Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

ew aspect. The decision, indeed. vas stiu
o.oubtfuI. Moses, supported on either side,
Jared not cease to upIilt his heart and bis
hands. but at last, at last, the hnal struggle
was over. The ranks Of the AmaleklfeS
gave way, and presently they fed, broken
and panic-strieken, to the northern pass by
which they had entered the valley. And
even from thence the cry came up from q
thousand throats: Jehovah, our Refugsf
"Victoryl Victoryl''
At this the man Of God let bis arms fall
from the supporting shoulders Of his COM
panioDs, stood mp, tall and strong, crying
with renewed and wonderfully revived
energy: Il thank Thee, my God and LordI
Jehoyah, our Refuge! Thy people are sayedP'
But then his sight grew dark from exhauB-
tion.
'sHail to Joshual Hail to the conousrori''
re-echoed from cliff to cliff long after the
last Of the troops was lost to sight. But
more clearly still did the words ring in the
warriors heart in which Moses had thanked
him, for they had been: 'sVerily as the
sword Of the Most High, steadfast and
strong, hast thou fought the fight So long
as the Lord is thy Helper and Jehovah our
Refuge, we need fear no enemiesl'
CONCLUSION.
Wherever Joshua went he was hailed With
glad aeelamatiOns; but he failed to find his
father, for Nun had accepted Hur's bidding,
and it was outside his tent that the son en-
braced the old man, radiant with thankful
pride. And the belated guest was well
coined by Miriam and her husband in way
which gladdened his heart; Hur gave him
his hand with hearty frankness, while she
bowed reVerently before him, and her eyes
beamed with joy and gratitude.
Llnfc IL ~ -
ordered slave Who had just slaughtered
calf to divide it in two parts, and, pointing
to it, said:
You have done great things for the people
and for me, son OF Nun, and my iifeis too
short for the gratitude you have laid on me and
on my wife. If you can forget the bitter words
which troubled our peace at popnk3-and you
dwell in unity as brothers in one cause, and
stand up for each other in Joy and sorrow. in
peril and IN need. The capEaincy henceforth
belongs to you alone, Joshua. and to none 9TH
er; and the people all rejoice thereat, and, most
of all, SO do l and my wife. And il you share
my desire that we should henceforth live in the
bonds Of brotherhood, come with me, and after
the custom of our fathers we win walk together
between the two halves Of this slaughtered
beast
And Joshua gladly did his bidding. Mi
riam was the FIRST to join in the loud ap-
proval which old Nun began, and she did so
WIN aFQe0b Feu6ututtg lOr II Vas she WuOr
after humbling herself before her husband,
whose love she had now quite won back, had
suggested to him to invite Joshua to this
treaty Of brotherhood which was COW rati-
fed. All this had cost herno pang, for the
two vows to which she had pledged herself
after that the son OF Nun, whom she now
was ready to call Joshua, had saved her from
the hand oftne foe were about to be fulfilled,
and she felt that it was in q happy hour that
she had made them.
The feeling, new to her, that she was .
woman even as other women are, gave to her
whole person gentleness which had hithsf-
to been foreign to her, and this won her the
love Of her husband, whose full worth she
had learnt during the bitter time when he
had opened his heart to her.
The rest of Joshua's active life, and how
he conquered new home for his people, is
a well-known tale.
The whole force Of his body and soul he
devoted to the Hebrew folk; but mis- nephew
Ephraim, as powerful prince of his tr1be,
well worthy of the honor he achieved,
founded house in Israel Through him
old Nun saw great-grandchildren growing
up who promised enduring posterity to his
noble race.
And there, in the land Of promise, many
hundred years later, was another Joshua
born who brought to all mankind the gifts
which the son Of Nun Vainly sought for the
children Of Israel-loYe, mercy and re-
demptionl