Connecticut western news., 1900-11-22

around the city with those musical in- struments and expecting In that way to destroy it. Joshua has been spoiled. He thinks because he has overthrown and conquered the spring freshet he can overthrow the stone wall. Why, it is not philosophic. Do you not see there is no relation between the blow ing of these musical instruments and the knocking down of the wall? It Is not philosophic." And I suppose there were many wiseacres who stood with their brows knitted and with the fore finger of the right hand to the forefin- ger of the left hand, arguing 1t all out and showing that it was not possible that such a cause could produce such an effect. And I suppose that night in the encampment there was plenty of caricature, and if Joshua had been nominated for any high military posi- ton he would not have received many votes. Joshua's stock was down. The second day the priests blowing the mu- sical instruments go around the city, and again a failure. The third day, and a failure; fourth day, and fail ure; fifth day, and failure; sixth day, and failure. The seventh day comes, the climacteric day. Joshua is up early in the morning and examines the troops, walks all about and looks at the city wall. The priests start to make the circuit of the city. They go all around once, all around twice, three times, four times, five times, six times, seven times, and failure. There Is only one more thing to do, and that Is to utter great shout. l see the Israeli itish army strengthening themselves up, filling their lungs for a vociferation such as never was heard before and never heard after. Joshua feels that the hour has come, and he cries out to his host, "Shout, for the Lord hath giv- en you the city" All together the troops shout: Down, Jericho! Down, Jerichow and the long line of solid ma sorry begins to quiver and to move and to rock. Stand from under! She falls! Crash go the walls and temples, the towers, the palaces, the air black ened with dust. The huzza of the vic torious Israelites and the groan of the conquered Canaanites commingle, and Joshua, standing there in the debris of the walls, hears a voice saying, "There shall not any man be able to stand be- fore thee all the days of thy life"
 Rahab's Deiiverance.
 Only one house spared. Who lives there? Some great king? No. Some woman distinguished for great, kindly deeds? No. She had been conspicuous for her crimes. It is the house of Ra- hab. Why was her house spared? Be cause she had been great sinner? No, but because she repented, demonstrat- ing to all the ages that there Is mercy for the chief of sinners. The red cord of divine injunction reaching from her window to the ground, so that when the people saw the red cord they knew it was the divine indication that they should not disturb the premises, mak- ing us think of the divine cord of a Saviours deliverance, the red cord of a Saviour's kindness, the red cord of a Saviour's mercy, the red cord of our rescue. Mercy for the chief of sinners. Put your trust in that God, and no damage shall befall you. When our world shall be more terribly surround ed than was Jericho, even by the trum- pets of the judgment day, and the hills and the mountains, the metal bones and ribs of nature, shall break, they who have had Rahab's faith shall have Rahab's deliverance.
 When wrapped in fire the realms of ether glow
 And heavens last thunder shakes the earth below, Thou, undismayed, shalt OCT the ruins smile
 And light thy torch at nature's funeral pile.
 But Joshua's troops may not halt here. The command Is Forward
 marchw There Is the city of Ali. It must be taken. A scouting party comes back and says: Joshua, we can do that without you. It is going to be a very easy job. You must stay here while we go and capture It." They march with small regiment In front of that city. The men of Al look at them and give one yell, and the Israel ites run like reindeer. The northern troops at Bull Run did not make such rapid time as these Israelites with the Canaanites after them. They never cut such sorry figure as when they were on the retreat. You who go out in the battles of God with only half . force, instead of your taking the men of Al the men of Al will take you. Look at the church of God on the retreat The Bornesian cannibals ate up Nun son, the missionary. Fall backw said
 a great many Christian people. "Fal
 back, o church of God! Borneo will hn faI Tln n Bornesian cannibals have eaten ur Munson, the missionary Tyndall de livers his lecture at the University o1 Glasgow, and great many good peo pie say: "Fall back, O church of God Do you not see that Christian philoso phy is going to be overcome by world | ly philosophy? Fall backw
 No Backward Movement.
 Geology plunges its crowbar into tn, mountains, and there are great manJ | people who say scientific investigation Is going to overthrow the Mosaic ac count of the creation. Fall backw Bu | friends of God never have had an, | right to fall back. Joshua falls on hii | face in chagrin. It Is the only time yol
 ever see the back of his head. He fall | on his face and begins to whine, ant
 he says: 70 Lord God, wherefore has
 thou at all brought this people owe | Jordan to deliver us into the hands O. the Amorites to destroy us? Would t ] God we had been content and dwelt o1
 the other side of Jordan, for the Ca | naanites and all the inhabitants of tn,
 land shall hear of 1t and shall environ
 us round and cut off our name from tn
 earthw I am very glad Joshua sai,
 that. Before 1t seemed as If he were supernatural being and therefore coul' not be an example to us, but find h. | Is a man, he Is only a man, just a. sometimes you find a man under sever opposition or in bad state of physica | health or worn out with overwork, ly
 ing down and signing about being de feated. I am encouraged when I hea
 this cry of Joshua as he lies in the dust God comes and rouses him. How doe
 he rouse him-by complimentary apos