The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-27
Joshua, THE KING OF SOLDIERS
TaINAGE breaches TO NEW
YOREx's 18TH REGIMENT.

asIhREG
10 stand Before Thee All the Days
of Thy Life"
Prooklvn y. y, May 26.-In the hm-
hurry Memorial church a large audience
assembled this evening TO listen 10 the
annual sermon Of Chaplain T. Dewitt Tai
mage. of the Thirteen Regiment y q. >.
Ny The members Of the regiment oceu-
MED the body Of the church. DR.. Tai
mare chose for his subject. THE Great
est soldier Of All Time" the text being
Joshua Is: There shall not any man be
able TO stand before thee all the days OF
thy life"
The gallant Thirteenth" as this regi- I
nent is generally and appropriately called +
has gathered tonight for the worship OF /
God. and to hear the annual sermon. And /
first I look with hearty salutation into /
the faces of the veterans who, though /
now not in active service, have the same /
patriotic and military enthusiasm which /
characterized them, when, in 1868, they
bade farewell TO home and loved ones
and started for the field. and risked all
they held dear on earth for the re-estao-
lishment OF the falling United States gov
eminent IAN that a man hath viii he
give for his life" and you showed your
selves willing to give your lives. We hail
you! We thank you, We bless you, the
veterans Of the Thirteenth. Nothing can
ever rob you OF the honor of having been
soldiers in one OF the most tremendous
wars of all history, a war with Grant,
and Sherman. and Hancock. and Sheridan,
and Farragut on one side, and Lee, and
Stonewau jackson. and Longstreet, and
Johnston on the other. AS in Greek as
semblages, when speakers would rouse
the audience they shouted: Marathon
so if 1 wanted to stir you to acclama-
ton, would only need 10 speak the words,
Lookout Mountain" charlottesville"
Gettysburg" And though through the
passage of years you are forever free
from duty Of enlistment. if European ma,
lions should too easily and too quickly
forget the Monroe doctrine and set agrees
sive foot upon this continent, think your
ankles would be supple again. and your
arms would grow strong again. and your
eye would be keen enough to follow the
stars of the old flag wherever they might
lead.
And next. I greet the colonel and his
STAFF, and all the officers and men of this
regiment. 1t has been an eventful year in
your history. II never before, Brooklyn
appreciates something of the value of its
armories. and the Importance of the men
who there drill for the defense and safety
Of the city. The blessing of God be upon
all of you, my comrades of the Thirteenth
Regiment. And looking about for sub
g..s .rI
ing for you, and our veterans here assem-
bled, and the citizens gathered tonight
with their good wishes, / have concluded
10 hold up before you the greatest sol
der of all time-Joshua, the hero of my
text.
He was a magnificent fighter but he al
ways fought on the right side, and he new
er fought unless God told him to fight. III
my text he gets his military equipment
and one would think it must have beer
plumed helmet for the brow, greaves OF
brass for the feet, habergeon for the
breast. There shall not any man be abl5
TO stand before thee all the days OF thy
life" oh" you say anybody coulc
have courage with such a backing up a:
that" Why, my friends, have to tel
you that the God of the universe and thu
Chieftain of eternity promises to do jus
as much for us as for him. All the re
sources of eternity are pledged in our be
half, If we go out in the service of God
and no more than that was offered L
Jushua. God fulfilled this promise of m
text. although Jushua's first battle wa
with the spring freshet; and the next wit
a stone wall; and the next, leading on
regiment of whipped towards; and tn
next battle, against darkness, wheelin
the sun and the moon into his battalion
and the last against the King of Tel
rors. Death-five great victories.
For the most part, when the general {
eta in he
like to have a small battle in order that
may get his courage up and he may rail-
his troops and get them drilled for create
conflicts; but this first undertaking
Joshua was greater than the leVeliing
Fort Pulaski, or the laundering down
Gibraltar, or the overthrow of the Ba
tile 1t was the crossing of the Jordan
the time of the spring freshet The snow
of Mount Lebanon had just been meltir
and they poured down into the valley al
the whole valley was a raging torrent
the Canaanites stand on one bank al
thew look across and see Jushua and Il
Israelites, and they laugh and say All
aha they cannot disturb us until L
freshets fall; it is impossible for them
reach us" But after a while they To-
across the water and they see NOV
ment in the army of Joshua. They sa
whats the matter now? Why the
must be a panic among these troops, a
they are going to fly, or perhaps tn
are going to try 10 march across I
river Jordan. Joshua is lunatic." i
Joshua, the chieftain of the text, loo
at his army and cries; Forward, marcl
and they start for the bank of the Jordi
One mile ahead go two priests carry
a glittering box four feet long and I
feet wide. 1t is the Ark of the Covena
And they come down, and no sooner
they lust touch the rim of the water W
their feet than by an Almighty fiat,Jorc
parts. The army of Joshua marches ri
on without getting their feet wet. over
bottom of the river, path of chalk Z
broken shells and pebbles, until they
TO the other bank. Then they lay hold
the oleanders and tamarisks and willC
and pull themselves up bank thirty
forty feet high, and having gained
other bank, they clap their shields
their cymbals. and sing the praises of
God of Joshua. But no sooner have I
reached the bank than the waters be
TO dash and roar. and with terrific r
they break loose from their strange
chorage Out yonder they have stop
thirty miles up yonder they halted
this side the waters roll off toward
salt sea- But as the hand of the Lord
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