The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-28
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prowess the men of Al are DESTROYED,
and the Israc'i!es gain the vlct'ry; and
willie ! see the cur.iGg smoke cf that
destroyed ely on the SKY, and Will: |
hear the huzza of the l'raclites and
the g,oan cf the Csoa,nItes. Joshua
heaTs something lpuder than it all,
ringing and cchoipg through his soul,
'Ghcrc shall DOT any mao be able to
stand before thee al the days Of thy
life.
Bat this is no place for the host of
Joshua 10 stop F91arj, msroh!
cries Joshua to the troops. There j.
the city Of Gibeou It has put Itself
under the protection Joshua Taeg
send word: There are five king. after
US. They are going to destroy US
Send troops qpick. Send US help
right 7ay, Joshua has a three days
msrch, more tha1 double qaick. 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 Cauaauites
soon discover something They say:
"Fhatis Joshua. That is the man
who conquered the spring freshet and
knocked down the stone walls of Jer-
icho and destroyed the city of Al.
There is no use f yhtjng They sound
rctress, snd as they begin to retreat
IE5shua and his host spring upon them
ike panther, pursuing them over the
rocks, while the cstspults Of the sky
pouv volley Of hsilstones ioto the val
ley, and all the artillery Of the heaV-
ems, with bullets Of iron, pouad the
Caaasnitss ag,inst the ledg,s Of Beth
hoyou. "Oh," says Joshua, this is
surely victory But do you not see
the suo is going DOM? Those Am
cries are goiag TO get aEay after ALL
AMI then they will come up sous other
time and bother Us, aud perhaps de-
stroy US. See, the SUI is going down.
Oh, for logger day than has ever been
seen in this climate What is the
matter with Joshua? Has he fAllen Ia
an apopl4t Il? NJ. Hs is IN pay
er.
L,ok out when good maa makes
the L,rd MS ally. Joshua raises his
face. rliia0. with prayer, and looks at
the decending sun over Gideon and at
the faint crescent Of the moon, for you
know the quaaa Of the night som ,times
will linger around the palaces of the
day. Pointing one hand at the de-
ceadipg sun SUD the other hand at the
faint crescent Of the moon. in the name
OF that God who shaped the worlds and
moves the wotlis he cries: Sun
ssaod thou still upoa Gioaoa, aud thou,
moon, in the valley of Aj.lou!' They
halted. Whether it was by refra,tion
Of the suns rays or by the stopping OF
the whole planetary system | d. not
know and do not care. leave it to
the Christian Scientists aud thu inf lei
scientists to settle that question, while
tell you | have seen the sane thing.
What? saw you. Net the sun
standing stil?" Yes The sane mir
acleis performed nowadays The wick
ed do not live OUT half their day, and
their sun sets at nooo. But let a man
sssrt out in battle for God and the
truth ard against sin, and the day Of
his usefulness IS prolonged and pro-
longei and prolonged.
But it is time for Joshusto go home.
He is 10 years I'D. Washington went
down the Potomac aad at Mount Yer
non closed his days. Wellington died
pesoeiuliy at Apsley House. Now,
where shall joshua rest? Why he is
to have his greatest battle nos. After
10 years he has to meet king who
has more subjects than all the present
population OF the earth, his throne a
pyramid Of skulls, his par;erre the
gcaveyarGs and the cemeteries of the
world, his chariot the worlds hearse-
the king of terrors. But if this is
Joshua's greatest battle, it is going to
be Joshuss greasest victory. h gath
ers his friends around him and gives
his valedietory and it is full Of rem
iniscepce. Young men tell what they
are goiog to do. Od men tell what
they have done. Aud as you have
heard grandfather or great. granofa-
erseated By the evening fire tell Of
Monmouth or Yorktown and then lift
up the crutch or staff as though it were
a musket to fight aad show how the
old battles were won, SO Joshua gath
ers his friends around his dying couch,
and he tells them the story of what he
has been through and as he elves there,
his white locks showing down on his
1rinkled forehead, ! ask if God has
kept his promise alI the way through.
As he lies there he tells the story one,
two or three times-you have heard
old people tell story two or three
times Overland ne answers: Il go
the way of all the earth, snd not one
word Of the promise has failed, not
one word thereof has failed, not one
goTd thereof has failed. All has come
to pass; not one word thereof has fail
ed" And then he turns to his family,
as a dying parent will, and says:
"Choose now whom you will serve,
the God of Israel or the god of the
Amor:tes. AS for me aud my house,
we will serve the Lord = a dying
parent csnno, be reckless and shought-
less 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 Oh which they first lay, By
the blood of the covenant, by the God
OF Joshua it shall not be. We will
DOT part, we cannot part. Jehovah
Jireh. We take thee at thy promise.
u will be God to thee and thy seed
after thee.
Dead, the old cbieftaiD must be laid
out. Hands him very gently. That
sacred body. is ever ITO years of age.
Lay him out, stretch out those feet
that walked dry shod the parted Jor.