The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-11-23
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7 house spared? Because she had been a
| grysat snners Ne. but because she re.
pented, demonstrating % an the ages
T that there l. mercy for the chief .. SIM
ners.
The red cord OF divine injunction rcach-
| lng from her window 70 the ground. ~
| that when the people saw the red cord
| they knew it was the divine indication
that they should not disturb the prem.
ises. making Us think ot the divine cord
OF a Saviour's dehverance. the red cord
OF Saviours kindness. the red cord Of
Saviour's mercy. the red cord of our
rescue Mercy tor the chief ot sinners.
Put your trust IN that God and no dam
age shall befall YOU.
When our world shall be more terribly
surrounded than was jericho, even hy the
trumpets ot the judgment day. and the
hills aud the mountains. the metal bones
and ribs OF nature shall break they who
have had Rahab's faith shall have Rahab's
dellverance.
When wrapped in FIRE the realms of ether
glow
And heavens last thunder shakes the
earth below.
Thou, undismayed, shalt DER the ruins
smile
And light thy torch at natures funeral
pile.
But Joshua's troops may not halt here.
The command Is Forward. march, There
Is the city OF Al II must be taken. 4
scouting party comes back and says:
Joshua. we can do that without YOU. IL
Is going TO be a very easy job. You must
stay here while we 20 and capture it
They march with small regiment in
front Of that city. The men of Al look at
them and give one yell, and the lsraehtes
run like reindeer.
But this is no place for the host of
Joshua to stop. Forward, march, cries
Joshua 60 the troops There is the city of
Gideon. IL has put itself under the pro
lection of Joshua. They send word
There are i've ugs after us, They are
going TO destroy us, Send troops quick.
send Ms help right away Joshua has
a three days march, more than double
quick. On the morning of the third day
he ~ before the enemy. There are two
long lines Of battle The battle opens with
great slaughter, but the tanaanites soon
discover something. They say. That
Is Joshua. That Is the man who con.
quered the spring frcshct and knocked
down the stone wall of Jericho and de.
stroyed the city OF Al There is no use
fighting They sound a retreat and
as they begin 10 retreat Joshua
and his host spring upon them like
panther, pursuing them over the rocks,
while the catapults of the sky pour
volley of hailstones into the valley. and
an the artillery of the heavens, with hul.
lets of iron, pound the Canaanites against
the lodges of Bethhoron, oh says
Joshua this is surely a victory But
do YOU not see 1.-The sun II going DOWN
Those Amortc- are going TO get away nj.
ter all aud then they will come up some
other time aud bother us and perhaps de-
stroy us See, the sun is going down. oh.
for a longer day than has ever been before
in this climate" What is the matter with
Joshua Has he fallen in an apoplcctc
tty No. lie is in prayer.
Look out when a good man makes the
Lord his ally. Joshua raises his face. ra.
diant with prayer and looks at the des.
cending sun over Gbeon. and at the fain.
crescent of the moon, for YOU know the
queen of the night sometimes will hngcr
around the palaces Of the day. Pointing
one hand at the descending sun and the
other az the faint crescent of the moon,
IN the name of that God who shaped the
worlds aud moves the worlds he cries,
Sun. stand thou still upon Gideon and
thou, moon in the valley o. AIalon.' They
halted Whether Il was by rciractlon Of
the suns rays or by the stopping Of the
do not care leave it 60 the Christian
Scientists and the infdel scientists 90 set
tie that question while | tell yov | have
seen the same thing What say YOU
Not the sun standing still" Yes. The
same miracle IL performed nowadays.
The wicked do not live out half their
day. and their sun sets at noon But let
a man start out in battle for God and the
! truth and against sin. and the day of his
usefulness Is prolonged and prolonged ami
! prolonged.
But Joshua was not quite through.
| There was time for five funerals before the
sun Of that prolonged day set Who win
! preach their funeral sermon Massllon
preached the funeral sermon over Louis
XVI Who will preach the funeral ser.
mon Of those five dead kings king Of
| Jerusalem, king OF Hebron. king Of Jar.
muth, king of Lachsh king Of Eg,on'
! Let IL be- bv Joshua What IL his text
! What shall be- the cptaph put on the door
! Of the tomb There shall not any man
be able 20 stand before thee all the days
OF thy life"
Before you fastcn up the door ! want
! FIVE more king behcndcd and thrust in
| King Alcohol. King Fraud King Lust,
| King Supcrstlttion, King Infdclty. let
| them be bchcaded and hurl them in. Then
! fasten up the door forever
What shall the inscription and what
! shall the cpitaph be- For all Christian
! phlhnthropists of all ages are going
10 come and look a. IL. What shall The
| inscription be- There shall not any
man be able 10 stand before thee all the
| days Of thy life
But u is time for Joshua 20 90 home.
| He j. no years old. Washington went
| down the Potomac and at Mount Vernon
! closed has days Wellington died peaceful.
| ly AZ Apsley House Now, where shall
/ Joshua rest; Why, he - TO have his
| greatest battle now After 10 years he
| has 30 meet a king who has more sub.
| iocts than all the present population Of
| the earth, hi- throne pyramid Of skulls,
/ hls parterre the graveyards and the ceine-
! tofios of the world, hIs ChauOt the worlds =
| hearso-tne king Of terrors. But II this ~
| JOshua's greatest battle n is gcing 10 be
| Joshua's greatest victory. lie gathers his
! friend. around him and gives hs vale
| dictory, ana u H. full Of reminscence.
Young men tell what they are going TO
| DO. old men tell what they have done. And
a. YOU have heard a grandfather Or great.
| grandfather seated BY the evening hre
| tell 81 Monmouth Or yorktown and then
! lln the ,rutch or stah a. though n were
| a musket - lght and shOH how the old
| battles were won, 20 Joshua gathers his
| friends around his diving couch, and hs
| tells them the story Oi what hc has been
| through, and ~ be lies there. he white
| lock-. showing down on he wrnkled fore
| head. | ak 1t God has kept HIS promise
| 40 the way through A. be- lic. there he
/ tells the story one, two or three times
you have heard old people tell story
! two or three times over -1ud be- answers.
/ 4 ~ The way oi all no" earth. and not
! one word oi the promise has failed, not
! une worn thrren- hla ll--cd lLL ha. come