Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-09
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70 have not passed this way her
ttfpfe Joshua, iiL :.
The great army OF 1srael, unde
5osiha, was encamoed on the hillside
above the Jordan. where II had bee
brought TO standstll by the raglni
river which was flood tide and out o
ila banks
AZ last the 10 years OF wandering ii
the wilderness had come to an end, Th,
time had arrived for the tribes to take
possession Of their inheritance in the
Promised Land. Three days were to be
devoted TO rest and preparation for the
greatest achievement ever undertaken.
From headquarters officers were sent
throughout the camp to inform. instruct
and prepare the people. Perhaps n
frumpeter went with the herald TO sound
the bugie to call the people together
Speeches were made giving full informa-
tlon concerning the movement. Each of
dccr would explain what was expected
OF every man, and full Information was
given as to the manner and time when
certain thinBS happened that were the
signal for something else to happen.
"As commander Joshua was new
and untried Nobody knew anything
about his ability. He had never operated
an Independent command. He had no
past success as n prestige TO give the
people confidence. They had known no
other leader but Moses. II was natural
that Joshua would suffer from COMPARE
son--his appearance - language - orders
new way of doing things. When new
preacher assumes charge of a church he
Is Up against the same difficulty. He Is
contrasted with his predecessor.
He doesn't preach like Brother Bar |
ker used tor
Land salSes! Did you ever hear any
body pray like thatY
''what queer way he led the prayer |
meeting!
FOUND FAULT WITH JOSHUA.
IT Imagine the people quarrelIng and
finding fault with Joshua What in the
world is Joshua trying to do now7 Going
out against walled city! Who ever
heard of such a thing! Moses would
never have taken us on such wild-goose
chasel I don't believe in going to war
this wayl 1 like to see things done de-
Gently and in orderi Just because he has
got up there he wants to show off He
thinks he is bigger man than Moses!
Who ever heard of taking priests into
battle? Moses forgot more than Joshua
sver knew. whose rams horns he lacked
"Al have witnessed just such scenes
when an effort is made toward revival
II religion. Some say, oh, he breaches
90 much helii Others say, He doesn't
reach enough. Some say, He is sensa-
ional' Others say. oh he is vulgarr
some say, I don't like the music Others
Jay, We have too much music!
But the man that God sends never
ailsi
HAD the walls of Jericho been mile
hicS and 10 miles high. Joshua would
AVE gone against them with the same
'oldness.. He was not depending on his
oldiers, nor the priests nor the weather.
or the rams horns, nor himself. nor his '
ceilings, but on the word of the living I
iods
.'The wilderness-worn veterans are now
bout to take the step that would make
hem great national people with n
iod-chosen destiny-a people under the (
1lmightys especial care. Before they set
DOT in that raging river they had to do h
nore hard thinking than they had ever l.
one. In the years agone they had dohe b
Dts of foolish things impulsively. That II
! why they had been tramping 40 years e
nd never reached the Promised Land! D
they had all been as level-headed as a
loses, Caleb and Joshua, their Journey g
ould have ended in 30 days, and here n
ley had been generation In reaching p
le place where they now stood! And it 1,
as all because they had not tried to get Il
lywhere! The man who has no purpose G
life goes about tired because he does
g climbing In a treadmill He is always fl
zigzagger. And for every inch OF head
ay he goes a. milel Without definite W
m he will never travel in an air line. b
no bee goes straight only when flying to o.
5 hive. The, man who turns the world Y
1side down does 1t because that Is his tC
ne business in life. The man who UNDER h
ses TO do a thousand things never viii II
mount to hill ofybeans The man who to
votes his time and skill and energy to sc
ing enc thing viii stand before kingsv sc
KEEPS GOING AND GROWING. :,
Paul said: This one thing do Keep Ia
ur eye on that man! He will move ia
cry mountain and pull up every tree
at Is in his pathway, Nothing can chill
ardor nor cool his courage! He keeps III
going and growing, no matter what vc
erferes. "
The Christian life needs to be entered de
on as thoroughly and definitely as the tn
n-browned pilgrims went into Canaan be
man get his start in that way, and Ike
viii not throw away his Bible whom of
strikes hard place! The men who -e
d wandered aimlessly are at last
'ught TO the place where they expected
sat things from the God who had ne
'ught them out of Egypt. The Officers no
o had gone throughout the camp sh
in-spoken and direct In what they said ar
we're made to understand that the God YC
o had spoken amidst the, thunders of I.c
al had not exhausted Himself, and Go
4 HeN would astonish them with a ne
at display of His wonderful power! do
Il is great thing TO discover that God Isl
IeE wears out-that He never comes to on
lace where He cannot transact all the cal
iness that is required OF Him! The pc
n who needs great salvation must be no
vinced that there is a God mighty TO thu
= him A helpless man must have a spi
rhty Saviour, or none. thu
lne reason why some preachers are not wa
9 10 bring many sinners TO repentance ii
because they preach OF God so inn for
ent that He can only throw down card wi
aes when all the signs are right They WI
line to magnify His power for fear sid
; will overdo lt2 And II they acct sal
tally make strong assertion as to Hts to
Eer. they Immediately neutralize II by q
Il were or in measure. perhaps thi
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