Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-01-02

amines the troops, walks all around about,
| looks at the city wall. The priests start TO
make the circuit Of the city. They go all
around onse all around twice, three tiles,
| four times, five times, SIX times, seven limes,
| and failure.
There is only one more thing to do, ana
! that is to utter great shout. l sec ths
Israelitsh army Strengthening themselves
IN filling their lungs for a vociteration such
as WAS never heard before and never heard
after. Joshua feels that the hour has come,
and he cries TO his host, shout Tor the Loru
hath given you the cityw All the people
begin to cry. Down. JerIchol down. Jeri-
chor' And the long line OF solid masonry
begins TO culver. and TO move, and TO rock. |
stand from uuderl She falls! Crash go |
the walls, the temples, the towers, the pal !,
aces, the air blackened with the dustI Inc
huZza of the victorious lsraelites and the
eroan Of the conquered Canaanites com
| min yle, and Joshua staining there III the
debris Of the wall hears n voice saying, !
''rhcre shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days Of thy life.
Only one house spared. Who lives there? |
| Some great king? No. Some woman dis |
tisyuished Tor great kindly deeds1 No. She |
had been conspicuous for her crimes. u Is
| the house OF Rahab. Why was her house
spared? Because she had been a great sim
| ner? No. but because she repented. demon
stratng to all the ages that there is mercy
| for the chief OF sinners. The red cord OF uF
| vine in,nuctlcn reaching from her window to
| the ground, 80 that when the people ha"
| that red cord they knew it was the divine
| indication they should not disturb the prem
ises. making us think OF the divine cord ol
| Sayiour's deliverance, the red cord OF
| Sayiours kindness the red cord OF
| Sayiours mercy the red cord Of our rescue.
Mercy for the chief OF sinners. Put your trust
in that God, and no damage shall bclall you.
| When our world shall be more terribly sur
rounded than was Jericho, even by the trum
pets oil the Judgment day, and the mis- ana
| the mountains, the metal bones al Tio OF
nature shall break. they who have had ka-
hab's faith shall have Rahabs deliverance.
But Joshuas troops may not halt mere
The command is. Forward, march, lhere
is the city OF Al; it must be taken. HOW
shall it he taken scouting party comes
hack nud saw "Jt luu, We can do tHat
without you; 10 Is going to bo very easy
ion; you Just stay here while We 60 and
capture it." They march with n small regl-
ment In front Of the city. The men OF Al
look at them and give one yell. and the Is
raPtps run like reindeer. The Northern
troops at Bull Run not make such rapid
time as these lsraelitcs with the Cnnaanlte'
alter them They never cut such sorry
figure as when they were on the retreat.
Anybody that goes out IN the battles ol
God with only half "a tore" instead OF
your taking the men Of Al, the men OF Al
will take you. Look at the chnr'h OF God
on the retreat. The Bornesan cannlbnls ate
up Muuson. the missionary. "Fal back!
rad q great many Christian people. Fall
back 0 church Of Godl Burneo will never hs
taken. Don't YOU see the Bornesian cUnn.
, balls have eatenu up Munson, the missionary
! Tvndali delivers ha lecture Mt the University
OF Glasgow, and great many good people
= say. Fall back. q church Of Godl Don't
|, YOU see that Christian PHILOSOPHY s gong
TO be- overcome by worldly philosophy Fan
back" Geology punges its crowbar into
, the mountains, and there are great n'nv
people vino ssv: Scientific investiga ion ir
Y going to overthrow the Mosaic account "'
r the creation. Fall back" Friends ol the
church have never had any right 10 laIi
\ back.
g Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. 1t is
the oulv time you ever the back OF his
Il head He falls on his face and begins 10
t whine, and he SAYS "Oh, Lord God, where
d fore hast thou at all brought this people
u over Jordan to deliver us into the hand OF
It the Amortes to destroy us? Would to God
10 W. had been content and dwelt on the
10 other side OF Jordan. For the Canaanltes
70 and all the inhabitants Of the land shall
d heir OF it, and shall environ us round and
(. cut OF our name from the earth.
j. God comes and rouses him. How does he
p rouse himP BY complimentary Hpostrophe1
o,
Is thou upon thy tace?" Joshua rises, and
10 warrant you with mortified look, but his
" old courage comes back. The fact was that
tc was not his battle. Ii he had been in 1t he
y would have gone on to victory. de gathers
e. his troops around him and says, Now, lei
es us go up and capture the city OF AL 'e0 US
no 20 up right away.
They march on. He puts the majority o
N the troops behind a ledge of rocks IN tn
- night. and then he sends comparatively
10 small regiments up in front OF the city ~ IN
rs men of Al come out with q shout. In
lg small regiments OF lSraeltes in strataGeI
n. fall back and fall back, and when all the me
Va Of Al have left the city and are in pursuit c
Mt these scattered. or seemingly scattere
a regiments. Joshua stands on o rock-l sc
at his locks flying in the wind ns be point
I'd his spear towards the doomed city, and tha
il is the signal. The men rush out from b
us hind the rocks and take the city, and u
us nut to the torch. and then these lsraeht'
is in the city march down. and the flying reg
re- ments OF Israelites return, and between the'
10 two waves of lsraehtish prowess the men
me All are destroyed and the lsraehtes ent" u
ne vctor; And while see tho curling snoi
let oil thnt destroyed city on the sky, ana whi
ne / hear tho huEza oi the lsraelltes, ana u
pruan of the Cnnaantes, Joshua hea
,p. something louder than it all, ringing nr
III, echoing through his soul. ''There shall nj
nS any man be able to stand before thee all Il
we days Of thy lite
itn But this is no place for the host OF Joshu
to TO stop. Forward. march" cries Joshu
ne. tn the troops. There is the city of Gibeol
SIS. 1t has put itself under the protection
an Joshua They sent word, "There are fl
ard kinrs after us; they are going to destroy
vas send troops quick send US help right away
ms: Joshua has II three days march Mt mo
ere thnn double quick. On the morning OF u
ing third day he is before tho enemy. There u
= r InNt Ia I'm
of with great slaughter, but the Canaant
md soon discover something They say IN
the is Joshua. That is the man who conquer
his the sDring freshet aud knocked down I
this stone wall and destroyed the city OF
eat There is no use fighting" And they sonl
nat a retreat, and as they begin to retreat Josh
ests aud his host spring upon them ike
in psutber. pursuing them over the rocks; n
the as these Canaanites with sprained ank
for and pashed foreheads retreat the catapu
hey of the sky pour voley of haistones into
ical valley. and all the artillery OF the heavr
the with bullets OF iron pound the oanaan''
ms against the lodges OF Beth horon.
/ of "Ohl' saws Joshua, this is surely '
lich tory" "But do you not see the sun IL gol
zap. down? Those Amoritcs are going TO
away after all, and then they will come
ical some other time and bother u.s. and perht
S on destroy u.s." See, the sun ia going dow
h as Oh. for a onSar DAY than has ever been 81
all; ia this climatel what IL tine matter
Ich Joshua? Has he fallen in an apopectic
ace. No. Ho is in prayer. Look out when &C
ties, man makes the Lord his aNy' Jost
ters raises his face, radiant win prayer
city looks at the descending sun over uiueoh
,ect- at the faint crescent of the moon. Tor J
has know the queen OF the night sometimes
yer. lnger around the palaces Of the day Poi
shet ing one hand at the descending sun and
vail. other at the faint crescent OF the moon
,out the name Of that God VINO shapen
Ltion worlds and moves the worlds, he u