Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-25
The Fall OF Jericho.

No events of the Great War have
more impressed themselves upon public
sentiment throughout the civilized world
than the victorious British campaign
through the Holy Land The wrestling
Of Jerusalem from the hands of the intidcl
Turk sent a thrill Of Joy throughout all
Christendom. II recalled the many
campaigns of the Crusaders of old-somc
successful, Others fatally disastrous
which came TO an end with the Turk still
holding his councils in the Holy City.
To the British, under General Allenby,
fell the pleasing task OF driving the Turks
out Of Jerusalem and restoring the city
70 absolute Christian control. And now
General Allenby has continued his vic
torols march and taken the ancient city
Of Jericho.
From Jerusalem 10 Jericho How
historic il sounds And how reminiscent
OF one OF the most interesting cpochs Of
Bible history. How naturally the mind
rcvcrts 70 the ancient days when Joshua,
the great captain, taking orders from the
Lord Of Hosts and obeying specifically
His commands, saw the walls Of jericho
tremble and fall at the blasts Of the rams
horns blown by his high priests, and took
possession Of the city.
II is most interesting now 10 read the
Bible account of this fall of Jericho in
ancient days. Here ii is:
"Now Jericho was straitly shut up be-
cause Of the children Of Israel; none
vent out, and none came in
And the Lord said unto Joshua, See,
| have given unto thine hand Jericho.
and the king thereof, and the mighty
mon of valor
And yc shall compass the city, all yc
mon of war and 30 round about the
city once Thus shalt thou do six days
And seven priests shall bear before
the ark seven trumpct> OF rams horns;
and thc seventh day ye shall compass
the city seven times, and the priests
shsll blow the trunpets
And II shall come to pass that when
they make long blast with the rams
horn. and when We hear tho sound OF the
trumpet, all the people shall shout with
= great shout; and the wall of the city
shall fall down fat, and the people shall
ascend UP every man straight before
him Joshua vi, 10
'By faith the walls OF jericho fell down,
after they were compassed about seven
day Hebrews xi, 80"
Thus did ancient Jericho fall before the
hosts of the Lord, thousands of years
ago But how different its latest capture.
Instead OF blasts from the rams horns.
there was the thunder OF big guns In
stead OF marching professions seven times
around the walls of the city, there was
an orderly investment Of the citys loca-
t'on, and siege and attack according to
the modern methods Of warfare. But in
the end the result was the same: jericho
war taken
From a military point OF view much
importance is attached TO the successful
results OF General Allenby's campaign.
especially 10 his capture Of Jericho. al |
though the city Of itself amounts 10 |
little il was destroyed by Joshua, cursed |
by him, and anathema hurled against |
any who would endeavor to rebuild L.
But its capture is said to give the British |
forces command Of the entire valley of
the River Jordan. And this insures
continued discontinue Of the Turks and |
an absolute assurance that from this |
time on the Holy Land will remain in
Christian hands. Here is one result of
the great World War that is we'll worth |
while, even though its value is largely !
sympathetic and sentimental But this |
would be a poor world, indeed, without |
sympathy and sentiment.