Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLx AND:
ABLY CONSIDERED.


A Scholarly Exposition % the lesson
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The lesson for sunday octoper % may
he found IN Jnshua vi. l. l6.
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INIhoDooIoAh'
It is now 1851 Bs 81. and at Last the CON
quest ii to begin. 1t has been four hundred
and t,,irtv va',,s s;nca Z, IA ma missed ia The
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Father OF the Faathfulsffhis iair iand. ~
last they are come to I'll But they find
,yo,. * ba x,as,a1 ,ftba cap,,,s. n, onens with
III, a..
the taking OF seficho when iay IN tllo svl-
dan valley. Then follow In rapid succession
All, Sheckem. and Gideon, telling partly Of
battle, partly of counsel and the conquest
OF Central Palestine Is completed. The con-
quest OF Southern Palestine follows. the
conquest OF Northern Palestine Coming last.
The land rested from war Joshua III zD
after six or more years Of fighting. In which
some six tribes with thirty one chiefs were
brought into subsection. We enter again,
with this lesson. upon the noise OF battle.
wIiAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
NO1c Jericho. Seven days detention az
Jericho Why tarry 50 long over border
city. from which 80 few spells of war were
to be taken? For this simple reason--it lay
along Israels line OF conquest, and Gods
people were to leave no enemy IN their rear.
Some one met Col Balm on tho railroad.
"Still at IT. are you" spoken In something
OF banter. giving temperance lecturesY
Yes, going up to A.. And are all the
people in Lexington converted? Why then,
DO you go away hundred miles 70 talk on
Temperament Il will tell you story, ans
swered Balm. Once on time, train OF
cars came to a sudden stop. A nervous man
on board. in great haste to reach his des-
tlnation. halted the conductor with, WIZ,
don't you go ont Stopped to chop wood, I
was the cool and aggravating reply. The
passengers could find no words OF indigna-
ton and contempt sufficient Tor the occa-
SION. The fact is the conductor contin-
ued, after little, there's log across the
track All. that altered the situation. III
that's so" said the heretofore irate passen-
ger, I'll get oft and help You see,
the Colonel added. there's log across our
track, and I've stopped to chop acood' There
are some things that need to be removed
ere safe progress on any track may be
made.
S,digl,tlu shut up. The way to straightly
shut up hostile citadel is to march over
and invcstit. The Germans shut up Metz.
and Marshal Bazaine with all the French
army. BY stubbornly rushing right up pr, to
way. to shut UP any evil stronghold. the way
to abate any nuisance is to come up to 1t and
Gordon it. and literally sit down upon 1t.
Israel could have done little with Jericho
from across the Jordan. Camped on the
plains of Jericho. around about her mean
ingful pillar Of stones, she had some pur--
chase power. Jericho might lift q head
above her petty wall and boot, but what
mattered it? The city was straightly shut
up. The Lords people can close up what
ever they have q mind to. The quarantine
in the hands of determined people has
been accomplishing some wonders in the
South. When the armies got down to work
on sea and land. even plucky little Island
No. TO- was shut up. No, the trouble with
the church too often is that it hasn't amind.
And so Jericho keeps open.
See, I hare GiUen into thine hand Jericho.
That settled it. The Lord OF life and death
hath decreed it. and the city In his counsels
was already takenin the name OF righteous
ness. Oh that we could trust God more! Oh
for more of Joshua's calm and firm assur
ance! Moody tells Of Il French soldier who
saving the Emperor's life at the peril OF his
own heard the quick-spoken word from
royal lips: I make you captain OF my
guard" The musketeer dropped his gun
and walked right up to where the body
guard stood go back into the ranks"
Said the subordinate in charge. NO"
why not?" Because I'm captain of the
guard" Your cried the officers. who
said it He said it" 1t was all that was
necessary; it was the Emperor's word. My
friends" adds the evangelist, IF God says
anything, let us take him at his word
The priests shall bloo scith the trumpet. It
was one feature Of the city's comprising.
The priests part in the transaction. All.
yes. there was here left large room for rid
icule, and we can imagine the people OF
Jericho, to cover their fear, indulging not
little therein. PROSTATE the walls by walk
ing around them. will you? Blow down the
gates with rams horns. Ha, hal Why. men
alive. look at these stones and towers!
Something very like it we are accustomed
to hear in times of reform; yea. even from
pious lips. This, for instance, in these days
OF temperance agitation in the West: Il
most heartily respect you, for your cause
is the cause of God and humanity. your
courage is the courage of heroes, and your
devotion the devotion of martyrs. / am
sorry that cannot add that your wisdom
is the equal of your courage and deyo-
tion." This last because the walls are SO
big, you know, and the citadel, forsootll,
so impregnable. World wisdom nothing
more. But never mind; the trumpets are
still blowing. and right Justify just now.
After awhile you viii hear the people shout,
and then. mind you, the walls are coming
down!
Let him that is armed pass on before.
There are divisions in the orderly march,
and there are divine capacities and equip
ments in the Lords hosts. Not all are to
bear the brunt of the fray, not all can be in
tine van, though all can follow. Out there
at the front to-day are Clough. Downie,
Lord. God has armed them and called
them to q place Of special privilege as we'll
as of peril. Yet are they but. as it were, the
picket or skirmish line of o. great army
coming after. They have simply passed on
before ns, and we are "the rearward"
And the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord
follo,oed them. Right after them and with
them, or they would not have gone forward.
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