St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

us 70 up right away" They march
on. He puts the majority OF the
troops behind ledge Of rocks in the
night, and then he sends comparative
" small regiments up in front OF the
city. The men Of All come out with .
shout. The small regiments of Israel.
ties in stratagem fall back and fall
back, and when all the men Of All have
left the city and are in pursuit of these
scattered, or seemingly scattered, regi-
ments, Joshua stands ON rock-I see
his locks flying in the wind a. he points
his spear toward the doomed city, and
that is the signal. The men rush out
from behiEd the rocks and take the
city, and it is put to the torch. and
then these Israelites in the city march
down, and the flying Israelites return.
and between these two waves OF Is
raeaitish prowess the men of Al are
destroyed, and the Israelites gain the
victory; and while see the curlinR
smoke Of that destroyed city on the
sky, and while hear the huzza Of the
Israelites and the groan Of the Ca
naanites, Joshua hears something
louder than it all, ringing and echoing
through his soul: There shall not any
man be able to stand before thee all
the days of thy life"
Look out when . good man makes
the Lord his ally. Joshua raises his
face. radiant with prayer, and looks at
the descending sun over Gibeon and at
the faint crescent Of the moon, for
you know the queen Of the night some
times will inger around the palaces
of the day. Pointing one hand at the
descending sun and the other hand at
the faint crescent of the moon, in the
name of that God who shaped the
worlds and moves the worlds he cries:
'Sun. stand thou still upon Gibeon.
and thou. moon, in the valley of Ala
lon!" They halted. Whether it was
by refraction Of the suns rays or by
the stopping Of the whole planetary
system / do not know and do not care.
I leave it to the Christian Scientists
and the infidel scientists to settle that
question, while I tell you have seen
the same thing. ''What?" say you.
"Not the sun standing still?" Yes.
The same miracle is performed now
adays. The wicked do not live out
half their day, and their sun sets at
noon. But let = man start out in
battle for God and the truth and
against sin, and the day Of his useful
ness is prolonged and prolonged and
prolonged.
But Joshua was not quite through.
There was time for five funerals be-
fore the sun OF that prolonged day
set. Who will preach their funeral
sermon? Massillon preached the fu-
neral sermon over Louis XVI. Who
will preach the funeral sermon of
those five dead kings-king of Jerusa-
lem, king of Hebron. king Of Jar
muth, king Of Lachish, king Of Eglon?
Let it be by Joshua. What is his textf
What shall be the epitaph put on the
door of the tomb? There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee
all the days Of thy life" Before you
fasten up the door want Ave more
kings beheaded and thrust mixing
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 be. for all Christian
philanthropists of all ages are 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 il is time for Joshua to 90
home. He is no years old. Washing
ton went down the Potomac and at
Mount Vernon closed his days. Wei
lington died peacefully at Apsley
house. Now, where shall Joshua rest?
Why, he is to have his greatest battle
now. After no years he has to meet
. king who has more subjects than
all the present population Of the
earth. his throne q pyramid OF skulls,
his parterre the graveyards and the
cemeteries Of the world. his chariot
the worlds hearse-the king Of ter
rors. But II this is Joshua's great
est battle. it is going to be Joshua's
greatest victory. He gathers his
friends around him and gives his vale
dictory and it il full of "reminiscences.
Young men tell what they are going
to do. Old men tell what they have
done. And a. you have heard grand
father or great-grandfather seated by
the evening fire tell of Monmouth or
Yorktown and then lift the crutch
or staff as though it were n musket
to fight and show how the old battles
were won. SO Joshua gathers his
friends around his dying couch, and
he tells them the story Of what he
has been through. and as he lies there.
his white locks showing down on his
wrinkled forehead. ask il God has
kept His promise ali the way through.
As he lies there he tells the story one.
two or three times-you have heard
old people tell story two or three
times Overland he answers: II go
the way of all the earth. and not one
word Of the promise has failed. not
one word thereof has failed. All
has come to pass; not one word there
of has failed" And then he turns to
his family, as . dying parent will,
and says: Choose now whom you
will serve, the God of Israel or the
god Of the Amorites. As for me and
my house. we will serve the Lord"
A dying parent cannot be reckless
or thoughtless Of his children. Con-
sent to part with them forever at
the door Of the tomb we camnot. By
the cradle in which their infancy was
rocked. by the bosom on which they
first lay, by the blood Of the covenant.
by the God Of Joshua it shall not be.
We will mot part. we cannot part.
Jehovah-Jireh, we take Thee at Thy
promise. II will be God to thee
and thy seed after thee"
Dead, the old chieftain must be laid
out. Handle him very gently. That
sacred body il over no years Of age.