The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-31
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.nis old veteran Of ussssor b y H.
younger man who vss VSus lilI ~
nay open tho sacred Duy u txl1s:
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In, ne memory Of the MAJ q DR.;
she right or wrong y ioaa "a
site b.ua at an his battles ior TN \
nize ,he n zoe England and ~ 4. g \
hmt ny, "uu ms hosts raised a ~
pro, n., overcome. the men cfiSa u
o. nv, was their Joshua a. ~ Il1
this uger. Cronje and ~ ~. ~
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p. ru on this sunny aficiHXSssss
forth: Oh MS Bible ind suas,.I, -.
so Joshua ascesaea NM, rs.
al u LINE Inc people OF war with in ~
men of yalor. Wy 4@ ~ d
AND the Lord said NM. ".
, i,n not; Tor | have dsllyerSs ; Snu.a
hsfnr. t mere shall not man o. ,fj N.Y. y
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ihe buSom Boer girls sllssuy *,
hahds, the old men look strairs, ny.
aad they not been at the takjD, !
African Al, the fallink Of I nj.
' ma ,u un Maluba Hill are still b fctm |.
.au .w'sse1 bayonet points, whIls 4,
ynr M iuseia river are murmurinss y
me reader continues:
90 ana at that time came Joshs. z,
~ Tue Anakims from the ,nour,.,..
iepfon. from Debir, from Ann ~
~ .ne mountains of Judah az ~
ne mountains Of Israeli, ~
me workmen are building hI,b i. !.
'auons vt Johannesburg. ID, ~ fnr'.s
ne republic shells ae being ea,i =.
ilenaly Portuguese territory IN ~ Y
're bringing modern rifles INA N.
daxim guns. Women are nakln, ".
nd signing as they turn the M n
ey snail be smooth. Elocutlop 4 A.
Q the reader in Pretoria; rouii ~
So Jephthah passed over unto n. "
i Ammon to fight against then NJ
ord delivered them Into hls NM
&c smote them from Aroer, eyen =
ometh to Minnith. even twenty m
rto the plain of the vineyards vaI5
reat slaughter
Ancient history this 10 Rad "A "
nd children OF these days-fanstii.
ers IN Its wake. but the Boer Z n
and his idols are what he has ~
even as you and l."
The sunset comes upon tie ysnSl
,e tablelands. and the shades hn
pom the bush where Dlngaan and "
'et death sixty years ago rcsstins u
ut the reading of the Scriptures ~
ven while the call TO tho eyenInf ~
sard. Strange consolation do vi ~
'ople ind in these words: FL, ~
when the Lord i thy GOD, ,etAt Vi
ito the land whittier thou geSp y r
and hath cast out many aau9ult
lee: and when the Lord, thy Gsd ~
yer them before thee: thou shalt miei
Id utterly destroy them; thou tin
covenant with them. nor sAuv
alto them"
This is the doctrine OF an era iw 4
I'D tooth for tooth: this u n a.
pastoral people, isolated from IN
ne influences of the great ouisA
It'll whom death is preferable 10 a.
ear. as the night comes upcu h
wn and the worshiplng BoeT, U
y of the reader:
Know. therefore. that the Lord, "
0 is God. the faithful God which e.
venant and mercy with them that WI
ID keep His commandments toe ~
nerations. And repayeth them "
m to their face. to destroy them;
t be slack to him that hatch HA
II repay TO his face"
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That England will eventually dttai &
lowers OF fiocks and tillers o. W
ssible; that she may take tho ~
list her royal banner is also roslai
larier item that is another quefl1
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