Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-01-08

battles Of God with only half force,
instead of you taking the men Of Al, the men
Al will take YOU Look at tho Church OF
God on the retreat. The Bornesian canni-
balls ate up Munson the missionary. Fall
backv' said great many Christian people;
Fall back o Church of God! BOrneo will
never be taken. Don't you sec the Borne
sian cannibals have eaten up Munson, tho
missionary" Tyndall delivers his lecture
at the University Of Glasgow, and n great
many good people say, Fall back, q Church
of Godi Don't you SEQ that Christian phil
osophy IL going to be overcome by worldly
philosophy? Fall back" Geology plunges
its crowbar into mountains. ard there are
a great many people who say, Scientific
investigation Is gong 10 overthrow the
Mosaic account Of Creation. Fall back!'
Friends Of the Church have never had any
right to fall back.
Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. 1t is
the only time you ever see the back OF his
head. He falls on his face and begins to
whine. and he says, ''Oh, Lord God,
wherefore hast thou at all brought this
people over Jordan to deliver US into tho
hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?
WGuld to God we had been content and
dwelt on the other side of Jordan! For
the Canaanites and all the Inhabitants Of
the land .hall hear of it, and shall environ
US round and cut OF our name from the
earth"
God Dimes and rouses him. How does
he rouse him? BY complimentary apos-
trophe? No. He says: Get thee up
| Wherefore lest thou upon thy face?"
| Joshua rises and l warrant you with
mortified look But his old courage comes
back. The fact was, that was not his bat
| In hoA fo.ssH in ho hQvA
gone on to victory. He gathers his troops
around him and says: Nov let us go up
and capture the city Of Al; let US 60 up
right away"
| They march on. He puts the majority
of the troops behind ledge of rocks in the
night, and then he sends comparatively
| small regiments up in front of the city.
The men Of Al come out with a shout. The
small regiments of Israelites in stratagem
fall back and tall back, aud when all the
men of Al have left the city and are in
pursuit Of the scattered, or seemingly scat
tered, regiments, Joshua stands on rock
Il see his locks flying in the wind Us he
points his spear towards the doomed city,
and that is the signal. The men rush out
from behind the rocks and take the city,
and it 10 put to tho torch, and then these
Israelites in the city march down and the
flying regiments Of Israelites return, and
between these two waves OF 1sraelitish
prowess the men of Al are destroyed, and
the Israelities gain tho victory; and while
/ see the curling smoke Of that destroyed
city on the sky and while hear the huzza
of tho Israelites and the groan of the
Canaanites, Joshua hears something louder
than it all, ringing and echoing through hia
soul. There shall not any man be able Ia
stand before thee all the days Of thy life. "
But this is no place for the host OF
Joshua to stop. Forward, marchH
cries Joshua to the troops. There is the
city of Gideon. 1t has put itself under the
protection OF Joshua. They send the
word, There are five kings after us; they
are going to destroy US; send troops quick
send us help right away" Joshua has q
three days march moro than double quick.
On the morning of the third day he is be-
fore the enemy. There are two long lines
of battle. The battle opens with great
slaughter. but the Canaanites soon dis
cover something. They say, THAT i!
Joshua, that is the man who conquered the
spring freshet and knocked down the stone
: wall and destroyed the city of All. There
!, is no use fighting" And they sound {
retreat and as they begin to retreat
Joshua and his host spring upon them liIS'
a panther. pursuing them over the rocks
and as these Guarantees with sprainet
, ankles and gashed foreheads retreat, thu
, catapults of the sky pour volley OF hal
: stones into the valley, and all the artiller.
of the heavens with bullets Of iron, pount
/ the Canaanites against the lodges OF Beth
! boron.
: ''Ohv' says Joshua, ''this is surely
3 victory. But do you not see the sun /
going down? Those Amorites are goinl
Q to get away after all. and then they viii
, come up some other time and bother Us
D and perhaps destroy U.S." See, the sun
g going down. Oh, for . longer day thai
} has ever been seen In this climate! VIVA
Is the matter with Joshua? Has he falle
l in an apoplectic At? No. He is in prayer
3 Look out when . good man makes the Lor,
. his ally. Joshua raises his face, radian
q with prayer, and looks at the descendin
, sun over Gideon and at the faint crescen
a OF the moon. In the name Of that God VIII
: shaped the worlds and moves the world.
!, he cries: Sun, stand thou still upo
I Gideon; and thou moon, in the valley Q
i Ajalon." They halted. Whether it wa
o by refraction OF the suns rays, or by th
Q stopping Of the whole planetary system,
= do not know, and do not care l leave
to the Chris tian scientists and the infids
" | SClcuttSLS " SCibic luut 4uCoIAOus "uLO
o tell you ! have seen the same Trims
Q "Whatw say you. mot the sun standin
g still?" Yes. The same miracle is pei
formed nowadays. The wicked do not liv
d out half their day, and the sun sets 6
i noon. But let man start out In battl
: for God and the truth. and against sin, IN
;, the day OF his usefulness is prolonged an
J; prolonged and prolonged.
y But Joshua was not quite through
p There was time for Ave funerals before tt
o sun of that prolonged day set. Who wi
t preach their funeral sermon? Massillo
@ preached the funeral sermon over Lou
d XVI. Who will preach the funeral sermc
r of those Ave dead kings-King Of Jerus,
J, lem. King Of Hebron, King Of Jarmutl
KING OF Lachish, King Of Eglon? Let
d be by Joshua. What is his text? Wha
Q shall be the epitaph put on the door Of Il
. tomb? There shall not any man DO OBJ
n to stand before thee all the days Of th