The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-06-05
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he'll But YOU say Why didu those
CannaaitcS, whe, they had such
splendid chance standing on the top
OF the bank 80 or 20 feet high, complete
ly demonish those poor Israclites down
IN the river" l will tell you why. God
had made a promise and he was going
10 keep it. There shall not any man
be able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life
But this is no place for the host to
stop. Joshua gives the command,
Forward. march" In the distance
there is long grove of trees, and at
the end of the grove is city. 1t IS a
city of arbors, city with walls SEEM
ing to reach to the heavens, 10 but
tress the very sky. It is the great
metropolis that commands the noun
tain pass 1t is Jericho. That city
was afterward captured by Pompey,
and it was afterward captured by
Herod the Great, and it was afterward
captured by the Mohammedans, but
this campaign the 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 instrument to his lips,
and he would run his fingers over
this rude musical instrument and
make great deal of sweet harmony
for the people. That was the only
kind Of weapon. Seven priests We're
to take these rude rustic musical in
struments, and they were to go around
the city every day for six days-once
a day for six days, and then on the
seventh day they were to 60 around
blowing these rude musical instru-
ments seven times, and then at the
close of the seventh blowing of the
rams horns on the seventh day the
peroration Of the whole scene was to
be a shout, at which those great walls
| should tumble from capstone to base.
The seven priests with the rude mu-
sical instruments pass all around the
city walls on the first day, and fail
ure. Not so much as piece of plaster
broke loose from the wall-not so
much as a loosened rock, not so much
as piece of mortar lost from its place.
There, say. the unbelieving Israel
ties, didn't tell you so? Why, those
ministers are fools. The idea of going
around the city with those musical
instruments and expecting in that
way to destroy it, Joshua has been
spoiled; he thinks because he has
overthrown and destroyed the spring
freshet he can overthrow the stone
wall. Why, it is not philosophic.
Don't you see there is no relation be-
tween the blowing of these musical
instruments and the knocking down
of the wall. 1t isn't philosophy" And
I suppose there were many wiseacres
who stood with their brow 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
I suppose that night in the encamp-
ment there was plenty of philosophy
and caricature, and if Joshua had been
nominated for any high military posi-
ton he would not have got many
votes. Joshua's stock was down. The
second day the priests blowing the
musical instruments go around the
city, and failure. Third day, and a
failure; fourth day, and failure;
fifth day, and failure; sixth day,
and 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 of the city.
They 60 all around once, all around
twice, three times, four times, FIVE
times, sixth times, seven times, and a
failure
There is only one more thing to do.
and that is to utter a great shout. l
see the Israeltish army Strengthening
themselves up, filing their lungs for
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 city" All
the people begin to cry, Down, Jerl-
cho, down Jericho" and the long
line of masonry begins to quiver and
to move and to rock. Stand from
under. She falls. Crash 60 the walls,
the temples, the towers, the palaces;
the air is blackened with the dust.
The huzza of the victorious Israelites
/ and the groan Of the conquered Ca
naanites commingle, and Joshua
standing there in the debries of the
wall hears a voice saying, There
shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy life. "
But Joshua's troops may not halt
here: The command is Forward,
march" There is the city Al it must
be taken. How shall it be takent 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 60 and capt
ure it. 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 rein
deers. The northern troops at Bull
Run did not make such rapid time as
these Israelites with the Canaanites
after them. They never cut such a
sorry figure as when they were on the
retreat. Anybody that goes out in
the battles of God with only half a
force, instead OF your taking the men
of Al, the men of Al will take you.
Look at the church of God on the re-
treat. The Bornesian cannibals ate
up Munson the missionary. Fall
back, said a great many Christian
people. Fall back, oh, Church of
God Borneo will never be taken.
Don't you see the Bornesian cannibals
have eaten up Munson the mission
ary::7 Tyndall delivers his lecture at
the University of Glasgow, and a
great many good people say: Fall
back. oh, church Of God. Don't you