The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13

Asuscih uEo NOT worthy TO DO mentioned
with this retreat, when all the powers OF
darkness seemed to be pursuing Christ as
He fell back until the body OF Him who
came to do such wonderiulthlngs lay puIse-
less and stripped. Methinks that the city
Of AL was not SO emptied OF It's inhabitants
when they went to pursue Joshua as per-
dition was emptied OF devils when they
started for the pursuit. OF Christ, and He
fell back and back, down lower, down
lower, chasm below chasm, pit below pit,
until He seemed to strike the bottom OF OBJ
lurgatfon and scorn n torture. Oh, the
long, loud, iubilant shout OF hell at the de-
feat OF the Lord God Almighty
Lesson b second: The triumph OF the
wicked Is short. Did you ever see an army
In q panic2 There Is nothing so uncon.
troilable. II you had stood 1T Long Bridge,
Washington, during the opening OF our
sad Civil War, you would know what it Is
to SEQ an army run. And whom those mon
OF Al loOked out and saw those men OF
Joshua in n stampede they expected easy
work. They would scatter them ms tho
equinox the leaves. o., the gleeful and
jubilant descent Of the men Of Al upon the
men OF Joshual But their exhilaration was
brief, for the tide OF battle turned, AMI
these quondam conquerors lett their miser.
able carcasses In the wilderness OF Betha-
ven. So It always is. The triumph OF the
wicked Is short. You make $40 900 at the
gambling table. Do you expect to keep It'll
You will die In the poorhouse. You make
a fe ftune by Ubiquitous trafic. Do you ex-
Tect to keep it? Your money will scatter,
cb,Iaran ortor vo, 80 49,
Cali ever fi,a rnIl ~ Nal non uno n-os
norad ond coo hnw sI'o.t r,aa tha ~" 800
ity. For awhile, like the men Of Al, they
went from conquest to conquest, but after
awhile disaster rolled back upon thu Il, and
souy W. .s.es. aneo .nloo pats. ~
t,,e,r hodv and I'M l,Opei la ta as ~
sonI nm aIwava ,nterasred ~ tta hill I.
mo ~ naiacas ~ sisssnn ttnr Z Itka ~ n.re
ham hriit oe+ha nast p-sn;t. nna Ia - 49,
rooma modo la-Ca 49, - 49,. .1 t,,a rt,,.-
made varv Arm God 10 soino ~ cana,a,
than and thav viii Se tnr,eI Ii nto asvI,fm ~
and MT valiaries and chrrcbas
How lono will - 1aIa rorr fo,,. 80,
hrou,h IVY w, VII ~ nota hSo r n.y. n.y. - III
10 nor i've ont hsif tha;r davs Far wn;Is
thew and afruf and maLa . "raas
snloah N fIa awar nars Mr. astar .sh;ie
n nil dwindlas down into : hriaS nara ora -.
ssDied snddenlv Anril 4 iann ~ thirfvsav -
wears Of age. Relafivaa md friands r. ahs
family are invited e. attend tha fnneraf On
Wednesdav at . O'clock from hts inte real.
dence on Madison SQUARE. Interment al
Greenwood ar OAK Uii1n Some ~ tbam
jumped al the docks- some n them foot
prussic acid. Some OF them fell under the
snap OF 4 DerrInper pistol. some of them
spent their davs IN 4 lnnnfIc navlnm
Where are WiIli1m Twead AMI hts nssn
ciates? Where are James Flax. the liner.
tine. and ali the other m-isdemeananfs2
The wicked do not live out half their DAYS.
D~isembogue. @ world OF darknessi Come
up. H;idebrapd and Henry II md Robes.
pierre. and with blisterinp and blasphem.
ing and ashen Iips. hiss out. The triumph
OF the wicked is short"
Lesson the third: How much nav be ac.
complished By living in ambush for oppor.
.unities. Are you hypercritical OF Joshua,s
maneuyer? Do YOU saw TINT II was cheat
ing for him to take that city bv nmbus.
cade? Was it wrong for washington tn
ktndle campfires ON Jersey heights giving
tie IMPRESSION to the opnosine force thni
a great arm was encamped there vher
there was none at all? / answer. IL the
war was right, then Joshua was right il
his stralagem. He violated no nag Q
truce. He broke no treaty, but by q Lawful
ambuscane captured the city Of Al.
On, that we all knew how to lie In am.
bush Tor opportunities TO serve Godl The
best OF our opportunities DO not lie on the
surface. but arc secreted. BY tact, by
stratagsn. by Christian ambuscade, you
may take almost any castle OF sin foI
Christ. Come up toward men with a reg.
ular besiegement OF argument, and you
will be defeated, but just wait until the
door OF their hearts is set ajar, or they are
of their guard, or their severe caution il
away from home, and then drop in on then
from . Christian ambuscade.
There has been many 4 man up to his
chin In scientific portfolios which proved
tnero was no Christ and no divine reyela.
ton, his pen q sclmeter flung into the
heart or thoolopicai onnonanta WIN nnvor.