OCTOBER 26
THE JORDAN
for I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee;
yea, I will help thee; Isaiah 41:10
Canaan was a very
faint and imperfect type of Heaven.
It was better than the wilderness,
yea, better than Egypt.
But imperfect as it was, it was the object
of desire and anticipation;
how passionately Moses longed to go over the Jordan
River
and see it, but was denied.
Jordan rolled between the desert and the
promised land;
and it must be crossed, before the promised land
could be enjoyed.
And death, like the Jordan,
lies between us and Heaven!
Yet the Christian has no
reason to fear death.
No Israelite was ever drowned in this Jordan.
Jesus crossed it, and, like Joshua,
placed 12 stones in
the midst of it,
on which the feet of his saints may rest.
The precious
promises are these stones.
Reader,
are you afraid of death?
As a believer in Jesus, it cannot hurt you.
He has taken away its sting.
He has deprived it of all power to
injure.
The waters may be cold, and deep, and broad;
but what then? He says,
"When
thou passest through the waters,
I will be with thee;"
On
the other side,
the sun always shines,
the plants are always in bloom,
the atmosphere is always pure,
the inhabitants are all happy and holy!
Fear not death, it is a stingless serpent!
the sun always shines,
the plants are always in bloom,
the atmosphere is always pure,
the inhabitants are all happy and holy!
The substance is
gone, the shadow only is left.
He
who believes in Jesus shall never die!
Art thou afraid of dying?
What! Afraid of falling asleep after
the toils,
troubles, and sorrows of life's long day?
Afraid
of dying?
What! When Jesus will stand by your dying pillow,
and the angels of his presence wait around
to conduct thee to glory!
Place
the hand of thy faith on
the shoulder of the faithful
Jesus, and
hang your whole weight on him.
Go across the Jordan,
as the spouse
out of the wilderness,
LEANING ON THY BELOVED.
Whether
we live or die, we are the Lord's. Romans 14:8
JAMES SMITH 1869
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