The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

,a-.o1,tos with the Canaanites a0
,hem They never cut such a Sol4'
ep,,re as when they were on tue
treat. You who go out In tne OAte"
~ Cod with only half a force lhsON
~ vonr taking the men OF Al the men
# All will take you. Look al lno
church of God on the retreat. ih0
Rornesian cannibals ate up Munson'
he missionary. Fall back SAID a
great many Christian people. ran
back, O church of God! Borneo VIII
never be taken. Do you not see Inc
Bornesian cannibals have eaten up
Munson the missionary TyndalI de-
livers his lecture at the university Oh
Glasgow. and a great many good peo-
ple say: Fall back. o church or God!
Do YOU not see that Christian philoso-
ply is going to be overcome by world
" philosophy? FAN back?" Geology
plunges it's crOwblr into the noun
tains. and there are a great many peo-
pie who say: Scientific investigation
is going to over throw the Mosaic ac-
count of the creation. Fall back"
Gods Soldiers Must Advance.
Bat friends of God never have a
any right to fall back. Joshua falls
on his face in chagrin. 1t is the only
time you ever see the back OF his head.
He falls on his face and begins TO
whine, and he says. 20 Lord God,
wherefore hast thou at all brought this
people over Jordan to deliver us into
the hands of the Amorites, to destroy
us? Would to God We had been con- ?
c and dwell on the other side or
Jordan. For the CanaaniteS n all
the inhabitants of the and shall hear
Of it and shall environ us round and
cut Off our name from the earth" l
am very glad Joshua said that. Before
it seemed us if he were Il supernatural
being and therefore could not be an
example to lis, but find he is a a
he is only 4 man. Just as sometimes
you n 4 man under severe opposi-
ton or in a bad state of physical
health. or worn out with CYerwork,
lying down n signing about being
defeated. | am encouraged when l
hear this cry of Joshua as he lies in
the dust. God comes and rouses him.
How pes he rouse him? BY compli-
mentary apOstrOphe? No. He says,
Get thee up. Wherefore liest thou
upon thy face Joshua rises, and, |
warrant you, with a mortified look.
But his old courage comes back. The
fact was that was not his battle. II
he had been in it he would have gone
on to victory. He gathers his troops
around him and says: Now, let US
go up and capture the city of Al. Let
lis go UP right away" They march
on. He puts the majority of the troops
behind a ledge OF rocks in the night,
and then he sends comparatively small
regiments up in front of the city. The
men OF All come out with q shout. The
small regiments of Israelites in strata
gem 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 scattered, regiments,
Joshua stands on d TOck-I see his
locks flying in the wind as he points
his spear toward the doomed city, and
that is the signal. The men rush out
from behind tho rocks and take the
city, and it is pur to the torch, and
then these Israeiites In the city march
down, and the flying ~Israelites return,
and between these two waves of Is
prowess the men of Al are
destroyed, and the ~Israelites gain the
victory; and while / see the curling
smoke of that destroyed city on the
and while / hear the huZza of the
.ISraelites and the groan of the Ca
naanites. Joshua hears something
louder than 1t all. ringing and echo
ing through his soul, There shall not
any Man be able to stand before thee
all the days of thy life"
No Place to Stop.
But this is no place for the host Of
to stop. Forward. march,"
cries Joshua to the troops. There is
city of Gideon. It has put itself
under the protection of Joshua. They
word: There are five kings
after US. They are going to destroy
Us. Send troops quick. Send us help
il6HI away. JOSnud mas Il JnTee DAY S
more than double quick. On
he morning of the third day he is be-
the enemy. There are two long
mes of battle. The battle opens with
great slaughter, but the Canaanites
discover something. They say:
That is Joshua. That is the man
who conquered the spring freshet and {
knocked down the stone walls OF
Jericho and destroyed the city of All.
There is no use fighting" They sound
L retreat, and as they begin to retreat
Joshua and his host spring upon them
ike a panther. pursuing them over the
rocks, while the catapults of the sky
pour a volley of h~ailstones into the val
and all the artillery of the heav-
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