Telegram-herald., 1890-12-22

and capture lC~ Tuey march with q small
regiment in front of ihe city The men II
A look az them and give one yell, and The
lsraeiites run like reindeer The nor. hern
troops at Bull Run did not make such
rapid time as these lsraelites with the
Canaanites after them. They never cut
such a sorry figure a. when they were on
the retreat Anybody that goes out ia the
battles Of God with only half force in
stead OF your taking the men Of Al, the
men of Al will take you. Look al the
church OF God on the retreat The Bor-
nesian cannibals ate up MunsOn, the
missionary. Fall back" said great
many Christian people. Fall back. o
church OF God. lS0rneo will never be
taken. Don't YOU see the Bornesian can
nibals have eaten up Munson, the mission
aryg" Tyndall delivers his lecture at the
University of Glasgow, and great many
good people say: Fall back. o church Of
God Don't you see that Christian philos0-
ply is going 70 be overcome by worldly
philosophy Fall back" Geology plunges
its crowbar into the mountains, aud there
are a great many people who say; "Scien-
tific investigation Is going 70 nverthrow
the Mosaic account OF the creation. Fall
hackw Friends of the church have never
had any right to fall back.
JOSHUA Il CHAGRINED.
Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. II Is
the only time you ever see the back Of his
head. He falls on his face and begins 10
whine and he says: "Oh, Lord God, where
fore hast thou at all brought this people
over Jordan TO deliver Us into the hand Of
the Amorites TO destroy US; Would to God
we had been content aud dwelt on the
other side of Jordan! For the Canaanites
and all the Inhabitants Of the land shall
hear OF it, and shall environ US round and
cut of our name from the earth"
am very glad Joshua said that. Before
it seemed rs if he were a supernatural
being, and therefore could not be an ex-
ample to Us; but find he is a man. he is
only a man. just as sometimes you find a
man under severe opposition. or in a bad
state Of physical health, or worn out with
overwork lying down aud signing about
everything being defeated am encour-
aged when ! hear this cry Of Joshua as he
lies in the dust
God comes and rouses him. How does
he rouse hims BY complimentary apos-
trophe? No. He says: Get thee up
Wherefore liest thou upon thy faoe;'
Joshua rises, and / warrant you with a
mortified look, but his cid courage comes
back. The fact was that was not his bat
tie. III lie had been in il he would have
gone on TO victory. lie gathers his troops
around him and says, Now, let us 20 up
and capture the city of Al, let Us 90 up
right away"
They march on lie puts the majority
of the troops behind q ledge Of rocks in the
night, and then he sends comparatively
small regiments up ia front OF the city.
The men OF Al come out with shout The
small regiments Of lsraelltes in stratagem
fall back and fall back. and when all the
men OF Al have left the city and are in pur-
suit OF these scattered, or seemingly scat
tered, regiments Joshua stands on a rock
! see his locks flying in the wind as he
points his spear toward the doomed city,
and that is the signal The men rush out
from behind the rocks and take the city,
and it is put to the torch, and then these
Israelites in The city march down, and the
flying regiments OF Israelites return. and
between these two waves OF israel1ish
prowess the men of Al are destroyed, and
the Israeiites gain the victory. And w bile
! see the curling smoke of that destroy ID
city on the sky, and while l bear the huzza
Of the Israelites, and the groan Of the Ca
NANTES, Joshua hears something louder
than it all, ringing aud echoing through
his soul. There shall not any man be able
30 stand before thee all the days Of thy
lie"
or TO TIE CITY OF GIRE0N.
But this is no place for the host II
Joshua 20 stop. Forward. march cries
Joshua TO the troops There H. the city Of
Gibe0n. II has put itself under the pro
lection Of Joshua. They sent word, There
sre Eve Kings after us, they are going 70
destroy US, seu6 troops quick, send ~
help right away Joshua has three
days march at more than double quick on
the morning 81 the third day he is before
the enemy. There are two long lines of
battle The battle opens with great slsugh-
ter but the Cansanites soon discover some
thing They say. That Is Joshua. That
IS the man who conquered the spring
freshet and knocked down The stone val
aud destroyed the city r Al Taere IS no
use fghting And they sound a retreat.
and a. they begin 20 retreat Joshua ard
biz host spring upon them Ike = panther.
pursuing them over the rocks. and ~ tbcse
Canaanites vifA spTsi1ed AT kles and cash
- foreheads refrsst. the rafapults oi toe
SKY pour volle7 81 hsilstoues into fbs
valley. snd a. tie artillery of the heavens
with huiie's - iron pcaDd The Csnssnites
against The ieagss 81 Bsth-horon
Oh says Joshua. this = surely VIC
tory Bot 10 ron not - the sa1 is zo-
Ing down. Ehcse Anofites are EoirF -
Eef sway after ssl and then they viii come
mp some ether tire and bother us snd
perhaps destroy "a ~ee. the eur IS going
dorn OF. for lonzsr 3sy than hss ever