The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-22

then the musician would put the instru.
ment to mis- lips, and he would run his fin
gers over this rude musical instrument, and
make a great deal OF sweet harmony for
the people. That was tie only kind OF
weapon Seven priests were TO take these
rustic mus cal instruments, and they were
TO go around the city every day for six
days-Once day for six days, and then on
the seventh Gay they We're to go around
blowing taese rude musical instruments
seven times. and then at the close of the
seventh blowing of the rams horns on the
seventh dsv, the peroratIon of the whole
scene Was to be a shout at which those great
walls should tumble from capstone 70 base
The seven priests with the rude musical
instruments pass all around the city walls
on the first day, and failure. Not SO much
as piece of plaster broke loose from the
wail-not SO much as a lOosened rock, not
30 much as piece of mortar lost from its
place. There" say the unbelleviug Israel
ties. didn't 1 tell you so! WY, those
ministers are fools. The Idea of going around
the city with those musical instruments and
expecting in that way to destroy It'll joshua
has oeen spoiled; he thinks because he has
overtnrOwn aud destroyed the spring
freshet, he can overthrow the
stone wall. Why it is not philo-
sophie. Don't you see there is no
relation between the blowing of these mu-
steal Instruments and the knocking down of
the wall 1t isn't philosophy" And l sup
pose there were many wiseacres who stood
with their brows knitted and with the fore
finger of the right hand to the forefinger Of
the left hand, arguing it all out, and show
ing it was not possible that such a cause
could produce such an effect. And sup
pose that night in the encampment there
was plenty of philosophy and caricature,
and if Joshua had been nominated for any
high military position, he would not have
got many votes.
Joshua's stock was down. The second day,
the priests, blowing the musical instru-
ments, go around tho city, and a failure;
third day, and a failure; fourth day, and a
failure; fifth day, and failure; sixth day.
and failure. The seventh day comes the
climateric 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 60 all around once, ali around twice,
three times, four times, five times, six times
seven times and failure.
There is onlv one more thing to do, and
that is to utter a great shout. / see the
1sraeltish army strengthening themselves
up, filing their lungs for vociferation such
as was never heard before and never heard
after. Joshua feels that the hour has come,
and he cries out to his host: ''Shout; for
the Lord hath given you the city," All the
people begin to cry: Down, Jericho,
down Jerichol' and the long line of solid
masonry begins TO CULVER and to move and
to rock. Stand from underi She falls!
Crash go the walls. the temples, the towers,
the palaces; the air blackened with the dust
The huZza Of the victorious Israelltes and
the groan of the conquered Canaanites COM
mingle, and Joshua standing in the debris
of the wall, hears voice saying: There
shall not any man DO able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life"
Only 0ne house spared. Who lives therel
Some great king! M. Some woman dis
tinguished for great kindly deedss No.
She had been conspicuous for her crimes It
is the house Of Rshab. Why was her house
spareds Because she had been a great sim
nert No, but because she repented, demon
strating 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 people saw |
that red cord they knew it was the divine in |
dication they should not disturb the prem |
Uses; making us think of the divine cord !
of Savior's deliverance, the red cord of a |
Savior'S kindness, the red cord of q Savior's |
mercy, the red cord Of our rescue. Mercy /
for the chief of sinners. Put your trust in /
that God, and no harm shall befall you |
When our world shall be more terribly sur |
rounded than was Jericho, even by tho |
trumpets of the Judgment day, and the hills |
and the mountains, the metal bones aud the |
ribs of nature shall break, they who have
had Rahab's faith shall have Rahabs de- !
hverance.
When wrapt in fire the realms OF ether glow.
And heaven S last thunder shakes the earth be- |
low:
Thou undisnayed shalt DER the RUNS smile,
And light thy torch at natures funeral pile
But Joshua's troops NAV not halt hera.
The command is, Forward, marchm |
There is the city of Al; 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 very
easy job: you just stay here while we go
and capture it.n They march with a small
regiment in front of that city. The men of
All look at them and give one yell, and the
Israeiites run like reindeer. The northern
troops at Bull Run did not mako such rapid
time as these Israeliues with the Canaanites
after them. They never cut such a sorry
figure as when they We're on the retreat
Anybody that gees out in the battles
of God with only half a force, instead
of your taking the men of All, the
men of All will take you. Look at the
Church of God on the retreat. The Borne
sian cannibals ate up Munson the mission
airy. "Fall backm said q great many Chris
tian people-"Fall back, D Church of God
Borneo will never be taken. Don't you see
the Bornesian cannlbals have eaten up Num-
son. the Missionary Tyndall delivers hi
lecture at the University of Glasgow, and
great many good people say, Fall back,
Q Church of God Don't you see that chris
tan philosophy is going to be overcome by
worldly philosophy! Fall back Geology
plunges its crowbar into the mountains, and
there are great many people who say,
Scientific investigation is going to over
throw 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 ever see the back of his
head. He falls on his face and begins to
whine. and he says: 80, Lord God, where
fore hast thoa at all brought this people
over Jordan TO deliver US into the hand of
the Amorites, to destroy uss Would to God
we had been content and 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 aad cut off our
name from the earth"
] am very glad Joshua said that. Before,
IL seemed as If he were q supernatural be-
ing, and therefore could not be en- example
TO us; but l find he is man, he is only
imam. Just as sometimes you find e man
unoer severe opposition, or in bad state of
physical health, or worn out with over
work, lying down. and signing about every
thing being defeated. / am encouraged
when shear this cry of Joshua as he lies in