Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-30


But this is no place for the host TO stop.
Joshua gives the COMMAND, Forward,
march, In the distance there is a long
grove OF trees, and at the end Of the grove
Is city. 1t Is n city OF arbors q cry with
walls seeming 20 reach TO the heavens, to
buttress the very sky. It ishhe great me-
tropolis that commands the mountain
pass. It is Jericho. That city was after
ward captured by Pompey, and it was aft
erward captured by Herod the Great, and
1t was afterwaHi captured by the Moham-
medans, but this campaign tho Lord plans.
There shall be no swords, no shields, no
battering ram. There shall be only one
weapon Of war, and that a rams horn.
The horn of the slain ram was sometimes
taken, and holes were punctured in it, and
then the musician would put the instru-
ment to his lips, and he would run his fin
gers over this rude musical instrument
and make a great deal Of sweet harmony
for the people. That was the only kind 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 day for six days, and then
on the seventh day they were to go around
blowing these rude musical Instruments
seven times, and then ut 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 musical
instruments pass all around the city walls
on the first day, and failure. Not so
much as a piece Of plaster broke loose from
the wall-not so much as q loosened rock,
not so much as piece of mortar lost from
its place. "There, " say the unbelieving Is
raelites, "didn't I tell you soP 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! Joshua has been spoiled; he
| thinks because he has overthrown and de-
stroyed 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 these 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 forefnger of
the right hand to the forefnger 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 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 failure.
Third day, and failure; fourth day, and
a failure; fifth day, and a failure; sixth
day, and failure The seventh day comes,
the clinacteric 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 failure.
The Falling Walls.
There is only one more thing to do, and
that is to utter great shout. l see the
Israelitish army Strengthening themselves
up, filing 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 cityW All
the people begin to cry "Down, Jericho,
down, .Jericho!,' and the long line of solid
masonry begins to CULVER and to move and
to rock. Stand from under. She falls.
Crash go the walls the temples, the tow
ers, the palaces; the air is blackened with
the dust. The huzza of the victorious Is
raelites and the groan Of the conquered
Canaanites commingle. and Joshua stand
ing there in the debris of the wall hears
voice saying, "There shall not any man be
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thy life.
But Joshua's troops may not halt here.
The command is, Forward, march"
There is the city of All it must be taken.
How shall it be taken? A scouting party
comes back and says, "Joshua, we can do
that without you; it is going to be very
easy job; you just 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 rap
Id time as these Israelites with the Ca
naanites after them. They never cut such
@ sorry figure as when they were on the re-
treat. Anybody that goes out in the bat
ties of God with only 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 canni-
balls ate up Munson the missionary. Fall
back, said great many Christian people.
I"Fall back, oh, Church of God! Borneo
will never be taken. Don't you see tho
Bornesian cannibals have eaten up Mum
son the missionary" Tyndall delivers his
lecture at the University of Glasgow, and
o great many good people say" Fall back,
oh, Church of Godl Don't you see that
Christian philosophy is going to be over
come by worldly philosophy Fall back |"
Geology plunges its crowbar into the
mountains, and there are great many
people who say: Scientific investigation
10 going to overthrow the Mosaic account
Of the creation. Fall backP' Friends of
God have never any right to fall back.
Joshua In the Dust.
Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. 1t is
the only time you ever see the back of his
head He falls on his face and begins to
whine, and he says: 30 Lord God, where
fore has thou at all brought this people
over Jordan to deliver us into the hand of
the Amorites, to destroy us2 Would to
God we had been content and dwelt on
the other side Of Jordan For the Canaan
ties and all the inhabitants of the land
shall hear of it and shall environ us round
and cat off our name from the earth"
I am very glad Joshua said that. Before
1t seemed as If he were supernatural be-
ing, and therefore could not be an exam
pie to u.s. but / find he Is man, he is on
ly man. Just as sometimes you find q
man under severe opposition, or in bad
state of Dhysical health or worn ont with
overwork, lying down and signing about
everything being defeated. I am encour-
aged when hear this cry Of Joshua as he
lies in the dust.
God comes and rouses him. How does
he rouse him2 By complimentary apos-
tropheP No. He says: "Get theo up.
Wherefore lest thou upon thy facep' JOSH
| Ia rises and I Iwarrant Won with a rnorti.