Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-12-19

onSS anu your cacIe shall remain In
the land which Moses gave YOU on
this side Jordan: but We shall PASS
before your brethren armed. all the
mighty men OF valor. and help them:
until the Lord have given your bretE.
rem rest. ms he hath given YOU"
And the Reubenites and the Cad.
ties and half the tribe of Manasseh
had promised that they would do even
as Moses had commanded, but the
nrst day had passed without their put.
ting In an appearance. and then the
second and now the third day had
dawncd. the day on which they were
10 go into the Promised Land, and
still they did not appear And, as The
people waited there by the swollen
waters they wondered whether their
brethren would fail them. and how
they were to cross over.
Ii must be that Joshua would lead
them across. for the night before he
had sent word through the camp tell.
Ing the people to sanctify themselves
and declaring that on the morrow the
Lord would do wonders among them.
And that morning in eager expectancy
the people had come forth from thei,
tents, but the river was still there
and their brethren. the Reubenitas
and Gadites and the men from Man
asseh had not yet come, and how
then, were they to cross Jordan ard
gain the Promised Land? Troubled
and anxious they set about the morn.
ing task of gathering the mamma, but
scarcely had they finished, when mes.
sengers came from Joshua, saying:
When we see the ark OF the COW
enant OF the Lord your God. and the
priests the Levites bearing il. then We
shall remove from your place, and go
after it,
But the river?" the people ex.
claimed, and the armed men OF the
tribes of Reuben and Cad and Man.
asseh have not come, as they prom
ised."
But the messenger had departed in
haste even while they were making
their complaint. and wonderingly. but
obediently, the people struck their
tents and prepared for the onward
march.
In the meantime there was a test.
Ing time going on for the men OF the
tribes OF Reuben and Cad and Man.
asseh, to whom the call had come to
leave their families and their posses.
sions and go before their brethren to
help them gain possession OF the land
on the other side Jordan. God had
blessed them, and given them rest in
a goodly land. They must show their
gratitude by helping their brethren
in the harder task of winning posses.
sion of their inheritance. They must
leave their possessions, even while
they were Just beginning to enjoy
them. They must give up their rest
which was so sweet after the long
weary years OF wandering But they
would do ii because they had prom.
ised. While any of their brethren
were still without the borders of the
land God had promised to give them
they could not enjoy their own inner
itance. Nay, the permanency of their
own possessions must depend upon
their brethren taking possession of
the land as Moses had parceled it cut.
Thus during those three days did they
purpose to loyalty support Joshua
And on that third day while the
people waited by Jordan's brink with
their fiocks and their little ones un.
til the priests should set forth bearing
the ark OF the covenant they babe their
wives and their little ones good-by.
and turning their backs upon their
own possessions they set their faces
steadfastly in helping their brethren
in obtaining the rest into which they
had already come