The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-12-26

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didn't tell you 50? Why, those min
listers are fools The idea Of going
around the city with those musical in
struments and expecting in that way to
destroy it, Joshua has been spoiled; he
thinks because he has overthroyvn and
destroyed the spring freshet, he can
overthrow the stone wall Why, it is
not philosophic- Don't You see there is
no relation between the blowing OF
these musical Instruments and the
knocking down OF the wall? 1t isn't
philosophy" The second day, the
priests blowing the musical Instruments
go around the city, and failure Third
day, and "A failure; fourth day, and a
failure; fifth day, and failure; sixth
day, and a failure The seventh day
comes, the elimacteric day. Joshua is
up early in the morning and examines
the troops, walks all around about
looks at the city wall The priests
start to make the circuit OF the city
They go ali around once, all around
twice, three times, four times, five
times, six times, seven times, and a fail
uFe.
There is only one more thing to do,
and that is to utter a great shout
Joshua feels that the hour has come,
and he cried out to his host: ''Shout!
for the Lord hath given you the city,"
All the people began to cry: Down,
Jericho, down JeriehO!" and the long
line of solid masonry began to culver
and 10 move and to rock Stand from
underi She failsi Crash, go the walls,
the temples, the towers, the palaces the
air blaclSened with the dust. The huzza
of the victorious Israelites and the
groan of the conquered Canaanites com
Hingle, and Joshua, standing there in the
debris of the wall, hears a voice saying:
There shall not any man be able 20
stand before thee all the days of thy
life"
Only one house spared. Who lives
thereP Some great King? No. Some
woman distinguished for great kindly
deeds? No. She had been conspicuous
for her crimes. 1t is the house of
Rahab. Why was her house spared?
because she had been great sinner?
No, because she repented, demonstrate
ing to ali the ages that there is mercy
for the chief of sinners.
The red cord of Divine injunction
reaching from her window to the ground,
SO that when the people saw that red
cord they knew it was the divine indica-
ton that they should not disturb the
premises; making us think of the divine
cord of a SaviOur's deliyerancss, the red
cord of a Saviour's kindness the red
cord of Saviour's mercy, the red cord
of our rescue. Mercy for the chief of
sinners. Pat your trust in that God and
no damage shall befail You. When our
world shall be more terribly surrounded
than was Jericho, even by the tr-umpets
of the Judgment day, and the hills and
the mountains, the metal bone and ribs
of nature, shall break, they who have
had Rahab's faith shall have Rahab's
deliverance.
When wrapt in IRE the realms OF either glow,
And heavens last thunder shakes the earth
below;
Thou undismayed shalt DER the ruins smile.
And light thy torch at natures funeral pile
But Joshua's troops ms y not halt
here. The command is: Forward.
march, There is the city OF Al; it must
be talSen?- A scouting party comes back
and says; Joshua, we can do that with
out you; it is going to be a very easy
| job; you just stay here while we go and
capture it" They march wi tn a small
regiment in front of that city. The men
OF Al look at them and give one yell,
and the Israelites run like reindeer.
| The Northern troops at Bull Run did
not make such rapid time these
| fsraelites with the Canaanites after
/ them. They never cut such sorry
| figure as when they We're on the retreat
/ Anybody that goes out in the battles of
God with only half force, instead of
your taking the men of Al the men of
| Al will take you. Look at the Church
/ of God on the retreat The Bornesian
cannibals ate up Munson, the mission
airy. Fall baclSl'' said a great many
/ Christian people-''Fall hack, o, Church
of Godi Borneo will never be taken
/ Don't you see the Bornesian cannibals
| have eaten up Munson, the missionary?'
| Tyndall delivers his lecture at the Uni
versity of Glasgow and a great many
| good people say: Fall back, o, Church
OF Godl Don't you see that Christian
| philosophy is going to be overcome by
| worldly philosophy? Fall back"
Geology plunges the crowbar into the
mountains, and there are great many
people say: Scientific investigation is
going to overthrow the Mosaic account
OF the creation. Fall back,'' Friends
of the church have never had any right
| to fall back Joshua falls On his face
in chagrin. It is the only time you see
| the back of his head He falls on his
/ face and begins to whine, and he says;
80, Lord God. wherefore 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 and dwelt on the other
side of the JoFdanl For the Canaanites
and all the inhabitants of the land shall
hear of it, and shall environ US round
and cut OFF our names from the earth y
am very glad Joshua said that Be
fore it seemed as if he were a super
natural being, and therefore could not
be an example to us; but find he is a
man, he Is only a man Just as some
times you find a man under severe Op-
position, in bad state of physical
health, worn out with oVerwOrl, iy-
ing down and signing about every thing
being defeated.
God comes and rouses him. How does
He rouse him? By complimentary apOs-
trophe? No. He says; ''Get thee up
Wherefore lest thou upon thy face?'
Joshua rises, and 1 warrant you with a
mortified look. But his old courage
comes back. The fact was, that was
not his battle If he had been in it he
would have gone on to victory He
gathers his troops around him and says
Now let rs go up and capture the city
of Al; let us go up right away"
They march on He puts the majority
of the troops behind a ledge of rocks in
the night, and then he sends compare,
lively small regiments up in front of the
city. The men of Al come out with &
shout The small regiments of Israel
ties in stratagem fall back and fall
back, and when all the men of Al have
left the city and are in pursuit of these
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