THE GREAT GENERAL. 43

Marianne. What was the use of these stones, grand-
father ? )
Grandfather. They were for a sign to keep in remem-
brance this great miracle.

Marianne. But surely they: would never forget it ?

Grandfather. They would remember it better if they
saw something to remind them of it, and the stones
would attract the attention of children in after times ;
they would ask the meaning of them, and the people
would tell them of the wonderful works that God had
wrought, that His great name might be glorified. This
teaches us that when the God to whom we owe every-
thing shews us a special favour, we ought to mark it
in our memory and speak of it to others. Now, the
wilderness where the Israelites wandered for forty years
is a type of this world, for we are but strangers and
sojourners here. The river Jordan is a type of death,
the dark river through which we must pass before we
reach the heavenly Canaan, our promised land of rest ;
and the ark is a type of our blessed Saviour. As it
opened a passage for the chosen people through the
river Jordan, so He has gone before us and prepared a
way in which he leads his people through the dark
valley of the shadow of death, as your hymn says,
Johnnie,—

‘¢ Jesus can~make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are.”

George. Does the Jordan overflow its banks still in
the time of harvest ?