The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31

musical Instruments, and they were TO 60
around the city every day for stx days-once
Q day for six days, and then on the seventh
day they were to go around blowing these
rude musical i1ltfaments seven times, and
then at the cloS Of the seventh blowing Of
the rams hSf< on the seventh day the
peroration Awhole scene was to be Q
shout, at those great walls should
tumble from I pstone to base.
The seven iests with the rude musical In
struments ri al around the city walls on
the first das TsiIee. Not so much al
not so much . loosened rock, not SO much al
. piece OF mortar lost from its place.
There" say the u~nbelieving Israelitea.
"Didn't I tell you so? Why, those ministers
are fools. This idea OF going around the city
witt those musical instruments and expect.
Ing in that way to destroy I'll Joshua has
been spoiled He thinks because he has
overthrown aud destroyedthe spring freshet
he can overthrow the stone wall. Why, It is
not philosophic. Don't you see there Is NO
relation between the blowing OF these must
sal Instruments and the knocking down OF
the wall? 1t isn't philosophy"
And l suppose there were mani wiseacree
Who TOO with their brows Knitted. ana
with the foreflnger Of the right hand to the
forehnger OF the left hand, arguing II all out
and showing 1t was not possible that such q
cause shouid produce such an effect. And 7
suppose that night in the encampment there
was plenty OF philosophy aud earicRture, and
II Joshua had been nominated for any high
military position he would not have got
many votes. Joshua's stock was down.. The
econd day, the priests, blowing the musical
Instruments, go around the city, and a fall.
are. Third day, and a failure; fourth day,
and . failure; NTH day, and . failure, sixth
day, and q failure. The seventh day comes,
the climacteric day. Joshua Is up early IN
the morning and examines the troops, walks
oil around about, looks at the city wall. Tho
nries.s start to make the circuit Of the city.
go all around once, an 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 o great shout. I see the
Israelitish rmystraightening themselves up,
filling their lungs for a vosiferation such as
was never heard before and never heard Of
ter. Joshua feels that the hour has come,
and he cries out TO his host, "Shoutl for the
Lord hath given You the city, AL the peo-
pie begin to cry: Down, JerichoI Down,
Jericho!" And the long line of solid ma
sonry begins to CULVER and to move and to
rock. Stand from underl She falisi Crash
go the walls, the temples, the towers, the
palacesl The air Is blackened with the dust.
The huzza of the victorious Israelites and
the groan OF the conquered Canaanites COM
mingle, 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. 1t must be taken. How
shall II be taken2 A scouting party comes
back and says: sJoshua, we can do that
without you. 1t is going to be a very easy
Job. You just stay here while we go and oap-
ture It." They march with asmall regiment
In front Of that city. The men OF Al look at
them and s.c- one yell, and the IsraeIites
run Ike ~reindserH. Ihe northern troops at
Bull Run did Aot make such rapid tint as
these Israelit$ with the Canaanites after
them. They Aever CUT such a sorry figure
" when they kers on the retreat.
Joshua fall ION his face In chagrin. It
the only timef you ever sec the back Of his
head. He fd&ls on his facs and begins to
whine, and IN says: 10 Lord God, wherefore !
hast Thou at Hall brought this people over
Jordan to oliver us into the hand of the
Amorites to destroy us2 Would to God we
had been cor bnt and dwelt on the other side
Of Jordani -9hr tho C~anaanites and all the
Inhabitants 1.-the land shall hear of 1t and
shall enviro Is round and cut of our name
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