Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-11-28
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| of thy life"
Only one house spared Who lives there?
Some great king? No. Some woman dis
tinguished for great, kindly deeds? No.
She had been conspicuous for her crimes.
1t is the house of Rahab. Why was her
house spared? Because she had been
great sinner? No, but because she re-
that there is mercy for the chief of sin.
ners.
The red cord of divine Injunction reach
ing from her window to the ground, so
that when the people saw the red cord
they knew it was the divine indicat on
that they should not disturb the prem
ises, making us think of the divine cord
of a Saviour's deliverance. the red cord
of a Saviour's kindness, the red cord OF
Saviour's mercy, the red cord of our
rescue Mercy for the chief of sinners.
Put vour trust in that God, and no dam
age shall befall you.
When our world shall he more terribly
surrounded than was Jericho. even hv the
trumpets of the judgment day, and the
hills and the mountains the rletal bones
and ribs of nature. shall break, they who
have had Rahabs 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 DER the ruins
smile
And light thy torch at natures funeral
pile.
But Joshua's troops NAV not halt here.
The command is Forward, march," There
is the city of All. 1t must be taken. A
scouting party comes back and says:
Joshua. we can do that without you. 1t
4 20 ha pnh n
stay here while we go and capture 1t.
They march with small regiment IN
front of that city. The men of Al look at
them and give one yell, and the Israelites
run like reindeer.
Look out when a good man makes the
Lord his ally. Joshua raises his face, ra-
diant with prayer. and looks at the des-
cending sun over Gibeon. and 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 descending sun and the
other 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 Ajalon." They
halted. Whether it 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 it to the Christian
Scientists and the infdel scientists to set
tie that question while | tell you | have
seen the same thing What" say YOU.
Not the sun standing stll?" Yes. The
same miracle is performed nowadays.
The wicked do not live out half their
day, and their sun sets at noon. Bat let
a man start out in battle for God and the
truth and against sin. and the day of his
usefulness is prolonged and prolonged and'
prolonged.
Rut Josbua 1voc not ou;te tbrouoh
There was time for five funerals before the
sun of that prolonged day set. Who will
preach their funeral sermon? Massillon
preached the funeral sermon over Louis
XVI. Who will preach the funeral SER
mon of those five dead kings-kinQ of
Jerusalem, king of Hebron. king Of Jar.
muth. king of Lachish king of Eglon?
Let it be bv Joshua What is his text
What shall be the epitaph nut 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 more kings beheaded and thrust in
King Alcohol. King Frand. King Lust.
King Superstitition, King Infidelity. Let
them be beheaded and hurl them in Then
fasten up the door forever.
What shall the inscription and what
shall the epitaph be? For all Christian
philanthropists of all ages are going
to come and look at it. What shall the
inscriDtion 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 go home.
He is 40 years old Washington went
down the Potomac and at Mount Vernon
closed his days. Wellington died peaceful
lv at Apsley House. Now, where shall
Joshua restg Why, he is to have his
greatest battle now. After llO years he
has to meet a king who has more sub
jects than all the present population OF
his parterre the 0raveyards and the ceIne-
teries of the world. his chariot the worlds
hearse-the king of terrors. But if this is
,IOshua's greatest battle it is going to be
.Joshua's greatest victory. He gathers his
friends around him and gives his vale
dictory, and it is full of reminiscence.
Young men tell what they are going to
do; old men tell what they have done. And
as you have heard grandfather or great
grandfather seated by the evening fire
tell of Monmouth or Yorktown and then
lift the crutch or staff as though it were
mnsket to fight and show how the old
battles were won. so Joshua gathers his
friends around his dying couch. and he
tells them the story of what he has been
through, and az he lies there his white
locks showing down on his wrinkled fore
head. l ask if God has kept His promise
all the way through. As he lies there he
tells the story one. two or three times
you have heard old people tell a story
two or three times overland he answers.
81 60 the way of all the earth, and not
one word of the promise has failed, not
one word thereof has failed all has come
to pass. not one word thereof has failed"
And then he turns to his family. as a dy-
ing parent will. and says: Choose now
whom you will serve, the God Of Israel or
the God of the Amorites. AS for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord" A
thoughtless of his children. Consent to
part with them forever at the door of
the tomb We cannot. BY the cradle in
which their infancy was rocked, by the
bosom on which they first lay, by the
blood of the covenant. by the G,d ri
Joshua it shall not be. We will not part.
we cannot part. Jehovah-J Jireh, we take
thee and thy seed after thee"
Dead. the old chieftain must be laid
out. Handle him very gently. That
sacred body is over ITO years of age. Lay
him out. stretch out those feet that
walked dry shod the parted Jordan. Close
those lips which helped blow the blast
at which he walls of Jericho fell. Fold
the arm that lifted the spear toward the
doomed city of All. Fold it right over the
heart that exulted when the FIVE kings
fell. But where shall we get the burn
ished granite for the headstone and the
footstones l bething myself now. i'm
agine that for the head it shall be the
sun that stood still upon Gibeon and for
the foot the moon that stood still in the
valley of Ajalon.
We have no faults that the devil
don't keep account OF.
Broken hearts are the easiest crockery
to mend.
A rich dress Is not worth a straw to
one who has a poor mind.
A bride for the tongue is a necessary
piece of furniture.
No nan or woman Of the humblest
sort can really be strong. pure and good
without the world being the better for