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an ordinary boat aero
fail" to take the city, o
with such a river bch
possible. They would
the exposure of the fan
dan when their defend*
such a torrent. Why
river is fordable, when
treat practicable, nml c
would be possible? If
not keep it on the cast
three miles of Jericho?
deductions of human rc
made some other plan
read in the record thai
selves to divine guidam
to them, but what God
Or once across the r
directions opposed all
would say. Now, strike
miraculous crossing ha
do it at once before sue
try. If we delay at all,
in arranging the weapo
Pause and worship. 'J
tenth day of the first m
in the services attendar
circumcision; then the;
other sacrament?the j
in marching around th<
or preparing any means
Doubtless the men c
ishness. But the foolis
?and joy be in our heal
ly to God's directions.
3. They trusted God',
on divine strength for
action came, God bade 1
contain any inherent el
not possess any spcci;
gained. Walking arour
bastions nor burst open
or shouting with a gre;
ramparts of Jericho. 1
of God can make tlios
whole circumference o
the victorious army o
the)r knew not how the
faithfully did what he
bring- about the victory
4. They used the me
conquer Jericho was n
bade them worship an
zeal they worshipped
marched, with open mi
sword they rushed ovei
plete the conquest; wit
to the tabernacle the m
muted tne rest to the fl
Their reliance was n
forty years of wanderit
wealth of Jericho, beca
to God; probably defec
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THE PRESBYTERIAN
ss. If across and tliey should
r if possibly. defeated in battle,
ind them, escape would be imbc
annihilated. And consider
lilies left on the cast side of Jorers
were separatd from them by
not wait till summer, when the
the crossing would be easy, reuccor
to the families left behind
the passover must be kept, whv
side, rather than within two or
Arc not such the plain obvious
ason, that it were better to have
than this? But gladly do we
t the Israelites submitted them:e
and did, not what seemed best
directed.
iver, we can see how the divine
human reason. Human reason
at once while the terror of this
s unnerved the men of Jericho;
cor can come from the hill counlet
us put every moment to use
ns of attack. But no! God says,
Phey crossed the Jordan on the
onth. They consumed four days
it on one sacramental occasion?
y spent eight days more in the
>assover; then seven days more
e city without drawing a wnr.!
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of attack.
)f Jericho mocked at their foolhness
of God is wiser than men
*ts that Israel bowed submiss;ves
power. Witness their reliance
the victory. When the time for
them use weapons which did not
fTicacy or power, and which did
d adaptation to the end to be
id a wall docs not undermine its
its gates. Blowing of trumpets
it shout will not shake the solid
'rue, most true. But the power
e walls to totter and make the
f the city one open avenue for
f Israel to enter. Yet though
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j?uiu wouia accomplish it, they
bade them and trusted God to
by his almighty power. .
ans. Their reliance on God to
ot idleness. Far from it. God
d march. With whole-hearted
, with earnest activity they
outh they shouted, with drawn
* the debris of the wall to comh
scrupulous care they brought
etals found in the city and comames.
ot self-indulgence. Poor?after
1 rr '1 1 *
?iiit^ uciucu incmseives tne
use it was the first fruits, holy
tively armed, they appropriated
[ OF THE SOUTH.
none of the armor; withou
mitted the splendid robes o
need of shelter better than
houses; with the cessation
plied the torch to the stor<
walls and trusted God to pi
ornnA J
<iuu nine.
And this is what God d
says: "By faitli the walls c
day we have a foe to conqi
wall of bricks, but the wor
entrenched in the human hej
which to conquer is faith. ]
tain this faith, (i) that we
victory over sin; (2) that v
victory ; (3) that we trust G
torv; and (4) that we use
points.
TALA
God's Grace In A
R? ArtVl.-r T 1
The main material for tl
was furnished me by the lai
years connected with the Ar
most efficient district secret
The Indian lad must hav
the first twenty years of th
one of those who took par
ing the wounded whites wl
inole war; and was himself
chief, Osceola. His full r
which means "Forest King,
able of great atrocities, and
of their young men consistei
with which they committed (
they were largely provoker
treachery and cruelty of the
the wife of Osceola was the i
woman, and was, under the
by the owner of her mother,
carried off under this pret
chief, in righteous indignat
threatening, he was seized b
General Thompson, and put
outrage, aggravated by insull
to the point of madness; an<
lie succeeded in killing Ge
others with him. This was
terrible war in which 7,000 S<
Florida, were engaged on
whole force of the United
other?a war which lasted s
1
uvea, auu very nearly $15;
shame of the government b<
bloodhounds were called to
and, to crown the infamy, un
was himself captured, and di<
ment in Fort Moultrie. So
throws light upon the career
In the fifth year of the war
June 16, 190Q.
t new clothing, they comf
Jericho to the flames; in
their tents, they burned its
of the manna they apes
of corn within the city
ovicie lor tncm in his own
escribes as faith when he
}f Jericho fell down." Toicr,
not Amorites behind a
Id, the flesh and the devil,
irt. Our only weapon with
Let us be sure than we obcherish
a strong desire for
re trust God's plan for the
lod's power to win the victhe
means which God apMAS.
in xndian Heart.
Pierson, D. D.
lis story of an Indian lad
te Dr. S. J. Humphrey, for
aerican Board, as one of its
aries.
e been born somewhere in
e last century, for he was
t in torturing and scalp10
fell in the famous Sema
nephew of the celebrated
lame was Talamas-Mic-O,
" The Indians were capin
part the boasted bravery
i in the extreme hardihood
rrimes 'of violence, to which
i, however, by the greed,
white man. For instance,
daughter of a fugitive slave
lugmvc siave law, claimed
as a slave, and was actually
ext; and, when the noble
ion, uttered hot words of
y the United States agent,
in irons for six days. Such
t and indignity, goaded him
i, after weeks and months,
neral Thompson and four
the real beginning of the
sminoles, scattered through
the one side, against the
States government on the
even years, and cost t enn
vw"
000,000. Finally, to the
; it recorded, five hundred
the aid of the government,
der a flag of truce, Osceola
id after six years imprisonmuch
for the history that
of this Indian lad.
Osceola sent away all who