The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-11-24

finger Of the right hand 70 the to's, .
Anger Of the left hand arguing u al a
out and showing that IL was not pos q
.ible that such a cause could produce :
.pch an effect. And l suppose mat :
Mol. in the encampment there was c
plenty Of cArieature, and Il Joshua :
haa been nominated for any high mil :
itarv position he would not have re- :
eeived many votes. Joshua's STOCK !
xas down. The second day the priests J
blowing the musical Instruments go /.
around the city and again a failure
The third day and a failure. fourth
day and a failure, fifth day n .
! failure, sixth day and a failure. Inc
seventh day comes. the eimnc'erle
day Joshua IL up early in the morn
mo and examines the troops, Walks
Iii about. looks at the city wall The
pr,ests start to make the eireun OF
\ the citt. They GO all around once, all
around twice, three times, four times
Eve times six times. seven times ano
failure. There is only one more
thing 20 do, and that is to utter a
rreat shout, 1 see the lsraelitish
army Strengthening themselves up
filing their lungs for a vociteration
4 .ncb AZ was never heard before and
never heard after. Joshua feels that
Il the hour has come. and he cries out
n his host: eShout. for the Lord
hath given you the city" All To-
gether the troops shout: Down
Jericho. Down. Jerieho," And n
} IonR line Of solid masonry begins TO
oujyer and TO move and TO rock Stand
from under! She fallsl Crash go
the walls and temples. the towers
; the p~alaces, the air blackened with
: the dust. The huzza of the victorious
. tsraeiites and the groan OF the con-
: ouered C~anaanites commingle. and
9 Joshua, standing there in the debris
i Of the walls. hears a voice saying
aThere shall not any man be able 20
stand before thee all the days OF tiny
= life"
q Only one house spared. Who lives
there7 Some great king? No. Some
2 woman distinguished for great kindly
N deeds7 No. She had been conspicu-
= Gus for her crimes, IL Is the house
y 81 Rahab. Why was her house sparedf
y because she had been a great stnnerT
=, No. hut because she repented, demon
stratinR TO all the ages that there Is
y mercy for the chief Of sinners.
n But Joshua's troops may not halt
- here. The command iI "Forward'
:. march," There Is the city OF Al. u
mus, he taken. How shall II be taken
y A scouting party comes back and says
y. Joshua. we can do that without you
Il ia going to be a very easy job, You
~ must stand here while we go and cap
=. ,ure IT, They march with a small
n. regiment in front Of that city. TIT
men OF Al look at them and give on'
~ yell and the Israelites run like rein
% deer. The northern troops at bul
Run did not make such rapid time a
these Israelites with the Canaanite'
after them. They never cut such
sorry figure as when they were on th
n. retreat. You whogo out in the battle
Of God with only half a force instea'
y, of your taking the men of Al the me
'n- ~ Al will take you. Look al the churc
n. Of God on the retreat. The Bornesia
eanuibals ate up Munson, the missiof
:, ary, Fall back" said a great man
Christian people. Fall back. o churc
~ God Borneo will never be takei
Do you not see the Bornesian cal
nibals have eaten up Munson, the mi
aionary?" Tyndall delivers his le
tures at the University Of Glasgo'
and a great many good people sa.
aFall back. o church of Godi Do W
mt see that Christian philosophy Is g
inc 10 be overcome by worldly philc
ophyP Fall backl" Geology plung
- is crowbar into the mountains, al
Their. are a great many people who sa
80 "scientiie Investigation is going
DE- overthrow the Mosaic account OF I
80 creation, Pail back
- Rut friends Of God never have b
a. any right to fall back. Joshua ia
on his face In chagrin. Il is the OF
time YOU ever see the back Of his he'
He falls on his face and begins
whine, and he says: 70 ORD u
'itee wberefore hast thou at all broue
4 Of this people over Jordan to deliver
Alas into The hands OF the Amorites, to
,ould stroy usf Would to God we had be
ted? sontent and dwelt on the other side
n 20 Jordan. For the Canaanites and
"a the inhabitants OF the land shall be
NAV of Il and shall environ Us round q
ont OF our name from the earth"
com am very glad Joshua said that.
.,,ed fore Il seemed as II he were a sup
|, and natural being, and therefore could
ok II be an example 70 US, but find he
God man, he Is only o man. Just as sol
m re- times you find a man under severe
xav nosi,ion or in q bad state OF physi
The health. or worn out with oyerwo
back living down and signing about be
rate defeated. I am encouraged when b
.a., M. ery Of Joshua as he lies In
ame. dust. God comes and rouses him. u
4 the does He rouse him? BY compfmt
90 srv apostrophe2 No. He says; ="
40 thse IN, Wherefore Hest thou a
: ga Inv face7p Joshua rises, and, ] v
saw: rant YOU, with . mortified look,
when his old courage comes back, The
ana Was that was not his battle. II
An or had been in 1t he would have gone
noll,A 10 victory. He gathers his tire
the around him and says: Now let u
a had up and capture the city Of AL
10 us 70 up right away" They ma
man on, He puts the majority OF
m. troops behind 0 ledge Of rocks In
night, and then he sends compara'
IN Nv small regiments up in front OF
city. The men Of Al come u wi
s-,srca shout. The small regiments OF Isl
"a a. lies In strstagem fall back and
h, a. baek. and when oil the men OF Al
walls left the city and are 10 pursuit o. :
N. 10 scattered, or seemingly scattered
great ments. Joshua stands on a rock
mopn. his locks Aging In the wind a. he pr
h,s smear toward the doomed city
, s"y that Is the signal. The men rush
ohP.y from behind the rocks and take
city, and It is put 70 the torch,
n., DS then these Israelites In the city N
Ihers down. and the flying Israelites rel
DIV and between these two waves o
One raeiitish proves the men OF A
famt d,stroyed, and the IsraeliteS gaiI
victory; and while ! see the Gu
-hIIs 7 hear the buzza Q
IsraeHtes and the groap OF the
NANTES, Joshua hears somei
louder than It all, ringing and eel
~ through his soul: There shall no
take me-"
nstrn- no, ori,s ,br,
aronnd BIT JpsDua was h't b"'N -,
".s There was time for five funeral
:. ~ fore the sun OF that prolonged
$500 set. Who will preach their ~
sr"en" $4,000 Mcclellan ureaChed III