The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-12-18

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In the great
pri 8 o n-house Of Capsot~ Of the LORDS
SheOl, the tomb, nos'
the sleeping wait for the more favor
able time Of Messiah's Kingdom. and
the release from sin and degradation
promised to all mankind through Abra-
hams Seed: I'm thy Seed shall all the
families Of the earth be blessed"
Captain Of the Lord's Host.
After crossing Jordan, the lsraelites
encamped midway between the river
and Jericho, that city having shut its
gates. expecting long siege. Joshua
was aware that the FIRST place Of at
tack would be- Jericho. but evidently
not aware Of the character of the bat
tie. Remembering near jericho, he
met an armed soldier, and at once in
'quired whether he was friend or foe.
The answer was that he was Captain
of the Lords host.
An angel had been commissioned to
materialize rs human and to COM
municate to Joshua the Divine plan
for the capture Of Jericho. Joshua i'm
mediately put 1t into execution.
B.. Every day there was a solemn pro-
cession around the doomed city. First
went a military escort from the vari-
GUS tribes. Next followed a company
of priests blowing rams horns. Then
came rear guard-presumably war
riors. In harmony with the explicit d.
rections not a voice was heard. not a
shout Everything was most funeral.
except the blowing of the rams horns.
These solemn professions encompass
ed Jericho once each day for six days
Then on the seventh day they went
about the city seven times. the last
time vOciferously shouting-the seven
priests constantly blowing the rams
horns. When they had made the sew
enth circuit. they stopped in front Of
the city. still blowing. Forthwith the
wall crumbled and fell.
The translation of our Common Yer
sion. down fat" seems too strong
properly to represent the original. The
wall fell Immediately in front Of the
Ark of the Covenant. But the account
tells that the portion Of the wall where
Rahab's house was built did not fall.
The wall fell to such an extent that
lsrael's soldiers could easily accom-
plish the work Of destruction.
Quite probably an earthquake ire
NOR. under Divine supervision. caused
the fall Of the wall in front Of the Is
raelites. It does not seem impossible
that God thus interviewed to carry out
His own purposes.
Professor Wright declares, 1.-The me
date cause Of the fail OF the wall was
some subterranean earthquake, which
shook down the walls of the part Of
the city where the men were standing.
or undermined them SO that they sank.
This is easily possible in that region Of
earthquakes.
THE record is that at the appointed
time the walls fell: and we are free to
believe that the catastrophe was con-
'nected with an earthquake. which was
made to synchronize with the final
blasts of the rams horns. In the light
of history and geological conditions Of
this region. the story bears every mark
Of being genuine and authentic ac-
count of an event SO remarkable that
1t could not have been modified by
tradition without rendering it fantastic
and Incredible"
Typical Significance Of the Event.
The six days OF quiet marching
around Jericho with nothing accom-