The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-30
sorry figure as when they were on the


sorry figure as when they were on the
retreat.
Look out when good man makes
the Lord his ally. Joshua raises his
face, radiant with prayer, and looks at
the descending sun over Gideon and at
the faint crescent of the moon, for
you know the queen of the night some
times will Hnger around the palaces
of the day. Pointing one hand at the
descending sun and the other hand at
the faint crescent of the moon, in the
name of that God who shaped the
worlds and moves the worlds he cries:
"Sun, stand thou still upon Gideon,
and thou, moon, in the valley OF Ala
lon!" They halted. Whether it was
by refraction of the suns rays or by
the stopping of the whole planetary
system l do not know and do not care.
1 leave it to the Christian Scientists
and the infidel scientists to settle that
question, while 1 tell You I have seen
the same thing. ''What?" say you.
mot the sun standing still?' Yes.
The same miracle is performed how
adays. The wicked do not live out
half their day, and their sun sets at
noon. But let man start out in
battle for God and the truth and
against sin, and the day of his useful
ness is prolonged and prolonged and
prolonged.
But Joshua was not quite through
There was time for five funerals be-
fore the sun of that prolonged day
set. Who will preach their funeral
sermon? Massillon preached the fu-
neral sermon over Louis XVI. Who
will preach the funeral sermon OF
those five dead kings-king of Jerusa-
lem, king of Hebron, king of Jar
muth, king of Lachish, king of Eglon?
Let it be by Joshua. What is his text?
What shall be the epitaph put on the
door of the tomb? "There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee
all the days of thy life" Before you
fasten up the door I want five more
kings beheaded and thrust hiking
Alcohol, King Fraud, King Lust, King
King Infidelity. Let
them be beheaded and hurl them in.
Then fasten up the door forever.
What shall the inscriptions and what
shall the epitaph be, for all Christian
philanthropists of all ages are going
to come and look at it? What shall
the inscription be? "There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee
all the days of thy life"
But it is time for Joshua to go
home. He is ITO years old. Washing
ton went down the Potomac and at |
Mount Vernon closed his days. Wei.
ington died peacefully at Apsley |
house. Now, where shall Joshua rest?
Why, he is to have his greatest battle
now. After 10 years he has to meet
, king who has more subjects than
Ill the present population of the
earth, his throne a pyramid of skulls,
lis parterre the graveyards and the
cemeteries of the world. his chariot
he worlds hearse-th" king of ter
'ors. But if this is Joshua's great
st battle, it is going to be Joshua's
greatest victory. He gathers his
friends around him and gives his vale
lictory and it is full of Renaissance.
Young men tell what they are going
o do. Old men tell what they have
lone. And as you have heard grand
ather or great-grandfather seated by
he evening fire tell of Monmouth OF
yorktown and then lift the crutch
n staff as though it were a musket
O fight and show how the old battles
we're won, so Joshua gathers his
riends around his dying couch, and
lie tells them the story of what he
las been through. and as he lies there,
is white locks showing down on his
forehead. ask if God has
.ept His promise all the way through.
Is he lies there he tells the story one,
wo or three times--you have heard
Id people tell story two or three
lines overland he answers: Il yc
he way of all the earth, and not one
vord of the promise has failed, not
ne word thereof has failed. All
as come to pass; not one word there
f has failed" And then he turns to
is family, as a dying parent will,
nd saws: "Choose now whom You
7ill serve, the God of Israel or the
cd of the Amorites. AS for me and
~ house. we will serve the Lord"
. dying parent cannot be reckless
r thoughtless of his children. Con-
ent to part with them forever at
he door of the tomb we cannot. By
he cradle in which their infancy was
ocked, by the bosom on which they
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