The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-02
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
The Brooklyn Divine's
Sunday Sermon

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ct the ,Uaters Of Mcrom to fight against Is
rGetn-Josb. xi, b.
, We are encamped tonight in faiestne
nv the waters OF Merom After long
our fires kindled, and, though far away
from civilization, a variety OF 1000 !hao
would not compromise a first class hmeriesn
hotel, for the most OF our caravan ; s.arSS ar
We detain only two mules, carrying
so much of our baggage as we might aSci.
,deutally need and a tent for the noonday
luncheon. The mslarias around TINS EnNe
Msrom are so poisonous that at any other
season of the year encanpment mere Is peru,
ous, but this winter night the air Is tonic ana
healthfui In this neismnorhT%9h" ,,. %hs n,tons oti
had banded themselves together TO crusn .nis
Joshua, but along che banks OF these we;erS
Joshua LETT their carcasses Indeed "1s 'une
that we more minutely examine this joshua
Of whom we have in these discourses caught
only a momentary glimpse, atnouSh ne
crossed and recrossed Palestine, ana next to
Jesus is the most stirring and mighty cnaraG
ter whose foot ever touched the hoiy LAM"
Moses was dead. beautiful traniI'on
saws the Lord kissed him, and in that ac'
drew forth the soul of the dying lnwS.Ver.
He had been buried, only one Person at the
burial, the same Ono who kissed him. But
God never takes man away from any place
of usefulness but he has some one ready.
The Lord does DOT gG Gos,ag e. "fp" nd sone one
especially fitted for the vacant position. nc
makes a man for that place. Moses mas
passed. off the stage, and joshua ,hc nero,
nuts his foot Oh the platform OF history $"
solidly that all the ages echo with ITS 'rcan'
He was n magnificent fighter, but nv
always fought on tho right siic' anni ann
he never fought unless God told
him to fight IIc got his military equipment
from God who gave him the promise at the
start: "Tiiere shall not any man be aDic 10
stand before thee all the days OF thy me:
God fulfilled this promise, although .,oshuas
first battle was with tho spring ireshet, am
the next with n stone wall AMI inc mex"
leading n regiment OF wnpped co"W"S'
and the next battle against darknesS wne"i
ing the sun and the moon into his oa,tamon'
nnd the last against the king OF terrorS,
death-Nvc great victories.
This first Undertaking of Joshua was
.rsster than the leveHng of Fort Pulaski, or
the laundering down OF Gibraltar, or the
overthrow of the Bastile. 1t was the cross
ing Of tho Jordan at tho time OF the spring
frsshet. Tho SHOWS Of Mount Lebanon had
lust been melting. and they poured down IN
10 the valley, and the whole valley was q
racing torrent. SO the Canannites stand on
ono bank, and they look I across .S.n aha nau@ SrT
and say AHA! aha they cannot disturb 'iS
in time-until the freshGts fali It ts iniPoss,
BILE for them to reach u.s. bu1 a,ter . q
while they look across Ito water anu they
sae n movement in tho army or t'"Snua
They say: whats the matter nowY why
there must he a panic among theSe troops
and they are going To fly, or perhaps they
ors Going to try to march across tho River
Jordan. Joshua is q lunatic." But joshua
the cheftain, looks ut ms army aia @ =, re- tI,,
Forward, marCh! ahu '''ey s'"'' i'' Wv
bank of the Jordan.
One miie ahead 30 two priests carrying I
rEtterirr to.. four feet long anu TWO lee
rs;Je II is the ark of tho Convenant. hh'
they come down, ana no soo''s, r "o ,; tmGs Iao T
tbnn by an Almighty fiat Jordan parts. III
army OF Joshua marches right on witno,
GETTING their feet wet over tue bottom or "
e IL a,,I
ncsb}es until they get TO the other pan
Then they lay hold of the oleamders anu IA.
arisks and willows and pull T., Msnse'veS.. nus WsS,.,
a bank thirty OF forty feet hish, aho, nv III, ;',1
As ffhsF ffS eT%11l He sHsy ssyA Sts sfs
Cu, yonder they have stopped. thirty mi
of distance they halted On ' this is' SIDE "' I
waters roll CT toward tic salt sea
But as the lnni of ths Lord God is ,sL
away from tho thus upliftei waters
waters perhaps uplitted half a mile c-as t
niSnly ,sn hahi * taken away thosr waite
IuSh n"wn, AMI som" at the unbeii.vi,
iSraeliteS say: ALAS, alas, what n Ini.iC
tune! WAY could not those waters ha,
se"iu 90 ar.sa: i;sIausr perhaps we may wa
10 go paCG. y Lord, wa are cn.u"nl m
RISKY business. Fhos, Canasnitas may al
us up, How ii "" van; TO go hach? Won
III not hhVc been n more culnp,rt, rriirac!c
Ine Lorh hat parted the waters tn let ,
come through and kept them parted I, lei
20 pack II we are de!"nt-,i.' NV friend
'oi make r,' provision tor n Christians r
u u"ns. re clear 'h" path all thn.say
'gat"k""rcrS that swim. hsc; The AN, sihys;i
9rd "ryslailm" gate "t the Jordan ,n
isro" PASS through now swing shut the AN
.hNstni" and Crvstqllir" "atr
hut thS is no time f.. tn, lsist to s.o
Joshua gives the CrnuuAmi .Fu,wa1
march"' In the dislanc, there is = L.,
grove OF trees, and at :hc end OF the en-,
CITY. 1t IS n city of arborS s-tftyS-.sJ
walls seeming to rcnch (, the boov,u :,
'"''i,'N ibt very SEE. II j. hp
uGp"nS mat commands thr moumtnjn u,.>
t,r"i =" 1e,.'h" IN" city WAS aitcrWard car.
tuIun bv Fonf'ev, amt it was aTt,r,yn,
captured hy iieroi tho Great nuI !, ~,
aIerward capt'red lay th, MnGnnm.,.,,m'
' .h',i nus a.. 'aml'n'En In" L"rA plan. rh.r.
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