The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-01

metropolis that commands the noun
tain pass. 1t is Jericho. The city was
aftcrward captured by Pompey, and it
was atterward captured by IIerod the
Great, and it was afterWard captured
by the MOhammedanS; but this cam
paign the Lord plans. There shall be
no rwords, no shields, no battering ram.
There shall he only one weapon of war.
and that a rams horn. The horn of
the slain ram was sometimes taken,
and holes were punctured in it, and
then the musician would put the in
s rumcnt to his lips, and lie would run
his finger over this rude musical in
Strument and make great deal of
sweet harmony for the people. That
was the only kind Of weapon. Seven
priests were to take these rude rustic
musical instruments. and they were to
go around the city every day for six
days-once day--and then on the
seventh day they were to go around
blowing these rudc,musical Instruments
seven times, and then at the close of
the seventh blowing Of the rams horns
on the seventh day the peroration of
the whole scene WAS to DO a shout at
which those great walls should tumble
from capStonc to base.
ROUND TIE CITY'S WALLS.
Tn seven priests with the rude musi-
cal instruments pass all round the city
walls on the first day, and failure.
Not SO much as Il piece Of plaster broke
loose from The walls; not SO much as a
lO0Stn"d rock, not SO much as Il piece
OF mortar lost irom its place. "rhrre,"
say the unbrliUving ISra"li!e:;, "didn't
| 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 he has overthrOwn and de-
StrOycd the spring freshet he can over
throw the stone wall. Why. it is not
philoSOphic Don't you see there is no
relation between The blowing Of these
musical instruments and the knocking
down Of the wall? ltisn't philosophy"
And | suppose there were many wise
acres who stood with their br0ws knit
ted and with the f6relinger Of the right
hand to the fOrelinger of the left hand
arguing 1T all out ana showing that it
WAS not possible that such Il cause
coild produce such All effect. And |
suppose that night in the cncampment
there was plenty Of philosophy and
caricature. and if Joshua had been
nominated for any high military posi-
tlon 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 q
failure. Third day, and failure;
fourth day, and failure; fifth day, and
Il failure; sixth day, and failure. The
seventh day comes, the climacteric day,
Joshua Is up early in the morning and
examines the troops, walks al around
about, looks at the city wall. The
priests start to make the circuit OF the
city. TEcy 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. |
sec the lSraelitiSh army strengthening
themselves up, filling their lungs for a
yOciGcration 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 !.
down, Jericho !" And the long line OF
solid masonry begins to CULVER, and to
move, and to rock. Stand from under I.
She falls d! Crash go the walls, the
temples, the towers, the palaces, the
air blacicncd with the dust The
huZza Of the victorious ISraclitcrS and
the grOan of the conquered Canaanitcs
Comminglc, and Joshua standing there
in the debris Of tho wall hears Il voice
saying, "There shall not any man be
able to stand before thee all the days
of thy life"
ONLY RAIIAB'S HOUSE SPARED.
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 thc house of Ra-
hab. Why was her house spared? Be
cause she had been Il great sinner? No,
hut because She rcprnted, demonstrate
ing to all the ages that there is mercy
Tor the chief Of sinners. The red cord
OF divine injunction reaching from her
window to the ground, 80 that when
the people saw that red cord they knew
1t was the divine indication they should
not disturb the premises. making us
think OF the divine COrG Of a SAViOur'S
drliycrance. the red cord Of Il 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 hcfAll you. When our world shall
De more terribly surrounded than was
Jtrlch0, even by the trumpetS Of the
day, and the hills and the
mountains, the metal bones and ribs of
nature shall break, they who have had
Rahab's faith shall have Rahab's de-
liycranCc.
When, ,wrapt in fire, tho realms Of other
glow,
And Heavens last thunder shakes the
earth below;
Thou, nndismaycd, shall DER the ruins
SMILE
And light thy torch at Natures funeral
pie.
But .loShua's troops may not halt
here. The command Is, "Forward,
luart Il - There is the city OF All; it
must be taken. How shall it be taken l.?
a scouting party comes back and says,
"JOohU#, we can do that without you;
1T is going to be a very easy job; you
Just stay here while we go and capture
it." They march with a small regi-
mcnt in front of the city. The men of
al look at them and give one yell, and
the lsraeites run like reindeer. The
northern troops at Bull Run did not
make such rapid time as these Israel
ties with the Canaanites after them.
They never cut such q sorry liuurn aS