Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-11-23

deal OF sweet harmony for the people
That was the only kind Of weapon
seven priests were to take these rude
rustic musical instruments. and they
were to go around the city every day
for six days-one day for six days
and then one the seventh day they
were to go around blowing these rude
musical instruments seven times. and
then at the close OF the seventh blow
ing of the rams horns on the seventh
day the peroration of the whole scene
was to be a shout. at which those
great walls should tumble from cap
stone to base
Victory Follows Defeat.
The seven priests with the rude mu-
steal instruments pass all around the
city walls on the first day and score a
failure. No so much as a piece OF
plaster broke loose from the wall not
60 much as a loosened rock, not SO
much as piece of mortar lost from
its place. There" say the unbeliev-
ing lsraelites, did | not tell you so?
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idea Of going around the city with
/ those musical instruments and expect
ing In that way to destroy it. Joshua
has been spoiled He thinks because
he has overthrow and conquered the
| spring freshet he can overthrow the
stone wall. Why. it is not philosophic.
Do you not see there is no relation
between the blowing of these musical
instruments and the knocking down
OF the wall? 1t is not philosophic .
And | suppose there were many wise
acres who stood with their brOws
knitted and with the forefnger of the
right hand to the fOrefinger of the left
hand arguing it all out and showing
that 1t was not possible that such a
cause could produce such an effect.
And L suppose that night in the en-
campment there was plenty of carica-
ture, and if Joshua had been nom
mated for any high military position
he would not have received many
votes. Joshua's stock was down The
second day the priests blowing the
and again a failure The third day
and failure, the fourth day and a
failure, fifth day and a failure, sixth
day and a failure. The seventh day
comes, the cliniacteric day. Joshua is
up early in the morning and examines
the troops, walks all about. looks at
the city wall. The priests start to
make the circuit of the city. They go
all around one, all around twice, three
times, four times, five times, six times,
seven times. and failure There is
only one more thing 10 do, and that is
to utter a great shout. | see the Is
raelitish army Strengthening them
selves up, filling their lungs for a vo-
clferation such as never was heard be-
fore and never heard after. Joshua
feels that the hour has come, and he
cries out to his host, Shout, for the
Lord hath given you the city" All to-
gether the troops shout: Down, Jeri-
cho. Down Jericho" And the long
line of solid masonry begins to culver
and to move and to rock Stand from
and temples, the towers. the palaces,
the air blackened with the dust The
huzza OF the victorious Israelites and
the groan Of the conquered Canaanites
rommingle, and Joshua, standing there
in the debris of the walls, hears a
voice saying, There shall not any man
be able to stand before thee all the
days Of thy life"
The Sayior's DeIiverance.
Only one house spared. Who lives
there? Some great king? No. Some
woman distinguished for great kindly
deeds? No. She had been conspicu-
Gus for her crimes 1t is the house OF
Rahab. Why was her house spared?
Because she had been a great sinner?
No. but because she repented, demon
strating to all the ages that there is
mercy for the chief of sinners. The
red cord of divine injunction reaching
from her window to the ground, so
that when the people saw the red cord
they knew it was the divine indication
that they should not disturb the
premises, making us think Of the di-
vine cord of Saviors deliverance, the
red cord Of Savior's kindness, the
red cord Of a Savior's mercy, the red
cord of our rescue. Mercy for the
chief Of sinners. Put your trust in
that God, and no damage shall befall
you. When our world shall be more
terribly surrounded than was Jericho,
even by the trumpetS of the judgment
day and the hills and the mountains,
the metal bones and ribs of nature
shall break, they who have had Ra-
hab's faith shall have Rahab's deliv-
erance
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 fune
raj pile.
But Joshua's troops may not halt
here. The command is, Forward,
There is the city of Al 1t
must be taken. How shall it be taken?
A scouting party comes back and says
Joshua, We can do that without you.
1t is going to be a very easy job. You
must stay here while we so and cap
ture it," They march with a small |
regiment in front of that city The |
mon of Al look at fham and oiva ono