Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-04-13
and on the sea coast near the Jordan
THE FRUIT OF TBE LAND.


think be is q Ie gen ;leman." TIev
don't mean il.
lhey run here, want property and
oon't care any more about Your souls
than whip-poOr Will does about latin
| Csleb was one OF those heavy fell
lows. He talked heavy. j shua had
weak voice. They said, "God AID
we should go unto Gan san and drive
out the seven idclatrous nations. w.
can do 1t. The Isrselites got so
wrought up that they took up stones
so throw at Moses tent, and he b ed Co
DOW. ThNy threw their stones down
ana returned TO their tents. They
moved forward from the wilderness O.,
chapter.
THE LEADER OF THE YOUNG TRIBES.
Joshua aud Caleb took the Young
tribes and went to the banks of the
river. They sent out two more spies
They were shown kind ness aud were
concealed oy Rshsb. She said, The
wn pie country Ia scared. Now, there
,ore pray you swear unto me by the
Lord. since ! have shown sou Kind.
ness, that Sc will also shos kindn,s
unto mp fathers house and give me a
true token.
They said, Take this scarlet thread
AND hsr g is out your window and you
shall be saved and all -FOUR household
BUT II you come into the street your
blood shall be upon your own head.
After they had come 20 the CITY and
were taking Jericho, they wanted ia
shout &c they were going ar )und the
| ctty. Joshua said, You pass around
six times and on the seventh tim,
shout They did so and carried the
city. This shows that the Lord is a
man OF war, the Lord ie His name.
guess L had better leave out some
thiog, but can't leave out Gideon,
IN out Al Richmond IL called
tne espitol or the south. Some think
want.
GREAT GIDEON.
That was the way IL was with great
Gideon great royal city. When the
Kings heard 4 Joshua, ,he CAPTURE nj
Al. they said Let as get some old
clothes, some old shoes and SEINE old
mouidy meat. and tell the Israelites
that we came from afar off, Joshus
took them at their word and made
them hewers OF wood and drawers of
water.
When the kings heard OF IL. thew
selo shat they would fight against
The philosoph ers say that the sur. ia
stationary and that the world revolyss
around on its axis
What does the axis move on? One
said to me, Mr.. JASPER, the interpre.
tstion you give is according to divine
revelation. We do not agree among
ourselves
He COULDN'T TELL,
When philosopher was asked what
the earth rested upon, he said, "a SER
pent What does the serpent rest up-
onr he said, A turtle.' Whist does
the turtle rest upon 2 BE said, Il don't
KNOW Wouldn't there com pelled to
be someteing to hold the tursle mn
You've got to find found stion some.
where. I'll tell you. It is resting nm
on the power OF God. He has prepar-
ed this world where the sons of men
shs ell d we'll.
You'll remember when Samson went
unto the Pnilistines to get unto Tim
oath to get his wife, he passed a vine,
yard.
sAMsoN's RIDDLE.
he caught the lion and rent il in
tWain' When he came back to the
vineyard OF 1imnath, he went to the
place where he had killed the lion and
the pees Rad made honey in the car
case. de tasted it.. 1t was customary
ID those days to have q feast at the
marriage, snd when the Young man
gathered he PUT forth q riddle untoI
them. They persuaded his wife to tell
th-m the riddle. See Judges l4:Is.
And the men OF the city said unto
him on the seventh day before the sun
went down What is swseter than hor.
eY ana what is stronger than a lion p
The sun went down that day IL it new
or went down before.
David said, From the rising of the
sun, to the going down Of tie same.
the Lords name shall be praised
TIE SUN MOVES.
See Psalms so; The mighty God
even she Lord hath spoken. and esIIss
the earth from the rising of the ann
unto the going down thereof
How could lt rise and 20 down n IL
didn't mover See Ecclesiastes l:l5.
The sun also ariseth and the sun 90
eth down, and hasteth to his place
where he arose. Gould Is do that nm
less it moved.
II that done suit you, look at Isaiah
SSth chRoter, 8th verse: Behold / will
bring again the shadow OF the degrees.
watch lie gone down in the sun dial of
Ahss. ten degrees backward. So the
sun returned ten degrees, by which
degrees IL was gone down.
could IL do IL without moving? Give
us another. I'll give you the strongest.
God will have to give you the bAlSrca.
See Malachi 1:1l: For from the rising
OF the sun even unto the going down
OF the same my name shall be great
among the Gentiles.'
aoD CANNOT LIE.
Anybody tell me that Gold told lie ?
You can call me liar, but you had
better not call Him liar too often,
Some say that we are living on a
round earth. Did any one ever teach