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 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