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

overcome by worldly philosophy Fall
back ~ Geology plunges its crowbar
into the mountains. and there are a
great many people who say "Scien-
tiiic investigation is g)ing to over
throw the Mosaic account of the crea-
tion. Fall back ~ Friends of the
church have never had any right to
fall back.
JOSHUA IL CIAGRINED.
Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. 1t
is the only time you ever see tile back
Of his head. He falls on his face and
begins to whine, and he says "Oh,
Lord God, wherefore hast thou at ali
brought this people over Jordan to de-
liver rs into the hand Of the Amorites
to destroy us? Would to God we had
been content and dwclt on the other
side of Jordanl For the Canaanites
and all the inhabitants Of the land shall
hear Of 1t, and shall environ us round
and cut off our name from the earth"
L am very glad Joshua said that.
Before 1t seemed as If he were a super
natural being, and therefore could not
be an example to us; but find he is a
man, he is only Il man. Just as some
times you find man under severe op-
position. or in a bad state of physical
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down and slghing about everything
being defeated. am encouraged when
| hear this cry Of Joshua as he lies in
the dust.
GOD comes and rouseS him. How
does he rouse him? BY complimentary
apoStrophe? No. lie SAYS: "Get thee
up Wherefore lirSt thou upon thy
face?" Joshua rises, and warrant you
with mortified look, hut his Old c0ur-
age comes back. The fact was that
was not bis battle. If he had baen in
1T he would have gone on to victory.
lie gathers his troops around hlm and
says, "Now, let us go up and capture
| the city Of Al; let us go up right
away"
They march on. lie puts the MAORI
ty Of the troops behind ledge OF rocks
IN The night, and then he sends com.
paratively small regiments up in front
Of the city. The men Of All como out
with Il shout. The small regiments of
lsraeliteS in Stratagem fall back and
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 his locks flying in the wind as he
points his spear toward the doomed
city, and that is the signal. The men
rush out from behind the rocks and
take the city, and it is put to the torch
and then these IsracliteS in the city
march down, and the dying regiments
OF lSraeliteS return, and between these
two waves Of lsraelitish prowess the
men Of All are destroyed, and the Is
raelites gain the victory. And while
| see the curling smoke Of that de-
StrOyed city on the sky, and while |
hear the huZZa Of the Israelites, and
the grOan Of the Canaanitcs, Joshua
hears something louder than it all,
ringing and echoinG through his soul,
"There shall not any man be able to
stand before thee all the days of thy
life"
on TO TIE CITY OF GIDEON.
But this is no place for the host OF
Joshua to stop. "Forward, march,
cries Joshua to the troops. There is
the city Of Gideon. 1t has put it's elf
under the protection of Joshua. They
sent word, There are five kings after
us; they arc going to destroy us; send
troops quick; send us help right away
Joshua has three days march at more
than double quick. On the morning
Of the third day he is before the enemy
Ihcre are two long lines of battle.
The battle opens with great slaughter,
thing. They say: THAT is Joshua.
That is the man who conquered the
Splng frCshct and knocked down the
stone wall and destroyed the city Of All
There is no use Gghting." And they
sound retreat, and as they begin to
retreat Joshua and his host spring
upon them like 4 panther, pursuing
them oyer the rocks: and as these
GUARANTEES with sprained ankles and
gashed forcheads retreat, the catapults
of the Sky pour Il VOlley of hailstones
into the valley. and all the artillery of
the heavens with bullets of iron pound
the Canaanite5 AZ tinst the lodges Of
Beth-hOrCn.
con-" says Joshua. this Is surely a
victory "But DO you not see the sun
Is going down? Those Amorltes are
going to get away after all, and then
they will come up some other time and
bother us, and perhaps destroy u.s."
See, the sun is going down. on, for a
longer day than has ever been seen in
This climate! What is the matter with
Joshua? Has he fallen in an apODlectic
fit? No. He is in prayer. Look out
when a good man makes the Lord his
ally. Joshua raises his face, radiant
with prayer, and looks at the descend
ing sun over Gideon and at the faint
crescent Of the moon, for you know the
queen of the night sometimes will
lnger around the palaces Of the day.
Pointing one hand at the descending
sun and the other at the faint crescent
OF the moon, in the name Of that God
who shaped the worlds and moves the
worlds, he cries, "Sun, stand thou still
upon Gideon; and thou moon, in the
valley Of Ajalon." They halted
But Joshua was not quite through.
There was time for five funerals be-
fore the sun Of that prolonged day set.
VINO Will preach their funeral sermon? I?
MasSlllon preached the funeral sermon
over Louis XVI. Who will preach the
funeral sermon of those five dead kings
king OF Jerusalem, king of Hebron,
king Of Jarmuth, king Of Lachish,
king Of Eglon? Let it be by Joshua.
What is his textI What shall be the
epitaph put on tho door of the tomb?
"ThcrG shall not any man DO able to
stand before thee all the days Of thy
life"
But before you faSten up the door |
want five more kings bcheadcd and
thrust linking Alcohol, King Fraud,
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