Milford chronicle., 1895-05-31
shall not amy ma a be able to stand before
thee all the days Of thy life

Is a city. 1t Is city Of arbors q city viii
walls seeming to reach TO the heavens,
butuoss the very sky. 1t is the great IN,
tropOlis TINT commands the mountai
pass. 1t is Jericho. That city was afte
ward captured by Pompey, and it was at
erward captured by Herod the Great, an
1t was afterward captured by the MOhan
medans, but this campaign the Lord plans
There shall be no swords, no shields, n
battcring ram. There shall be only on
weapon OF war, and that n rams horn
The horn Of the slain ram was sometime
taken, and holes were punctured in it, an
then the musician would put the instru
ment to his lips and he would run his fin
/ gers over this rude musical instrumen
! and make a great deal Of sweet harmon,
! for the people That was the only kind o
weapon. Seven priests were to take thes
! rude rustic musical Instruments and the
were TO 60 around the city every day fo
six days-once II day for six days, and thei
ON tho seventh day they were to 90 arount
blowing these rude musical instruments
seven times, and then at the close Of the
seventh blowing Of tho ram S horns on thu
seventh day tho pororation of the whole
scene was TO be a shout, at which those
great wallis should tumble from capstonc
to base
The seven priests with the rude musical
Instruments PASS all around the city walls
on the first day, and a failure. Not So
much as piece Of plaster broke loose from
the wall-not SO much as q loosencd rock,
not SO much as piece of mortar lost from
its place "Thorc " say the unbelieving Is
raelitos, didn't 1 tell you so? Why, those
ministers are fools. The idea of going
around the city with those musical instru-
ments and expecting in that way to de-
stroy It'll Joshua has been spoiled; he
thinks because he has ovcrthrown and de-
stroycd the 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 the~e musical instruments
and the knocking down of the wall. 1t
isn't philosophy" And 1 suppose there
were many wiseacres who stood with their
brows knitted, and with the forchnger Of
the right hand TO the forefnger of tho left
hand, arguing it all out, and showing it
was not possible that such q cause should
produce such an effect. And suppose that
night in the cncampment there was plenty
Of philosophy and earicature, and if Joshua
had been nominated 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 instru-
ments go around the city, and a failure
Third day, ard failure; fourth day, and |
a failure; fifth day, and failure; sixth |
day, and Il 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
If the city. They go all around once, all
lrnund twice, three times, four times, five
lines, six times, seven times and failure,
Tic Falling Walls.
There is OILY one more thing 30 10, and
hat is to utter great shout. 1 see the
sraelitish army Strengthening themselves
Up, filing their lungs for a vociferation
UGH as was never heard before and never
eard after. Joshua feels that the hour has
ONE, and he cries ont to his host, "Shout,
Or the Lord hath given you the cityw All
he people begin to cry, down, Jericho,
own, Jericho!" and the long line of solid
Masonry begins to CULVER and to move and
D rock. Stand from under. She falls.
rash so tho walls, the temples, the tow
rs, tho palaces; the air is blackened with
ne dust The huzza of the victorious Is
lelites and tho grOan of the conquered
commingle, and Joshua stand
lg there in the debris of the wall hears a
Dice saying "There shall not any man be ,
Die to stand before thee all the days of I
" life I
But joshua troops may not halt here. {
he command is forward, marchr' q
here is the city Of Al; it must be taken (
ow shall it be taken? A scouting party a
mes back and says, ''.Joshua, we can do t
at without you; it is going to be very 4
sy job; you just stay here while we 60
ID capture it" They march with a small
giment in front of that city. The mon Of
look at them and give one yell, and the :,
raelites run like reindeers. The northern !
oops at Bull Run did not make such rap +.
time rs these Israelites with the Ca =
antics after them. They never cut such .
sorry figure as when they were on the re- :
'at Anybody that goes out in the bat =
S of God with only half force, instead :,
your taking the men Of All, the men of =,
will take you. Lock at the church of :.
d on the retreat. The Bornesian canni- "
Is ate up Nunson the missionary. Fall =
ok, said great many Christian people. 8,
all back, oh, Church Of God BOrneO =
Il never be taken. Don't you see the =. -
rnesiun cannibals have eaten up Man -
the missionary" Tyndall delivers his "
ture at the University Of Glasgow, and y"
roat many good people say; FAN back,
Church Of God Don't you see that
ristian philosophy is going to be over NJ
nc by worldly philosophy? Fall backr' VI
)logy plunges its crowbar into the W.
untains, and there are great many on
pie who say: Scientific investigation ~
,oing to overthrow the Mosaic account te
the creation. Fall backr' Friends Of IN
have never any right to fall back. ,o'
Joshua In the Dust. ~
oshua falls on his face in chagrin. 1t is -,
only time you over see tho back Of his ~
d. He falls on his face and begins to III
ne, and he says: 20 Lord God, where
has thou at all brought this people owe
r Jordan to deliver us into the hand of all
AmOFites, to destroy us? Would to pro
we had been content and dwelt on has
other side of Jordan For the Canaan wol
and all the inhabitants Of the land tur
i hear Of it and shall environ us round viii
cut of cur name from the earth. - vii
am very glad Joshua said that. Before the
emotl as if he were n supernatural be- we
and therefore could not be an exam can
10 US, but find he is a man, he is on to Il
man. Just as sometimes you find a at {
under severe opposition, or in bad Graz
) Of physical health, or worn out with by
work, lying down and signing about the
ything being defeated. l am encour- Jos
when hear this cry of Joshua as he the,
N the dust. the,
d comes and rouses him. How does d
ousc him? BY complimentary apos- Har
leg No. He says: "Get thco up. is q
'eforo lest thou upon thy facci' Josh sire
SEES, and, I warrant you, with morti- the
ook. But bis old courage comes back. heir
iact was that was not his battle. If Of .
ID been in it he would have gone ON the
tory He gathers his troops around Foll
and says, "Now lot us go up and cap whe
the city Of All; let US go up right we 5
and
ey march on. He puts the majority I i'm
&c troops behind a ledge Of rocks in sun
light, and then he sends u compare the
small battalion up in front Of the vail,
The men Of All come out with a
. This battalion in stTatagem fall -
and fail back, and when all the men
have left the city and are in pursuit
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