The Canton times., 1895-06-07

to take these rude, rustic mIsica
instruments, and they were to r.
around the city every day for six day
once day for six days, and then OF
the seventh day they were to gt
around blowing these rude musical in
struments seven times, and then at the
close of the seventh blowing of the
rams horns on the seventh day the
peroration of the whole scene was tc
be shout at which those great walls
should tumble from capstone to base.
The seven priests with the rude mu-
sical Instruments pass all around the
ure Not so much as piece of plaster
broke loose from the wall-not SO
much as loosened rock, not so much
as piece of mortar lost from its place.
There" say the unbelieving Israel
it's, didn't I tell you so? Why,
those ministers are fools. The
idea Of going around the city
with those musical Instruments
and expecting in that way to
destroy it! Joshua has been spoiled;
he thinks because he has overthrown
and destroyed the spring freshet. he
can overthrow the stone wall. Why,
it is not philosophic. Don't you see
there is no relation between the blow
ing of these musical instruments and
the knocking down of the wall. 1t
isn't philosophy" And suppose
there were many wiseacres who stood
with their brows knitted, and with the
forefnger of the right hand to the fore
finger of the left hand, arguing it all
out, and showing it was not possible
that such cause should produce such
an effect. And / suppose that night
in the encampment there was plenty
of philosophy and caricature, and if
Joshua had been nominate for any
high military position, he would not
have got many votes. Joshua's
stock was down. The second
day, the priests blowing the
musical instruments go around the
city, and failure. Third day, and
failure; fourth day. and failure;
fifth day. and failure; sixth day,
and failure. The seventh day comes,
the climacteric day. Joshua is up
early in the morning and examines
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.
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see the Israelitish army Strengthening
up filling their lungs for
such as was never heard
before and never heard after. Joshua
feels that the hour has come, and he
cries out to his host: ''Shout;
Tor the Lord hath given you
5he city" All the people begin
20 cry, ''Down, Jericho; down,
and the long line of solid
Masonry begins to quiver and move
md rock. Stand from under. She
alls. Crash! go the walls, the tenn
lies, the towers, the palaces; the air
s blackened with the dust. The
luzza of the victorious Israelites and
he groan of the conquered Canaan
tes commingle, and Joshua, standing
here in the debris of the wall, hears a
'oice saying: There shall not any
nan be able to stand before thee all
he days of thy life"
But Joshua's troops may not halt
lere. The command is: forward,
narch!" There is the city of All, it
must be taken. How shall it be TAX
n. A scouting party comes back and
avs: Joshua, we can do that with
ut you; it is going to be very easy
OBJ; you must stay here while we go
nd capture it. They march with a
mall regiment in front of that city.
he men of All look at them and give
ne yell, and the Israelites run like
eindeers. The northern troops at
'ull Run did not make such rapid
ime as these Israelites with the
anaanites after them. They never
ut such sorry figure as when they
'ere on the retreat Anybody that
oes out in the battles Of God with on
' half force, instead of your taking
he men Of All, the men of All will take !,
ou. Look at the church of God on
he retreat. The Bornesian cannibals
te up Munson, the missionary. Fall !
ackw said a great many Chris
AN people-"Fall back, oh church |,
God! Borneo will never be taken.
ont you see the Bornesian can
ibals have eaten up Munson, the mis-
onaryP" Tyndall delivers mis- lecture
the University of Glasgow, and a
reat many good people say: Fall !,
ack, oh, church of God! Don't you :.
,e that Christian philosophy is going !
} be overcome by worldly philosophy J,
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