Telegram-herald., 1890-12-22
THE WATERS OF MER0M.
SUBJECT or SUNDAYS SERMON BY
REv. T. De WITT TALmAGE.

n. Tell, OF cities That Were Taken By
Jssha. Uader Gods Guidance When
the chfIarea of Israel Entered the
Holy Land.
BROOKLrN, Dec. 2i-Dr. Talmage preach
II the following sermon this morning in
he Academy OF Music IN this city. and
again in the evening al The Christian Her
AID service IN New York. His text was
Josh xi. 5 And when all these kings
we're met together they came aud pitched
together al the waters OF Merom TO fight
against Israel"
We are encamped tonight in Palestine
oy the waters OF Merom After a long
march we have found our tents pitched,
our fires kindled, and though far away
rom civilization a variety of food that
would not compromise first class Ameri-
.an hotel, for the most of our caravan starts
an hour and a half earlier in the morn
ng. We detain only two mules, carrying
30 much Of our baggage as we might acci-
ientally need and a tent for the MONDAY
luncheon. The malariaS around this Lake
MerOm are so poisonous that at any other
season OF the year encampment here is per
-lous, but this winter night the air is
.onic and healthful. In this neighborhood
Joshua fought his last great battle The
aations had banded themselves together To
srush this Joshua, but along the banks OF
Ihese waters Joshua left their carcasses.
indeed il is time that we more minutely ex-
anime this Joshua Of whom we have in
these discourses caught only a momentary
glimpse, although he crossed and recrossed
Palestine, and next TO Jesus is the most
stirring and mighty character whose foot
sver touched the Holy Land
JOSHUA READY TO TAKE MOSES PLACE.
Moses was dead A beautiful tradition
mys the Lord kissed him, and in that act
irew forth the soul of the dying lawgiver
tie had been buried, only one Person at the
funeral, the same One who kissed him.
But God never takes a man away from any
place Of usefulness but he has some one
ready. The Lord does not 90 looking
around amid a great variety of candidates
20 find some one especially fitted for the
Eacant position. He makes a man for that
place. Moses has passed OF the stage, and
Joshua, the zero, puts his foot on the plat
form Of history so solidly that all the ages
echo with the tread He was magnificent
fighter. but be always fought on the right
side, and he never fought unless God told
him 20 tight He got his military equip
ment from God. who gave him the promis Sc
At the start, There shall not any man be
able TO stand before thee al the days Of
.hy life" God fulfilled this promise. al
though JOshua's first battle was with the
spring freshet, and the next with a stone
wall, and the next leading on a regiment
II whipped towards and the next battle
against darkness, wheeling the sun and the
moon into bis battalion, and the last
against the king Of terrors, death-fiye
great victories.
For the most part, when the general Of
sn army starts out in a conflict be would
ike 20 have small battle in order that
be may zet his courage up and rally
ots troops and get them drilled for greater
conflicts, bat this first undertaking Of
Joshua was greater than the levciing Of
Fort Pulaski. OK the laundering down Il
Gibraltar. or the overthrow Of the Bastile.
L was the crossing of the Jordan at the
sine Ok The spring freshet. The SHOWS of
Mount Lebanon had just been melting.
and they poured down into the valley, and
ihe whole valley was a raging torrent 80
she Cansanites stand on one bank. add they
look across and see Joshua and the Israel
fes and they laugh and say, "Aha' ahai
hey Cannot disturb rs in tims-until the
ircshsts fall. 30 is impossible for them 20
reach "a" Hut after a while they look
across the water and they see movement
ln the army 0f Joshua. They say. What's
ths matter nows Why. there must be-
panic among these troops aud they are
going 20 Is. or perhaps they are going 20
Try 70 march across the river Jordan.
Joshua is luustic" But Joshua. the
-hieftsin, locks AZ his army and cries
Forward march and they start for the
bank of ths Jordan
TEE PARTING OF JoEnAv.
One mile ahead So two priests Carrying
gheferinE box four feet long and two
-ect wide III IS che ark ~ The covenant
And they come down. sni no sooncr 90
hey iIss t0ucl the rim of the water with
5heir fees than hy an Almighty fat Jor-
Gar parts The army ~ Joshua marches
1xht on without getting ther feet wet
over the bottom of fhe river. path q
.halk and hrosen shells and pebble.. untH
shey get to the other hank Then thsr lay
bold of the oleanGers and fsmari-ks and
willows and pull themselves ND hank
.hirtv or forty feet high. and. having
raine6 The ether hank. thev clap the.r
shields sod their cymhals and siag tie
grasses of the trod of Joshua But no
sooner have they reached the hank than
ihs waters begin 70 dash s1d roar. sn6
With terrific rush they break loose from
heir strange anchors~e. Cut Tondsr they
ave stopped thirtv m - ~ distance thev
aslted 0u th.s side the waters roll n
aowsrd The sat sea
--ss ~ The lard of the Lord Cod fs taken
tvaY fsom t6e thas upllfted waters
vstsrs perhaps grihed laf = m'e-ss
sbe Almighty hand - tsken away those
safsrs rush down. and sore ~ tke rn be-
ie~{nx lsrseltes ear. Ass. siss. whst a
misfortune WY cou.i ret thrse waters
hsvs stsid par-eif Because perhaps va
nay wsnE 20 90 hacs % Lord Ts are
snEaxei IN : risky business These Cs-
aaanftes nay eat NJ up. Hove No wa1e
sc 20 BACK IS sui8 t not hare been a
more complete nlirscle 81 tas lord aa5
sazeesi t1e ws5ers 20 sc. Is oouss tarousa