The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-19

these Ipraolites int tho oity 3maroh d own
and the flying Israelite gretutn, and
betwdcn those two waves of Iaraelit
tho mon gof n All arc deatroyo d II
and tho Israolitesf gain the victory; aud
While lisee tho curling slnoke Of hat
destroyed scity on the sky and RhileSI
hear the o shu4za Of the Israelitos and
the ogroan Of tho Cana snitos, j Joshua
hears something loud or an al
ringing and ochoing through his SOUL
III .aI Ihere shall not any 6 man: be ables TO
|! stand q 4 bafoge thec al the days thy
81 But this ID no place for tho host ofE
JoshIla TO 8 ato 3 u VA Id ,s5 marohI 4
crieBl Joa hun to- he ltroo ps 81 ere is
the oityS of Giboon: SIt Shas tut itsolft
under y|, the protec lion oabUa hey
aend word here are 5fys kings afterS
Y VS. !Gheyss ia are ing to destroy us S
Send tr0nys qui0 Sand usl help
rightJaway, J oshua has a three days
march, moro tha d d double quick On
the morning ef the third q ay ho lie be- y
fore tho enemy. Il Ther8 are two long
lines Of battle The battle opens with
great !, slaughter, but tho $OanaanitesS
soon discover something. ,They say:e
THAT is j Joshua. That is tho man
who conquered the spring froshet and
knocked down the stone walls Of j err.
ioho and destroyed 3 the city Of All.
There is no use flghting. They sound
q retroat, and asthoybegtn to retreat
Joshua and 9his host spring upon them:
like a panther, pursuing thom over tho
rocks, while tho oatapults Of the sky
pour q volley of7hailstones into tho val
ley, and all tho artillery OF tho hoav.
ens, with bhllots Of iron, pound the
Canaanites against tho lodges Of Beth
horon, III, sayB Joshua, .this is {
surely a victory ' But do you not sec
tho sun Is going doRn2 Those AM
ories arc going to get away after all,
and thon they will como up somo other
timo and bother US, and perhaps do
stroy us. Soc, tho sun is going down.
Oh, for q longor day than has over boon
seen in this climatoln What is tho
matter with Joshua2 Has he fallen in
an apoplet!c fiji NJ. Hs is in pray
or, 3&i iis
Look out whom. a good man makes
tho Lord his ally Joshua raisos his
faco, radiant with prayer, and looks at
tho decending sun over Gideon and at,
inc faint crosoent of tho moon, for you
know tho queen Of the night sometimes
will linger around tho palaoos Of the
day. Printing ono hand at the do.
cending sun and the other hand at tho
faint cresoent Of the moon, in tho namo
OF that God who shaped tho worlds and
moves tho worlds he cries. tsSun
stand thou still upon G Gibeon, and thou,
moon, in the valley of Al jslonl" They
halted. Whether itwas by refraotion
Of the suns rays or by the stopping Of
tho whole planetary systom !. do not
know and do not oare. Ileavo it to
the Christian Scientists and tho infidel
scientists to settle that question, while
[ toll you / havo soon tho same thing,
SS"What?' bay you. mot tho sun
standing still2" Yes. Tho samo mir
aclo is performed nowadays The wick
cd do not live out half their day, and
their sun sets at noon, But let q man
start out in battle for God aud the
truth and against sin, and the day Of
his usofulnoss is prolonged and pro.
longed and prolonged. al 3@s
But it is timo For Joshuato 60 homo.
He is ITO years old. Washington wont
down tho Potomac md at Mount v or
non oloaod his days. Wellington Gied
peacefully ~ Apsley House. Now,
whore shall .loshna rest2 Why he is
to havo his greatest battle now. After
ITO years he has to meet king who
has moro subjoots than NIL the present
population of tho Garth, his throne O
pyramid of skulls, his parterre the
7grayeyards and tho cemeteries of tho
world, his chariot the world 8 hearse 80
the king Of terrors. But if this is
Joshua's greatest battle, it il going to
be Joshua's greasest victory. Hegath-
ers his friends around him and gives
his valediotory and it is full Of rem
inisconoo. Young mon toll what they
are going to do Old mon toll yKat
they have dono. And as youst thave
hoard a grandfather or .great.grandfa-
or seated by tho ov6ning FIRE toll of
Monmouth or X orktown and then lift
up the orutch or staff as though it were
amusket to fight aud show how tho
old battles wero won, so Joshua gath
ors his friends around his dying couch,
and he tells thom tho story of what he
has been through, and as no livos thore,
his white looks showing down on his
wrinklcd forehead, | ask if God has
kept his promise all tho way through.
AS he lios thore no tells tho story one,
two or three timoa you have hoard
old people tell story two or threo
times overland no answers: II 20
tho way Of all the Garth, and not one
word Of, the promise has failed, not
ono word thereof has failed, not ono
word thereof has failcd. All has como
to pass; not ono word thereof has fail
cd" And then he turns to his family,
as dying parent will, and says:
',Ohoose now whom. you will serve,
tho God Of Israel or tho god Of tho
Amorites. AS for me and my house,
we will serve tho Lord A dying
parent cannot be reokless and chought-
less of his childron. Consent to part
with them forever at tho door Of tho
tomb wo cannot. By the cradle in
which their infancy was rocked, by
tho bosom on which thoy first lay, by
the. blood of the covenant, by the God
Of Joshua It shall not bo. We will
not part, We cannot part. jehovah
Jireh, wo take thee at thy promise.
II will be a. God to thoo and thy seed
after thee."". ;5. Y, 3.
Doad, tho old ohieftain must be laid
out. Handle him very gontly. That
sacred body Is over ! 10 years Of ago.
Lay him out, strotoh out those feet
that walked dry, shod tho parted Jor.