CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY D12CI5MCKR 27, 1890.
TiiK WATKIISOI'AIKKOM.
SUBJECT OF SUNDAY'S SEMMON UY
REV. T. DE WITT TALMAQC.
Il TclU i.f elite. 'Mini Wcr Tnhrii by
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Itiahiiit tliwlnr tlotl'n (itililnurx When
llic Cllllilmi (if f.rilM i:nlrrnl llin
Holy Ijttul.
Uiumiki.Y.v, DccUI. I)r.TaliniiK iircnoh
sl tlio fiillnwliiK Kcriiidii II1I11 imiriiliiK In
(lio Academy of MuMoln (IiIm illy, ami
iiKnliiln tliiMivi'iiliiKntTlin Christian Her
nlil wrvlru In Now York. UN liixt was
liwli. .xl, n, "Anil when nil theso kltiK
wiiro tnt't Itut her they niniti unit pitched
together nt. tlm witter nfMt'roiii to lluht
itKnlust Israel."
V nro cneaiiicd to-nlxlit In i'altstlno
liy tlitt waters of Mertnii. After n Idii
umrch wo have, foniul our tents pitched,
our lire kindled, mid thniijth fur away
from elvlllr.atlon u variety of food that
would not eoiiiromlHo a Urst elms Ameri
can hotel, for tho tnostof ntircaravau start
nn liour and a half earlier In tliu morn
liiK. Vi detain only two mules, earryliiK
o mueli of our Iiiiuk'ik ns we might acci
dentally need and n tent for tho noonday
luncheon, Tho malaria around this Ijaku
Mertnu aro ho polxouoiiH that at any other
ncasou of tho year encampment, hero Is per
IIoiik, hut Mil winter nluht the air Is
toulo and healthful. In thin nelKhliorliood
Joshua fuiiKht hi hint ureal Imt I to. Tho
nation had handed -I lionise! ves together to
cnthli this Joshua, hutalotiK thu luniks of
theso waters Joshua left their carcasses,
Indeed It Ih time that weiiuirenilnutely ex
amine tills Joshua of whom u havo In
theMi discourse caught only a inouieutnry
Kllmps", althouKh hu crossed and rccrtwied
Palestine, and next to Jesus Ih tho most
stirring and nihility character whoso foot
ocr touched tlio Holy laud.
JOSHUA IIKAIIVTO TAKK MUSKS1 1M.ACK.
Muxes wan dead. A heautlful tradition
ay tho Lord kissed him, and In that act
drew forth tho soul of tho dyliiK lawKlvor.
Ho had licen hurled, only onu I'enioiinttliu
funeral, tho samo One who kissed him,
HutGod never takes a man uwavfrom anv
place of usefulness hilt ho lias somo onu
ready. Tho Ixird doeH not co looking
around amid a Kreat variety of candldateH
to (hid hoiiio nno especially lilted for tho
vacant position, lie makes a man for that
placo. Moses hint passed olf tho Mane, and
Joshua, tho hero, puts his foot on thu plat
form of history no Nolldly that all tho iiku
echo with tho tread, llu was a niiiKiilllcent
lighter, hut ho alwajH fought on tint rlht
nhlo, and ho novcr fought unless (jod told
him to light. Ho got hiii military equip
inent from nod, whogavo hi in tho promlso
nt tho start, "Tliero shall not any man ho
nblo to stand heforo theo alt thu days of
thy life." God fullllled this promise, al
tliotiKh Jonhun's llrst battlo was with tho
( nprlt)K freshet, and tho next wlthastouo
wall, and tho next leading on a regiment
of whipped cowards, and tho next battlo
nKnlnst darkness, wheeling tho sun and tho
moon Into his battalion, and tho last
against tho king of turiors, death llvo
great victories.
For tho most part, when thu general of
an army starts out In a conflict ho would
llko to luivti it small baUlo lit order that
ho may get his courago up and rally
his troops and get them drilled for greater
conlllots; but this llrst undertaking of
Joshua was gieater than tho luvollng of
Kort l'ul.tskl, or tho thundurlug down of
Gibraltar, or tho overthrow of tho Hostile,
It was tho crossing of tho Jordan at tho
time of tho spring freshet, Tho snows of
Mount taunnon hud Just been melting,
and they poured down Into tho valley, and
tho wholo valley was a raging torrent. So
tho CaiiaanltesHtandon uno lmiik,aud they
look acrosn and seo Joshua and tho Israel
lts, and they laugh ami say, "Aha! altal
they cannot disturb us in tlinu-uutll tho
freshets fall; It Is impossible for thum to
reach us," Hut after a while they look
across tho watur and they seo a movement
In thu army of Joshua. Theysay: "What's
tho inaUjr nowf Why, tliero must bo a
jmnlo among these troops, and they are
going to liy, or perhaps they aro going to
try to iniirch across tho river Jordan.
Joshua Is a lunatic." Hut Joshua, tho
chieftain, looks at his army and cries,
"Forward, innrcht" and they start for tho
bank of tho Jordan,
TIIK PAUTIXO OK J01IHAX.
One mllo ahead go two priest carrying
ft glittering box four feet long and two
feet wide. It is the ark of tho covenant.
Aud thoy como down, and no sooner do
they Just touch tho rim of tho water with
their feet than by an Almighty Hat Jor
dan parts. Tho army of Joshua marches
right on without getting their feet wet
over tho Iwttotn of tho river, a path of
chalk and broken shells and pebbles, until
thoy get to the other bank. Then they lay
hold of tho oleanders and tamarisks and
willows and pull themselves up a bank
thirty or forty feet high, aud, having
gained tho other bank, they clap their
shields and their cymbals aud sing thu
praises of tho God of Joshua. Hut no
sooner have they reached thu bank than
the waters begin to dash and roar, and
with a terrlllo rush they break looso from
ttiolr straugo anchorage. Out yonder they
luvo stopped, thirty miles of distance they
halted. On till: side tho waters roll on
lowurd tho salt sea.
Hut as thu land of thu Lord God is taken
awny from the thus uplifted waters
waters perhaps uplifted half a mllo aa
tho Almighty hand is taken away thoso
witters rush down, and some of tho unbe
lieving Israelites say: "Alas, alas, what a
intsfortuiiul Why could not thoso waters
huvo staid parted? Hecauso perhaps we
may want to go back. O Lord, wo aro
engaged In a risky business. Thoso Ca
naunltes may eat tut up. How if we want
to go backf Would It not havo been it
moro complete inlraclo if tho Lord had
parted thu waters to let us como through
nud kept them parted to let us go hack If
we aro defeated?" My friends, God makes
no provision for a Christian's retreat. Hu
clears tho path all tho way to Canaan. To
go back is to die. Tho sumo gatekeepers
that swing back tho amethystine and
crystalline gitta of tho Jordan to let
Israel pass through now swing shut
the amethystine nml crystalline gato
, -.THIS IS SO I'LACK TO Mul
But tills Is no place for tho host to stop.
Joshua gives thu command, "Forward,
march!" In tho distance there is a long
grove of trees, and at thu end of the grove
Is a city. It Is a city of arbors, a city with
walls seeming to reach to tho heaven, to
buttress tho very sky. It Is tho great mo
tropolis that commands thu mountain pass.
It is Jericho. Tho city was afterward cap
tured by I'oinpey, aud 1c wiim afterward
captured by Herod thu Great, and it was
afterward captured by tho Mohammedans;
but tills campaign the Lord plans. Tliero
shall bu 110 swords, no shields, no battering
ram. Tliero shall bo only one weaKiu of
war, und that a rail's horn. Tho horn of
the slain ram was sometimes taken, and
holes weru punctured lu it, mid then the
musician vould put tho Instrument to his
- llps.'and ho would run hi fingers over Mils
rtido musical Instrument and make a great
deal of sweet harmony for the people
That was the only kind of weapon. Heven
irlct wero to lakn these rude rustic mil
Hlcnl Instruments, and they were to go
around the city every day fur six days
oiKii a day for six tlaje and then on thu
seventh iluy they were to go around blow
lug theso rutlo musical Instruments seven
times, and then at the close of thcMWcnth
blowing of tho rams' horns on the netculli
day t ho peroral Ion of I ho whole scene was
to lm a shout at which those great walls
should tumble from capslono to base.
iitni.Ni) tiik rrrv'u ai.ia
Tho sown priests with the rude musical
Instruments pass all around the city walls
on tho llrst day, aud a failure. Not so
much as 11 piece of plaster broke loose from
tho wall; not mi much ami loosened rock,
not. so much as a piece of mortar lost from
Its place. "There," say the unbelieving
Israelites, "didn't I tell you nor Why,
tlio.-' ministers arc fools. The Idea of go
lug around the city with those musical In
strumeuti", and e.cctlng lu that nay to
destroy It1 Joshua has been spoiled; ho
thinks iH'caiise no lias overthrown mid de
stroyed the spring freshet he can over
throw tho stono wall. Why, It Is not phil
osophic. Don't you neo tliero Ih no relation
betueen the blowing of these musical In
struments and the knocking down of the
wall It Isn't philosophy." And I sup.
pose there wore many wiseacres who stood
with their brows knitted and with the
forefinger of tho right hand to thu fore
linger of tho left hand arguing it all out
and showing Unit It wits not possible that
such a catiso could produce such an cITect.
And I suppose that night lu the encamp
incut tliero was plenty of philosophy and
cmleatiire, mid If Joshua had Is'cn uoiui
uated for any high military position hu
would not havo got many votes.
Joshua's stock was down. Tho second
day the priests hlowhg the musical In
strumeiits go around the city, and it fall
lire. Third day, mid a fall'ire; fourth tiny,
mid a failure; fifth day, and a failure;
sixth day, audit failure. The seventh day
comes, the climacteric tlay. Joshua is up
early In tho morning ami examines thu
troops, walks all around about, looks at
tho city wall. Tho prlc.stu start to make
the cliciilt of thu city. Thuy go all around
once, all around twice, three times, four
limes, live limes, six tltnM, seven limes,
aim a mil lire.
Tliero Is only one more thing to tin, mid
that Is to utter a great shout I see the
Israelltlsh army straightening themselves
up, lllllng their lungs fur a vociferation
such iih was never heard heforo mid never
heard after. Joshua feels that the hour
has come, mid ho cries to his host. "Shout,
for the Iird hath given you theclty'" All
tho people begin to cry, "Down, Jericho!
down, Jericho!" And the long line of
solid masonry In-glns to uulver, and to
move, and to rock. Stand front under!
She falls! Crashl go the walls, tho toni
pics, the towers, the palaces, the air black
ened with tho dust! Tho huzza of thu vic
torious Israelites anil thu groan of the
coiKiueretl Caiiaanltes commingle, mid
Joshua Mantling there in the debris of the
wall hears a voice saying, "There shall not
any man hu ablu to stand before thee all
the days of thy life."
OSI.V HAWAII'S IIIIUIIK M'AIIKP.
Only one house spared. Who lives there?
Some great king? Xo. Somo woman dis
tinguished for great kindly deeds!" Xo.
Shu hail been conspicuous for her crimes.
It Is thu house, of Hahnb. Why was her
house spared? Hecauso shu hail been it
great sinner? Xo, but because shu repent
ed, demonstrating ioall tlioages that there
Is mercy ft.r tho chief of sinners. Tho red
cord of tllvlno injunction reaching from
her window to thu ground, so that when
the people saw that red cord they kntiw it
was the tllvlno Indication they should not
disturb the premises, making us think of
tho tllvinu cortl of it Saviour's deliverance,
tho red cortl of it Saviour's kindness, the
red cord of a Saviour's mercy, tho reil cord
of our rescue. Murcy for tho chief of sin
ners. Hut your trust lu that God, anil no
thimagu shall befall you. When our world
shall lo moro terribly surrounded than
was Jericho, even by tho trumpets of tho
Judgment day, and the hills mid the moun
tains, thu metal bones and ribs of nature
shall break, they who have had Itahab's
faith shall have Knhab's deliverance.
When. ritpt lu (Ire, the realms of ether kIow,
Anil Heaven's Inst tluuiilcr shakes thu earth
below;
Thou, iiiiiliHinayed, shall o'er thu ruins smile,
Ami Uijlit lliy torch nt Nature's funeral pile.
Hut Joshua's troops may not halt here.
Tho command is, "Forward, inarchl"
Tliero Is tho city of Al; It must betaken.
How shall It lie taken? A scouting party
comes buck and says, "Joshua, wo can tin
that without you; it Is going to bo a very
easy job; you Just stay hero while wo go
mill capture it." They march with a small
regiment In front of tho city. The men of
Al look at them mid givo one yell, and thu
Israelites run like reindeer. Tho northern
troops at Hull Hun did not muku such
rapid time ns theso Israelites with the
Caiiaanltes after them. They novcr cut
such a sorry llgure as when they were on
thu retreat. Anybody that goes out lu the
battles of God with only half a force, In
Mead of your taking the men of Al, the
men of Ai will taku you. Ixiok at the
church of God on tho retreat. Thu Hor
neslaii cannitinls lite up Miinson, the
iiiIsMunary. "Fall backl" said it great
many Christian people. "Fall back, O
church of Godl Horneo will never be
taken. Don't you seo thu Horneslan can
nibals have eaten up Miinson, thu mission
ary?" Tynilull delivers his lecture at the
Untverslly of Glasgow, and a great many
good people say: "Fall back, O church of
God! Don't yousee that Christian philoso
phy Is going to Ikj overcome by worldly
philosophy? Fallback!" Geology plunges
Its crowbar into the mountains, mid there
are a great many people who say: "Sclen
tlllo Investigation Is going to overthrow
the Mosaic account of tho creation. Fall
back!" Friends of tho church Imvo nuvcr
hail any right to fall back.
Joshua m ciiAuiiiNKii.
Joshua falls on his facu lu chagrin. It is
thu only tlmu you over seo thu back of his
bend. Ho falls on his face anil begins to
whine, and ho says; "Oh, Lord God, where
fore hast thou at all brought this peoplu
over Jordan to deliver us Into the hand of
the Amorltes to destroy us? Would to God
we had Ix-'ou content mid dwelt on the
other side of Jordan! For tho Caniutniti-i
nud all tho Inhabitants of thu laud shall
hear of It, and shall environ us round ami
cut off our nuino from thu earth."
I am very glad Joshua saltl that, lief ore I
It seemed as if ho wero it Mipernutural!
oeing, ami tlicreroro could not bo mi ex
umplu to us; but I find he Is it man, ho Is
only it man, Just as sometimes you llud a
man under severe opposition, or inn bud
Mate of physical health, or worn out with
overwork lying down and sighing about
everything being defeated. I am encour
aged when I hear this cry of Joshua as ho
lies lu the dust.
God conies and rouses him. How docs
ho roiiso him? liy complimentary apos
trophe? Xo. He says: "Get theo up.
Whereforo llest thou upon thy face?"
Joshua rises, and I warrant you with it
mortified look, but his oltl courage comes
back. The fart was that was not Ids bat
tle. If ho hud Immui In it ho would havo
gonuonto tlctory. Ho gathers his troops
around him and says, "Now, let us go up
aud ui pi u re tho city of Ai; let us go up
right away."
They march on. IIu puts the majority
of tho troops Is'lilnd n ledgo of rocks lu the
night, and then he sends comparatively
small regiments up In front of the city.
Tho men of A I como out with it shout. Tho
small regiments of Israelites lu stratagem
fall hack and fall back, and when all tho
men of Al havo left tho city mid aro lu pur
null of these scattered, or seemingly scat
tered, regiments Joshua stands on a rock
I see his locks Hying in the wind as ho
points his spear towartl thu doomed city,
nud that Is the signal. Thu men rush out
from Is'lilnd tho .ocks and take thu city,
mid it Is put to the torch, mid then theso
Israelites lu theclty march down, and the
flying regiments of Israelites return, and
between theso two waves of Israelltlsh
prowess tho men of Al are destroyed, and
tho Israelites gain the victory. And whllo
I seo tho curling smoko of that destroyed
city on the sky, and while I hear the huzza
of tho Israelites, mid the groan of tho Ca
iiaanltes, .loshita hears something louder
than it all, ringing ami echoing through
his soul, "There shall nut any man Imj able .
to stand before thee all tho days of thy
life."
on to Tin: citv of oiiicov.
Hut thin Is no nlacu for tho host of
Joshua to stop. "Forward, inarch!" cries
Joshua to tho troops. Tliero Is the city of
Glbeon. It has put Itself under tho pro
tection of Joshua. They sent word, "Tliero
are live kings after us; thoy are going to
destroy uu; solid troops quick; sond us
help right nwny." Joshua has a threo
days' inarch at moro than double quick. On
the morning of tho third day he Is licforo
tho enemy. Tliero uro two long Hues of
battle. Tli battle opens with great slaugh
ter, but tli'i Canaanllcs soon discover some
thing. Theysay: "That Is Joshua. That
Is tlio man who conquered thu spring
freshet and knocked down thu stono wall
anil tlestroyod tho city of Al. There Is no
uso lighting." Ami they sound a retreat,
anil as they begin to retreat Joshua and
his host spring upon them like it panther,
pursuing them overt lie rosks; and asthe.su
Caiiaanltes with sprained ankles ami gash
etl forehea Is retreat, the catapults of the
sky pour .1 volley of hailstones Into tho
valley, and all tho artillery of thu heavens
with bullets of Iron pound the Canaanltea
against th. ledges ol Hethhoron.
"Ohl" siys Joshua, "this Is surely a vic
tory." "Hut do you not n-e the sun is go
ing down? Those Amorltes are going to
get ..rfuy fiftcr all, and I lien they will come
up some other time aud bother us, and
perhaps destroy us." Sec, the sun Is going
iiovii. tju, itir a longer tiny man has ever
lieou fecii in this climate1 What is thu
matter wkh Joshua? Has he fallen lu 1111
apoplectic lit? Xo. He Is in prayer. Look
out when it good man mal-es the Lord his
ally. Joshua raises his face, radiant with
prayer, mid looks at the descending sun
over Gideon i, 1 at thu faint crescent of
the moon, for you know tho queen of thu
night sometimes will linger mound tho
palaces of thu tlay. Pointing one hand at
the descending sun mid thu other at the
faint crescent tif the moon, In tho namu of
that God who shaped tho worlds nml moves
tho wtuldii, ho cries, "Sun, stand thou still
upon Glbeon; and thou moon, in tho valley
of A jitlou." They halted.
Whether It wits by refraction of tho sun's
rays or by tho stopping of tho whole plan
etary system I do not know and do not
care. I leave it to tho Christ ..m scientists
and thu (nlldel scientists to settle that
question, whllo I tell you I have seen thu
sainti thing. "What!" say you, "not thu
sun Minuting still?" Yes. Tho samu inlr
aclo Is performed nowadays. Thu wicked
do not live out half their tiny, ami thu sun
sets at noon. Hut let it man Mart out ii
battlo for God mid truth and against sin,
antl thu day of his usefulucsi Is prolonged
and prolonged and prolonged.
iiiKiit woiik iii:maini:d
John Siimmerflehl was a consumptive
Methodist. Ho looked fearfully white, I
am told, ns he stood In old Sands Stieet
church lu Brooklyn preaching Christ, ami
when he stood 011 thounnivcrsary platform
lu Xew York pleading for thu Hlblu until
unusual mid unknown glories rolled forth
from that lxiok. When he was dying his
pillow was brushed with the wings of tho
angel fiom tho skies, thu messenger that
God sent down. Did John Summerlolil's
sun set? Did John Siimmerlleld'stlay cud?
Oh, no, He lives 011 lu his burning utter
ances in behalf of the Christian church.
Hubert McCheyno was a consumptive
Presbyterian. It was said when he preached
hu coughed so it seemed us if he would
never preach again. His namu Is fragrant
In all Christendom, that name mightier
today than was over his living presence.
He lived to preach tho gospel In Alierdeen,
Edinburgh ami Dundee, but he went
away very early. Ho preached himself Into
tho grave. Has Holwrt McCheyne's sun
set? Is Etols-rt McChuyne's day ended?
Oh, uol Ills dying delirium was filled
with prayer, and when ho lifted his hand
to pronounce the benediction upon his
family, and tho benediction upon his coun
try, he seemed to say: "I cannot tlio now;
I want to llvo on and 011. I want to start
an Inlliienco for tho church that will never
cease. I am only 30 years of age. Sun of
my Christian ministry, Maud still over
Scotland." And It stjod still. -
HOW A CIIIIISTIAN CAN 1UK.
A long tlmu ngo tliero was it Christian
woman very consecrated, and shu had a
drunken husband, and so on camu thu
night of domestic trouble. Shu lost hur
children, and tliero camo thu night of Ihi
reavuinent. Shu was very 111, and thuru
camu thu uluht of sickness, ller soul de
parted, and there came thu night of death.
Hut all thesu nights of trouble aud dark
ness nud sorrow aud sickness weru illu
mined by thu grace of tho Gospel, ami peo
plu camu many miles to seo how cheerfully
a Christian could bo sick and how cheerful
ly 11 Christian could die. The moon that il
lumined that night of troublo was it rellec
tlon from tho Sun of righteousness. In
tho last hour of that night that night of
darkness and sickness ami misfortune, ns
sho lifted Iter hand toward heaven, thoso
who stood nearest her pillow could hear
thu whisper for bIio wanted to llvo on lu
tho generations that wore to follow, conse
crated to God; shu wanted to havo an In
fluence long ufter sho had entered upon
her eternal ruwurd, ami whllu tier hand
was lifted nml hur lips wero moving, thoso
who stood nearest her pillow could hear
her uy, "Thou moon, stand still in thu
valley of AJalon."
Hut JtMhuit wits not quite through.
There was tlmu for llvo funerals ls'foni tho
Mill of that prolonged tlay set. Who will
preach their funeral sermon? Massilloii
preached tho funeral sermon over Iouls
XVI. Who will preach tho funeral ser
mon of those llvo dead kings king of
Jerusalem, king of Hebron, king of Jar
mutli, king of Lnchlsh, king of Kglou?
Let It bu by Joshua. What Is his text?
'What shall bo thu epitaph put 011 thu door
of the tomb? "Tliero shall not mix man bu
able to stand before theo all tho days of
thy life."
Hut before you fasten up tho door I want
five mine kings beheaded and thrust In
King Alcoliol, King Fraud, King Lust,
King Supfstltlon, King Infidelity. Lot
them Is) beheaded mid hurl them lu. Then
fasten up the door forever. What shall thu
Inscription mid what shall the epitaph lw?
for all Christian philanthropists of all
ages aro going to como mid look at It.
What shall the Inscription be? "There
shall not any man Ihi ablu to stand before
theo all the days of thy life."
TI.MK POIl JOSIItrA TO (10 IIOMII.
Hut It Is time for Joshua to go homo,
lio Is lit) years old. Washington went
down thu Potomac, and at Mount Ver
non closed his days. Wellington tlhsl
peacefully at Apsley Houho. Xow, when)
shall Joshua rest Why, he Is to have
his greatest battle now. After a hun
dred and ten years hu has to meet a
king who has more subjects than all the
present population of the earth, Ids throne
a pyramid of skulls, his parterre tho grave
yattls and the cemeteries of thu world, his
chariot the world's henrso thu King of
Terrors. Hut If this h Joshua's greatest
battle, It Is going to be Joshua's greatest
victory. Hu gathers his friends around
lilin and gives Ids valedictory, and It Is
LfuJI ofaQiiiliilsceiicu. Young men tell
wiiiK, iney are going to do; old metrtell
what they have done. And as you have
heard a grandfather or great-grandfather.
sealed by thu evening lire, tell of Mon
mouth or Yorkttiwn, ami then lift tho
crutch or stalT as though It wero 11 musket,
to fight and show how tho oltl battles wero
won, so Joshua gathers Ids friends around
his dying couch, iiuu he tells them the
story of what ho has beuu through, ami as
ho lies there, his white locks snowing
down on his wrinkled forehead, I wonder
If Gott has kept his promise all tlio way
through.
As ho Ilea there bo tells thu story one,
two or threo times-yon havo heard old
people tell a story two or three times over
and ho answers: "I go the way of nil the
cart It ami not 0110 wortl of the promise, has
failed, not onu word thereof has failed; all
has comu to pass, not 0110 word thereof has
fulled." And then he turns to his family
ns it dying parent will and says: "Choose
now whom you will serve, the God of Is
rael, or thu God of the Amorltes. As for
1110 and my house we will servo tho Lord."
A dying parent cannot be reckless or
thoughtless lu regarl to his children.
Consent to part with them forever at
thu tloor of thu tomb wo cannot. By
tho cradle. In which their Infancy was
rocked, by the Ihi-kiiii on which they
llrst lay, by tho blood of the covenant,
by the God of Joshua It shall not be.
Wo will not part, wo cannot part. Je
hovah Jheh, wo take theo at thy promise.
"I will be a God to theo and thy seetl after
thee."
Dead, thu old chieftain must bu laid
out. Handle him very gently; that sacred
body Isovcrit hundred and ten years of ngo.
Lay him out, stretch out those feet that
walked dry shod tho parted Jordan. Close
those lips which helped blow tho blast at
which tho walls of Jericho fell. Fold tho
arm that lifted the spear towartl tho
doomed city of Al. Fold It right over tho
heart that exulted when tho llvo kings
fell. Hut where shall wo get tho burnished
granlto for tho headstone and thu foot
stone? I bethink myself now. I Imagine
that for thu head It shall bu the sun that
stood still upon Glbeon, ami for tho foot
thu moon that stood still in thu valley of
AJalou.
The California Horse.
In reading the accounts of early days In
California 1 11111 struck with thu ondiirunco
of hardship, expo? -re, and wounds by thu
uatlvesaiid thuadventurers, the raucheros,
horsemen, herdsmen the ilcsceiuhiutH of
soldiers mill the Indians, their Insensibility
to fatigue, mid their ug.llty and stiength.
This is ascribed to tliu climate, mid what
Istruoof mail Is true of the native horse
ills only rival lu strength, endurance,
speetl and Intelligence Is the Arabian. It
was long supposed that this was racial,
and that but for the sinallness of the size
of the native horse trussing with It would
Improve tliu breed of thu eastern and Ken
tucky racers. Hut there was reluctance to
cross tho finely proportioned eastern horse
with his diminutive western brother.
The importation mid breeding of thor
oughbreds 011 this coast has led to thu dis
covery that the desirnblu qualities of the
California hoisu weru not racial butclimat
lc. The eastern horse has been found to im
prove in size, compactness of muscle, in
strength of limb, in wind, with 11 marked
incrai.-e in power of endurance. Thu trav
eler here notices the fine horses aud their
excellent condition, and the power ami eu
dura lie- of those that havo considerable
age The records lii'itle 011 eastern race
coiiiscs by horses from California breed
lug larius huvjiilrcudy attracted attention
It Is also remarked that the eastern horse
is usually improved greatly by a sojourn
of a season or two on this coast, and thu
plan of bringing eastern racu horses here
for the winter is already adopted. Charles
Dudley Wnrnr r In Harper's.
The Mimlli'Ht Chin ell.
There has recently been quite, a discus
sion in the vaiious religious papers con
cerning thu locution of the smallest church
lu thu world. Thu French papers, aided
by the valuable researches of Pro
fessor Lcsqtiutuux, havo been gutting the
best of the argument until recently, when
soiuu onu discovered it 5J0-y ear-old nr
tlciu by Moncure D. Conway in Harper's
for March, lb0, wheru that ablu writer
gives u description of two miniature, places
of religious worship. Thu llrst is at Hon
church. Conway gives the following con
cerning It:
It cannot Ihi 10 yards long, ami Is only
!l or -J wide; It has seven pews nml four
galleries, and might hold twenty persons.
Theru Is still regular preachlug here, tho
Utrga part of the congregation Isjlng seated
outside.
Further 011 In tho samu articlu hu says,
lu describing thu vlllagu of St. Lawrence,
on thu Islu of Wight: Tho vlllagu Is nota
bio for Its queer llttlti church, tho smallest
in thu world. It is 1 feet long ami It feet
widu, iiutl about as high as a tall man. Its
walls aru Saxon, anil very old.
Thu location of su eral other small mid
iiulqiio churches has been made public
since this discussion beg-in. Among others,
J10 church In the stump of it glgautlo red
wood tree lu some county in Oregon, au.l
thu famous "Hell chapel," of Moscow,
whero services are regularly held In it large
IhiII, which has a piece out of the side, the
opening being used as a tloor. St. Ixiuls
Republic.
Very licuiittful mosalu patterns are
wrought lu stained tvoods for thu tops of
occasional tables ami for chess boards, in
which extremely beautiful patterns aru
produced. Different strips of variously
colored woods, when glued together side
by side, are afterward cut according 10 thu
exigencies of various patterns for marque
try Inlays und borders for juwclry boxes,
music boxes, writing cases, toilet cases,
decorative panels, etc. Decoratur and Furnisher.
Britton's New Grocery
141 0 0 STREET.
Having just opened our store, the largest in the new Alex
ander block, we extend you an invitation to call and inspect
our line of goods. Our aim will be to carry a full line of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
including the very best of everything, making a specialty of
Teas, CoiTces, Spices, Flour and Potatoes, in which we will
offer the best at such prices as will make it an inducement for
you to buy. All goods promptly delivered.
Tklijimionk 780.
We Solicit a Call! 1410 O Street.
ChristmasPresents for Gentlemen
BUY SOMETHING USEFUL
As well as Ornamental !
Herman Bros.
1017 O Street,
Offer a line of goods that for presentation to gentlemen has
no equal. See their
Seal Skin Caps Plush Caps
Seal Skin Gloves
Fur Coats Smoking Jackets
Fine Neckwear, all kinds.
Silk Handkerchiefs Mufflers .
And Dozens of Other Suitable Articles.
China
-THE STOCK OF
Queens ware,
Silverware, Etc.
Which is Now
143 Soutl- 12 tin St.,
is composed of first class goods in every respect, It is all
arranged and ready for the
Sacrifice Sale
The stock comprises everything usually found in a first
class glass, china and queensware store, including a large
stock of
Roger's Best Silverware.
These goods must be moved and prices will be made to
close them out.
THIS IS NO FAKE,
but a bona tide sacrifice sale and if you will call prices
will surely convince you of this fact-
Talbot JR. CrgiclcL
143 South Twelfth St.
Sale!
Opened at
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