The Washington times., 1922-11-18
SERMON
. ON LIFE Of
JOSHUA
T. 3. larimore Is Conducting
Series Of Services at
Church of Christ.

Church of Christ.
A series Of meetings Is in prog
ress at the Church of Christ. Four.
teenth street and Meridian place
northwest. conducted by T. b. Lari-
more, a preacher of wide reputa-
tion in the South and West. Serv'
ices are every evening at 7:45 and
Sunday morning at n o'clock. Good
audiences gather every evening TO
hear the divine. who invariably has
something to say. and says 1t well
and Interestingly. Last evening his
theme was on Joshua. and. among
other things, he said: IL
Joshua was one OF the sublimest
of Bible characters--an absolute
ly faultless character. so far as
his record shows. He was a de-
scendant Of Abraham, OF the tribe
Of Ephraim was born a slave In
Egypt, and was held In Egyptian
bondage till he was forty-five years
of age. He was, therefore, ma
ture man when he witnessed the
miracles wrought by the hand Of
Jehovah to free his people from
that bondage. He was with the
Israelites at the crossing OF the
Red sea. when the waters were
parted by the power OF God, ana
thus held till the Israelites had
crossed In safety. and he beheid the
pent up waters overwhelm the hosts
Of Pharaoh in the depths OF the sea.
Wandered in Wilderness.
"He was with Moses in the Wilder;
ness wanderings, and saw the mira
cles that were wrought for the
protection and preservation Of the
Children of Israel. He was with
Moses, as hts minister. when Moses
received on Sinai's summit the tables
of stone on which were inscribed the
commandments that are today the
foundation Of the laws OF every
civilized lard.
! when Moses died on Nebo's lofty
height, Joshua was appointed by the
Lord as his successor, to lead the
Israelites across the Jordan, into the
Promised Land. Joshua saw the
waters. of 1he Jordan rolled back .Py
the power Of Jehovah at the ap.
proach Of that vast army. so that all
passed over dry shod.' He led the
Israelites into the Land OF Canaan,
and. wa1 with them as their leader
when they took possession OF the
promised to their illustrious an
cestoy. Abraham.
"Having passed through all these
experiences, seeing the end ap-
preaching. hence knowing he could
no longer lead the hosts Of Israel. he
called them together for q fond fare
well, fatherly talk. In which he re-
counted much of Gods dealing with
them in the past. Having spent
forty.ffve years a slave In Egypt.
forty years in tho wilderness, and
twenty-five years az leader Of the
Israelites In the Land Of Canaan,
he knew whereof he spake when, at
the close Of that lengthy talk. he
placed before his people the decision
that, in spirit. at least. oonfronts
every human being.
Points Choice Of Service.
). "'Now, therefore, fear the Lord
and serve Him In sincerity and In
truth: and put away the gods which
your fathers served on the other side
of the river. and serve ye the Lord.
the Lord, choose ye this day whom
you win serve, whether the gods
which your fathers served on the
other side Of the river. or the gods
of the Amorites in whose land ye
dwell; but a. FOR mo and my house,
we will serve the Lord Joshua ~:
II: iSl "
serve. the Lord In sincerity and in
TRUTH Service to God must be sin
cere, for God accepts only earnest,
sincere service. from man. God II
a Spirit, and they that Worship Him
must worship Him in spirit and In
truth Nor II sincerity all that 10
necessary to make service to God
acceptable. Man must serve God
In sincerity and in truth What 10
truth? Pontius Plate asked that
question nearly 1000 years ago. and
Il had already been answered by
Jesus, the Man Of Sorrows. the Man
Divine. in that wonderful prayer re-
corded In the seventeenth chaper Of
John. in which, praying for his dis
ciples. he said: 'Sanctify them
through thy truth. Thy word is
truth Mans word should be true,
but Gods word is Truth itself. To
serve God in truth, We must, then,
serve Him according to His word,
according to His will as revealed In
the Bible, the Book Of God.
The decision, Joshua placed be-
fore the. 1sraelites confronts US now:
We must choose whom we will serve
and, II we choose al did the Israel.
ties of Joshua's day, to serve Je-
hoyah, we must serve Him in sin.
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