The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-12-05

] paIy ole house I spared. WHO lives thers!
Some great king? No. Some woman dis.
tinguished for great, kindly deeds? No.
She had been conspicuous for her crimes.
1t is the house of Rahab. Why was her
house spared? Because she had been a
great sinner? No, but because she. re-
pented, demonstrating to all the ages
that there is mercy for the chief of sim
ners. sN. '.''
The red cord Of divine injunction reach.
ing from her window. to the ground SO
that when the people saw the red cord
they knew it was the divine indication
that they should not disturb The prem.
ises, making us think of the divine cord
of Saviour's deliverance, the red cord
Of a Saviour's kindness, the red cord of
| q Saviour's mercy, the red cord OF Cur
rescue. Mercy for the chief of sinners.
Put your trust in that God, and no darn
age shall befalt you. /. ~: Il ,ssi
When our. world shall be, more terribly
surrounded than was Jericho. even by the
trumpets of the Judgment day. and the
hills and the mountains, the metal bones
ahd ribs of nature. shall break, they who
have had Rahab's faith shall have zRahabs
deliverance. I.@..sJs s., isss7;:, J: ?
When wrapped in fire the reallmssof ~ e ether
And heavens last thunder shsEsa i;..4;'s sss
| - earth below, SS!I5A q
Thou, undismayed, shalt o'er: the ruinnnss nns
Il 81 smile e$ s,d 5fsEi$SS 4 az. ~ I.
And light thy torch at natures funetal, q {,
pile. :.;s i: (. t,.;1 i
But sJosh1a's troops may NOT halt here :
The command sis Forward; march! There
I lis the city OF Al. e IT. must be taken & a
scouting party comes back 81 and G says:I
t"Joshua; we can do that with you Its
is going to bs{a very easy siab H ou must
They march with q. email fre1ments ins
front of that city. The men iof3 3Ai look atr
them and give one syell, and the tIsraeGtss
run fketreindeeje Ii (: S. II ~ IS 81
5But 4hisis 6 no. place for 4 tlie hbss al
EJoshua a Tos stop. 81 I onward, march, ,eras
Joshua 10 tie Troops; Ihefsg4iis the Scisyttof
sGibeon. 4 sIt has put ifeself Sind dersthe pfos
lection Of Joshua y They send word:
eThere are, Eve b 81 engs. after us. They ara
going to destroy sus. 3 Send troops duicl:..
Send Gus Help righ Vi away. = Z ~ oshIa hat
a three days fSmarch, more than double
quick. On che mo ornings of the third day
he sis, before the enemy 4. There are tWoi
long lines pf battle. Ss,Ths; battie opens WITH
1reat slauSh hut the Cahaanites soon
DISCOVER 81 ONE thing.
sfs Joshua. That / ist It'd 81 man Mo con-
Sotlered the spring freshe and HnQaked
down the; stoIle IVA II tsof Jerichd e.
str,o,yedt a. The city Of 5Ai here
+ fighting. e M'sf q Il They sound
aa they bsgin. g 5rsss1
and his ] host spring upon
panthe pirsuinE shems fny
while the Satapult .ofs the
the Iedges sof Rethhoraa
Joshua, tthiis is surely
dos,youl not see the,
These Amorite Rrssg
ter ail apd then st4sy3
other &ime Ind stnthe
sstroy us! sSees the srl
for longer day tha5
1Jos;6 6fuas : Has, het (;
NO. He is in
ri Look SSolit when
lending 81 fsiibeon. ana
crescentl smoon, for you khy
auaaal Eight sometimes will lih
. iaces ;of the day. K. Holntlnl
he descending sun and thu
amt crescent of the mbont
that God who shaped the
owes the. worlds he cries
90 lou still upon. Gibeon, and
the valley sdf, ,Ajalon." They
er It was byl refraetion ,ol
Or, .bF the stepping SE the
ksystem { do not kn6N and
tieaye it to- the 'Christiar
iie infdel scientl psetf
ii while Il tell yov Have
thing. 4 nv What! ~ say you.
handing still 2, ~ res. JRhe
sanle a performed nowadays. 1
{. ME at 10 not live out half their
:daS. and sun sets at noon. But let
a mai, atari 3)(j ! In battle for God and, the