Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-01

ell. How shall 1t be taken! A scouting
party comes back and says: s'Joshua, we
can do that without you. 1t is going to
be very easy JOB. You just stay here
1 while We go and capture it. y They
march with a small regiment in front Of
that city The men Of Al look at them
and give one yell. and the Israelites run
| like RENDERS. The northern troops at
Bull Run did not mako such rapid time
! as these Israehtes with the Canaanites
after them. They never cut such n sorry
figure rs when they were on the retreat
anybody that goes out i'll tie battles Of
God with only half force, instead Of
| your taking the men Of All, the men of
Al will take you. Look at the church of
| God on the retreat. The Bornesian cam
nibals ate up Munson, the missionary
Fail back - said great many Chris
tan people. Fall back, o church Of
| Sod! B1rneo will never be taken. Don t
you see the Bornesian cannibals have
eaten up Munson. the missionary" Tyn-
dali delivers his lectures at the Univer-
sity of Glasgow, and a great many good
people say Fall back, o church of
God Don t you see that Christian phi
losophy is going to be overcome by world
| ly philosophy? FAN back'' Geology
plunges its crowbar into the mountains,
and there are great many people who
say Scientific investigation is going to
overthrow the Mosaic account of the ere
atien. Fall back' Friends CT God
have never any right to fall back
Joshua falls on his face in chagrin 1t
is the only time you ever see the bacl,
of his head. He falls on his face and be-
gins to whine, and he says so Lord
God, wherefore hast thou at all brought
this people over Jordan to deliver us in
to the hand of the Amorites to destroy
us? Would to God we had been content
aud dwelt on the other side of Jordan !
| For the Canaanites and all the iahabit-
| ants Of the land shall hear of it and
shall environ rs round and cut off our
name from the earth -
am very glad Joshua said that. Be-
fore it seemed as if he were a supernat-
ural being, and therefore could not be
an example to us, but l find he is %
man, he is only man. Just as some
times you find a man under severe OPP
position, or in bad state Of physical
health, CT worn out with overwork, "
ing down and signing about everything
| being defeated, | am encouraged when
| hear this cry of Joshua as he lies III
! tho dust.
The Retreat of the Enemy.
! God comes and rouses him. How does
he rouse him? BY complimentary apes
trophe? No. Ee says: "Get thee up.
| Wherefore LEST thou upon thy face?"
Joshua rises, and. warrant you, with a
mortified lock. But his old courage
comes back. The fact was that was not
his battle. If he lad been in it, he
would have gone on to victory. He
gathers his troops around him and says
Now let us go up and capture the city
of Al. Let us go up right away"
They march on. He puts the majority
of the troops behind ledge Of rocks in
| the night, and then he sends a COMPARE
lively small battalion up in front of the
city. The men of Al come cut with a
shout. This battalion in strategem fall
back and fall back, and when all the
men Ct Al have left the city and are in
pursuit Of this scattered or seemingly
scattered battalion Joshua stands On q
rock. l see his locks flying in the wind
as he points his spear toward the DOOM
cd city, and that is the signal Tho men
rush ont from behind the rocks and take
| the city, and it is put to the torch, and
then these Israelites Ia the city march
down, and the flying battalion cf Israel
ties return, and between these Two waves
Of Israelitish proves the mc,l Of al are
destroyed, and the Israeltcs gam the
| victory, and while l see the curling
smoke of that destroyed city On the sky,
and while l Ecarthe huzza CT the Israel
ties and the groan of the Canaanitos,
Joshua hears something lordcr than it
| all, ringing and echoing through his
soul, There shah not any man be able
to stand before thee all tho days of thy
life. y
Bat this is no place for the host of
Joshua TO stop. Forward, march ~
cries Joshua to the troops There is the
city of Gibeol. 1t has put itself under
the protection of Joshua. They sent
word; Ihefe are i've kings after rs.
lhey are gong TO destroy u.s. Send
troops quick SEND us help right away. y
Joshua mas Il three days march mere
imam aouoie quick. On the morning of
the third day he is before the enemy.
There are two long lines Of battle. The
nattle opens with great slaughter, but
1ne oaiia''hsses soon discover something.
Ihey say mat Is Joshua That Is the
man VINO conquered the spring freshet
ana hhockeu down the stone wall and
destroyed the city OF Al. There Is no use
hghtlhs AND they sound retreat.
ana as they begin to retreat Joshua and
ms most spring upon them like PAN
tEef, pursuing them over the rocks, and