The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-12-26

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Crash 90 the walls, the temples, the
towers, the palaces; the air blackened
with the dust. The huzza of the victo-
rious Israelites and the groan Of the
conquered Canaanites commingle. and
Joshua standing there IN the debris of
the wall hears a voice saying: There
shall not any man be able 10 stand be-
fore thee all the days of thy life" Only
one house spared. Who lives there?
Some great king? No Some woman dis
tinguished 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, but because she repented,
demonstrating 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 indication they
should not disturb the premises; max
ing us think Of the divine cord Of a
Saviour's deliverance, the red cord of n
Saviour's kindness. the red cord OF
Saviour's mercy, the red cord 81 our
rescue. Mercy for the chief of anners-
Put your trust in that God, an2oio dam
age shall befall you. When and world
shall be more terribly surro Jrumn,p an
was Jericho, even by the f.ius AM oi
the Judgment day. and the .s.s,,.:S ee
fountains, the metal bones-AM RIBS OF
nature. shall break, they who have had
Rahab's faith shall have Rahabs de-
| liverance.
But Joshuas troops may not halt here.
The command is, Forward, marchl'
There Is the city of All it must be taken.
How shall it be talSen2 A scouting party
comes back and says: Joshua we can
dc ....:. ..i.hcnt Won; II is going to be a
very easy Job; you just stay here while
we 20 and capture it.. They march
with a small regiment in front OF that
citv The men of Al look at them and
give one veil and the Israelites run like
reindeer. The Northern troops at Bull
Rum did not make such rapid time as
.bese Israelites with the Cananites after
! them. They never cut such sorry
fioure as when they were on the retreat.
Any body that goes out in the battles OF
God with only half a force, instead OF
vour taking the men of Al, the men Of Al
will take you. Look at the Church OF
God on the retreat The Bornesian can
nibals ate up Munson, the missionary
Fall backr' said great many Chris
tian people-"Fall back, o Church o
God Borneo will never be taken
Don't YOU see the Bornesian canuibal
have eaten up Munson, the mission
ary?'
Tvndall delivers his lecture at the uni
yersity of Glasgow, and a great man.
good people say, Fall back, o Churcl
of God Don't you see that the Christian
Church Is about TO be overcome b,
worldly philosophy? FAN back" Geol
| ogv plunges It's crowbar into the mount
aims, and there are a great many peopl
, who say, "Scientihc investigation is sc
ing 20 overthrow the Mosaic account Q
, the creation Fall backr Friends q
the Church have never had any right I
; fall back Joshua falls on his face I
, chagrin. II 10 the only time you eve
, see the back of his head. He falls o
! his face and begins TO whine, and h
, saws "Ch, Lord God, wherefore has
thou ut all Drought this people over Jo
, dan 20 deliver rs into thu hands OF III
>. Amorltes, to destroy rs? Would to Go
, we had been content and dwet on n