The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-02

There shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy life"
Only one house spared. Who lives therer
Some great king2 No, Some woman dis.
t'sSnished for great kindly deeds? No. She
had been conspicuous for her crimes. 1t IL
the house OF Rahab. Why was her house
spared? Because she had been a great sim
ner: No, but because she rcpented, demon
strating to all the ages that there is mercy
Tor the chief Of sinners. The red cord of Ill.
vine 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 tho prem
ises. making us think of the divine cord OF n
Saviours deliverancc, the red cord of q
Saviours kindness, the red cord Of
Saviour's mercy, tn" rod cord of our rescue
Mercy for the chief of sinners Put your trust
IN that God, and no damal, re shall bcfall you.
When our world shall be more terribly sur
rounded than was Jericho, even by the trum.
pets OF the Judgment day. and the hills and
the mountains. the metal bones and ribs OF
nature shall break, they who have had Ra-
hnb's faith shall have Rahab's delivcrance
But Joshua troops may not halt here
Inc command is, Forward, march" There
is tho city of Al; it must be taken How
shall 1t be taken scouting party comes
back and saws. Joshua. we can do that
without you; it is going to he n very casy
io" You Just stay here while we 90 and
capture it," They march with n small reg;
ment in front of the city The men of Al
'ook MT them and give one WE'LL and the Is
rnei'tes run like reindeer. The Northern
.r"ops at Bull Run d Il not make such rapid
time a. these lsraelites with the Cnnonnites
after them. They never cut such n sorry
h2ure ns when they were ON the rctrrnt
anybody that goes out in the battles of
Eod with only half force, instead of
your taking the men of Al, the men of A;
viii take you. Look at the church of God
on the retreat. The Borncsian cannibals ate
M Munson, the missionary "FnIl back"
sa'd great many Christian people Fall
back, . church Of God Borneo will ncver be
taken. Don't you see the Bornesian cnnni.
na's nave eaten up Munson, the missiouaryP"
lFnunii delivers his lecture Mt the University
oi glasgow. and n great many good peopio
say rail- back. . church of God! Don't
yon see that Christian philosophy is going
J." y" overcome by worldly philosophy? Fall
pack! Geology piunres it's crowhar into
'he mountains, nnl there are u great many
people who say: "Scicntifc investigation in
gong to overthrow the Mosaic account of
tho creation. Fall buckl" Friends ot the
church have never had any right to tall
back '
Joshua falls on his face in charriu. Itis
IN" only time you ever see the back of his
hrlu. he falls on his face and begins to
wh'rc, and he saws: "Oh, Lord God. where
fore hast thou at all brought this peopje
over JORDAN To deliver us into the hand Of
the Amorites to destroy us? Would to God
We had been content and dwclt on the
other sida OF Jordan. For the Canaantes
anu al tho inhabitants of the land shalt
hear OF II, and shall environ uS round and
cut oil our name from the earth"
God comes and rouscs him. How does he
rouse him? by complimentary apostrophe?
No. lie says: Get thee up. Wherefore lest
thou upon thy face? Joshua rises and |
warrnm" yU; with u mortified look, but his
old courage comes back. Tho fact was that
was not his battle. If no had been in il no
w1nl have gone on to victory. He gathers
mis- troops around him and says. Now, let
nS go up and capture thu city OF All; let us
Gou right away"
They march on. lie puts the majority Of
the troops behind IL ledge OF rocks i'm the
mght, and then hc sends comparatively
small regiments up in front of the CITY Tn.
mon of Al come cnt with n shout, The
small regiments Of Isrnelitcs in stratayem
iaii back md fall back, and when all the men
OF Al have left the city and are in pursuit OF
these scattered, or seemingly scattered
regiments Joshua stands on a rock-I see
hls locks flying in thc wind as he points
1'is speaG towards the doomed city. and that
~ N Va slg4aI The mcn rush out from be-
ments of lsraeltcs return, and hei Wea fh6s ~ ~
tT1 S maSes o, isrneiitish prowess the men Of
ni .re "estfoycu, and tho israelites cain the
VictorE. And while l see the cur,inG sn,oLa
p' that destroyed city on the sky, and whiie
! near tho huzza of the Israelites. and the
sroan OF the Cananntes, Joshua hears
something louder than it all, ringing md
frioinG through his soul. "There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee nj, tho
days of thy life" ' '"'
But this is no place for the host of Joshua
SO stop. Forward, mnrchr' cries Joshua
:ro fhc troops There is the city of Gibeon
~ mas put itself under the protection OF
Joshua. They sent word, There nre Ave-
IahGs after rs; they are going to DESTROY us:
s"nh troops quick; send us help right away"
'oShu;i hns three days march at mora
tnan double quick. On tho morning of the
p h'rd day he is before the enemy. There nrs
'wo long lines of battle The battle opens
WIN Eieat slaughter, but the Cenaantes
soon uiscoVcr something. They say: '"Tbat
- Joshua. That is the man who CONQUERED
the spring ircshet and knocked down the
stone wall and destroyed tho city of Al
There is no Use fghting" And they sonnd
rstreat' ana as thts h's:in to retrent oshua
ana his host spring upon them like n
panther pursuing them over the rocks and
as these 'ananntes with sprained ankles
ana gashed foreheads retreat, the catan,,ts
ol the sky pour voliey Of balstones into the
nH',ey and all the artillery of the heavens
noo;rst outeoH tho o, IRON pound the Canaanites
'Oh!' anys .iosi.ua, "this is sureIv . ;
t,orE. But do you not see the sun is gong
uo"n! Those Amoritcs are going TO GET
away after an, ani then they will come nm
some other time and bother US and nerhonna
destroy u.s. See, the suu il going down
'h, Tor longer day than has ever h,en scnn
ii' THIS climate! What is tho mattor Nth
,,oS"uh' tias he taIlen in an nDopIcctir fitp |
no. lie liz in prayer. Look ont when - GOOD
Inan man makes the Lord his ally Joshua
''Ises 1 nus '"cc' radiant with prayer, and
"okS at the descending sun over Giieon md
ih the iaint crescent of the moon Tor Won
!now the queen Of the night sometimes will
niger around the palaces of the day. Point.
nE one hand ut the descending SUI ana the
,ther mt the faint crescent of the moon in
ne name OF that God who sLaned th.
y.9rriHGs .rHi and. and moves the worlds, he cries.
lalted VI AJ'ioh. They
,ws Wnesher er it was by refraction of tho srn,s
orv oy the stopping OF the who,s 1Im ,Ia,
ra system do not know and do no.
% ,S th I leave it to the Christian sci"ntit HU mo-.
on on 'n9 inhdei scientists to settle that
@ i'm. "niie mw tel you have seen the samo
afnulng an still?' Yes. The same n,,r,,, vmv sun g
- formed 'I nowadays. The wicked dn es ~ =
o, ""o naf their day, and the SIM sots "ot -
J". ,5 snt lot n man start out in i',ttIs at h
~ ana truth and against sin, and the dov h
d prolonged "seo ana prolonged OF
'uo it is time for Joshua t, MN -, II