| Show GOD PROMISES HElP TO THOSE WHO SERVE HIM Alike With Moses on the Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tam tain and Joshua in the V Valley V BY Br REV RANSOM P P. NICHOLS Methodist church Joshua 1 5 1 5 As I was with Moses so 80 will ill I bo with thee I will not fall fail theo thee nor forsake thee thoc Bo Be strong and of ot a g- g good god od courage A promise an and a command a better text to begin a new year of or activity In n church life Ute could hardly have e been found Confidence and eness are easy to explain In the tho light of of Gods God's alliance with man With God In the henrt heart fear tear cannot abide The words of the text came to Joshua when ho he received his commission to lead ead the Israelites Into their possessions possessions posses posses- in Canaan Ho He was simply doing ho time usual and necessary thing when hl uglier higher her service was opened to him There are ale tasks s today tollay no less arduous ar ar- no less heroic than in the time olden times God GotI nee needs s His servants with their personalities and diversified dl ca capabilities capabilities ca- ca now noi now perhaps more than ever evern in n the time world Ho lie works along the sensible son sen sible and ordinary channels no less surel surely than In former days One da day Moses and Joshua were walking together and Moses told th tIme the younger man th that tIit t the call of ot the mountain was upon him And so lie ime said goo goodby by with shining face and triumphantly ascended the rugged slope elope Up on the tho pinnacle of ot the tho earth Moses in Is with God Goll and the tho visions of or a a. promised land Down in the tho valley alloy is 16 Just an ordinary man has not yet et gained his coronation Down In the vall valley y though Is GodAs GodAs GodAs God As I was as with Moses loses so will wili I be with thee I will ihl not fail fall thee nor forsake forsake for for- sake thee Bo Dc strong and of ot a goo good goodcourage goodcourage courage courage This is Gods God's word to all His toilers through all the ages |
