Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-27
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! REV. DR.. TALMAGE. S
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turn and between these two waves of
lsraeutsn pr0WCss the men OF Al are
destroyed
But this is mo- place for the host of
Joshua 20 stop. Forward. march, go
cries Joshua to the troops. There is
the city of Gideon. The battle OPENS
with great slaughter, but the Canaan
ties soon discover somethiug. They
say; That is joshua that is the man
VINO conquered the spring freshet and
Knocked down the stone wall and de-
stroyed the city of Al There is no usA
lighting And they sound % retreat.
and as they begin to- retreat, Joshua
and his host spring upon them like "a
panther. pursuing them over the rocks.
ana pounds the CauaaniJeS against the
lodges of Beth-1orou.
oh. Says Joshua. "this is surely a
victory "Buy DO YOU not see the sun
is going down. Those Amorites are
going to- set away after all and they
viii come up.s0me other time and bo,h-
er us. and perhaps destroy u.s." See.
the sun is goiug down Oh, for long
er day than has ever been seen in this
climate,
Joshua raises his face. radiant with
PRAYER and looks at the descending
sun over GiJe0n and at the faint cres-
cent of the moon. for Won know the
queen OF the night sometimes viii linz
ger around the palaces of the day.
Pointing one hand at the descending
sun and the other hand mt the faint
crescent of the moon i'm the name OF
that God who shaped the worlds and
moves tle worlds. ne cries. sun, stauG
thou still upon Gideon. and thou. moon.
in the valley of Ajalou. And they
stood STILL Whether it was by refrac-
ton of the SUMS rays. or by the stop
ping OF the whole planetary system, Z
10 not know. and do not care. l leave
ic 10 the Christian scientists and the
inndel scientists 20 settle that question.
while i tell YOU 1 have seen the same
thing. What" say YOU. 'uO- The sun
standing sull2' Yes. The same mir
acle is performed nowadays. The
wicked DO not live out half their day
and the sun sets at noon. But let "a
man start out and battle for God. and
the truth. and against sin. and the day
+ of his usefulness is prolonged, and pro-
i0uged and prolonged.
But ir is time for Joshua 70 so home,
He is a hundred and ten years Old.
After q hundred and ten years he has
20 meet q king who has more subjects
than all the present population of the
earth. his throne a pyramid OF skulls
his parterre the graveyards and the
/ cemeteries Of the world. his chariot the
worlds hearse-the King OF Terrors
But If this is JOshua's great battle, it is
going to be Joshua's greatest victory.
Joshua gathers his friends around his
I dying couch, and he tells them the
story of what ne has been through
and as he lies there, his white locks
showing down on his wrinkled fore
head wonder if God has kept his
promise an the way thrOugh-the prom
Use of the text. AS he lies there he tells
the story one, two, or three times
YOU have heard old people tell a story
two or three times Overland he an
swers. Il go the way of an the earth
and not one word of the promise has
failed. not one word thereof has failed
all has come TO pass, not one word
1 thereof has failed And then he turns
I to his family. as q dying parent will
and SAYS: Choose now who YOU Will
! serve. the God of Israel or the God OF
/ the AmOrites AS for me and my house
we will serve the Lord A dying pa
rent cannot be reckless or thoughtless
In regard TO his children Consent tC
part with them at the door Of Che tomb
we cannot BY the cradle i'm which
their infancy was locked, by the bosom
on which they first lay, by the blood "a
the Covenant 10y the God of Joshua, ID
shall not be. We viii not part we can
not part Jehovah Jireh, we take the.
at thy promise: II viii be God ID
/ thee and thy seed after thee