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AA SubJeep The S.stalinagqD Joshua I:7-Have I not oeni'manded the? Be 'stroxg and of a good .courage; be not afraid. Neither be thou d4myed; for the LOTd thy God is w4tA thee .ither. soever thou, giest." - Moses is 'dead. Jdshua, th'e son of Nun,,the minister of Moses, leads. For forty long, weary beart-trying Year.Moses had. led Israel; led her In the fae tf discourageinents and disagreement, ikoins4, the will of the, Ackle multitude that with long -.;Ing looked back to the leeks and gar lies and onions of Egypt desiring to serve a thousand years in the house and under the bondage of Pharaoh rather than to live for a day by faith in God; in spite of machinations and cabals, through the desert to the bounds of Canaan. Moses' work was done. -The task for which he was particularly fitted was completed. A vision from a mountain top. -Canaan to the weit. "And the children of Israel wept for Moses." ' The old leader was dead. The new leader is in command. Moses, the cautious, relinquishes the rule to Joshua, the captain. Moses had his capacities, opportunities, talents. Joshua is not Moses. But even as Moses was the man of the hour, so Joshua is the called of God in his. Moses and Joshua are not struck from the same mold, but they both strike for the same cause, serve the same people, yield homage to the same God. Each Is necessary to his age. And the age that prodiced each is prepared, by the wise providence that broods upon the affairs of men, for each. Differently, and yet not altogether' otherwise, is it with us, as together in this church we confront the larger labors of another year. The leader Is the same. The cause is the same. The same Spirit moves within us. The same Sovereign directs. But the old year is dead. A new one lives. The old year had its problem, difficul ties,' disconutagements, perplexities, delights. The experiences of the old year are memory, history, yesterday's events. The new year,, full of larger tasks, mightier opportunities, more searching joys, lies ahead. The old year had its peculiarities that will for ever differentiate it from any other that shall ever be. The new year cannot be the old, any more than Joshua could be Moses. . The old yeal 4 ~"'lhe new year-Allelulab! dead. But the God of sts. Joshua is the leader. of God to Abraham and and Moses, is the prom in its rineness and elor ooshua. The God of Abra ham is Joshua's guide. The Spirit who niade bright .the way for Moses is the evangel of Jehovah to Joshua. "Be not afraid, neither be thou dis inayed; for the Lord thy God is with -e whithersoever thou goest." The' promise that God gave to the w leader He makes to use -in a new ir. Joshua has no mortgage upon ' loving kindness of Jehovah. He s no monopoly of the grace of God. .'e arm of the sheltering God is not a'rtened, His affection is not less .-,d, His promises are not cened. * - ; heart yearns toward us. GCod i aks to us as much as He did to T shua. We shall not do damage to i. text to unduly strain It if we in sist that God advises us that which He delivered to Israel through Joshua. He makes covenant with us as we face the work of the new year in the language that He used to Joshua. "IFe not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God Is with thee whithersoever thou goest." Under the sway of the conscious ness of the reality of the p)romise' Israel took courage, received enthu siasnm, was enlarged with expectation. Believing that God was with them the people entered with heartiness, en thusiasm and hopefulness into the la bors of the Lord. We need courage, enthusiasm, ex pectation. That is to say, we need heart, heat, hope. Without these we cannot be effect ive in the service of our Saviour. These we may secure if we will accept as words of comfort and encourage ment from God to each of us, the text of our discourse, "Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God Is with thee whither soever thou goest." We need courage. Heart! A Lao dicean church, neither hot nor cold, lukewarm or warmed over, is as inef ficient for real accomplishment as the white of an egg to the satisfaction of the taste. The people must be cour ageous and the organisation must have the heart of the Master-kind, robust, roborant-to attract the mul titude and to uplift the mass. Only by intrepidity and interest can we In spire or command the men and wom *lg to whom as the messengers we C3obme with a necessary and vitalizing appeal.. We 49ed Enthusiasm. *fHeat! On the day ' o't Pentecost the disciples were so enthused that the natives said "These. men are full of new -.wine." Thea' were hot with a mighty joy, thoroughly on, fire. They acted as though they were drunk. They appearerl to be- fools. Fools for -Christ's sake. But it seems that the heat of Pentecost is .the only force that has kept and can keep alive the force and power of the church. WVould God that we had mom'e Pente costal fools! Men- and Women who e6uld be aq nmuch on lire With enthu 6ot be dotera Yai 19 life in God, I in ioa .n.lvtion in His S)Voq, use. eforts, reiit in sjhh. Hop6 the breeze that fans the. flate of thusialm. It is. adimnative. A opeless Church is lil1e a hopeless 1g1t. Lost!' Th4 l,ope.fqll company of Christ's follpwers is- scrutillant Vf. brant wfti energy Ih fqlP, majestlo play, invincible. What we need we may secure. And as Joshua and the Jews! . ".The Lordo thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." Believe it. Receive Him. Trust Him, Let no man belittle the value ot courage. They were a. gloomy band in blue who ran from Early at Cedar Creek. . Vincible, discourage4, dis gusted, fearful! But when Sheridan sped from Winchester to their head rout became victorious frenzy. The courage of Sheridan inf,used heart into hi' men. Courage has written October, '64, large. and lasting upon. the tablets of valor. It was not an easy matter for Lihcoln to declare against the wisest counsel of his noqt devoted friends that "A house divided against itself," "A nation half slave and half free," 'could not endure. It lost him a legislative election. It made him President. Without trans cendent courage a hero ,would have been undiscovered. Heart in the martyr was the motive that sowed the blood seed'of the church. . Let no man underrate enthusiasm. Israel was at Eben-ezer. The Philis tines were pitched at Aphek.. The ark was at Shiloh. They met. Israel was beaten. Thereafter the' ark of the covenant was brought into their midst. And the Scriptures tell us "when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again." It matters little for our purpoEe what was the outcome of the ensuing conflict. 4'The earth rang again." Enthusiasm reigned. The beaten hosts again -took up their arms. Faithlessness gave place to hope. They were re vivified. What were the Crusades without enthusiasm, or the victories of the church? Forget not expectation. In the hope of everlasting glory Paul en dured stripes, buffetings and terrors. I-I4ldebrand planned the glories of Romanism, that found expression in the reigns of Innocent III. and Boni face VIII., in hope. Henry Ward Beecher went to England in the dark est days of civil strife to fight a quin tuple, oratorical and moral battle for his country and the right. He was knocked, scoffed, threatened, mal treated. But in hope he talked and battled on. At last faith found its victory. Co.mmercial England 'yielded to God Almighty as He spake through His latter-day evangel of truth. All these men, in their divers fields and under these divers condi tions, were encouraged. enthused, hopeful. They were enhearteped, augmented in zeal, enlarged in their capacities through richest expecta tions, because they heard, even as Joshua, the voice of the Lord saying unto them, "The Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.' There is no psychological impetus more profound than this. This is the mainspring of human power. It is .the dynamic of human endeavor. The consciousness and certainty of the reality of a sustaining God is the su pernal motive of all life. Shall we not realize its apneal and scope? "The Lord thy God is with thee." "Be not afraid." "Have not I com manded thee?" Hear Him? This is comfort, joy, peace. H-ear Him? Listen! Irving Sq uare Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York. "The Only Remedy For Sin." We p)reach Jesus as the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is the old, old story; it Is a very sinlple story, but the telling of it will save the p)eople. Keep to that Gospel. Miany have lost faith In it. It is hoped tha.t p)eople will nowv be saved, by new socialistic arrangements, by moral precepts, by amusements, by societies, and what not. You that are sent to preach Christ, If you take to doing something else, and become philosophical, socialistic, philan thropic, and all that, what is to be come of the spiritual nature of men? Keep) you to your work, go and preach Christ to the people. I have not lost faith in .the old Gospel. No; my faith in It grows as I see the speedy failure of all the quackeries of succeeding years. The methods of the modern school are a bottle of smoke; Christ- crucified is the only remedy for ain.-Spurgeon, Goed Knows Me. My life is not what I have chosen. I often long for quiet, for reading and for thought. It seems to me to be a very paradise to be able to read, to think, to go Into deeper things, gath er the glorious riches of intellectual culture. God has forbidden It in His providence. I must spend hours in receiving people who speak to me about all manner of trifted, must re ply to letters about nothing, must en gage in pub)lic work on everything, employ my life on what seems uncon genial, vanishing, temporary waste. Yet God knows me better than I know myself. He knows my gifts, my powers. my failings and weak nesses. what I can do and what I can not do. So I desire to be led, and not to lead --to follow Him. I am (uilte sure that Hie has thus enabled mne to do a great deal more, in what seemed to be almost a waste of life, in advancing His kingdom, than I wvould have done in any other way, I am sure of that.-Norman McLeod. 'True to One's Own. No man can ser~ve his Fatilei. I V 7.~' OM VCBER 8 SubJeot Pavid Qt4ievej For Absalom, a Saanuel 18 - Golden Text, Prov, 17:25--Conuhit Verse 22 ---ominentaro. TIME.-1022 B. C. PLACE. Maha am. - EXPOS)[TION.-T. Tidings of Vi. tory, 24.81. It will not do in teach ing this ,leq*p_.to confine oneself to.. the ver4es. sAAi4ned. Absalom had laid his plans with great shrewdness and skill. But he had left God out in nll his cqtjons (ch. 17:14, R. V.). Tbt :omisfoi was fatal. It was In -awer to David's prayer that Gbd "bad- i'dalned to defeat the good counsel *roftithophe'': (cf, P Sin.' 15:31). Hushal had appealed suc cessfully to the vanity of Absalom in his attempt to overthrow:Ahithophel's counsel (ch. 17:11). In this time of seeming general defection from David there were really many who stood by him still (ch. 15:19-21, 32-37; 17:17, 18-20, 27:29; 18:3). At last a for midable army had rallied to his sup port (ch. 18:1, 2). David's chief concern was about Absalom, and his parting word to his generals was to deal gently with him (v. 5). The overwhelming victory which was the result of the battle is a type of the overwhelming final victory.that shall end our David's conflicts with His foes (Rev.- 19:11-21: 2 Thess. 2:8). More people of David's enemies were destroyed by the hand of God in this battle than by the hand of David's soldiers (v. 8; cf. Judges 5:20, 21). Absalom hp.d longed to meet the ser vants of David, but when he met them it was to his dismay and ruin (v. 9). Absalom was not now riding in a chariot with horse and fifty men'to run before him (cf. ch. 15:1), but on a mule with his men running away from him. It was an appropriate end for Absalom -that he should be hanged (De. 21:21; cf. De. 27:16, 20). We all deserve to be hanged, as for that matter (Gal. 3:10). The only thing that saves us from it is that an other was hanged in our place (Gal. 3:13). The destiny of all who treat their parents as Absalom treated his father will be like to Absalom's (Prov. 20:20, R. V.). Absalom was deserted by all at the last, even "the mule that was under him went away." Absalom paid dearly for the injury that he 'had done Joab at an earlier day (ch. 14:29, 30). Joab was a vengeful man, and had been waiting all these years to get even. All our mean treatment of others is likely to come back some day upon our own heads with compound interest. How the heart of David trembled when .he was told that a man was coming run ning. He knew that he had tidings, but what kind of tidings? Then when another appeared in the distance the heart of David beat faster than ever. Then when he was- told that it was Ahimaaz, and he was sure that it was good tidings that he brought, fear for 'Absalom 'filled his heart. - Poor David! Sin is awfuj costly! The first word of Ahimaaz to David was "Peace" (R. V. Marg. v. 28). That is the message that the gospel brings to every contrite sinner (Ro. 10:15). Ahimaaz bowing himself before the king with his face to the earth (v. 28, R. V.). It was not only in honor to the king, but also in worship of tiod, whom he immediately proceeds to bless. But before our . David every knee shall bow, and every tongue con fess (Phil. 2:10, 11). Ahimaas as cribed all the glory for the victory to Him to whom it belonged (cf. -Gen. 14:20; Ps. 115:1; 144:1, 2; Rev. 19:1-3). It was Jehovah, and Jeho vah alone, who had delivered up David's enemies. And it is He, and He alone, who delivers up ours. But David had .but one thought, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" Ah, David, you should have thought of that years ago, when you took that awful step that plunged Absalom into eternal ruin. Most fathers think of the safety of their sons too -late. Ahimaaz avoided the question, but his answer was ominous. David felt that. The Cushite, teo, ascribed all the vic tory to God. So did David himself (ch. 22:48, 49; Ps. 124:2, 3). Ven geance belongoth to God, and He had avenged David on all those that rose up against him *(cf. De. 32:35, 36; Ps. 94:1; Re. 12:19). -II. D)avid's Over'whelming Grief Over Absalonm, 32, 38. This is one of the saddert scenes in all history, and one of the most instructive. David's first question of the Cushite, as of Ahimaaz, was, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" The Cushite's an swer wvas not direct, but it was none the less unmist;.keable. In an instant David knows that Absalom is dead, and he knows that the ultimate re sponsibility for the ruin of the son of his love resta upon himself. Who can measure the agony of the father who looks upon the temporal and eternal ruin of lyis son, and knows that ho is himself to blamo for it all? That is an agony that every father who wan ders into sin may expect to face. The enemies of eur David will ultimately all be as that young man was. David's sin was no sufficient excuse for Absa 1om. Ho had brought tuin upon his own head. Our D)avid too -sorrows over the ruin of '1l18 bitterest foes (Lu. 19:41, 42). D)avid said of Absa 1cm, "Would God I had died for thee." Christ did die for His -enemies. David seems to have never' recovered f-rom this sorrow. All over these chapters is written in large letters, "WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETPH, WHAT SHALL HE~ ALSO RhiAP,". S Ootten Oc~ - rotsa, N. (&~$ ' Qon.. sAli own, hsjust 'a tbe Tideliti ts are again ' ion; the Atho#on -are - time. Not a cotton mill in the city will be idle. There is a generaI tendeipy to wards the manufaetre of the.gigher grades of yarfs and thW.higher num bers according to a well posted"mill man who was diseussing the quesiioi Years ago there wao. little market for, any but -the'osarse'yarn say 20's, but now the a*erage of the demand has risen fifteen to twenty numbers, o* that the present average may be said to be elbee to number 40's. This means' that the average grade, of goods being manufaetured is flaer than it was when the cotton mill in dustry was just beginning to be a leading industry in the South. The 3ntire trend of the textile trade now is towards the higher numbers and thb finer grades of cloth. China Ready With a Welconme Fox Second Squadron Battleship Fleet. Amoy, By Cable.-When the Chin ese government selected Amoy i4s the port to receive the second sqiadron of the American .battleship fleet, it made a wise choice. The broad well protected harbor, the climate (from October to April) Unsurpassed and the scenic beauty of the surround ing country all unite in justifying the selection. The second squadron c-nsists of the battleships Louisana, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois Kentucky and KerEarge, under com mand of Rear Admiral William H. Emory. The Chinese government. has set aside the snm of 400,000 Taels (I. S. srold $280.000) to meet the expenses of entertaining the battleship squard ron during its visit. The comnitlee in charge of the arrangements has stated that the Peking govenment has signified its willingness to make additional appropriation should the original appropriation prove inade. quate. Cotton Crop Short. - New Orleans, La., Special.-The Picayune says in its crop report: Ma terial progress was made during the last week in gathering the last rem nants of an apparently short crop of cotton throughout Louisiana and the Southern half of Mississippi. Most of the reports from these sections concede that first estimates were too high, and that. sudden detrioration resulted from the ravagen of the boll weevil. In the weevil-ridden sections of Louisiana there is a wvell-defined movement to either reduce the cot ton acreage next year or abandon the growth of the staple altogether because of the uncertain conditions. Planters naturally turn to sugar cane. Frost prevailed in rnany sections of Louisana, and the cooler weather is entirely favorable for the matured cane crop. The cane is being rapidly harvested and transported to the. sugar houses. Grindling has alreadly begun in some of the houses, but the great majority will not begin before the next six or seven days. Major Graham, of Raleigh. N. C., State commissioner of agricultqrc, estimates the cotton crop in North Carolina to be sixteen per cent short of last year's crop. No State, re potda crop equal to last year's excep)t Texas. Cotton Mi.lls Start Up. Augusta, Ga., Special.--Nine of the eleven cotton mills located here start ed operations for the first time since the freshdt of August 26. The canal repairs are practfically complete and there is a full head of water . The weekly pay roll of these mannfa'c tories is .925,000. Pros;:erity INcte. Newv York. Special.-As a sign of returning prosperity, t he Une HaCf Pnk of Brooklyn, formerly them Me'dhanies' and Tradecrs' .'aas just paid its see ond referred dlisbur'sem1ent of 15 per cent to decpositors, ti s divide.nd be ing ant ici paited six wee(kH ago. TPhe bank has benc! able to realize fr;,m its resource miore than was exnerWt. ed. Sinc tlPIhe resumi~pt icn of bus> ness, hun: !( ds of newv sconis~ ha:ve tst1d ourhi I i "I prese, with other valuabl*eI dients added. Try i. *S-A* all er'ugglstasu n A."Atr A spfQansve permitA yN tDv an easy riutim 'to the sinewd egen veVeaotANful a Idne', . Nat Apderson, Greenwrood, LNI says: '1ide7 trouble began fve years ag i VuO- backaabr, a ggt 30'severeNig that I could nt " aitound. The Mfdes secretions b. . - bjdly disordered at times there // almost a co atop of the flow. N was examined ag and agai'n and treated to no avail kept getting worse. I have to prmain' Dean's Kidney Pills for my flant s Jief and cure. Since using thns 3 have gained in strength and fles4 sm4ov have no ign of kidney trouble." Sold by all dealers. y0 cents a rme 4oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ' Be Your Own Tree Doctor. Every man should be his own tree doctor. If properly trained ho h been busy all summer removing a" era from the trees, fighting funa and discourag'ing insects. When the-. leaves, are off he goes all over plantation, diagnosing each ttelee shrub and bush. He will ond soaf e borers nt yet killed, and these should he thoroughly eradicated his quinees and apples betore win sets in. Use a flexible wire and a' sharp knife; and when the larvae killed, pile coal ashes freely around the tree. He will probably tind is is currant and berry fields more e less bushes that cuition ha loosened in the soil. These are liable to heave out during the winter. tb* should slip a narrow shovel undr the plan t, draw out the dirt, and let the bush settle until it is well plant ed. Tread heartily, and then, if yo have them to spare, place at scuttIp of coal ashes about cach one.-From." The Outing Magazine for November. t iProverbs and Phrases. By night an atheist believes as &Ya God.-Young. A' bad -tree does not yield go in apples.--Danmsh. Bad is never good, until osm happens.-Dustch. - If lies werie Latin there would be many learned men.-Danish. A veiled insult is just as shame as a marefaced lie and a let e. cowardly. So. d5-, if PUZZLE SOLVED Coffee at Bottom of Troubla., , It takes some people a long tl o find out that coffee is hurting theme, But when snce the fact is cear, most peoplie try to keep away frema the thing which is followed 'by eer increasing detriment to thie hit stomach and nerves. "Until two years ago I was a heavy coffee drinker,'' writes an Ill. stock man, "and had 'been al myelien a Gm now 6 yearsold. . "Abdt three years ago i begs to have nervous spells and couf*'nt Sleep nights, was bothered by - gestion, bloating and gas on to affected my heart. "I spent lots of money doctoriag---. one doctor told me I had chronic ca tarrh of the stomach; anothej thsi N had heart disease and was fiable is die at any time.- They all diete4 am until I was nearly starved, but I seemned to get worse instead of bete. "Having heard of the good Posteam had done ror nervous people I gg carded coffee altogether and bogssa te - use Postunm regularly. I see m, better and now, after nearly tin-. years, I can truthfully uay N am sound and well. * I sleep well at night, do not base the nervous sp)ells and am net both ered with indlige'stion or palptata I wveighs 32 pounds more tha'n whem 1. began Postum,n and ami better ev - way thar, I ever' was while drInin coffee. I can't say too much fn pa-. of Postum.ir, I am sure it saved life." "There's a Reaso~n." Name given by Post ium Co'.,. Bati Creek. Mich. .fRead "TPhe Road new one aippears froma time to thp~