The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12

HuHuIH0 0lEuMu uEulHu iDg0nmnulDunun , Til the people pass over, Jehovah--
 Till the people pass over whom thou hast purchased- Thou shalt bring them in. and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance:
 The place which Thou hast made for Thy dwelling, Jehovah;
 The sanitary. Lord. which Thy hands have established.
 Jehovah shall reign forever and ever.
 And no doubt there was some Miriam.
 timbrel in hand, to lead, antiphonaily,
 and with high grace-n notes, the woman
 chorus tn the familiar ascription: Sing ye to the Lord; For He hath triumphed giori- ously.
 ANALYSIS AND KEY. 1, Jordan; natural defense of Pecuiiarity of river. 2. Encampment of Israel beyond Jordan.
 Tended to complacency of Canaanites. a False security.
 break.
 Israel fronts the Jordan. 4. The Dividing of Jordan. Method and incidents of the cross- ing.
 THE TEACHER's LANTERN. Jordan is a phenomenal river. From a physical topographic standpoint 1t is fascinating-snow-fed. in a freshet
 when other streams are lowest; with . fall averaging from four to five miles an hour; reaching the incredible depth of 1900 feet below the level of the Mediterranean; finding grave for it. self at length In the Sea of Death; it's thicket-covered banks forming pro- longed geological garden and aviary. From the standpoint of sacred his- tory. the river is vastly more interest ing. Here Naaman washed away his leprosy. These waters were cleft by Elijah's mantle in Elisha's hands. It was Jesus's baptismal layer. It is not altogether incredible that Jordan may have been damned up by some natural means--such as a land slide. for example. God used nat ural agent. strong east wind. to at least in part open a way for His peo- SIe through the Red Sea. But wheth- | CT wrought mediateIy or immediately is matter of comparatively small mo- ment Tn book packed with mir
 acles. one more or one less Is small item.
 One 0DJeCt or LHtS CouSplEuOuB Iulf- acle was the authorization and invee- titure of Joshua as the Divineiy- chosen commandant of IsraePs hosts. Noses was sadly missed. There may have been competitors for the vacant oflce. But lon that day the Lord mag nified Joshua in the sight of all Is- rael." and "Mosess minister" his lieu tenant, proved himself worthy suc- cessor. He had natural qualifications Ro.. lno training under his glorious chief. Of times and seasons we should not | be ignorant The month of the en- | trance of Canaan was the month of the l exit from Egypt, and the fortieth an- | niversary of the same. The day was | the tenth, the day on which the pas | chai lamb was chosen. It Is this pre- 1 else and orderly march of events. this | exact coincidence of memorial times, 1 that marks Israers history as super
 natural.
 I This awe-inspiring miracle. which l made a wide breach in the natural bull l wark of Canaan, was of the nature or l last call to repentance of an adulter- ous race whose cup was full. IT, at | this eleventh hour of their national | life. the Canaanites had repented. they | need not have drank the wine of wrath. | AS 1t was the spectacle filled them l with cowardice, instead of contrition. Israel could never say, with mine 1 own arm have I gotten me the vic- tory" as long as he remembered the ] conspicuous manner in which Gods l hand opened the gate to Canaan. Pride was forestalled.
 I By this sign Israel knew that "the l living God was among them. How | impoient the idols of Canaan in con- | trast. Neither Baal nor Ashtoreth could | make Jordan flow, if Jehovah bade 1t | stand still.
 Events of importance are worthy of some memorial But the loftiest of our
 monuments of granite and bronze will scarcely commemorate as important an event as that which Igaei regis tered that day in the earn of twelve stones on the height of Gilgal