Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-03-23
CROSSING THE JORDAN.
TALMAGE breaches AN ELO-
OUENT SERMON IN DETROIT.
Obstacles. When They are Touched,
Always Vanish-The Complete
ness Of Everything That God
DoeS--The River of
Death.

Detroit. Mich, Special: Rev. DR..
TalmHge. who has been visiting, this city,
preached in the Fourth Street Presbyteri-
an church, of which Rev. DIR. Radcliffe
is pastor. to large and intensely inter-
ested uudio nee, on the 'Crossilg of the
Jordan by the Children of Israel the
text being from Joshua iii. Il: And
the priests that bare the ark of the Gov
'enant of the Lord stood firm on dry
ground in the midst of the jordan. and
all the Isracites passed over on dry
clean over Jordan
Washington crossed the Delaware when
crossing was pronounced Impossible. but
he did it by boat. Nerxcs crossed the
Icllr>pont with two millions Of men. but
he did it by bridge. The lsraclitcs crossed
celebrated the dcliverance of the one
army sounded the stlangulation of the
other. This Jor,lunic passage differs
from all. There WAS no sacrifice of hui
man ife-not so much as the loss of a
linch-pin. The vanguard of the host,
made up of priests. advanced until they
put their foot at the brim Of the river
when immediately the streets of Jcrusa
lem were no more dry than the bed Of
that river. 1t was as if all the water
had been drawn off. and then the damp
ness had been soaked up with Il sponge
and then by Il towel the road had been
Irr.a i;tns ~. LnNt. :, ,,,;tt',,, t",li,.;'
th,,n no ,.;vo. W., nh;l'ir,r t,,', t, i,s
th. herds mo nn,nl, inoii INV uue ~ NV t H,
crystalline wall of the Jordan as they
pass. and think what an awful disaster
+, thn nnnnsi," h,nt ,f th,t .I tm'! . au'
Ill., -. vi iii IN w .'i'.i NJ'iot VII
thn,,,ht ,,oi.n ,h ,'' w, az" ., .'s
t.hi,i,n, nNn 'n, ,, .;r'' teIS nuS ,e,r
sur;ftnr nah, ,,,,., nr;o,. ,,n,,. a, +t n!
iii nm on tha h,nis ,h NJ nrn, ~, ..ni
az an up on ''is p'n,S' the afileu warriors,
a ANIL w., h;. N, n ,r.t I i""HS ,'' nerus,
he romnn,nJ f E~r III '''''''''''e p'ss'se
S;,t;n,r WV H., .h,,,.,, ,;,..
1onI. ~ u,n ,h,t 1nrL, !,',luslI 1
trnS>n nInr tin ,n ','.J ,, 'asi ,,
rinhn,y wnvon ,,,,t ~ ti au,m VI ~. NE
river Which afterv,rL u h. ,n, opt th hue .re
ti.t,v u.hnr, t'h,; i,'u "'''tiis t,if pup-
njmn.,J th rivmr w. , M'S th spr'hM,e" or
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1lo nv l'>,,. ~ H. '"n liH't tlinH'iiouS IN
and nmu;n,tn,t dol ~, ~, ioi ,irrpi. ialti1
scenes Vet 10 transnrn in you ,.'' ,;f ~ aIa i
minn-:,.,n,.s nnn,,ol, ~ Hnnr me anu
thn sol" ni n, ''t fnn, TO maze U.S. from
t ~. I'.G VI tn: loo' 10 inc crown OF the
1i, E., '1:'AIe win lllhill'e SladheSS:
f., NV" H;r" w, 'i I,, 'li;.t anrlsnt'n:
a.I w. iN,'r !"I"ail' learn Tor myself
they are touched van;sh Thn toxt s avn
tia, when these nrinsts ,..,r,n ,,,n.n 80, .,i
touched the wnr.r"rhn nicn of INV WAN. anu
with their frrt-tho watnr n,r+oh 1%,,.
did moi wlLr in cl,in Inan ~. ,,.;st i %
knee ,lerp. or nnkln dam h,,t ns s"'a pot
tE.ir feet Touched tho wotor il v,n;shnI
And if mikes mo th,l 't ,ha+ iulii,htI III
the cbst,cles Of lfn n,ni I.''' Us "Il
oachnI in orInr 70 IN '.n,,,, U,ll. ~ 1 w
firultjrs Lut rnurbnI y,,,;.I, ~ ~,
trouble the dit}irult,. ,,,n nh:t,ni, -, 'i ;'
the distnucr tht sn,.n. :, nnrn a,, i1t ;, in
~ ''"se anu ''e-
The nnostles Paul and 1,,,, s,o,,,,., D.,
dislike cross dos for tba inns,I, r., "
tells rs in ph;Iinn;,n. ..nIp " .!!
and John seems r. shut t ti'o VI u"Ss,
heaven ar,insf III c,, nHu. ,ne que ol
he saws. .!Withont ,r. ' Hn", .;i',eirs Wn'n
been told that whnn ia, tho,, . niu' nave
furious if 1hnv cnma ,t ,n,, " 20 az
keep your eva ON tho,, ,,I ~" H., - ~" VIII
them they viii rot raat ' W:h .il.n upon
be so or nor I c,nnnt tnii. wv nJ'i n lnat
thar the vast NM ;,.;t, w nn' 90 Know
ana tri,ls and H., ~ t''n niiSior'llhes
houni vour s,n,,s - W soul nlc thae
vo,r. cyp on thnn, ,nd I L,a ''.n Oily get
them and nIv,nro ,,n,M s""i cie on
..hnrnna ,ha,. Vii '.IEi tht,'' ana cry.
There is -, hnnm,; ti,iN +n .1ii H.; co"eT.
fila A ,,,r; T. i:iu! Ia'!iuon among