The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-03-04

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rios ways, Till by such correction
they were prepared in heart for the
occupation of the country. At this
second coming to their home Moses
was taken away from them aid
Joshua made Captain Of the hosts Of
Israel. Before he left them he made
a final farewell address to his bretn-
rem and bid them an atfacsioaate
adieu-went to the top Of Nd. NJ bo,
viewed second time the promised
land, died in the arms of his Maker
and was buried by his God.
Joshua assumed command and in
six years time subdued the land and
divided it out among his brethren.
Shortly after Joshua took charge
of this large army Of men, one Cay
be saw man, as he thought, dressed
like soldier, having his sword en-
him. JOSHUA asked him WHO he was
whether for tie Israelites or opposed
to them and was very much amazed
when the soldier replied that he was
an angel from heaven and was Com
mander in. Chief Of this army.
Something of the magnitude Of this
army can be seen when one thinks
that if all the soldiers at any time IN
the service OF the Confederate States
during OUT bloody civil war wee ar
rayed in one army it would not make
a multitude so large as the army ct
actually enlisted soldiers that Joshua
commanded at the time Of this inva-
sion.
After the death of Joshua this
people went through various scenes
OF distress and prosperity. Distress
always followed their ilolatrous prac-
tices and prosperity and independ-
ence always returned, on "their re
turn" back to good law. Iaolatry
the Bible pictures as The growing sin
and with it was always associated
Gods frowns on the blind idolater.
The people at length requested CT
Samuel a king and after much besita-
ton on Samuel's part God directs
him to give them their wicked desire,
and as result King Saul Was en-
throned. Bot Saul,s heart was
wrong and instead of seeking the
elevation of his people and the fal-
flment OF Instructions he sought
his own welfare and his own elevation
and his own death at lit. G.lb0a
placed Gods choice Of kings on The
throne. King David sought the Gle
yation of the morals Of his subjec's
and enjoyed the Divine favor DUN {:
his life. His reign, and that OF lis
son Solomon, was tee Golden Age Of
Israel. At SoloGn; rs death, the
kingdom was d!vided-Judah an |
Benjamin made one kindom and the
other ten tribes, the second kingdom.
For idolatcy the ten tribes were car,
ried away by Assy>ians and ether
citizens from foreign lands brought
back to live in their cities and houses
These are known as Tie lost tribes Of
Israel and have disappeared from po.
litical history. The kingdom Of
judah remained several centuries
with various reyerses Of fortune
and condition till by the command
and intervention Of Providence they
were carried by the King Of Babylon
into Imprisonment. It was during this
Imprisonment the Prophet Daniel be-
came Prime Minister 10 the Baby
lonish kingdom and afterwards chief
counsellor 10 the King Of Media, and
was removed to its capital ErhaIana
and on the subyersion of the hlsdlan
government by Cyrus. the Great, he
was removed to the Persian capita,
AMI became third time the chief
among the statesmen. 1t was during
this period that that beautiful pic
ture in The life Of Esther occurred,
@ ID when a Door orphan Jewish girl,
became the wife Of the Persian King.
WHAT other power than that Of God
could aave so wonderfully MADE
Esther queen where she could give
lch assistance to the rebuilding the
CITY of Jerusalem and the Jewish
temple and at the time and just as
prophecy had foretold.
Queen Fisher thus gave to the
Jew his second nationality and by
this second nationality idolatry has
been unknown and God by his proyi-
dence had eradicated this evil from
Jewish heart.
At the birth Of Christ the Jews
were subjects Of the Roman govern.
ment and their religion Christ told
them had dwindled luto mere formal
ism. But the time had now come
when the old system should get new
life and the significance Of the types.
&c, Of Jewish ceremonies was to be
set forth in its full light. DAME.
had told the simple minded king
that by his dream, il the time Of the
Roman Kings, the king should be
born to whose reign and dominion
there should be no end. But this
reign and dominion should be spirit
ual one bat work the ruin and over
throw Of the rest.
The t4mn0ral life Cf Christ ended