The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-11-23
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE YrHs NOTED
DIVINE.
subiec,; THE Faith OF Eahab-rhere l.
Mercy For All sinners - Cheer for Al
Who Are Engaged in LIES BATTLES
Meaning OF the suns standing >till.
tCopyright isedi

Who Are Engaged in Lies BATTLES
Meaning OF the suns standing stin.
tcoryusht IsSoi
WASHINGTON. ID. C.-In this discourse
DR.. Talmage follows Joshua on his tri.
umphal march and speaks encouraging
words 10 all who are engaged IN the bat
ties OF this lite; text, Joshua i, 5, There
shall not any man he able 20 stand before
thee all the DAYS OF thy lii.s
Moses was dead 4 beautiful tradition
SAYS the Lord kissed him and m that act
drew forth the soul OF the dying lawgiver
He had been buried: only one person az
the tuneral-the same One who kissed him.
But God never takes a man away from
any place OF usefulness until He has some
one ready 20 replace him. The Lord does
not 20 looking around amid a great va
rlety OF candidates 20 find some one especi.
ally fitted for the vacated position. He
makes a man for that place Moses has
passed off the stage. and JoshsN, the hero,
puts his foot on the platform OF history
so sohdlv that all the ages echo with the
tread lie was a magnificent fighter. but
he always fought on the right side aud he
never fought unless God told him 20 fight.
He got his military equipment from God,
who gave him the promise az the start,
There shall not any man be able 10
stand before thee all the days of thy life
God fulfilled this promise, although Josh.
ua's first battle was with the spring fresh
ct the next with a stone wall the next
leading on a regiment of whipped COW.
srds and the next battling against dark
ness. wheeling the sun and the moon into
his battalion and the last against the king
of terrors death-ive great victories.
As rule, when the general of an army
starts out in a war he would like 10 have
a email haftla IN Npsl.V that ha
his own courage up and rally has troops
and get them drilled for greater conflicts.
but the first undertaking of Joshua was
greater than the levellng of Fort Pulaski
or the assault Of Gibraltar or the over.
throw Of the Bastille IL was the crossing
Of the Jordan az the time Of the spring
freshet. The SHOWS of Mount Lebanon had
Just been melting. and they poured down
the valley. and the whol" valley was
raging torrent. So the Canaanitcs stand
on one bank. and thev look across and see
Joshua and the Israelites aud they laugh
and say Aha They cannot disturb
rs until the freshets fall II is impossible
for them TO reach US" But after awhile
they look across the water. and they see
a movement in the army Of Joshua. They
say: What is the matter now? Why.
there must be a panic among those troops,
and they are going to ily or perhaps they
are going 20 march across the river Jor.
dan Joshua is n lunatic" But Joshua,
the chieftain, looks at his army and cries,
Forward march," and they start for the
bank of the Jordan, One mile ahead go
two priests carrying a glitterinC box four
feet long and two feet wide. II Is the ark
Of the covenant And they come down,
and no sooner do they Just touch the rim
of the water with their feet than, 10y an
Almighty fiat, Jordan parts The army
Of Joshua marches right on without get.
ting their feet wet over the bottom OF
the river. path OF chalk and broken
shells and pebbles. until they get 20 the
other bank. Then they lay hold of the ole.
anders and tamarsks and willows and pull
themselves up bank thirty or forty feet
high, and. having gained the other bank,
they clan their shields and their cymbals
aud sing the praises of the God OF Joshua.
But no sooner have they reached the bank
than the waters begin 10 dash and roar
and with terrific rush they break loose
from their strange anchorage. As the
hand of the Lord God is taken away from
the thus uplfted waters-waters perhaps
uplfted half mile-thev rush down. and
some OF the unbelieving israeltes say.
Alas, alas, what a mlsfortune Why
could not not those wBters have staid
parted, because, perhaps, we may want
TO 90 back q Lord. we are engaged in
a risky business These Canaanitcs may
eat us ur. How If we want 60 go back
Would it not have been a more complete
miracle if the Lord had parted the waters
20 let W. come through and kept them
parted TO let Us go back If we are de
featod|
But this is no place for the host TO
stop. Joshua gives the command, For
ward, arch In the distance there -
Ia lpttt, Of and AZ la aUH al the
grove j. a city. II is a city with arbors,
a city with walls seeming 90 reach to the
heavens, 10 buttress the very sky. IL r.
the great metropolis that commands tn"
mountain pass. II ls Jericho. That city
was aiterward captured by Pompey and
once by Herod the Great and once again
by the Mohammcdans, but this campaign
the Lord plans. There shall be no swords,
no shields, no battering ram; there shall
be only one weapon OF war, aud that a
rams horn The horn Of she slain ram
was sometimes taken. and holes were
punctured IN u, aud then the musician
would put the instrument 10 his lips, and
he would run his fingers over this rude
musical instrument and make q great deal
OF sweet harmony tor the people. That
was the only kind OF weapon. Seven
priests were 10 take these rude, rustic
musical instruments, and they were 20
20 around the city every lay Tor siX days -
once a day for six days-and then on the
seventh day they were to 90 around blow
ing these rude musical instruments seven
times, and then at the clO-c Oi the seventh
blowing of the rams horn ou the seventh
day the peroration Of the whole scene
was % be a shout, at which those great
walls should tumble from cap-t0ne to base.
The seven priests with the rude musical
instruments pass all around the city wills
on the first day and score failure. Not
~ much as a piece Ot plaster broke loose
from the wall, not 40 much As lOJsened
rock. not - much AZ piece oi mortar 'Ost
from rs place. There say the unbe.
leyng Gsraeltes, did not tell you 80
Why. those ministers are tools. The .dca
OF gong around the city with those mus.
cal instruments and expecting IN that
way % destroy u. Joshua has been spoiled
He thinL. because be has OycrthrOWu tud
conquered the spring irespet he can ofer-
throw the stone wall. Why u ~ not
philOsophic DO you not see there ~ no
relation between the blowing OF these
musical instruments and the knocking
down Of the WALL Il - not philosOphic.' ~
And / suppose there were many wlsractes
who stood with their br0ws knitted and
with the forehnger Oi the right hand %
.he iorehnger of the left hand, arguing u
Ell out and showing that % was not pos
sibe that such "a cause could produce such
On effect And / suppose that night in the
eurampmeut there was plenty Of carIca-
turo. and II Joshua had been nominated
f0r any high military pJsItiDn be would
not have received many votes Joshua =
stock vat down The second day The
priests L.5wing the mu-.rli instruments
~ around the ,ity, and again failure.
The third day, and rs failure, the fourth
day. and a failure, hfth day, and failure
s1th day. and failure. The seventh
dsv comes. tae c.martsfr day. Joshua