The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-22
REV. DR.. TALMACE.
THE EMINENT DIvINE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject; The Faith of Rahab-Therc is
Mcrcy For All sinners - Cheer For All
Who Are Engaged in Lies Battlcs--
Meaning Of the SIMS Standing Still
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WASHINGTON, ID. C.--In this discourse
Dr. Talmsge follows Joshua on his tri.
umphal march and speaks encouraging
words TO all who are engaged in the bat.
lies OF this life; text, Joshua !, 3, There
shall not any man be able 60 stand before
thee all the days Of thy liic'
Moses was dead. A beautiful tradition
says the Lord kissed him and in that act
hrcw forth the soul OF the diving lawgiver
Tie had been buried; only one person at
the tuneral--the same Ono who kissed him
but God never takes a man away from
my place of usefulness until lie has some
one ready TO replace him. The Lord docs
not 90 looking around amid a great va.
tlety OF candidates TO find some one especi
ally fitted for the vacated position. lie
makes man for that place Moses has
passed off the stage and Joshua. the hero
put5ehls foot ON the platform OF history
so sohdly that all the ages echo with the
tread. lie was a magnificent fighter. but
iic always fought on the right side and he
never fought unless God told him to fight
lie got his military equipment from God
who gave hlm the promise at the start
There shall not any man be able 20
stand before thee all the days ot thy life
God fulfilled this promise, although Josh
VA ,irst battle vas with the spring fresh
eJ the next with stone wall, the next
leading ON q regiment oi whipped cow
ards and the next battling against dark
ness, wheeling the sun and the moon INTO
ms n"'tnh"n ana the last against the King
oi terrors death--fyc great victories
AS rule when the general of an army
Starts out IN war he would like TO have
= slnan patlle III order lhat ne may get
MS own courage up ana lallN ms troops
ana PeI them driiled ior greater conflicts,
puD the ilrst undertaking OF Joshua was
greater IMAM INC leVclmg ot Fort Pulaski
OF the assault ol Gloraltar or the over
'nfow OF the ba'tiIlc' IA was the crossing
oi thc Jordan at the time ol the sprung
'eehSt' Inc SHOWS OF Mount Lehanpn had
luNt peHh heltlnk' ana iheN poured down
ih' NalieS. ana the Whole valley was
raging torrent 80 the Canaanites stand
ON one pahh, ana they look across and see
Joshua ana the lsraeitcs aud they laugh
ana say; ana! lhey cannot disturb
us untu the lreshels iniI. IL Is impossible
l9f tnem TO reach us But alter awhile
lhcy LOOK across the water, and they see
movement IN the army oil Joshua. hey
s3A' Nh3I Is lhc matter now why
'hcic must bc a panic among those troops,
ana lheS are gong TO hy. on perhaps they
are gong to march across the river Jor-
dan. Joshua ls a lunatic.' But Joshua,
ne chieiiMn, looks at he army and cries.
Forward, march and they start Tor the
hanG OF t'e Jordan, One miic ahead 20
l"o priests carrying a giiiteilng boN lour
ieet long and two feet wide. IL IS the arI;
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But ths IS no place Tor the host TO
stop: Joshua gives the command. 'For-
| ward, 4'arch. In the distance there Is
a long grove OF trees, and at the end OF the
| grove Is a city; 1T is city with arbors,
| cltS with walls seeming to reach 70 the
| heavens, to buttreSs the very sky. 1t .ls
! the great metropolis that commands the
mountain pass. 1t is Jericho. That city
was aiterward captured by Pompey and
| once by llerod the Great and once again
| by the Mohammedans but tins campaign
| the Lord plans There shall be no swords.
| no shields, no batterng ram; there shall
be only one weapon OF war: and that u
rams horn. The horn OF the slain ram
was sometimes taken, and holes We're
punctured IN 1t, and then the musician
! would put the instrument TO his hps and
| he would rum his fingers over tins rude
| musical instrument ana make great deal
OF sweet harmony Tor the people. That
was the only KIND oil weapon Seven
| priests were to take these rude, rustic
musical instruments, and they were to
| 20 around the city every day Tor slN days
once a day for SIX days-and then on the
seventh day they We're to go around blow
ing these rude musical instruments seven
times, and then at the close OF the seventh
blowing ot the ram horn ON the seventh
| day the perorauon OF the whole scene
was to be shout, at which those great
walls should tumble from capstone to base.
| The seven priests with the rude musical
instruments pass all around the city walls
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