Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-23

g. "And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord
will do wonders among you" Moses died
and his body was buried. Joshua sue
ccedcd him. and having led the people to
the river Jordan they are now about to
pass over into the heart of the land of
promise, but how? for it was harvest time,
and Jordan overlooked his banks (verse
15). When the Lord leads His people into
difficulty it is that He may show His
power and be glor1ed in them The one
thing for the people is to sanctify them
selves, or put away every semblance of
evil as on the night when they came out
of Egypt they put away all leaven out of
their houses.
6. "Take up the ark of the covenant and
pass over before the people," The ark is
mentioned ten times i41his chapter. 1t
was the symbol of His presence and His
presence was everything Instead of jour
ncying in the midst of them, as ordinarily,
it now went ahead Of them, and there was
to be about half mile between it and
them that they might know the way to
CO. for "thcy had not passed this way
heretofore" VERSE D.. We must take caro-
to follow jesus closely and fully, for it.
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not passed this way heretofore.
T. "That all Israel may know that as /
was with Moses so win be with thee"
| Therefore He would magnify Joshua and
He did Chapter iy, ~, and Joshua, was
honorcd because of God with him. 1t was
God that was maguificd, but Joshua was
| the chosen earthcu vessel. The same thing
was seen in Gal i, l6, -, when in Paul
Christ was revealed, and God was glori
fed. Pauls ambition was that Christ
should he naguiicd in His body whether
by life or by death Phil l. 2O).
8. "Stand still in Jordan. The priests
bearing the ark were to step into the water
ere it would divide oversees II, ID not
as at the Eod sea when the waters divided
ere the people came close to them He
| guides us often one step at time, aud we
must take one step ere we see the next
one, and sometimes we must step right
into the waters. "Whcn thou passcst
through the waters, I viii he with thee"
9. "Comc hithcr and bear tho words of
the Lord your God" This is tho great
and fundamentally inc-to hear what God
has spoken. Whatever mouth or hand the
Lord may use, it is God Himself who
speaks and works. it was so in Christ
CJohn xiv, lOl; it was SO in the prophets
(icb. i, |, .; II Pct i, 2l); it viii be 50
etiu il, o,.,.,.,, ,.,.s,l tj,,+ j. ,,,bol1y HI
Niatb = 20. phil ii IN
10. "The living God is among you, and
He win without fail drive ont from before
you the Canaanitcs, - etc. All other ma
lions vorshined idols tbo works of mons
hands, but the popularity OF Israel was
that their Lord was the true God, the liv-
ing God, tho King of eternity der. X, 10).
The dividing Of Jordan and every other
MIGHTY work of God in Isracl was that
Israel FIRST and tbcn MI the reonlo Of the
earth might know the hand of the Lord.
that If is niubtv. and fear the lord cod
forever (cbapter iv 2N
II "Bchold the nrl, of the covenant Of
+bo 7 ord of rll the eartb rassotb over hn-
fore Won into Jordan" I think this is tho
first time TINT i'm connection with tbo arl,
the Lord i called "thc Lord of all the
earth. But He is frequently called bv
this name rs we 70 ON in the hook Fps
lxxvii. ,; Isa. liv 3: Mic. iy. 10. Zecb
iv IA. vi n In Cen viv 10 % He Is
the "NIost Eipb God uosscssor Of boovnn
and eartb - His nurnoscs Of p,,oco arc
Worldwide. and they are vorld1vide in
connection with Israel. for see Isa. xvii
6: Num. xiv. 20. 2l
10 "sNov. therefore, take Won 70 man
ont Of the tribes of Israel ont Of evor,,
trihe q man - Tho etnr,, Of thnso 10 mon
is found in the first nino verses If the
next chontnr Tbcir commission v-,e IN
take ooch man stone uut Of the midst If
JORDAN and set tbcm in tho frst rnstinr,
Mace i'm tho land This tbcv did nj az,
gnl and Josbua also set MO stones in
fha midst Of Jordan. whore the foot of thp
nriests stood (cbnnter iv O on Tho 10
under the waters of Jordan and the 10 nj
Giloal are vc,v Successive of onr unior
with Christ in death and resurrection old
thinrs missed nyov. an things hccoY,r
now TT Cor y ~
IA of shall come to rass 8, This vors,
,,iroc rho ,,ron,isn,rd .e.nr',,co M ,,o,,t
Three olive the ful6llment no make The
nror,iso nc rnal ms IossiI,Ic ,,,o ,,,,et i,,,o|,
inc ourselves ON tho MARGIN If n rucbino
river in the time If n frnshnt ana ne We
r,o2o mon tbe MIGHTY ,votnrs ono o,,ono
rs saws that as soon rs tbo foot of certoi,
mon dulv aDDoiuted shall touch tho 1va.
tors the river will divide tbe MINER ,,ater.
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