The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-20

and the gr0an OF the Canaanitek. Joensa
hears something louder than II all. rlnglhz
and echOlng through his soul. ihsIe
shall not any man be able to staha D.
fore thee all the days Of thy ne.
But this is no place for the host OF
Joshua 90 stop. Forward. narchE CRIES
Joshua 70 the trooDs. There i the CRY
OF Giheon. II has put itself under the
protection OF Joshua. They send word
There are five kings after Us: they are
going TO destroy US; send troops quick;
send Us help right away Joshua has
three-davs' march. more than double
Guick- on the morning CT tie third day
he is before the enemy. There are two
long lines OF battle. The battle opens
with great slaughter but the Canaanites
soon discover something They say. That
is Joshua: that Is the man who conquered
the spring freshet and knocked down the
stone wall Of Jericho and destroyed the
citv OF Al There Is no use fighting.
They sound a retreat, and as they begin
10 retreat Joshua and his host spring
upon them Ike panthers, pursuing them
over the rocks. while the catapu.ts Of the
sky pour a vOley OF hailstones into the
valley. and all the artillery of the heay-
ems, with bullets Of fee. pot1d the Ca
naanites against the ledges Of Bethhoron.
oh" SAYS Joshua. This is surely a VIC
lDtA- fsNt Go Ou not Stt the sun II HDilS
DOWN. Those AmOrites are going 10 get
| away after all. and then they viii come
10 some other time and bother US, and
perhaps destroy us See. the sun IS going
down. Oh. for a longer day than has
ever been seen In this latituder What Is
the matter with Joshua? Has he fallen
| In an apoplectic fit? No. He is In prayer
Look out when a good man makes the
Lord his ally. Joshua raises MS face,
radiant with prayer, and looks at the de-
seeming sun over Gibeon.and al the faint
crescent of the moon, for you know the
queen OF the night sometimes viii hnger
around the palaces OF the day Pointing
one hand at the descending sun and the
moon, in the name OF that God who
shaped the worlds and moves the worlds,
he cries: Sun. stand thou still upon Glib
con: and thou moon, in the valley of Ala
refraction OF the suns rays. or by the
stopping OF the whole planetary system.
do not know. and do not care. / leave II
to the Christian scientists and the in1del
scientists TO settle that question. while l
tell you / have seen the same thing.
'Whatr say you, not the sun standing
stillI Yes. Not the moon standing stillT
Yes The same miracle Is performed now
adays. The wicked do not live out half
their day and their sun sets AT noon. But
let man start out in battle for God and
the truth. and against sin, and the day OF
mis- usefulness is prolonged and prolonged
ana DEUlOUStu.
What is the greatest power in Germany
! to-day? The imperial throne? No. The
great universities? No. The mightiest in
1luence in Germany to-day is Martin Eu-
ther. He lived not so much in the six
teenth century as he lives in the nine-
teenth. i met him this last summer In
the streets OF Dresden and Berlin. As he
leaves this world l hear him practically
saying, i do not want to die now | want
to live on in the reformation | started.
| Sun of my Christian influence stand thou
| still over Germany" And IL stood stlll
John Summerfield was a consumptive
Methodist. He looked fearfully white,
am told, as he stood in the old Sands
Street Church, In Brooklyn, preaching
| Christ. and again on the anniversary plat
| form in New York, pleading for the Bible
until unusual and unknown GlorieS rolled
| forth from that book. When he was dy-
| ing his pillow was brushed with the wings
| of an angel from the skies, the messenger
| that God sent down. Did John Summer
fields sun set? Did John Summerhelds s
| day end? Oh, noi He lives on In his otsn-
| ing utterances in behalf of the Christlan
church He said, I cannot die now. am
only twenty-seven years of age. Sun OF
my Christian influence, stand thou sun
above American And it stood STILL
Robert McCheyne was consumptlve
/ GTGSDNttIldn. II was SoiN 's'N- -
preached he coughed so it seemed as If
| he would never preach again. His name
is fragrant in all Christendom-that name
is mightier to-day than was ever his liv-
| ing presence. He lived to preach the Cos
pel in Aberdeen. Edinburgh. and Dundee,
| but he went away very early. tie preach
| ed himself into the grave. Has ROBERT
] McCheyne's sun set? is kooert NC
| Cheyne's day ended? Oh. no. His dying
III and MI
he lifted his hand TO pronounce the ben
| ediction upon his family, and the bene-
| diction upon his country, he seemed 10
| say: i cannot die now. I want 10 I'VE
| on and on | want TO start an Influence
for the Church that will never cease. /
am only thirty years of age. Sun OF my
| Christian ministry, stand still over Scot
| land And 1t stood still.
| "A long time ago there was Christian
woman very consecrated, and she had
| drunken husband, and so on came the
night of domestic trouble. She lost her
| children and there came the night OF be-
| reavement. She was very i'll. and there
| came the night of sickness. Her soul de-
parted. and there came the night of death.
But all these nights of trouble, and dark
| ness. and sorrow, and sickness were illu-
| mined by the grace or the Gospel; ana
people came many miles to see how eneer-
fu, a Christian could be when i'll, and
how cheerfully a Christian could die. The
moon that illumined that night of trouble
| was a reflection from the sun or Right
| eousness In the last hour of that night
that night of darkness and sickness and
misfortune-as she lifted her hand toward
heaven, those who stood nearest her pill
| low could hear the whisper, for she want
| ed to live on in the generations that were
| 10 follow, consecrated 10 God; she wanted
| to have an influence long after she had
| entered upOn her eternal reward, and
while her hand was lifted and her lips
were moving, those who stood nearest her
pillow could hear her say: 1 want 10 live
on for many years OF good. Thou moon,
stand still In the valley Of Ajalon.'
But Joshua was not quite through.
! There was time for five funerals before
the sun of that prolonged day set. Who
| will preach their funeral sermon? Mas
sillOn preached the funeral sermon over
Louis XVI Who will preach the funeral
sermon OF those five dead kings-king OF
Jerusalem King OF Hebron. King of Jar
muth. King of Lachish. King of EglOn?
Let il be by Joshua. What is his text?
Before YOU fasten up the door ! want five
more kings beheaded and thrust in King
Alcohol, King Fraud, King Lust, King
Superstition, King Infidelity. Let them
be beheaded and hurl them in. Then fas-
ten up the door forever. What shall the
inscription be?-fOr all Christian philan-
thropists of all ages are going TO come
and look at 1t. What shall the inscription
be? There shall not any man be able TO
stand before thee all the days of thy
life
But il is time for Joshua TO go home
He is 10 years old. Washington went
down the Potomac and at Mount Vernon
closed his days. Wellington died peace
fully at Apsley House. Now, where shall
Joshua rest? Why, he is TO have his
greatest battle now. After 10 years he
has TO meet King who has more sub
jects than all the present population Of
the earth. his throne a pyramid of skulls
his parterre the graveyards and the eeme-
teries of the world. his playing fountains
the falling tears Of nations. his chariot
the worlds hearse-the King of Terrors
But II this is JOshuas greatest battle. II
is going 10 be Joshua's greatest victory
He gathers his friends around him and
gives his valedictory and ii is fun of rem
iniscence. Young men tell what they are
going 10 do; old men tell what they have
done. And as you have heard a grand
| father. or great-grandfather Seated hv