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ln:roved Uniform In'RTt'lonal Sunday School ' Lesson ' (B> KKV V H KI1 ?VV A'l KK. L> L> . of l>ay and Ev?nln< 8 tiouU. H jo.ly H hl? ln?iliuir of Chicago {. V> ,I11( Wf '.T Lccson lor November Zi JOSHUA RENEWING THE COVc. N ANT Ll.SSON TiiXT ? Joah z? 1-25 UuLDKN 'rtXT-i:i.ouM ,uU this duy whom ye >viu ??iw,... ou? u? .?r uTr<lUnd "'y hou"e- we wl" K?rvf i'h t ?IMAKY TOPIC -T|.r Make u l'roriu#?. ShechVm." TUP,C? Th? Covenant ut u.INJfc:'^,EL>lATK AND SENIOR TOP l<- T*klnjf a .Stand for God icwi^NOvP,l5:uPLK ANL> *ui;i.T 'UP. iC ? The \ aluo or Covenant I. Joshua Rehearalng ry of the Nation (vv. 1-13). This wuh his farewell , tie last message to the people. u> .?,,n with Abraham's breaking with h, ^re ligion. homeland, relatives and friends, ut the command of God. and traced their history lu ligypt. their deliver ance at the hands of Moses und Aaron through the wilderness Journey and allowed God's providential dealing In the crossing of the Jordan at flood tide, and their marvelous blessings now In the land solely by the favor of God. II. Tht People Elect the Lord aa Their God (vv. 14-^4). Joshua knew that the people were liable to lapse Into Idolatry, therefore he reviewed before them the history of God's goodness to them, and ap pealed to their sober choice as 10 whether they were going to remain faithful to him, 1. He appealed to them for a ra tional consideration and Judgment (v 15). He placed before them four candi dates upon which they could vote ac cording to their relative merits. (1) The Lord. (2) The gods worshiped by their ancestors In Chaldea. (3) The Kgyptlun gods. (4) The gods of the Amoritcs. Having placed before them these candidates, he urged them to make a rational choice. 2. His own example In the matter (v. 15). He followed his appeal with his own example. He told them that his mind whs already made up. Fie associated his Household with himself. He knew Just where they would stand. His de cision was not a hasty one. It had been talked over at home, therefore lie voiced the united sentiment of hit family. 8. The response of the people (vv. 16-18), Joshua's earnest appeal, arcompa nied by his own example had its de sired effeet. When they calmly con sldered the clnlms of the Lord a* i against the other gods, they saw th? | overwhelming evidence In favor of th? God of their fathers. They assigned the following reason* for their choice: (1) The Lord brought us out ot Ejrypt (v. 17). (t<217) He d'd Breaf ?UI" 8itrh (8) He preserved us lu un the waj we went (v. 17). (4) He drove from before us all th? people (v, 18) It would have been very foolish, no lo say criminal, after they had expe Henced all this at Ills hands to hnvi turned Him down. 4. Joshua reminds thern of wh. God Is (v. 19). , Wishing them to think more serl ously and deeply Upou the matter Joshua drew a somewhat dark plctur. of God's attributes which were inns . unattractive to them. (1) He Rhowed them that God Is i Holy God. (2) That He Is a Jealous God. H could not therefore tolerate a rival. (8) That He will not forgive. He did not mean by this that H was an unforgiving God, but that Hi nature was such that unless they fbl lowed Him fully. He would become th. means of their destruction. 5. Jo-bun demands Rlncerltv or their part (vv. 20-23). He wished to hnve practical proot of their profesRlon. He no doubt knew full well that some had Idols yet lr their possession, i 8. The people's position (v 24) They cannot avoid their determine tlon to serve God and obey HI* voice III. The People Enter Into a 8ol *mn Covenant ( vv. 2R-28). This Is the clinching transaction o) the meeting at Nhechern. They en tered Into a formal covenant. Joshua wrote down their agreement In a book where It would remain . permanenl witness against them. As a further help, he took a large atone and set It up ns a witness. These would serv? ?a barriers against their lapsing again Into Idolatry. Lack of Faith From lack of faith In Thy revela tion of Thyself, from contempt of Thy promisee, from readiness to think lightly of Thy holy commandments, and of that account of life which we all must render unto Thee, good Lord, deliver ua' God'a J*w?la The salnta are God'a Jewels, highly esteemed by and dear to Hln?; they are a royal d>a<H?a t? Hto B?ohf. Bad Luck ? A DISCIPLE of Bad Luck is generally a convert to Bad Management. If you will do your Banking with uf yju will be a DISCIPLE of Good Luck ? OUR POLICY is to give pains-taking interest in every customer, whether large or small. 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Tlchey. a l'ollsh ! student, will come to this country In I exchange and will Htteinl Columbia university. Funds for the two scholar I ships are being provided by the Kos I cluszko foundation of New York, ( which was organized to honor Col. I Thaddeus Koscluszko, Polish patriot j who served In the American Kevolu , tionary army. Among the organizers of the foundatlou are a group of prominent Americans Including Willis George R. Saxon. John J. Tichey. II. Booth, Samuel M. Vauclaln. Col Cedt'ic K. Kauntleroy, l*rof. Robert 11 Lord, President Henry Noble Mac Crncken. Prof. Stephen 1*. Mlzwu and l'rof. l'aul Monroe. The record of Saxon's fight for an education Is an Inspiring story. "I never remember having seen m> father, who died when I whs sl\ months old," he said, telling <jt his life. "At sixteen I was only In the tlfth gnule of school. We llVeil in a rural district and 1 could attend school on the average of only l'J weeks euch year. I realized that i could never get very far In the preparation for life i.t thnt rate, so, with the consent of my mother 1 went to a nearby \ 11 lnge where there was ji good gram mar school. "After l had finished grammar school 1 went to Albertville. Ala., where 1 operated a telephone exchange at night and went to school In the day tlirv I finished two years' work there and was beginning my third when I stopped to entei'the army for the World war, which kept me out of school two years. V saved my money j while in the service with the hope that some day 1 might not only finish h'gh school but might go on to college. "When I returned I finished high M.-I100I and was awarded a scholarship b> rt newspaper which paid my ex pense through Howard college. "While in college I sold hooks In Kentucky and West Virginia one sum mer and the others I worked for the Central Young Men's Christian asso- | elation of Ilirmlnghnm. After my graduation In the spring of K)2.r> I be came a member of the staff there." Saxon served In the One Hundred and Seventh field artillery, 'I'hlrty-first division, and saw service In France. In i college he had high scholastic stand ing and an unusual record of leader ship in athletics and student affairs, j He plans to continue his Y. M. C. A. work when he returns from Poland. i N. Carolina Auxiliary Spends $20,000 in Year The American Legion Auxiliary of North Carolina, aided by th? legion Auxiliaries of other states, collected and spent more than $20,lXX) during the last year for Hie welfare of dis abled World War veterans being treated at the I'nlted States Veterans' 1 Bureau hospital at Oteen, N. C., ac | cording to a report to the North Cnro ; Una Auxiliary convention. The Aux j illary of Pennsylvania contributed j $4, (MX) to the fund. Depict Woman'* Sacrifice Some of the finest mural paintings of ii World war suh|ect ever painted will be placed on the walls of the state cnpltol building at Oklahoma ? 'It*. Okla.. In lite American Leulon ?It'l'iii Hiient of < iklahom;i Pcpart nieni Ail lilt ant Ili-ioiil .Faneway announce I [ recently. Tin- <nhject of the panels will be wote Racrifice of her sons for the natl< n / <V nr H croc* * ? a ii <m?< ? ? -.'erueiii lo men In the ????!> servne. New Uochelle post of i American Legion of New Uochelle, Y recently gave two medals to be i ' i" the poll'-fnvn and lire . I In < li.v w ho pe< forms the most ? p'"?ions act over and above (h? 1 ,oe or duty during the v??r. ? The Reduced Rate is foi l)ou Why not I4se it ? TELEPHONE users frequently wait until 8:30 o'clock at night to make a long distance call at the reduced rate, and then make a person-to-person call at the higher rate. 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