Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-04-14


10 ROM an old time battle scene Dr.
In Talmage in this discourse makes
q some startling suggestions as TO the
best styles of Christian work aud points
out the reason OF SO many pious failures;
text, Joshua viii. :, Then shall We rise
up from the ambush and seize upon the
city"
One Sabbath evening. with my family
around me, we were talking over the
scene of the text. In the wide open
eyes and the quick mterrogations aud
the hianched checks / realized what a
thrilling drama it was. There is the old
city, shorter by name than any other
city in the ages. spelled with rwo letters,
A. |, All. Joshua aud his men want to
take il. How to do il is the question.
On a former occasion, in strughtfor-
wards face to face fight. they had been
defeated, but now they are going tn take
II By 'amhuscade. Gen. Joshua has two
divisions in his army. The one division
the battle worn commander Will lead
himself. the other division hc sends of
TO enramp in IN ambush On the NcSt side
Of The city of Al. No torches, no Ian
terms, no sound of heavy hUtlalions but
10000 swarthy warriors moving in sl-
lcnec, speaking only in a whisper: no
clicking of swords against shields lest
the watchmen of Al discover it and the
stratagen he failure. II the roistcrlng
soldier in the lsraelitish army forgcts
himself, all along The line the word is
Hush
Joshua takes ;he other division. the
one with which he is to march, and puts
it on The north side of the city Of Al and
then spends the night in accommodating
in the valley. There he is, thinking over
the fortunes Of the coming day with
something of the feelings of Wellington
the night before Waterloo or of Meade
and Les the night before Gettysburg.
There he stands in the night and says TO
himself: "Nonder is the division in am,
bush on The west side of Al Here is the
division | have under my especial com
maHd on the north side of Al. There is
the old city sIumhcriug in its sin, To
morrow will be the battle" Look. The
morning already begins to tip the hills.
The military officers Of Al look ont IN the
morning very early. and, while they do
not see the division in ambush they he
hold the other divisions Of Joshua. and
the cry. ITO arms, To arms" rings
through all the streets of the old town,
and every sword, whether hacked and
bent or newly welded, is brought out,
and all the inhabitants of the city OF Al
pour through the gates. an infatuated
torrent. and their cry is, Come. wen
make quick work with Joshua and his
. g -
4 Seeming Repmise.
10 sooner had these people Of Al come
out against the troops of Joshua thau
Joshua gave such command rs he sci
dom gavp-"FaH back WHY, they
could not believe their own cars. +
IoShua's courage failing him4 The re
treat is beaten. and the I-raclitcs are
fiyiug. throwing blankets auI cautccnS
on every side 1rlpr This worse than Buli
Run defeat. Aud Won ought to hear the
soldiers of Al cheer and cheer and cheer.
But they hrzze loo soon. The men lying
in ambush prc slraipins their vision to
get some signal from Joshua that they
may know what time to drop upon the
city. Joshua takes his FURNISHED spear.
gIittering in the sun like n shaft Of doom,
and points il toward the city. and when
the men mp Wonder in the ambush see ii
with hawklikc swoop they drop upon Al
and without stroke Of sword ar stab of
spear take The city and PM II 10 The loren.
20 much for the division that WAS in
ambush. How about the division under
Joshua's commando No sooner docs Josh
va stop IN the flight than aii his mrn
stop with him. and Is bc wheels theF
wheel, for in q voice of thunder he cried
HALT" one strong arm driving back q
torrent Of flying troops And ben. a.
he points his spear through the golden
light toward sbat fa'rd cir.. hI, troops
know that thoy are to start for *. What
q scene e wa. when 'bo division in aH
bush which had taken ihy city marched
down against the men If Al on lhc ono
side. and She troops under Joshua dou-
he'd ny ;hcir enemies from tine other
side, and the men of Al were cauah; be
tween these two hurricanes 81 lsraelttish
courage. thrust before and behind stab
he'd ia breast and back. ground between
the upper ana the neither milistone~ Of
Gods Indignation, Woe to the cty Of
A! Cheer for Israel.
yictoriou. Retreat
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