The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-12-31

strument and make a great deal O
sweet harmony for the people. Tha
was the only kind Of weapon. Sever
priests were to take these rude rustic
musical instruments. and they were tt
go around the city every day for si2
days-once q day-and then on tht
seventh day they were to so aroun(
blowing these caIinStrument:
seven times, and then at the close O.
the seventh blowing of the rams horn:
on the seventh day the peroration o:
the whole scene WAS to DO a shout a
which those great walls should tumble
from capstone to base.
ROUND THE CITY'S WALLS.
TIL seven priests with the rude musl
cal instruments pass all round the city
walls on the first day, and failure
Not so much as piece of plaster broke
loose from the walls; not SO much as
loosened rock, not so much as a piece
of mortar lost from its place. There,
say the unbelieving Israelites, didn't
I tell you so? Why, those ministers
are fools The idea of going around the
city with those musical instruments
and expecting in that way to destroy
it, Joshua has been spoiled; he thinks
because be has overthcown and de.
stroyed the spring freshet he can over.
throw the stone wall. Why. it's not
philosophic Don't you see there is nc
relation between the blowing of these
musical instruments and the knocking
down Of the wall? 1tisn't philosophy
And suppose there were many wise
acres who stood with their brows knit.
ted and with the forefDger of the right
hand to the forefDger OF the left hand
arguing it all out and showing that 1t
was not possible that such cause
could produce such an effect. And !
suppose that night in the encampment
there was plenty of philosophy and
caricature. and if Joshua had been
nominated for any high military posi-
tion he would not have got many
votes.
Joshua's stock was down. The second
day the priests blowing the musical
instruments go around the city, and a
failure. Third day, and a failure;
fourth day, and a failure; fifth day, and
a failure; sixth day, and a failure. The
seventh day comes, the climacteric day,
Joshua is up early in the morning and
the troops, walks all around
about, looks at the city wall. The
priests start to make the circuit OF the
city. They go all around once, all
around twice, three times, four times,
five times, six times, seven times, and
a failure.
There is only one more thing to do,
and that is to utter great shout. /
see the 1sraelitish army Strengthening
themselves up, filing their lungs for q
vociferation such as was never heard
before and never heard after. Joshua
feels that the hour has come, and he
cries to his host, "Shout, for the Lord
hath given you the city," All the
people begin to cry, Down, Jericho !!
iown, Jericho p And the long line of
solid masonry begins to quiver, and to
move, and to rock. Stand from under !!
She falls! Crash! go the walls, the
temples, the towers, the palaces, the
air blackened with the dust. The
luzza of the victorious Israeliters and
The groan of the conquered Canaanites
and Joshua standing there
n the debris of the wall hears a voice
saying, There shall not any man be
lble to stand before thee all the days
i thy life ~~
ONLY RaHAB House sF1fs1:
Only one house spared. Who lives
there? Some great king? No. Some
woman distinguished tor great kindly
deeds? No. She had been conspicuous
for her crimes. 1t is the house of Ra-
hab. Why was her house spared? Be-
cause she had been great sinner? No,
but because she repented, demonstrate
ing to all 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 peoplesaw that red cord they knew
it was the divine indication they sholld
not disturb the premises. making US
think of the divine cord Of Saviour'S
deliyerance. the red cord of a Saviour's
kindness, the red cord of a Savlour'S
mercy, the red cord of our rescue.
Mercy for the chief of sinners. Put
your trust in that God, and no damage
shall befall you. When our world shall
be more terribly surrounded than was
Jericho, even by the trumpets of the
judgment day, and the hills and the
the metal bones and ribs Of
nature shall break, they who have had
Rahab's faith shall have Rahab's de-
;yora0oo
When, wrapt in fire, the realms of other
glow, =
And Heavens last thunder shakes the
earth below;
Thou, undismayed, shall Ger the ruins
smile,
And light thy torch at Natures funeral
pile.
But Joshua's troops may not halt
here. The command is, Forward,
march p There is the city of All; it
must be taken. How shall it be taken?
A scouting party comes back and says,
Joshua, we can do that without you;
it is going to be a very easy job; you
just stay here while we go and capture
it" They march with a small regi-
ment in front of the city. The men of
Al look at them and give one yell, and
the Israelites run like reindeer. The
northern troops ct Bull Run did not
make such rapid time as these Israel
ties with the Canaanites after them.
They never cut such a sorry figure as
when they were on the retreat. Any
body 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. Bornesian cannl-
balls ate up Munson. the missionary.
Fall hack" said great many Chris
tain people. "F4ll back, D church of
God Borneo will never be taken.
Don't you see the Bornesian carnibals
have eaten up Munson, the mission
ary?' Tyndall delivers his lecture at
the University of Glasgow, and a great
many good people say Fall back, 0
church OF God, Don't you see that
Christian philosophy is going to be
overcome by worldly philosophy Fall
back y Geology plunges its crowbar
.Lto the mountains, and there are