Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-12-25

tie. If he had been in it he would have
gone on tn victory. He gathers his troops
around him and says, 'Now, let us go up
and capture the city of All; let us go up
right away"
They march on. He puts the majority
of the troops behind ledge Of rocks in the
night, and then he sends comparatively
small regiments up in front of the city.
The men OF All come out with a shout The
small regiments of Israelites in stratagem
fall back and fall back, and when all the
men of All 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 lsraelitish
proves the men of All are destroyed, and
the Israeiites gain the victory. And while
see the curling smoke of that destroyed
city on the sky, and while hear the huzza
OF the lsraelites, and the groan of the Ca
naanites, Joshua hears something louder
than it all, ringing and echoing through
his soul. "There shall not any man be able
to stand before thee all the days of thy
life.
on TO THE CITY or GIDEON.
d3ut this is no place for the host of
J&hua to stop forward, marchl" cries
Joshua TO the troops There is the city of
Gideon IL has put itself under the pro-
lection Of Joshua. They sent word, There
are five kings after us; they are going to
destroy us; send troops quick; send us
help right away" Joshua has a three
days march at more than double quick. On
the morning of the third day he is before
the enemy. There are two long lines of
battle The battle opens with great slaugh-
ter, but the Canaanites soon discover some
thing They say: "That is Joshua That
is the man who conquered the spring
freshet and knocked down the stone wall
and destroyed the city of All There is no
use fighting.p And they sound retreat,
and as they begin to retreat Joshua and
his host spring upon them like a panther,
| pursuing them over the rocks; and rs these
| Canaanites with sprained ankles and cash
| ed foreheads retreat, the catapults OF the
sky pour a volley Of hailstones into the
valley, and all the artillery of the heavens
with bullets of iron pound the Canaanites
against the lodges OF Beth-horon.
"Ohp says Joshua, ''this is surely vic
| tory" But do you not see the sun is GO
| ing DOWN. Those Amorites are going to
get away after all, and then they will come
up some other time and bother us, and
perhaps destroy u.s." See, the sun is going
| down. Oh, for longer day than has ever
been seen in this olimatel What is the
matter with JoshuaP Has he fallen in an
apoplectic fit? No. Heisin prayer. Look
| out when a good man makes the Lord his
| ally Joshua raises his face, radiant with
prayer, and looks at the descending sun
over Gideon and at the faint crescent OF
the moon, for you know the queen of the
night sometimes will linger around the
| palaces Of the day Pointing one hand at
! the descending sun ana the other at the
| faint crescent OF the moon, in the name OF
that God who shaped the worlds and moves
the worlds, he cries, "Sun, stand thou still
| upon Gideon; and thou moon, in the valley
of Ajalon." They halted.
Whether it was by refraction of the suns
rays or by the stopping Of the whole plan
etary system | do not know aud do not
| care. leave il to the Christian scientists
and the infldel scientists to settle that
question, while tell you have seen the
4 Ndlit thiuB. W AAts say AoNs hbt NhN
sun standing stillgn Yes The same mir
acle IS performed nowadays The wicked
do not live out half their day, and the sun
sets at noon. But let man start out IL
battle for God and truth and against sin,
and the day of his usefulness is prolonged
and prolonged aud prolonged
THEIR WORK REMAINED.
John SummerGeld was consumptiye
| Methodist He looked fearfully white, |
am told, as he stood in old Sands Street
church in Brooklyn preaching Christ, and
when he stood on the anniversary platform
in New York pleading for the Bible until
unusual and unknown glories rolled forth
from that book When he was dying his
pillow was brushed with the wings of the
angel from the skies, the messenger that
God sent down. Did John Summerfeld's
sun setf Did John Summerfield'sda day ends
Oh, no. He lives on in his burning utter
ances in behalf of the Christian church.
Robert McCheyne was consumptive
| Presbyterian. twas said when he preached
| he coughed so it seemed as If he would
never preach again. His name is fragrant
| in all Christendom, that name mightier
today than was ever his living presence.
He lived to preach the gospel in Aberdeen,
anu Dunhttt Oub ne went
away very early. He preached himself into
the grave. Has Robert McCheynes sun
sets Is Robert McCheyne's day endedi
Oh mol His dying delirium was filled
with prayer, and when he lifted his hand
to pronounce the benediction upon his
| family, and the benediction upon his coun-
try, he seemed to say: II caDnot die now;
want to live on and on. ! want to start
an influence for the church that will never
cease. am only 30 years of age. Sun of
my Christian ministry, stand still over
Scotland And it stood still
now A CHRISTIAN CAN DIE
a long time ago there was Christian
woman very consecrated, and she had
drunken husband, and so on came the
night of domestic trouble She lost her
children, and there came the night of be-
reavement. She was very i'll, and there
came the night of sickness Her soul de
parted, and there came the night Of DEATH |
But all these nights of trouble and dark |
ness and sorrow aad sickness were illu. |
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