The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-22
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great sinner? No, but because she re-
pented demonstrating 10 III Tho ages
that there is mercy for the chief Of sin
ners.
The red cord Of divine injunction reach.
ing from her window to the ground, 80
that when the people saw he red cord
they knew It was The divine indication
that they should not disturb the prem
i-es, making us think Of the divine cord
OF Saviour's deliverancc, The red cord
Of Saviour's kindness. the red cord Of
Saviour's mercy, the red cord of our
rescue Mercy for the chief Of sinners.
Put your trust in that God. and no dam
age shall bciall you.
When our world shall be moro terribly
surrounded than was Jericho. even by the
trlmpets OF the judgment day, aud the
hills aud the mountains. the metal bones
and ribs of nature shall break. they who
have had Rahab's faith shall have Rahnh's
deliverancc
When wrapped in fire thc realms OF ether
glow
Aud heaven. last thunder shakes the
earth below.
Thou, uedismoycd shalt DER Tho ruins
smile
Aud light ,hy torch at natures funeral
pile
lhuh 1b~hNa r troops NAV not htll NtIt.
The command is Forward march, There
Che city OF Al 1t must be- taken. \
scouting party comes back aud SAYS:
Joshua. We can do that without YOU II
Dr. gong 60 hc very easy Job. You must
stay here while We go and capture it,
They march with small regiment IN
front OF that city. The men oi Al look at
them and give one yell and the l,raelitcs
ron ike reindeer.
Ia,
Lord his ally. Joshua raises his face. ra-
dlant with prayer, and looks at the dcs-
ccnding sun over Glbeon. and at the faint
crescent Ot the moon, Tor YOU know the
queen Ci the ulght sometimes will lngcr
around thc palaces ot the day. Pointing
one hand at the descending sun and the
ether at the faint crescent OF the moon,
IN thc Hamc OF that God who shaped the
worlds and moves the worlds he cries.
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeop and
thOu, moon. in the valley of Ajalon.' They
lnlted. Whether it was by rchaction oi
the suns rays or 10y the stopping OF the
whole planetary sy,tem | do not know and
do not care. / leave il 60 Che Christian
Scientist and the nldel scientists to set.
Sic That question while | tell YOU | have
seen the same thing. What say YOU.
Not the sun standing still| Yes. The
-ome miracle is performed NOWADAYS.
The wicked do not live out half their
day, and ther sun sets at noon But LET
man start ont i'm battle for God aud thc
truth and against sin. and the day oi his
usefulness is prolonged and prolonged and
prolonged
But Joshua was not quito through
lncrc was time Tor five funerals before the
rdn oi that prolonged day set. Who will
preach their funeral sermon? Massillon
preached the funeral sermon over Louis
NNl Who VIII preach the funeral ser.
| mon Of those five dead kings king OF
Jerusalem, king OF Hebron king oi Jar.
muth, king oi lachisl. klng OF Eglon2
Let It he bv Joshua What is his text?
What shall be the epitaph nut on the door
of thc 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
! fave more kings behcaded aud thrust in
| King Alcohol King Fraud. King Lust
| KING Sunersttitlun, King lnidehty. Let
| them be beheaded and hurl them in Then
| lnsten up the door forever.
What shall the iuscription and what
shall the epitaph be? For all Christian
! phllanthrOpists OF all aQes arc 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 60 home.
! He is 10 years old. Washington went
| down the Potomac and at Mount Vernon
! closed his days. Wellington died peaceful.
| lv at Apsley House. Now. where shall
Joshua rest? Why, he is to have his
| greatest battle now. After no years he
! has 10 meet a king who has more sub.
| jeots than all the present population OF
| the earth, his throne Il pyramid of skulls
! his parterre the graveyards aud the cemc.
| teries Oi the world. his chariot the world :
| hearsc--thc king OF terrors. But ii this is
| Josbua's greatest battle it is going to he
Joshua's greatest victory lie gathers his
| friends around him and gives his vale
dlCtory, and it Is full oi reminiscencc.
Young men tell what they are going to
! do. old men tell what they have done. And
| as YOU have heard grandfather or great
! grandfather seated bv the evening fire
| tell of Monmouth or Yorktown and then
| lit thC crutCh or staff rs though it were
q muskcI TO fight and show how the old
! battles were won. 50 Joshua gathers his
friends around his dying couch. and he
| Tells them the story OF what hc has been
! through and as he lies there. his white
| locks showing down on his wrinklcd fore
| head. ask ii God has kept His promise
| Ill the way through. As he lies there lie
| tells the story one. two or three times
| You have heard old people tell story
| two OF three times overland he answers
| Il go the way OF all the earth, and not
| one word ot the promise has failed not
one word thereof has failed; all has come
| 10 pass, not one word thereof has failed"
| Aud then he turns 10 his family, as a dy.
ing parent will, and says: Choose now
! whom YOU will serve, the God of Israel or
| the God OF the Amortes As for me and
! my house. We win serve the Lord" \
| dying parent cannot be reckless on
! thoughtless of his children. Consent to
| paIt with them forever at the door ol
| the tomb we cannot iiy the cradle in
| which their infancy was rocked, by the
! bosom on which they first lay. 10y the
| blood OF the covenant 10y the God Of
| Joshua 1t shall not be, We will not part
We cannot part ,lehovah-Jmeh. we take
! Thee at Thy promise II viii be God 10
thee and thy seed after thee
| Dead the old chieftain must bc laid
! out Handle him very gently That
| sacred body is over no years of age Lay
J him out, stretch out those feet that
! walked dry shod the parted Jordan. Close
| those liDs which helped blow the blast
| at which ,hc walls Of Jericho fell Fold
| the arm that lifted the spear toward the
| doomed city OF Al. Fold it right over the
! heart that cXulted when the five kings
| 1ell, But where shall we get the burn
| ished granite for the headstonc and the
| iootstonCt I bething myself now. | inn
| aginc that for the head it shall be the
| sun that stood still upon Gibeon and for
| the foot the moon that stood still in the
valley OF Aialon.
Folly Farm in Oregon.
| A. f. Webb who has a summer