The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1890-12-26

| cord OF y SavlOUrB OouvoSuuCo, Tue
red cord # Haviour's kindness, the
red cord Of Saviour's mercy, the rod
cord Of our rescue. Mercy for tile
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 mountains, the metal
bones and the ribs Of nature. shall
break, they who have had Eahab's
faith shall have Rallab's deliverance.
When wrapt In fire tho realms OF ether glow,
And heavens last thunder shakes the earth be.
low; Ni
Thou undismayed shalt DER the ruins smile,
And light thy torch at natures funeral pile.
But Joshua's troops may not halt
here. Tie command Is Forward,
march, 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 t., { without you
it is going to be very easy job; you
Just stay here while we go and capture
it," They march with a small regi-
ment 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 ut Bull Run,did not
make such rapid time as these Israelites
with the Canaanites after them. They
never cut such sorry figure as when
they were on the retreat. Anybody
that goes out in tho 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 Borncsian cannibals ate
up Munson, the missionary. Fall
back" said a great many Christian
people-''fall back, 0 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 Mt the Uni
versity Of Glasgow, and great many
good people say: Fall back, o church
of God! Don't you see that Christian
philosophy is going to be overcome by
worldly philosophy? Fall back!'' &C.
ology plunges its. crowbar into the
mountains, and there are great many
people who say: Scientific inyestiga-
ton 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 HUMAN LIKE THE REST OF US.
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 "Oh,
Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over Jordan to de-
liver us into the hand of the Amorites
% destroy us9 Would to God we had
oeen content and dwelt on the other
tide of Jordan! For the Canaanites
ind all the inhabitants of the land
hall hear Of it, and shall environ us
'ound and cut Off our name from the
,arth.
lam very glad Joshua said tit. Be
ore itseemed as II he were u super
natural being, and therefore could not
'e an example to us; but find he is a
nan, he is only a man. Just as some
lines you find a man under severe OPP
position, or in bad state Of physical
lealth, or worn out with overwork,
wing down and signing about every
hing being defeated. | am encour-
ged when l hear this cry Of Joshua as
le lies in the dust.
God comes and rouses him. How
Ices he rouse him? BY complimentary
,postrophe2 No. He says: .'Get thee
lp. Wherefore Hest thou upon thy
acew Joshua rises, and l warrant
ou with mortified look But his
Id courage comes back. The fact was
hat was not his battle. If he had
'een in it he would have gone on to
ictory. He gathers his troops around
i'm and says: Nov, let us 60 up and
apture the city of Al; let us go up
ight away"
They march on. He puts the major
" of the troops behind a ledge Of
ocks in the night, and then he sends
small regiments up in
ront of the city. The men of Al come
ut with a shout. The small regiments
+ Israelites in stratagem fall back and
Ill back, and when all the men of All
ave left the city and are in pursuit of
hese scattered or seemingly scattered
sgiments, Joshua stands on a rock. l
70 his locks flying in the wind as lie
oints his spear toward the doomed
ity, and that is the signal. The men
ash out from behind the rocks and
IKE the city, and it is. put to the torch,
nd then these Israelites in the city
larch down and the flying regiments
Israelites return, and between these
70 waves of Israelitish prowess the
len of All are destroyed, and the Is
aelites gain the victory, and while l
V the curling smoke of that destroyed
ty on the sky, and while hear the
uzza Of the Israelites and the groan of
le Canaanites, Joshua hears some
ling louder than it all, ringing and
.hoinp through his soul s"rhere shall