Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-10

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 In the meantime Joshua was watch l ing the progress of the battle from high point overlooking the bat t!efeld He saw the struggling lines , of men, and that slowly but surely his forces were advancing, but as he lifted his eyes to the sun and meas ured it's distance from the horizon, he muttered:
 Darkness will be upon us before our victory is complete, and then our enemies will escape us
 l "Oh, God" he continued, after a pause, "didst not thou tell us that thou hadst delivered them into our hands, and that there should not man of them stand before us? And here they are about to escape for the night soon cometh." And almost sob es- capped from the great, strong man, as he lifted his eyes to heaven.
 Were they to fall short of com plete victory? Had they not been told to destroy utterly those who bid defi- ance to God and Gods people, and were they now to be hindered by the shortness of the day?
 Yea, will they not say that 1t was their god, the sun god which has helped them?" he cried. will they not claim that he has hastened his quickly bring the darkness to their relief?"
 But does not the sun move at the dictates of Gods will? the thought suddenly came to him, and aloud he asked: Cannot the God who rolled aside the waters of the Red sea and then the Jordan, also make the sun, moon and stars to obey him?'
 With the expression of the thought came the inner peace and assurance that he could and he would, and de- scending quickly into the midst of the hosts of Israel, he shouted:
 Slack not thy hands. The Lord will give thee complete victory over these thy enemies
 But the night cometh," was shout ed back. And in the darkness we dare not fight, lest we smite friend for foe"
 Yea, but God will lengthen his day. Joshua shouted back. And then, lifting his hands toward the heavens, he cried: Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon!"
 That was all that was said. Joshua returned to his observation point and the soldiers who had been about him turned and carried the news every where through the ranks of Israel that daylight would not fail them, for Joshua had commanded the sun to stand still. With new vigor and earn estness they fought. One hour-two hours went by, and still the hosts of the enemy stubbornly strove to hold Israel in check
 Hopefully at first did they turn their eyes towards the sum- Then as the moments grew into the first hour and then the second, and still the sun held it's place in the heavens, they looked in anxiety and growing terror at the sight. Adoni-zedec and the kings with him paced to and fro. What strange thing was this? Was the sun in league with their enemies, that he should tarry thus in the heav- ems? In the agony of desperation they cried to their gods to hear them and send the darkness, but their cries were only drowned in the din of bat tie, which thickened about them. Faster and faster now become the re- trnof Ynf o1o T soon develop into panic-stricken flight. The five kings as they watch ed the progress of the battle real. ized that all was lost, and while yet they had the opportunity and their men were bravely striving to hold in check the onward rush of the Is- raelites, they sought safety in flight, and came at last to the cave at Mak- kedah
 But of what avail their flight? The sun still shone in the heavens, and fol- lowed them as though to reveal their flight, as indeed it did, for some of the men of Israel fighting on the outer edges of the battle line, observed this movement. and hastened to follow, and came up with them just as they disappeared into the dark depths of the great cave. And when one of their number had returned and told Joshua that the five kings were hid den in the cave at Mikkedah, he sent word that they should seal the mouth of the cave and set at watch there, while the forces of Israel continued the pursuit of the now scattered and fleeing enemy.
 And there was no day like that be- fore 1t or after it, that the Lord hark- ened unto the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel. And the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
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