, 1879-02-24

Wntch snnes ~ ttle soul t'l9t loVes t'thteous.
tI,s n"rmet,,a inh,strr shi"h hnII,i. IN n,M
loves t,tc song Uf n iInnpy neasont more tI,au
thc trumpet Of reckless conGucrof,-tnay ths
holy peaeo Wtleh 80 taaset!l az unuefstalal!,lg
hsR wv uoars o' wi" ''caf'7 A to'oo4" 'ne1'
TITE aTTGE OT JER1Cn0.
SERMON pY THE nsy, HENRY =. M111,sn.
A 1arue concreuattou a.xcn,b,ctl Yesterday IN
The stxt}, Presbyterian Chnrct, 10 jston tn fia-
co,,r.c hv tl,c pa.tor. thc 1,nv Harry T. Mt1lcr
on tc tnkiut, Of Ter,cho. IIe cl,os. for lila tart
lin following nassapo from lin Bnok of
Joshna;
40 tho neop,o shouteh when The n,,ests b,c,v with
the trumpcts, md Il cnn!c 10 pnss, when Tho pco-
pIo sata re 1Snna Of ts ara'nhes; ana @ .ae peG
down Gat, 80 tbat tka peope went w inso sSc ssy,
every man straight befofo him, and thoy took tho
The IsraclItes had only lust cotne over Jor-
asr tvnndo,f,,, on. ,,oir ,,n,nr 1vh,n Wosr.
t,.,o,, "ro.sa.1 t,o n.tntara ,t". fo.rrni rhrst-
stou to.sso M "s M TO-. ..''s ,n v v1..s
crossed the lIclcspont, leading ~ the tramp Of
tlyc millions against grccco hc walked by bridge,
When tho Russians foclxeo ;lown Ia Tho Donubo
j., .,,a,r ,ra ~ I'm nn1Gnns thnn.,,s ~ ,,,c,,
wont over on Ice. But look at tho Jordan CROSS
tux. There was no bridge, or bout, or Ice.
nctter tnrn faccs hack to tho wilderness. far
tNa, .wccn,ny torrcnt can never In ronc oycr.
Alasi for what We think. God CAME o, to TIC
rescue, and With Him n why through Ihc sante
hand that created Jordan was found mighty
cno,,rf, to hail ,Jorlnn. throwing no la,n
that not q dfop eonla aash over. LOOK
at the path nov, etraisht utder tie
water cliff. You can hear tic crushing Of the
brittle shells troaden Of, by tho millions of
fcet' and as tho mighty host mill tncsolycs ur
INC western oanh' ea.euns no'o u 'nc "..'o"s
and olcandcrs, cry Shame to that unbccf tint
for a mo1nept doubts what God cnn dol
But once across, another hard thing presented
itse"' Antleeu n''es .aeA l.'M ,ss ase', lus1
whcrc tho limestone ridges Ut Judea first begln
TO lift their wlitto faccs Jericho sat, te grand
est city a'ong tho sweep Of plain. It had await,
with cold, nltt silver, un brass, uud A1esopotunn
draanesv. i,eadiut ur to it on Tic cast wa tot
al AnuIa,, way eucL as led t,p to Rome, or u
vailed strcct s,lci, AS I'D IN to Athens, but a
fnrcst of Mains fu) c1Ent niles lung u,,,1 three
mics broud. o what a sight Us Ills tall trres
s,rnrcf in i'm wind or drOpncd their rctl clusters
Of f;,,ti 5eauliitll jericho! Whito ellis o., the
one siiu: wouds Of palm o., t,,e other sids; queen
of lie nlniu. mighty, luxurlaut Jericho!
God suid It must bc taken, Taat
\ ,ncnmt an onward march. sec Tie
MIGHTY host swurn,in. into tie pulm-grove on
Al. to{tr S,,,xlu In
t,!e ~hy 10 ny s.sS. c RI, fu"t.o o e" ,., Ia, ~
sE n't and T., ~" ,r;.Sra ,s,,
w!th te Ia ,.t. ss tus ~. M,ss
On s5e lie ~ s s warsre
H. H. 51a Il t n iar different from ihia Ua
Wn .e sK u .ta a - s -Str,s sen hr,e ,aIt'
tei1 useL Snres Iuy" eforu Il. In The The rear trr %p
Tia % 'n,phty aryuy, columu utter column, squad-
9on aisGs , aanooFn ,f ~ er 5eaoy c '"m or e ~,
lily ,Rt; H., tst nr.t anv ,har ~ aE, thc ritv
CITY onee ano i'fat nay sS 70 asoaua % c .n @ cts
once the M besonn @ q, uayi my ~ a1onuo Inc e'ss
once easn uay ,or ~ eab ~, aao,,b t,,a xo,, IA
~ Ing hieflling Vi tne seventh ''.u ea.nn y y
as.ir cary, iof LIZ uay moy1as eea'pnsS -, :,
ssyen u!uss. ouu u"ee, ,u u" aFs ;,sn.
Twice. ovet!tnS ss1ule' ,ou s1n.i se'1u ,. s,I n,
got gnde Mn'angeu, OF M stone ut1p9eo t'pan H., its
naee naeM y" Was rto,s .. os, su, ~, ,iritv ~ hI
long ofast ot tu tLa"9c.s n,,a @ 'nT Ill.,, msm., y,s
ahSnt o. H., H. peope, LooK "oMi oy "e s g!cat ~
wn''s ree. iRo v uosun sac inn ,a nNey n"uI n ~
thu bottom, tney cracH AZ ule toi'. Lney
euno GOWN m awanl st erasn OF .1ppluns
Towers, n.d sp1t x.u ars,ef, n.y. .w'ss Ev",c
Alas loT jericho! lluzza iof uous npsh' mm!k
over TIC runs ~ llte "iou sHeG}fs w: ht1H'lf