walls of Jericho, but the very foundations of the Roman empire were shaken and shattered by the trumpets' blasts that blew at His command — the voices of His Apostles preaching the new dispensation. Josue in the throes of battle bade the sun stand still, and called down rocks and hail from heaven on his enemies; but when Christ overcame His enemies by His death on the cross, the sun fled from the heavens and even the graves cast up their dead. They bore His name, these men of old, but that name in them, as they of Christ, was but the shadow of the reality.
Brethren, to Christian ears the Saviour's name sounds more sacred even than the name of God. The interpretations of this name, God, are manifold; but principally it means one that sees or one that runs, as a consuming fire. The name as such can rightly signify only the one true God, for false gods are seen but see not, while ours sees and is not seen. Not only does He see, but by His grace and providence He runs to our assistance as a mother to her tottering babe. Irresistible is His coming, as a conflagration cast upon the earth and ever tending heavenward. Now, all this Jesus' name implies, and something more. The first three letters stand for God; the other two for His body and soul, — for our humanity. It, therefore, signifies something more than God — it means Emmanuel or God with us, or God incarnate. It teaches us a deep dogmatic truth, that man, indeed, redeemed the fall of man; but had not He been man and God alike, He never could
