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

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oi sinuefs. There VA u red cord hang
Ing al the wIn5ow or that house that
cord was placed there by divine ~ipiunc-
ZION, and when that was seen no one
dared Ssrago those premises. When /
see the color of that cord, IL makes me
think OF the crimson cord let down for
our deliyerapce 1t makes me think that
we ought TO have swung out of the v in
dow OF our soul the red cord of a Savior's
sacrifice, the red cord Of a Sayior's mercy
the red cord of 8 Sayior's iptercession'
Mercy for the chief of sinners. Rsheb's
mouse stood. She repented. She trusted
In God. She was saved. Put your trust
IN that God and nothing shall ever damage
| you, and when at last our world shall be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS terribly than was Jeri =
cho evenly the trumpets Of Judgment
and resurrection-the walls and rocks and
mountains shall tall crushing all the uu-
pardoned; yea! when nations, metal bones
aEd ribs shall break, they who have Ka-
cabs faith shall have Rahab's delive-ance
''This is no place to stop" Joshua cries ;
'
Forward march," There Is a CITY of Al
to be taken. "Oh," says a scouting party
just come back from hat city, 'syou can
take that very easily. Joshua you need
not go; you stay and II few of US will 90
and take that city" They started out IN
pompous order to take the city of All.
Ihey go up in front of the city, when the
meH OF Al came out and rave one veil
and away ran the Israelites like reindeer.
Our Northern troops at Bull Run made
slow time compared with those Israelites
with the men of Al after them. My friends,
we have no right to 60 into the Lords
coDfiict having only half our force. We
have no right to a reserve corps. Body,
miod, soul, reputation, property-every-
thing-must be m~arshalled, equipped.
lanced for God and against our enemies.
Ii you are going to do any Christian work
In that bali and half way, instead of your
taking the men of All, they will take you
Dld you ever see the Church of God re
treatS The Church of God has no RICH,
TO fall back. l see Joshua coming out
that DAY OF his cncampment, and he sees
the people running and he says: "Why,
L really believe those are our men. Thew
are running in retreat" And soon the
retreating army came up. They saw
~, General, we are all cut to pieces.
Those men Of al are awful people,
Joshua falls down on his face in chagrjn.
1t is the only time we ever see the back OF
his head, and he begins 10 whine, and be
says: "Oh, Lord God, wherefore has,
Thou brought this people over the Jor-
dan ? to deliver us into the hands of the
Amenities? Would to God we had been
content and dweit on the other side of the
Jordan. What shall L say when the Isrr-
elites turn their backs upon their enemies.
for all the inhabitants of the land shall
hear of 1t and shall environ us around and
cut off our name from the earth" | am
very glad ne said that. l find he is only a
man after all. Before he seemed SUPER
natural and he could no be an example
Tor us. l find that he knows all about hu-
man oiscourOgements.
sometimes you have seen a very good
Christian man in our day from overwork.
or from a sudden change In the weather.
or from some venOnious opposition, take
the position which Joshua touk--the back
OF the head up and the face down. But
how did God arous Joshua? He said :
"Get thee up. Why Hest thou thus on
thy face p Joshua arose, | suppose look
ing mortified, but his old courage came
back sgain. That was not his defeat. He
Inarshsls all the Israelites and he saws
I'VE will go mp and we will take the city
OF Al" He takes most of his army and
he hides it in the night beyond a ledge of
rocks. In the mornIng he marches I'D a
small battalion, and the IsraelItes. az
though they were frightened. fell back.
No sooner had all the people of the CITY
started in pursuit thap Joshua stands on a
rock, and | see his hair flying in the wind
as he stretches out his spear toward the
doomed city, and all the armed men rush
to the city, and they capture 1t and put it
to the torch, and 10 sooner Is It on fire
than those ~Israelites in the city start down
pursuing the men of Al, and the Israelites
coming out OF the city on one side, and
the battalion that had fallen back suddenly
coming up from the other side, between
those two waves of Israelitish COURAGE.
the victory was gained, and as l see the
smoke of the burning city curling in the
sky, and as l hear the groans Oh the de-
feated men of All snd,the victorious shouts
OF the Israelites, Joshua hears something
better than that "There shall not anv
man be able TO stand before the all the
days of thy life.'
Joshua's troops cannot stop yet. "For-
ward, march - a y Joshua for there il
the city Of Gideon it has put itself IN
der The wing 81 Joshua's protection
and Joshua must defend it, and The peo-
pie send word from the city TO Joshua.
Come right away. There are five kipss
going TO destroy We ." Joshua makes n
three days march 10 one night. f Is a
doUblc-quick. When the morning dawns
there is Joshua aud there his troops.
Prepare to see the Gettysburg, the WI
Ierloo, the Sedan of tho Ancients.
Two armies are drawn DOT in line If
battle near this city. The conflict opens
with great slaughter. The Canapites look
up and say : "Oh, tbis is Joshua. There