The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-11-24
CHRISTIAN WARFARE
DR.. Talmaee Draws q Lesson from
Jsshua's Victories.
n.ssuraeiaE wsra. foe Those EA-
sassa In the battles Of Life
asaas ssldier. Never Turs G.
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In this discourse DR.. Tslmage fol-
lows Joahua on his triumphal march
and speaks encouraging words 70 Al
who are engaged in the battles OF tins
NE; text. Joshua, as; There shall
any mAn be able to stand before
thee eli the days Of thy life"
Moses was dead. A beautiful tradH
ton says the Lord kissed him and In
that act drew forth the soul OF the
dying laweiys. He lad been buried.
aaly oas porsoA at the funeral the
.ans q wAa kisaed him. But God
asvar takes . man away from any
piass Il usefulness until he has some
oas ready to replace him The Lord
doss ast g looking around amid .
a.aat vartssE 0f ssndidates 70 hnd
ssas = especially Attsd fer the va
outsa psaiaSn- Ne mAkes . man fer
shss Fiase. Msses has passed on \
staee, aAA Soshss. As hero. pats his
fsss n ne PlAtssr@ Of history 40
sslialv ahas all tie sgsa emo With the
trcaA He was . magnificent Aghtsrs
be- he always feaght sA the rgAt
aAA and he nsv0 fought unicsa God
SsaA hin 10 aght Ne get his military
ssutpnsat froa 6ed. who gave him
~ vromise at ne Stsrt; There
sAAh not my man be able 70 stand BE-
farS NEE I'll the days Of ny hfe.'
0sS fnihnsa ais promise although
TsIAaAs Arsa battle was with The
nnuinR freuAsA the ne<t with . stons
rsuN. ne nsxt leading On . regiment
q wh&peA towards ana the next BAT
ainS sgainst d~sEiness, wheeling th'
- ed the mooa int his battalion
~ Ne laa sgsinst the King OF Ter
rauA lmtA--ays great wUteriea-
A. Q rxis whsa tAe general Of al
aunF starts 0at h . war he woui'
Hts 10 have Q maA battis In orde
nat he msg Gst his swa courage n
ana Nhy his troops and get ther
asrzsd far grest,s conflicts, but N
hrst ~sadertaktng Of scshus wa
. greater tAaa the lerelihg Of For
Ruia.zd, o. Ne assauit Of Gtbraital
q tie o~verthrow OF the Bastiile. ]
y.s ne orostng of the Jordan at th
Gns at the spring freshet. The snow
Noast Lebanon had Just bee
nstang, aad they poured down int
ne valley, aa< the whols valley WI
a raging torrent So the Csnaanit'
rsApd ON one bank, and they loo
sseos, aud see Joshua and the lsras
itea. ana they laugh and sayi All
tasJ, eannot disturb us until q
frcsheta fail Ii 10 impossible 4
thsua 10 reach US" But after awhi
thss look across the water. and tn
ses . movement In the army OF Joshu
They ny, what u the matter nov
vhy. there must be = panic amoi
thoss troops, and they are going
ay, q perhaps they are going TO I
N 10 march across the river lords
Joshua is a lunatie." But Joshua, :
ehieftAin, looks at his army and erie
forward, march," and they start
r the bank Of the Jordan. One m
shead 20 two piests carrying . q
tertnR boz four fees long and two 4
yeide. L. n the ark Of the ooyenai
IN Ard they come down, and no sooE
Dc sAsy touch the rim OF the wa
v4eh theIr feet than. by an Aimigi
fat. Jordan parts. The army
Joshua marches right on without Z
ting their feet wet. oves the bott
Of the river. a path OF chalk
/, brokea shells and pebbles, until q
get 70 the other bank. Then they
hoia Of the oleanders and tamari
ana willows and pull themselves u
bank 50 or 70 fest highi and, hay
IN gained the other bank, they clap d
IN shields add their csmbals and
the praises Of the God OF JoShuA.
no sooner have they reached the b
than the waters begin 70 dash
roar. and with q terrible rush !
break loose from their strange
~ eh0rage.
VII Az the hand Of the Lord God
tAka away from the thus upli
= vstsrs-watsrs perhaps uplifted
a nns-thy r~SA down. and SON
n the pnbeiieying Issaeiites say: "a
", alas, what . misfortunei Why 0
act thoss waters hare staid par
Because perhaps we may want 4
ne. back. o Lord. we are engaged
reil Hsky business. Those Csnaanites
ino eat IN Up. How n we want 10 go b
would Il not have been . more
~. plete miracle II the Lord had pa
he waters 70 Lea Us ooms through
kept ehou parted 10 lee Us 60 bA'
we r defeatedf" Ny friends.
~ makes no provision for 9 Christia
treat. he clears the path all the
70 Canaan. To go back IL to die.
,r,,, came gatekeepers that swung
tire ansthystine and crystalline
from Of the Jordan 70 let Israel
coin, threugh now wing shut the
Wing. thysins snd sTyStsiliss gate ei
aule, Jordsh 10 keep The ~Israelites fror
Bn- inr bask. Victory ahead. but wnt
saver feet deep behind. surgirg to dealt
darkness ana woe. But you
hours why did not these OAnaanites,
.on thsy had such 9 splendid oh
~. stanainr on the top Of the bank
4 r,. 70 feet high. completely den
thoss poor l~srselites down in
,ph to riverT" I win tell you why. Co.
'seho made a promise snd He was goi
lso 70 keep Il. There shan not any
Ore be- able TO stand before thee .
Cali days Of thy life"
.... But this IL no place for the h,
90, stop. Joshua gives the comr
,-.r1 FORWARD, march, In the dis
there Is 9 long grove Of trees, .
reatly the end OF the grove is a city. ]
city With arbora, . city with
naha. seeming 10 reach 20 the beaye
ion. buttress the very sly. II is the
r, metropolis that commands the
g. tain pas. II 10 Jericho, Ta
mo was afterwsrt captured By y
and once by Herod the Great
;. once again by the 4ohRnmedar
No this campaign the Lord plans.
shall Be no swords. ne shields, .
tering ram. There shall be on.
weapon II war, and that .
loo horn. The hors u the datn raj
sometimes taken, and holes were
tured in 1t, and then the mi
q. mi; would put the instrument 10 h
and he would run his fingers ov'
No. A., rude mnsiesl Instrument and n
great deal Of sweet harmony
people. That was tia only ki
moda weapon. esssD priests Eers =
these rude, rustic musical
msnts. and they were 10 80
- ths otty every day for six days
. day for kix days-snd then
NsAs, seventh day they .wsrs 70 20 !
blowing these rude musical
Ilroad ments seven times, and thea
"a close Of the seventh blowing
rams horns on the seventh d
peroration OF the whole scene
SOW he a shout, AZ which those grea'