Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-08

the inhsbisants of the land shall hear |
of q aud shall environ ~ round aud |
cut OF cur name from the earth" 1
am very glad Joshua said that. Re-
fore IL seemed as II he were n surcr-
natural being. and therefore could not
be an example TO us. but find he is a
man. he il only man. just a. some
times you find man under severe or-
position or in bad state Of physical
health. or worn out with overwo~k.
lying down and signing about being
defeated. | am encouraged when hear
this cry of Joshua as he lies In the
dust. God comes and rouses him. How
does He rouse him2 BY compliment
AIRY apostrophe2 No. lie says: Get
thee up. Wherefore lest thou upon
thv face2" Joshua rises. and I war
rant you. with mortified lock. Brt
his old courage comes back. Ne fact
was that was not his battle. ~ me
had been in IL he would have gone ON
20 victory. He gathers his troops
around him and says: Now. let Us 20
up and capture the city OF Al. Let
US go mp right away" They march
on. lie puts the majority OF the
troops behind ledge Of rocks IN the
night. and then he senCs comparative
" small regiments mp in front of the
eity. The men Of Al come cut with a
shout. The small regiments Of Israeli
ties in stratagem fall back and fall
back. and when all the men OF Al have
left the city and are in pursuit Of these
scattered. or seemingly scattere q, re gi-
ments. Joshua stands on a rock see
his locks flying in the wind a he points
his spear toward the doomed city. and
that is the signal The en rush ont
from behind the rocks and take the
city. and Il is put TO the torch. and
then these lsraelites in tie city march
down. and the flying israelitcs return,
ana between these two waves OF Is
raeiitish prowtss the men g Al are
destroyed. and the Israelites gain The
victory; and while see the curling
smoke Of that destroyed city on the
sky. and while I hear the huzza OF the
Israehtes and The groan Of The ca
naanites. Joshua hears something
louder than IL all. ringing ard echoing
through his soul: There shah not any
man be able 10 stand before thee all
the DAYS OF thy life"
But Joshua was not quite through.
There was time for five funerals he
fore the sun OF that prolonged day
set. Who viii preach their funeral
sermon? Nassilion preached the IL
neral sermon over Louis XVI Who
viii preach the funeral sermon OF
those FIVE dead kings-king or Jerusa-
lem. king OF Hebron. king of jar
muth. king Of Lachish. king OF EClon2
| let IL be by Joshua. What = his text?
I What shall be the cpitaph put on the
| door et the tomb? There shall not
any man be able 20 stand before thee
oil the days OF thy life" Before Won
| fasten up the door ! want five more
kings behcaded and thrust hiking
Alcohol. King Fraud. King Lust. King
| Superstition. 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 De. for all Christian
| philanthropists Of all ages are going
10 come and look at it2 What shall
the inscription be? There shall not
any man be able 10 stand before thee
ell the DAYS OF thy life"
But IL is time for Joshua 10 60
home. He Is 10 years old. Washing
ton went down the Potomac and at
Mount Vernon closed his days. We'll
Mngton died peacefully at Apsley
house. Now. where shall Joshua rest
Why. he is 20 have his greatest battle
now After 10 years he has 70 meet
q king who has more subjects than
al the present population OF the
earth. his throne a pyramid OF skulls,
his parterre the graveyards and the
cemeteries OF the world his chariot
the worlds hearse-the king OF ter
rors But IL this is Joshua's great
est battle. il is going 10 be Joshua Is
greatest victory. he gathers his
friends around him and gives his vale
dictory and IL Is full Of "Reminiscences
Young men tell what they are going
20 do. Old men tell what they have
done. And as YOU have heard a grand
father or great-grandfather seated by
the evening fire tell OF Monmouth OF
Yorktown and then lift the crutcl
or STAFF as though il were a muske'
10 fight and show how the. old battle,
were won. so Joshua gathers hi:
friends around his dying couch. an6
he tells them the story OF what h'
has been through. and as he lies there
his white locks showing down on hi
wrinkled forehead. I ask IL God ha
kept His promise all the way through
As he lies there he tells the story one
two or three times-you have hearS
old people tell n story two or thre
times Overland he answers: 81 Q,
the way OF all the earth. and not on
word OF the promise has failed. no
, one word thereof has failed. AL
has come 20 pass; not one word there
Of has failed" And then he turns q