The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

DegOuen SOn, that WhosoeFer Deileteu -
should not perish, but have eternal life
% And Joshua gathered all the trioes
OF Israel to Shechem. and called Tor tne
elders Of Israel and 10. their heads ana
for their judges, and for their ofncers'
and they presented themselves oetore
God.
CD And Joshua said unto all the peo-
pie, Thus saith the Lord, the GOO oI
Israel, Your fathers dwelt OF olo uIne
beyond the river, even Terah, the father
of Abraham, and the father OF Manor
and they served other gods.
90 And l took your father AoranaHl
from beyond the river, anu ieu Llii, ,
throughout all the land of Canaan, ana
multiplied his seed, and gave MN isdaG,
CD And / gave unto Isaac jacob ana
Esau; and | gave unto Esau mount selr'
10 possess it; and jacob ana MS ehii"ie eh
went down into Egypt.
C5) And | sent Moses and Aaron and
l plagued Egypt, according to that which
! did in the midst thereof; ana aIter"aro
l brought you out
go And | brought your fathers OUT OF
Egypt: and ye came unto the sea- anu
the Egyptians pursued after your tatn-
ers with chariots and with horsemen unto
the Red Sea.
% And when they cried out unto the
Lord. he put darkness between you ana
the Egyptians. and brought the sea upon
them, and covered them; and your eyes
saw what | did in Egypt; and ye dwelt
in the wilderness many days
90 And l brought you into the land OF
the Amorites, which dwelt beyond Jor-
dan; and they fought with you' ana l
gave them into your hand, and We pos
sessed their land; and l destroyed them
from before you.
CN Then BaIak the son of Zippor, king
of Moab. arose and fought against lsraeI;
and he sent and called Balaam the son OF
Beor TO curse you.
1W But I would not hearken unto
Balaam; therefore he blessed you still;
so delivered you out of his hand
1D And We went over Jordan, and came
unto Jericho: and the men OF Jericho
fought against you, the Amorlte' ana
the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, ana the
Hittite, and the GIrgashite, the Hivite'
and the Jebusite; and l delivered them
into your hand.
O9( And l sent the hornet before you.
which drove them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amorites; not
with they sword, nor with thy bow.
Q8 And / gave you a land whereon
thou hadst not labOured. and cities whlch
We built not, and ye dwell therein: of
vineyards and oliveyards which ye plant
ed not do We eat.
90 Now therefore fear the Lord, and
serve Him in sincerity and in truth; and
put away the gods which your fathers
served beyond the river, and In Egypt'
and serve ye the Lord.
Q0 And if it seem evil unto you to
serve the Lord, choose you this day whom
We will serve; whether the gods which
YOUR fathers served that were beyond
the river. or the gods of the Amorites, in
whose land ye dwell; put as for me and
nv house, we will serve the Lord
I6D And the people answered and said
God forbid that We should forsake the
Lord, to serve other gods.
% For the Lord our God. He is that
brought US and our fathers up out of the
land of Egypt. from the house of bond
age. and that did those great signs in our
sight. and preserved us in all the way
wherein we went, and among all the peo-
pies through the midst of whom we
passed.
1S And the Lord drave out from be-
fore US all the peoples. even the Amo-
rites which dwelt in the land; therefore
we also will serve the Lord; for he is our
God.
Q9 And Joshua said unto the people,
Ye cannot serve the Lord; for He Is an
holy God; He is jealous God; He Will
not forgive your transgression nor your
sins.
t2M II We forsake the Lord, and serve
strange gods. then He will turn and do
you evil, and consume you, after that He
hath done you good.
cd And the people said unto Joshua.
Nay: but we will serve the Lord.
(22) And Joshua said unto the people,
Ye are witnesses against yourselves that
ye have chosen you the Lord to serve
Him. And they said, We are witnesses.
(29 Now therefore put away. said he
the strange gods which are among you,
and incline your heart unto the Lord, the
God of Israel.
90 And the people said unto Joshua,
The Lord our God will We serve, and unto
His voice will We hearken-
(2o) So Joshua made covenant with
the people that day, and set them stat
ute and an ordinance in Shechem.
(26 And Joshua wrote these words in
the book of the law of God; and he took
a great stone, and set it up there under
the oak that was by the sanctuary or the
Lord.
CD And Joshua said unto all the peo-
pie, Behold, this stone shall be witness
against US: for it hath heard all the words
of the Lord which He spake unto US; 1t
shall be therefore a witness against you'
lest ye deny your God.
(29 So Joshua sent the people away,
every man unto his inheritance.
(2O And it came to pass after these
things, that Joshua the son OF Nun, the
servant of the Lord, died, being an hum
dred and ten years old.
600 And they buried him in the border
OF his inheritance in Timnath-serah.
which is in the hill country OF Ephraim,
on the north of the, mountain OF Gaash.
CID And Israel served the Lord all the
days of Joshua, and all the days OF the
elders that outlived Joshua, and had
known all the work of the Lord that He
had wrought for Israel.
30 And the bones of Joseph, which the
children of Israel brought up out of Egypt.
buried they in Shechem, in the parcel OF
ground which Jacob bought of the sons
of Hamor the father of Shechem for an
hundred pieces of money; and they be-
came the inheritance OF the children OF
Joseph.
$50 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died;
and they buried him in the hill or
Phinehas his son. which was given him
in the hill country of Ephraim.
(20 By faith he kept the passover, and
the sprinkling OF the blood. that the de-
stroyer of the firstborn should not touch
them.
(29 By faith they passed Through the
Red Sea as by dry land: which the Egyp-
tnns assaying to do were swallowed up.
(3O BY faith the walls of Jericho fell
down, after they had been compassed
about for seven days.
CID BY faith Rahab the harlot perished
not with them that were disobedient, hav-