The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-12-21
ALONG NEW PATHS.
we Are Making Our Earthly Pill
grimage for the First Time.
umon of DR.. TaImage in Which He
pleads for Merciful Interpreta-
tIon of E~ndeavOr-
Crossing the Jordan.
,conyrjght, 1901. by Louis Klopsch. N. VI
Washington,

Washington,
This discourse is a most unusua,
rresentation of things that take place
in many lives, and DR.. Talmage pleads
for merciful Interpretation of human
behavior. The text is Joshua 3, 4: "Ye
have not passed this way heretofore"
In December, 1889, l waded the River
Jordan, and, although the current was
strong, | was able to bear up against it,
but in the time of spring freshet, when
tbe SHOWS on Mount Lebanon melt,
nothing but a miracle would enable
anyone to cross the river. 1t was at
the dangerous springtime that Joshua
and the officers of his army uttered the
words of my text to the people who
were in a few hours to cross the Jor-
dan. About that crossing we say but
little, because on a previous occasion
we discoursed concerning that piling
ND of the waters into crystal barricade.
We only speak of the march to the
brink of the river. No stranger thing
has ever occurred in all history.
The ark of the covenant VAS a brill
liant chest of acacia wood, overlaid
with gold, on the top of which were
two winged figures facing each other.
1t was five feet long and three feet
wide. Poles were thrust through the
rings at the side, and by these poles the
ark was lifted. This splendid box was
to he carried three-quarters of a mile
ahead of the hosts of Israel OF the way
to the crossing. That distance between
the box and the advancing thousands
must be kept because OF reverence.
There was a SANG tity in that divine
symbol that they must observe by
keeping three-quarters of a mile away.
They must watch that glittering box
and follow, otherwise they would lose
their way and not arrive at the right
place for crossing. They had never
been there before, and they must be
guided. For that reason Joshua utters
the words of my text: "Ye have not
passed this way heretofore" and the
subordinate officers at the head Of the
regiment repeated it: aye have not
passed this way heretofore"
was II dNlAIuAAg Salh VI ht an
Gent 1sraelites may be truthfully said
OF US. We are making Il first and last
journey through this world. 1t is pos
sible, as some of my good friends be-
lieye, that this world will be corrected
and improved and purified and floral
lied and emparadised as to climate and
soil and character until it shall become
a heaven for the ransomed, but.I do not
think it. | have an idea that Heaven
is already built somewhere. Our de-
parted friends could not wait until this
world is fixed up for sanity and
angelic residence. Having once gone
out of the world, l do not think we will
come back, except as ministering spir-
its to help those who remain in the
earthly struggle or perhaps to look at
the wondrous spectacle of a burning
planet.
But, leaving that theory aside, we are
very sure that we are for the first time
walking the earthly pilgrimage. "Ye
have not passed this way before"
Every minute is a new minute, every
hour a new hour, every century q new
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