The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-12-05
LESSON For oeceMseR !
the FALL OF JGNscNo.

II LeNDON TGxT-Joshus Sss-tt, IS-O
II 0OsDEN TExT-"Aii th'uGs are pos
sisis Ia him that bs,isvsth. Nam 81.
There 10 Q wondssfs, tsseAieg In
the story Of the too msoerisis CCh.
~ that Joshua erected amer Israel
had passed over the Jordan. One 10
left to b svervhslmeA By the river.
the other 10 erected 10 0t,sal. They
mark tie Distinction between
II Christ's death usder judGnsst II the
believers place. and the believers
perfect dei,veraace from Judgment
See ~. at and ST.: Josh. i3:3i.SS.
The stones In the Jordan stand typic
ally for Ps. 33:i.is.
| In chapter Ave 10 the record Of the
rcproach Of unbeiief. rolled away"
~ ~ the cessation Of the mama ".
~, and the appearance Of the cap.
tain Of the Lords host wv. 1916
unto Joshua a. he was making . re-.
connaissance before Jericho.
.. ood's Orders. w. IS. The fame
OF tho tsraelites had preceded them
Itch. 2:s, and thai this was added
too BY the miraculous deiiverance At
m. Jora,n "a .rvves,sd \, ver.s one
Vera. too .,yscs,. ,h,, again thew
must proceed upon the bare word Of
| n,,.r,v .h.,,d ,nno,r IN. a,y,no or.
d.r.
i..,,.s,. u..s e.,,..x
". Joshua's Instructions. w. IS.
f,c, nm, Jo.hn, a,,,von,iy ,n,,oxed
M, tho xo,d a, tohoy,h proc.d,n,
,ho ,.o,,o y,s an. all ga ~. naod
% ,.m.m,,, .h,, a ,on,.,,., ara
m, 4, 4. ,,o %, r.,,., r,,,,.,n,
,ha .,r.s ,,.,, an, ,h. ,-,..,. =. ,,a
| On. .,,.,, No., a. 20, ~ a,h.r
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,s
tn. vail. NJ t,r,,,o NJ. nm, B., ,.,,
nv m. u.o =, m, o,d,,.,v imn,..
mani. n, vs., ..n Co. "a. .ns
~. r..,,,.n, y,,,ory ~.. In no v.v
IN civ. on,or,,,,,v ,,r h,m,n ho.,,.
,nx rnh 80. 4 cor .s'oo Io-hn,
aId No, az, forth =. "mo,. reasonable
m.,hod." n. aId M, .,,., Ca, a.,
d.r.. ~, n. no., n, r,.,, % a. 40,
h.v. ~. nav ,,.,s 10. ,ohn 40.
Maj, Ih.s Tho ,m,l.mcn,s and IN,
n,.,hoa. xer. foolish n ,ho.. IN
| Jericho ana N nj, unh.,I.y.rs AZ. /
cor. i:2i.e5. n VA. IN. pri.s,. who
lad with the "hbil.. trumpets." typI.
cal OF the gospel which Pau, tells 10
the power Of God" Rom. 1916.
~. The obedIent Psop,e, w. sis.
One srea, act OF distrust and dis.
obedience led 10 those years Of aim.
less wandering accompanied by dis.
romror, and resulting in death TO all
,saye two. Caleb and Joshua, who
cross, ID tho Red Sea with Moses
Here We have the contrast. Seven
DAYS NJ patient. obedient marching.
according TO specific orders. IL fol.
lowed by victory and possession
What a strange sight this csvalcads
must have made. The trumpet blow.
ing priests: the ark, symbolic OF Je
hovah's presence and typical Of
Christ: the silent multitude. Verify
this new generation Ia being tested
ere they enter into their promised In.
heritance. On the seventh day they
arose earlier and were subjected to =
seven.fold test. Our aercest testing
10 generally Just before the moment
Of our greatest victory.
s.xsd bv Faith.
Faith used mesns ordered Of God,
foolish In man. and wrought n great
victory. Faithful obedience IN here
| vorAsrs,,,v cor,r..,ed With sormer
unfsIthfu,ness. Joshua directs the
spIss to search out Rahsb and she
and her household are saved accord.
ing To promise. w. 22.25. She also
wss saved by faith, Heb. 1881. and
became one Of the line from which
Christ came. Matt, LIS. The only
part Of the wall that remained stand.
Ing was that where Rahab's house
stood. w. 90. see chapter AIS.
The tssehIno 10 very plain. As the
Isrselitss depeuded wholly upon Col.