Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24

health or worn out with overwork, ly-
ing down and signing about being de-
feated. | am encouraged when | hear
this cry Of Joshua as he lies In the dust.
God comes and rouses him. How does
he rouse him-by complimentary ap0s-
trophe? No. he says: "Get thee up!
Wherefore liest thou upon thy facef'
Joshua rises and. | warrant you, with
n mortified look. But his old courage
comes back. The fact was that was
not his battle. If he had been In IT, he
would have gone on to victory. He
gathers his troops around him and
SAYS: Now let us go up and capture
the city OF Al. Let us 90 up right
away" They march on. He puts the
majority Of the troops behind ledge
Of rocks in the night, and then he sends
comparatively small regiments up In
front Of the city The men Of Al come
ont with n shout. The small regiments
of Israelltes In stratagem fall back and
fall back, and when all the men OF Al
have left the city and are In pursuit or
these scattered or seemingly scattered
regiments Joshua stands on rock.
see his locks flying in the wind as he
points his spear toward the doomed
city. and that Is the signal. The men
rush out from behind the rocks and
take the city. and it IS put to the torch
and then these Israelites In the city
march down. and the flying regiments
Of Israelites return, and between these
two waves of Israelltish prowess the
men Of Al are destroyed, aud the lsra-
elites gain the victory.
The sun of the Wicked.
But this is no place for the host OF
Joshua to stop. Forward, march"
cries Joshua TO the troops. There Is
the city Of Gibcon. 1t 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 lis help right
away" Joshua has Il three days
march. more than double quick. on
the morning of the third day he Is be-
fore the enemy. There are two long
lines Of battle. The battle opens with
great slaughter, but the Canaanltes
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 city Of Al. There Is
no use fighting" They sound a retreat
and as they begin to retreat Joshua
and his host spring upon them like a
panther. pursuing them over the rocks
while the cataputs Of the sky pour
yollev Of halstoncs into the valley, and
all the artillery Of the heavens. with
bullets of iron. pound the Canaanites
against the lodges Of BethhOron. "Oh"
saws Joshua. this IS surely victory"
"But do you not see the sun Is going
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 a longer day
than has ever been seen In this Gil
natal, What 10 tho matter s>-ith Josh
ua? Has he fallen in an apoplectic fit?
No. He is in prayer.
Look out when a good man makes
the Lord mis- ally Joshua raises MS
face. radiant with prayer, and looks at
the descending sun over Gibeon ana at
the faint crescent Of the moon. for you
know the queen of the night sometimes
will lInger around the palaces of the
day. Pointing one hand at the descend
ing sun and the other hand at the faint
crescent Of the moon. In the name OF
that God who shaped the worlds ana
moves the worlds he cries. "Sun, stand
thou still upon GibeOn, and thou. moon
in the valley Of AialOn." They halted.
Whether it was by refraction of the
suns rays or by the stopping Of the
whole planetary system do not know
and do not care. leave 1t to the CHRIS
tian Scientists and the infidel scientists
70 settle that question while tell you
have seen the same thing. What!
sav YOU. "Not the sun standing stillF
Yes. The same miracle Is performed
nowadays. The wicked do not live out
half their day. and their sun sets at
noon. But let q man start out in battle
for God and the truth and against sin
and the day of his usefulness Is pro
Ionged and prolonged and prolonged.
Grace of the GOspei.
John Summerfield was cOnsumptiye
Methodist. He looked fearfuIly white
I nm told. as he stood in the old Sands
Street church, in Brooklyn, preaching
Christ and again on the anniversary
nlatform in New York pleading for the
Bible until unusual and unknown glo
res rolled forth from that book. Wher
no WAS diving. his pillow was brushed
with the wings of an angel from th'
skies the messenger that God sen
down. DID John Summerdeld'S sur
set? Did John Summertied's day end
J oh. no. He lives on in. his burning ut
terances in behalf Of the Christian
church. He said: -! cannot die now.
am only 81 years Of age. sun or N!
Christian influence, stand thou stl
above America" and 1t stood still.
Robert McCheyne was a consumptiv'
PRESBYTERIAN. 1t was said when D.
preached he coughed so 1t seemed as
he would never preach again. HI
name is fragrant In all Christendom
That name is mightler today than wa
ever his living presence. He lived t
preach the gospel in Aberdeen, Edin
burgh and Dundee, but he went ava
very early. He preached himself int
the grave. Has Robert McCheyne'
sun set? Is Robert McCheynes da
ended? Oh no. His dying dellriur
was filled with prayer, and when h
lifted mis- hand to pronounce the benz
diction upon his family end the benz
diction upon his country he seemed
say: II cannot die now. | want to llY
on and on. | want to start an inhuenc
a