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LESSON TEXT Joshua 9. so Mem
Org verse. D.
GOLDEN TEXT -"By faith The walls
Of Jericho feil down aftcr they were come
passed about sovon days "-Hab. n. 3D.
TIME-April. about B. O. 1851. accord
ing TO the margins of our Bibles. 5ch0l-
ars are divided ns 10 the period. whether
Il be IN the vicinity 0f the Tel-el-Amarna
letters before b. C.. 400 or in the century
/ following Ramosos H. between b. G. 300
and 1900
PLACE. -Gugal and Jericho IN the
plain on tho west side Of the Jordan.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
The Right Of Israel 20 the Land
The representation Of the books 0i
Joshua. Judges (2.2). and of Deuter
onomy is that tho conquest Of Canaan
was IN accordance with the plan and
the command Of God And God al
ways does and always commands only
what Is right But how could It be
right for one nation 90 drive another
from their homes and destroy thom2
Distinguish between command Of
God to DO a thing and the way some
people execute the command. History
abounds in good things done IN a
wicked way. We can approve OF the
doing. while condemning the way &c
was done.
The Fall Of Jericho. - And 70
came to pass" ETC. Better And 70
was according as Joshua said 80 the
previous verses OF the chapter
The plan OF the attack was for all
the men Of war ~. - 10 march around
the city once "a day for SIX days. and
on the seventh day 20 march around
it seven times, the last time with a
long blast of the trumpets and a great
shout from an the men when the
walls were 10 fall
From the whole account we learn
The order Of procession. From what
ever different sources the present ac
count may have been drawn. the story
is one harmonious statement of the
facts The order Of march seems 20
have been as follows.
First A vanguard of armed men
who marched I'm silence az the head
Of the procession (ys. 9. l0) They
were to utter no yainglorlous speeches
such as Goliath did when De met
David, and De BOhun az Bannockburn
to give no answer TO the taunts
which the men on the walls may have
81 al fHHInTfHn
portentous silence "as deep as eter
nifty" silence that Expresses with too
great a weight" the silence in the
center of the cyclone before 1t bursts
forth IN its career of devastation
Second. VS.. s. 13 Then followed
company of seven priests. doubt
less IN their rich. prIestiy garments
showing 20 the Jericho people on the
walls that what they We're doing was
IN the service and with the power of
Jehovah who had made a path for the
lsraelites through Jordan These
were blowing "trumpets Of rams
horns" the jubilee trumpets, the kind
that ushorod in the new year Oey
23.2D and announced the year OF
jubilee LEV 25.9) These were Ike
the bands which lead professions in
our day with marching music 90 which
the people keep step
Third After these came The Ark
Of the Covenant borne by priests the
Ark which stood IN the rivorbed while
the people were crossing the Ark
which showed that the Lord God was
leading and defending them. but on
condition that the Israelites kept theii
part of the covenant
Fourth After these came the ~
49, Reward. f. g.. rear guard, con-
sisting Of the rest Of the men of Is
rael marching in silence around the
city No sign Of triumph was to De
raised. no words of rejoicing over The
foe, nor of conscious strength but
in solemn, reverent silence, as it God
alone was speaking TO them, I'm medi
tauon and silent prayer they were o.
move around the city.
For six Successive Days 14
This was trying 90 their faith. and
may have seemed % some 10 be a
hopeless waste of time Some one of
the seven days must have been a Sab
bath, and the action a breaking Of the
Sabbath. but It was a solemn. re-
ligious service, and no more broke
the Sabbath than does the marchinc
Of the Salvation Army 20 draw men
TO their meetings
The Seventh Days IS. l6 20
On this day the circuit was made
seven times IN succession AZ the !
seventh time while tho men were
stll somewhere around the city walls |
but probably not wholly Surrounding |
the city, the signal was given as an
nounced w. 81 by a long blast of the /
trumpets. different from the march |
ing music, and an the men ~ 20l !
shouted with a great shout"
The oriontals take peculiar delight |
in noise when our people are in /
dead earnest they are generally ST |
lent; but the more in earnest 900 0n |
entail IS. the louder De shouts Even /
Arab boatmen. when in gcat danger /
and every man is doine h|s utmostIn
struggling with the waves. w.Il waste
a lot OF strength and breath in shout
ing Hon. Splah Merrill
Practical Points.
The capture of Jericho illustrates
the means by which the victory can
be gained
Sin entronched 90 our hearts. the