and the whole valley was raging
rent. So the Canaanites stand on
bank. and they look across and
Joshua and the lsraelites, and
laugh and say, "Ahal ahal they
not disturb us in time-untn the fl
cts fall; it is impossible for then
reach u.s." But after awhile they
across the water and they see m
ment in the army of Joshua They
s'What's the matter nowf Why, t
must be panic among these trC
and they are going to fly. or per
they are going to try to march a
the river Jordan Joshua is a luns
But Joshua, the chieftain, looks q
army and cries, Forward, ma
and they start for the bank OF
Jordan
rHR ARK OF THR COVENANT
One mile ahead go two priests {
ing q gittering box four feet Ions
two feet wide. 1t is the ark Q
covenant And they come down
no sooner do they touch the rim c
water with their feet than by q
mighty flat Jordan parts The
Of Joshua marches right on wi
getting their feet wet over the b
of the river, a path of chalk and b
shells and pebbles, until they s
the other bank Then they la.
of the oleanders and tamarisk
willows and pull themselves up a
thirty or forty feet high, and
gained the other bank they claI