The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-04-14
VICTORY IN RETREAT
Dr.. Talmsge Gives Suggestions as
to Christian Warfare.
JoshuA's Plsu sf Amhuscade cited az
q saceessfaI Method OF Ftght-
ing UnriEhteoaNncss-Sin's
Triumph BricL

ICoryusht is0 by Louis Klopsehl
Washington. AprlS
From an old-time battle scene Or.
Talmage in this discourse makes some
startling suggestions as 10 the best
STYLES Of Christian work and pointsout
the reason Of so many pious f~ailuresi
text. Joshua So: Then shall ye rise
up from the ambush and seize upon
The city"
one Sabbath evening, with my family
around me, We were talking over the
scene Of the text. In the wide open
eyes and the quick interrogations and
the blauchcd cheeks l realized what a
thrilling drama it was. There Is the
old city, shorter by nam than any
other city in the ages, spelled with two
letters, A. /. Al Joshua and his men
want to take it. How to do it is the
question. On a former occasion, in a
STRAIGHTFORWARD, face 10 face fight,
they had been defeated, but now they
are going to take it by ambuscade. Gen.
Joshua has two divisions in his army.
The one division the batile-worn com
mander will lead himself, the other d.
vision he sends of 10 encamp in an am
bush on the west side Of the city Of
All. No torches, no lanterns no sound
Of heavy battalionS but 5000 swarthy
warriors moving in silence, speaking
only in a whisper; no clicking Of
swords against shields, lest the watch
men Of Al discover it and the stratagem
be s failure. II the FOSTERING soldier
in the Israelitish army forgets himself,
all along the line the word IS "Hush!'
Joshua takes the other division the
one with which be is 80 march, and
puts it on the north side Of the city
OF All and then spends the night in re-
connoitering in the valley. There he
is. thinking over the fortunes Of the
coming DAY with something Of the feel
ings Of Wellington the night before
Waterloo or Of Meade and Lee the night
before Gettysburg. There be stands
in the night and says TO himself: "Non-
der is the division in ambush on the
west side of Al. Here is the division |
have under my especial command on
the north side Of Al. There is the old
city ~slumbering in its sin. Tomorrow
win be the battle" Lex! The morn
ing already begins 10 tip the bills. The
military officers Of Al look ont in the
morning very early, and, while they
! do not see the division In ambush, they
behold the other divisions OF Joshua,
and the cry ITO arms! To arms!'
rings through all the streets OF the
old town, and every sword. whether
hacked aud bent or newly welded, is
brought out. and oil the Inhabitants
Of the city OF Al pour through the gates
an Infatuated torrent, and their cry is'
Come, Wen make quick work with
Joshua and his trooPs!'
No sooner had these people Of a
come out against the troops OF Joshua
than Joshua gave such a command al
he seldom gaye-"Fal back!' Why
they could not believe their W ears.
is Joshua's courage falling him? Int
retreat is beaten, and the lsraelies arr
flying. throwing blankets and canteenI
on every side under this worse THAI
Bull Run defeat. And you ought Il
hear the soldiers Of Al cheer and cheer
But they huzza too The men lyini
in ambush are strainiug their vision Il
get some signal from Joshua that the.
may know what time Il drop upon tn
nitr In.hmn ..lns his burnishel