The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-11-23

strOy usy would TO God we had been
content and dwelt on the other side OF
Jordan For the Canaanites and all
the Inhabitants OF the land shall hear
Of 10 and shall environ Ne round and
cut off our name from the earth" l
am vefy glad Joshua said that. Be
fore il seemed as II he were super
natural being, and therefore could not
be an example to US. but find he Is a
man, he Is only a man. just as some
times you find n man under severe OPP
position or in a bad state of physical
health, or worn out with overwork.
l lying down and signing about being
defeated. am encouraged when hear
this cry of Joshua as he lies in the
dust. God comes and rouses him. How
| does He rouse him2 By compliments
| airy apostrophe? No. He says: Get
thee up. Wherefore Hest thou upon
thy facet" Joshua rises, and. l war
rant you. with mortified look. But
his old courage comes back. The fact
was that was not his battle. II he
had been in IL he would have gone on
10 victory. He gathers his troops
laround- ltin and Says '''Now. let MS go
up and capture the city Of Al. LEI
us go up right away They march
on. He puts the majority OF the
troops behind a ledge OF rocks in the
night. and then he sends comparative
y small regiments up in front of the
city, The men Of Al come out with a
shout The small regiments of Israel
ties in stratagem fall back and fall
back. and when all the men OF Al have
left the city and are in pursuit of these
scattered. or seemingly scattered. regi-
ments. Joshua stands on a rock-I see
his locks flying in the wind "a he points
his spear toward the doomed city, and
l that is the signal. The men rush out
from behind the rocks and take the
/ city. and II is put TO the torch. and
then these 1raelites in the city march
I down. and the flying Israelites return,
and between these two waves of Is
raelitish proweSst the men of Al are
destroyed. and the Israelites gain the
victory; and while I see the curling
smoke OF that destroyed city on the
sky and while hear the huzza Of the
Israeiites and the groan of the Ca
NANTES. Joshua hears something
louder than Il all. ringing and eehoing
Through his soul: There shallnot any
man be able to stand before thee all
the days Of thy life"
But Joshua was not quite through.
There was time for Ave funerals be-
fore the sun OF that prolonged day
set. Who viii preach their funeral
sermon? Massillon preached the fu-
neral sermon over Louis XVI. Who
viii preach the funeral sermon OF
those Ave 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 il his text
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 yod
fasten up tho door / want Ave more
kings beheaded and thrust mixing
Alcohol. King Fraud. King Lust. King
Superstition. King Infdelity. Let
them be beheaded and hRrl 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
10 come and look az IL? What shall
the inscription be? There shall not
any man be able to stand before thee
all the days OF thy life"
But u Is time for Joshua TO go
home. He is 10 years old Washing
ton went down the Potomac and at
Mount Vernon closed his days. We'll
lington died peacefully at Apsley
house. Now. where shall Joshua rest?
Why, he is to have his greatest battle
now. After 10 years he has TO meet
a king who has more subjects than
all the present population OF the
earth. his throne a pyramid OF skulls.
his parterre the gravcyards and the
cemeteries Of the world. his chariot
the worlds hearse--the king Of ter
rors. But ~ this Is Joshua's great
est battle. IL Is going 10 be Joshua's
greatest victory. He gathers his
friends around him and gives his vale
dictory and il Is full OF Renaissance.
Young men tell what they are going
10 do. Old men tell what they have
done. And as you have heard a grand
/ fatlcT OF kTCaN-t TdubioNhti NCaAtN ~
the evening FIRE tell of Monmouth or
Yorktown and then lift the crutch
or stan as though II were a musket
10 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 as he lies there.
his white locks showing down on his
wrinkled forehead. I ask II 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: IT GO
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 there
OF has failed" 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 Amorites. As for me and
my house. we will serve the Lord"
Dead. the old chiertain must be laid
ont. Handle him very gently. That
sacred body is over 10 years of age.
Lay him out. stretch out those feet
.hat ,yaIlsed dry shod the narfed Ior.