Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-12-27

mako such rapid utno as tfeSe f8seAs17
with the Canaanites after them. They
never cut such a sorry figure rs when
they were on the retreat. Anybody
that goes out In tho battles of God
with only half force. instead OF your
taking the men OF All the men of Al
will take you
Look at the church of God on the
retreat. The Bornesian cannibals ate
ND Munson, the missionary. Fall
backl" said a great many Christian
people-'fall back, o church OF Godl
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 n great many
good people say: Fall back, . church
of God! Don't you see that Christian
philosophy is going to be overcome by |
worldly philosophy Fall backw Ge-
oloCy plunges its crowbar into the !
mountains, and there are a great many |
people who say: Scientific investiga-
ton is going to overthrow the Mosaic
account of the creation Fall backP'
Friends of the church have never had
any right TO fall back
JOSHUA HUMAN LIKE TIKI REST OF Us.
Joshua falls on bis face in chagrin-
1t is the only time you ever see the
back of his head. He falls on his face
and begins to whine, and he says: "Oh,
Lord God, wherefore hast thou at al
brought this people over Jordan to de-
: liver us into the hand of the Amorites
, to destroy us9 Would TO God we had
. been content and dwelt on the other
! side of Jordanl For the Canaanites
and all the inhabitants of the land
. shall hear of it, and shall environ us
Q round and cut of our name from the
, earth
lam very glad Joshua said that. Be
fore it seemed as IL he were super
/ natural being, and therefore could not
v be an example to us; but / find he is a
}. man, he is only a man. Just as some
q times you find a man under severe op-
a position, or in a bad state of physical
- health, or worn out with overwofkr
~ lying down and signing about every
l thing being defeated. i am encour
re aged when hear this cry of Joshua a
ne he lies in the dust.
ts God comes and rouses him. How
it. does he rouse hiIn7 By complimentar.
,e- apostrophe7 No. He says: Get the
ed up. Wherefore lest thou upon tn,
be faceY' Joshua rises, and / warran
ic. you with a mortified look But hi
o. old courage comes back. The fact was
in that was not his battle II he ha
of been in it he would have gone on {
IL victory. No H~shsv has troops aroun
res hiun and says: Now, let US so up an
ID. captsre the city Of Al; let us &c u
,ht right away"
I'd. They march on. He puts the majo
vas ity of the troops behind a ledge
uld rocks in the night, and then he sen'
I'D comparatively small regiments up
ent front of the city. The men of All con
md out with a shout. The small regimen
cen of Israelites in stratagem fall back al
osi- fall back, and when all the men of
any have left the city and are In pursuit
these scattered or seemingly scatter
sec- regiments. Joshua stands on rock
usi- see his locks flying in the wind as
~ points his spear towaM doom
fail. city, and that Is the signal. The IN
3fth rush out from. behind the rocks "a
a a take the city, and it is put to the tori
- IN march down and the flying regimes
ons of Israelites return, and between tn
tba two waves of Israelitish proweSs
rake men of Al are destroyed, and the
, all raelites gain the victory, and while
hrna see the curling smoke of that destro.
mos city ON the sky, and while hear
huzza of the Israelites and the groan
r,,,,s the Canaanites, Joshua hears sol
thing louder than it all, ringing I
40 echoing through his soul, There 81
sos not any man be able to stand bel
hem. thee all the days of thy life"
q vo- FORWARD, MARCH,
j be- But this is no place for the host
shua Joshua TO stop. Forward, marC
ID he cries Joshua to the troops Their
r the the city of Gideon 1t has put il
II the under the protection of Joshua i
icho. send word, There arc five kings q
me of us; they are going to destroy us;
nd to troops quick: send us help right aw
nderI Joshua has a three days march at 1
2 the than double quick On the NOR
,; the of the third day he is before the enc
Tho There are two long lines OF battle
; and battle opens with great slaughter,
antics the Canaanites soon discover 8
there thing. They say: Ihae Is JOS
voice that is the man who conquered
AN be spring freshet, and knocked down
e days stone wall and destroyed the ci'y
There is no use fighting" And
D lives sound reUreaI, anu DIS "iey oee
Some retreat joshua ana MS nOs' spring
great them IKE psAnCner' pursuing
been over the rocks ana as Inese CsAii.a<
Is the with sprained ankles and gashed
house heads retreat the catapults OF the
a great pour volley OF hailstones int
,ented. valley, and all the artillery o.
& there heavens with bullets of iron poun
| The Canaanites against the hedges of