The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-07-20

shall not any man be able to stand be-
fore thee ali the days Of thy life
But this Is 10 place for the host to
stop. Joshua gives the command:
Forward, march, In the distance
there is long grove of trees, and at
the end OF the grove Is = city. It Is a
city of srbors, city with walls seem
Ing to reach to the heavens. to buttress
the very sky. 1t is the great metrop-
oils that commands the mountain pass.
It is Jericho. That city was afterward
captured by Ponpey, and 1t was af-
terwnrd captured by Herod the Great,
and ii was aftefward captured by
| the Mohammedans; but this CAM
paign the Lord plans. There
shall be no swords, no shields, no bat
tering ram. There shall be only one
weapon of war, and that q rams horn.
The horn of the slain ram was some
| times taken and holes we're punctured
in it, and then the musician would put
the instrument to his lips, and he
would run his fingers over this rude
musical instrument, and make a great
deal of sweet harmony for the
|
of weapon. Seven priests were
to take these rude, rustic musical
instruments, and they were to go
around the city every day for six days
once a day for six days, and then on
the seventh day they were to go
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 to
be shout at which those great walls
should tumble from capstone to base.
The seven priests with the rude mu-
steal instruments pass all around the
city walls on the first day, and a fail
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
its, didn't 1 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
forefinger of the right hand to the fore
finger of the left hand, arguing 1t all
out, and showing it was not possible
that such a cause should produce such
an effect. And l 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 q failure. Third day, and q
failure; fourth day, and failure;
fifth day, and a failure; sixth day,
and a. 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.
/ and that is to utter great shout.
see the Tsraelitish army Strengthening
themselves up. filling their lungs for a
vociferation 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;
for the Lord hath given You
the ethyl" All the people begin
to cry. Down, Jericho; down,
Jericho!" and the long line of solid
masonry begins to culver and move
and rock. Stand from under. She
falls. Crashl go the walls, the tenn
pies, the towers, the palaces; the air
Is blackened with the dust. The
huzza of the victorious Israelites and
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ties commingle, and Joshua, standing
there in the debris of the wall, hears a
voice saying: There shall not any
man be able to stand before thee all
the days of thy life"
But Joshua's troops may not halt
here. The command is: Forward,
march, There is the city of Al, it
must be taken. How shall it be talk
en-. A scouting party comes back and
says: Joshua, we can do that with
out you; it is going to be very easy
| job; you must stay here while we go
and capture it. They march with a
small regiment in front Of that city.
| The men of All look at them and give
one yell, and the Israelites run like
reindeers. The northern troops at
Bull Run did not make such rapid
time as these Israelites with the
Canaanites after them. They never
cut such a sorry figure as when they
were on the retreat Anybody that
| goes out in the battles of God with on
| ly half force, instead of your taking
the men of All, the men of All will take
you. Look at the church of God on
| the retreat. The Bornesian cannibals
ate up Munson, the missionary. Fall
backl' said a great many Chris
tan people Fall back, oh church
of God! Borneo will never be taken.
Don't you see the Bornesian can
nibals have eaten up Munson. the mis-