ess it. When ye see the ark of the covenant of the
Lord your God, and the priests bearing it, then ye shall remove and go
after it: that ye may know the way by which ye must go, for ye have
not passed this way heretofore.'

"'Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders
among you.'

"'Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth
passeth over before you into Jordan: and it shall come to pass, that
as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of
the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters, that
the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down
from above; and they shall stand upon a heap.'

"'And it came to pass, that when the people removed from their
tents to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the
covenant before the people, that as they that bare the ark were come
into Jordan, and the feet of the priests were dipped in the brim of
the water, that the waters that came down from above stood and rose up
upon a heap; and the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the
Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the
Israelites passed over on dry ground.'

"'And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the
place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant
of the Lord stood; and they are there unto this day.'

"'When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come,
saying, What mean these stones? ye shall let your children know,
saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land; for the Lord your
God dried up the waters from before you until ye were passed over, as
the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up, until we were
passed over; that all people of the earth might know the hand of the
Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for
ever,' Amen. Josh. 1:11; chap. 3, 4.

"Oh, thou Jehovah; Israel's God, and by thy new covenant, my God;
thus far hast thou brought me through the wilderness: bearing,
chastising, forgiving, restoring. Well hast thou made out thy
wilderness name to me: 'The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,
long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for
thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin.' Great have
been my provocations, but greater still thy covenant mercy. I have not
perished with them that believed not; sore bitten I am, but