West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-03-17


pointing towards the sun and tue other
hs5d pointing toward moon and ir the
name of the Lord who shaped the world
into being, he lifis one hand and says
'Sun, stand thou still over Gibeon," and
pointing the other hand to the moon,
he says: "And thou, moon, stand still
over the valley of Ajalon." And for
twelve hours there was a refraction of the
suns rays, or, perhaps, the planetary sys-
tenn literally halted. Those worlds that
had never stopped On instant since they
were created, stopped then and there.
Look al the sun dial. No change hour af-
ter hour. Thu sublime record is: 1.-THE
sun stood still in the midst OF heaven"
In those twelve additional hours gained
by that stopping sun there was enough
time 10 demoliah, by the most tremendous
battle ever fought, the King of Jerusalem,
the ki5g of Hebron, the King of Jar
mouth, the King of Lacbich and the King
of ~Eglon-fVe Kings. "Oh," you say,
1.-THE sun and o didn't stand still.
One man says: "The sun was still. ary
how, and 1t was no miracle" Another
man says: 'If you stop the sun you upse,
the whole universe" But leaving to the
Christian scientists and to the infdel sci
entists the settlement of that ouestion
among themselves and wishing always
that the Joshua of the Church NAV Get
she victory over the Ammonites of the
GerQ,an universities, L 60 on and tell
you that L have seen the same miracle.
a bad man does not live out half OF his
days. His sun may set at noon, But n
good man may pro!ong his days of use
~fulness.
Now it is time for Joshua to go homo.
lie is an Old nan lie is a hundred and
ten, Washington went dow To Mount
Vernon and spent the evening of his dav.
wellington died peacefully at Walmer
Castle. Now, give Josh IA, the oldest
warrior OF the ages, a chance 10 rest. MOI
Inc greatest battle of all bis Lifetime
opens, mightisr than the one against tho
spring freshet; irightier than the one
against tho stone wall; mightier than
the n I'm which he led the regiment of
whipped towards, mightier than the ono
In which he fought bach the rkn
~marshalling the sun and moon i'm his
battalion . Hecomes out now against the
greatest king of earth-a king who has
More subjects Than all the present popu>
lati"n OF the earth. His throne is a pvr-
amid of skulls. His chariot is tho
worlds hearse. The playground and
the park around his palace Is the worlds
graveyarl. All the ~sicknesses of the
world are n~Iarshalled on his side. II ia
the King OF Trrrors, the conquerer of
5000 years. Now, Joshua, you have
your Match. Mol For ifthis Is
greatest battle it is Joshua's greatest vie
tory. He gathers his friends tround him
and he gives his valedictory. 1t is fuu
OF an old mans "reminiscences. Yonno
men tell what they are going to do. Old
men tell what they have done. And as
sometimes by ths winter fire you have
heard yourg grandfather and ereat-grand>
father talk OF Monmouth or Yorktown
or Bunker Hill, shouldering his staff AS
though it were a musket, to show Won
how the field was won, so Joshua fights
all his battles over again in the last uays
OF his life. AS l stand l0okin. al the old
man, and see his white hair over his
wrinkled broV and his upper lip com
pressed against his sunken gum, / won
der If God has fulfilled the entire prone
Use Oft text, ''There shall not IN man
he able To stand before thee all the days
OF thy life" and while 1 am wondering
the old man tells the same story twice
and II he same breath, us sometimes
you know old people forget and
will tell the same story twice.
He says, This day l go the way of all
the earth, and not ore thing OF all the
good things that God has promised cons
corning you has failed. AL have come
to pass. Not one thing thereof has TAIL.
ed" And then in his dying he
to the people, Now take your
choice. Which God are you going to
have, the God OF tho Ammonites or the
God of Israel. AS for me and my house.
L will serve the Lord