Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-23

but 20 you not sec the sun IL gong
DOWN. Those Amorites are going to
get away after all. and then they will
come up some other time and bother us
and perhaps destroy US. See. the sun
Is going down. oh, for longer day
than has ever been seen I'm this eli
mattel" What is the matter with JOSH
VA? Has he fallen 10 an apoplectic fit?
No. He is in prayer
Lock out when good man makes
the Lord his ally. Joshua raises his
face, radiant with prayer, and looks at
the descending sun over Gideon and mt
the faint crescent of the moon, for you
know the queen of the night sometimes
viii linger around the palaces of the
! day. Pointing one hand at the descend
ing sun and the other hand nj the faint
| crescent OF the moon. In the name OF
that God who shaped the worlds and
moves the worlds he cries, "Sun, stand
thou still upon Gideon. and thou, moon.
I'm the valley of Ajalon" They halted
Whether 1t was by refraction Of the
suns rays or by the stopping of the
whole planetary system I do not know
and do not care. leave II to the Chris
tan Scientists and the infidel scientists
TO settle that question while tell you
have seen the same thing. "Wbatr
say you. Not the sun standing still?"
| Yes. The same miracle is performed
nowadays. THE wicked do not live ont
half their day, and their sun sets at
noon. But let man start out In battle
for God and the truth and against sin,
ana the day of his usefulness Is pro-
louged and prolonged and prolonged.
Grace of the Gospel.
John Summertield was consumptive
Methodist. He looked fearfully white.
| am told. as be stood I'm the old Sands
| Street church, i'm Brooklyn, preaching
| christ and again on the anniversary
platform In New York pleading for the
Bible until unusual aud unknown glo-
ries rolled forth from that book. When
he was dying, his pillow was brushed
with the wings OF an angel from the
skies, the messenger that God sent
down. Did John Summer6eld's sun
set2 Did John SummerGeld's day end !?
oh, no! He lives on in his burning ut
terances in behalf of the Christian
church. He said: II cannot die now. |
am only % years of age. Sun Of my
| Christian influence. stand thou still
above America" and It stood stin.
Robert McCheype was a consumptiye
Presbyterian. IL was said when bo
preached he coughed so It seemed as II
he would never preach again. His
name is fragrant in all Christendom.
That name is mightier today than was
ever his living presence. He lived to
preach the gospel in Aberdeen, Edin-
burgh and Dundee, but he went away
very early. He preached himself into
the grave. Has Robert McCheyne's
sun setY is Robert McCheyne's day
ended? oh, no, His dying delirium
was filed with prayer, and when he
lifted his hand to pronounce the bene-
diction upon his family and the bene-
| diction upon his country he seemed to
say: Il cannot die now. l want to live
on and on. l want to start an influence
for the church that will never cease. 1
am only 80 years of sge. Sun OF my
Christian ministry, stand still over
Scotland" And II stood still.
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 Jarmuth, king of Lachsh, king
OF EglonG Let ii be by Joshua. What
is his text? What shall be the epitaph
put on the door of the tomb? There
shall not any man be able TO stand be-
fore thee all the days of thy life" Be
fore 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 beheadcd and hurl them I'm.
Then fasten up the door forever. What
shall the inscription and what shall the
cpitaph be? For all Christian philan-
thropists OF all ages are going TO come
and look nj IL. What shall the inscrip-
ton bef There shall not any man be
able to stand before thee all the days
OF thy life"
Joshua's Greatest Battle.
But IL il time for Joshua TO 60 home.