The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-27
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sorry figure Is when they were on the
retreat.
) Look ont when good man makes
the Lord his ally. Joshua raises his
face, radiant with prayer, and looks at
the descending sun over Gibeon and at
the faint crescent Of the moon, for
you know the queen of the night some
times will inger around the palaces
of the day. Pointing one hand at the
descending sun and the other hand at
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 Gibeon,
and thou, moon, in the valley of Ala
lon!" 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.
I leave it to the Christian Scientists
and the infidel scientists to settle that
question, while tell you / have seen
the same thing. ssWhat?" say you.
"Not the sun standing still?" Yes.
The same miracle is performed now
adays. The wicked do not live out
half their day, and their sur sets at
noon. But let a man staf2 out in
battle for God and the truth and
against sin, and the day Of his useful
ness is prolonged and prolonged and
prolonged.
But Joshua was not quite through.
There was time for five funerals be-
fore the sun of that prolonged day
set. Who will preach their funeral
sermon? Massillon preached the fu-
neral sermon over Louis XVI. Who
will preach the funeral sermon OF
those i've dead kings-king Of Jerusa-
lem, king of Hebron. king of Jar
muth, king Of Lachish, king of Eglon?
Let II be by Joshua What is his textf
What shall be the epitaph put on the
door of the tomb? "There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee
all the days of thy life." Before you
fasten up the door want five moro
kings beheaded and thrust mixing
Alcohol, King Fraud, King Lust, King
Superstition, King Infdelity. Let
them be beheaded and hurl them in.
Then fasten up the door forever.
What shall the inscriptions and what
shall the epitaph be, for all Christian
philanthropists Of all ages are going
to come and look at 1t? What shall
the inscription be? 'There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee
all the days of thy life"
But It is time for Joshua to ga
home. He is 10 years old. Washing.
ton went down the Potomac and at
Mount Vernon closed his days. Wei
lington died peacefully at Apsley
house. Now, where shall Joshua rest7
Why, he is to have his greatest battle
now. After 10 years he has to meet
. king who has more subjects than
all the present population Of the
earth, his throne q pyramid Of skulls
his parterre the graveyards and the
cemeteries Of the world. his chiriot
the worlds hearse-thp king off ter,
rors. But if this is Joshua's great
est battle. it is going to be joshua
greatest victory. Hes gathers hi.
friends around him and gives his yale
dictory and it is full Of "Reminiscences
Young men tell what they are going
to do. Old men tell whAt they hav'
done. And as you have heard grand
father or great-grandfasher seated By
the evening fire tell Of Monmouth o.
Yorktown and then lift the crntcl
or staff as though il were muske'
to fight and show how the old battles
were won, so Joshua gathers hi
friends around his dying couch. ant
he tells Them the story Of what b
has been through. and as he lies there
| his white locks showing down on hi
4 wrinkled forehead. I ask if God ha
kept His promise all the way through
| Al he lies there he tells the story one
4 two. or three times 7you have hear'
old people tell story two or thre
times Overland he answers: 7 ~
| the way Of all the earth, and not on
word Of the promise. has failed. no
one word thereof has failed. al
| has come to pass; not one word there
Of has failed" And. then he turns t
/ his family, as a dying parent viii
land SAYS: "Choose now whom yrl
viii serve, the God Of Israel or tn
rod of the Amorites. As for me- an
NV house. we will serve the Lord.
n A dying parent cannot be reckles
or thoughtless of his children. Cor
| sent to. part with them forever g
| the door Of the tomb we cannot. B
the cradle in which their infancy wa
rocked, BY the bosom on which the
first lay, by the blood OF the covenant
by the God Of Joshua it shall not b
4 We will not part. we cannot par
Jehovah-Jireh, we take Thee at tn
promise. II will be q God to the
and thy seed after thee. "
Dead. the old ch1ertain must beslai
out. Handle him very gently. Tha
sacred body is over no years Of ag'
IIay him out, stretch out those fes
that walked dry shod the parted Jol
dan. Close those lips which helpe
blow the blast at which the wal
of Jericho fell. Fold the arm ths
! l.ifted the spear toward the. doome