Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-01-10

go around the city. and q failure. Third day.
and a failure, fourth day, and a failure; fifth
day, and a failure. sixth day. and a failure.
The seventh day comes, the climacceric day
Joshua is up early in the morning and ex
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 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 a great shout. | see the
Israelitlsh army Strengthening themselves
up. filing their lungs for a vociferation sucn
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 tn cry. Down, jericho down, Jeri-
che" And the long line Of solid masonry
ferTfs to culver. and to move, and to rock.
stand from under, She falls. Crash go
the walls, the temples, the towers, the pal
aces. the air blackened with the dust. The
huzza of the victorious lsraelites ana the
groan Of the conquered Canaanites com
minyle. and Joshua standing there in the
debris Of the wall hears a voice saying,
There shall not any man DO able to stand
before thee all the days Of thy life"
Only one house spared. Who lives there,
Some great king1 No. Some woman dis
tisruished for great Kindly deeds? No. She
had been conspicuous for her crimes. 1t Is
the house Of Rahah Why was her house
spared Because she had been a great sim
ner| No. bat because she repented, demon-
strating to AL the ages that there Is mercy
for the chief OF sinners. The red cord OF dl-
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 the prem
icac m lin N = thin of the IL VtHP cord oil a
SavIour's deli %verance. the red cora OF =
Saviour kindness. the red cord OF q
Saviour mercy. tn" red cord OF our rescue.
Mercy for the chief Of sinners. Put your trust
in that God and 10 damage shall bNiaIi you
When our world shall be NOR" terribly sur.
rounded than was jericho. even - the trum-
pets OF the judgment day. and the hills and
the mountains. the metal bones aud RIOS or
nature shall break. they who have had ia
hab's faith shall have Rahabs verance.
But Joshua,s troops may not malt here.
The command is. Forward, march, There
is the city Of Al. it must be taken. How
shall it be taken A scouting party comes
hack and says. Joshua. We can do that
without you; it is going to be Il very easy
lob, .you just stay here while we 90 and
capture it, They march with a small regi-
ment IN trout of the city. The Inen 4of Al
look at them and give one yell. and the Is
raeiites run like reindeer The Northern
'op rO LII ItII M u i'm NUtH III
time as these Israclites with the Canad mites
alter them. They never cut such q sorry
figure as when they were on the retreat.
Anybody that goes ont in the battles of
God with only half a force, instead of
Your taking the men Of Al, the men Of All
viii take you. Look at the church Of God
on the retreat. The Bornesian cannibals ate
mp Munson, tho missionary. Fail bark!'
SAID a great many Christian people. Fall
back. o church of Col Borneo will never be
taken. Don't you see the Bornesian canni-
balls have eatenup Munson, the missionary"
Tvndall delivers his lecture ut the University
Of Glasgow, and a great many good PEOPLE
say. Fall back. . church of God Don't
you see that Christian philosophy is going
to be overcome by worldly philosophy Fall
back Geology plunges its crowbar into
the mountains. and there are d great many
people who say: scientific Investigation Is
going to overthrow the Mosaic account OF
the creation. Fall back" Friends OF the
church have never had any right to tall
back.
Joshua falls on his face in chagriu. 1t is
the only time YOU ever see the back OF his
head. He falls on his face and begins TO
whine, and he sa Us: 'Oh, Lord God, where
fore hast thou at all brought this people
over Jordan to deliver us into the hand of
the Amorites to destroy rs? Would to God
we had been content and dwelt on the
OtneF Siut ol JOTuaD. TOT the tdnddi1itPS
and all the inhabitants of the land shall
hear of it, and shall environ us round and
cut off our name from the earth
God comes and rouses him. How does lie
rouse him By complimentary apostrophe'
No He says: Get thee up. Wherefore lest
sthou upon thy face" Joshua rises, and |
warrant you with IL mortified look, but his
old courage comes back. The fact was that
was not his bottle. If he had been init he
woull have gone on to victory. He gathers
his troops around him and says. Now, let
NJ 20 up and capture the city Of Al; let us
20 up right away
They marcl, on. He puts the majority Of
the troops behind n ledge of rocks III the
night, and then he sends comparatively
small regiments up irAront of the city The
men af Al come out with a shout The
small regiments Of Israelites in stratagem
tail back and fall back, and when all the men
oj Al have left the city and are in pursuit ri
these scattered. or seemingly scattered
regiments, Joshua stands on<a rock-I soc
his locks flying III Che wind as he points
lis spear towards the doomed city. and that
IL tile signal. The men rush out from be-
hind tho rocks and take the city, and it is
put to the torch, and then these Israeiites
IN the city march down, and the flying reg
m"ntS Of lsrlelltes return. and between these
TWO waves Of lsraehtish prowess the men of
81 are destroyed, and the Israelites gain the
victory Aud while | see the curling smoke
ot that destroyed city on the sky. and while
| hear the huzza OF he Israelites. and the