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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-2-2, Page 68 THE:B US $3148 9ST dismissed ; there is ne danger I and bill vjtTxttio Li every roan who loves his king sat, drink '':' R �� and he merry 11 honor °� Oa hi AVM goes the Pourler to x uta s HUM p'RIDAX l�IOkZNTNG alias's wminiegian, and soon the sound 9f On ttmmior the early mallei at gunrterool thaubea aged revelry f �1zaaButi while height the Of h gds wfio ,--.05 eueleeIIEn'•*-- - have made 90116 our 8110 Deo "The Peat" StOnnl Pablistting Mtlts0, the merriment is ab iia wildest i nl is suddenly int r opt d by a PaaN 01111T ST.,. Iinns8sn5, ONT, 810180yyo1 BunscurPTlo2,--one dollar and pyery aubscriptiou ispaid ishddate oted0by the date on the address label. 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Suddenly a strange pound oomea floating up on the wind. Nothing like it was ever heard in Cana- an. No body can make out what it is, nor from what source it tomes. At first the men on the walls look at each other in alarm and superstitious dread. Many wild rumors have spread through their ranks concerning the strange things that have happened during the wanderings of the peculiar people who are marching to- wards them. Wildly exaggerated and wonderful things about the awful and terrible God whom they worship have floated through the Damp, and many believe the strange sounds are produced by supernatural means. But presently Joshua's advance comes plainly in sight, and it is discovered that the strange sounds are produced by priests blowing upon trumpets of ram's horn. At this thed won- der if the Israel in to telin e expect to throw down their walls witb empty sound, some of them spy out the queer looking box which Hoe priests are carrying, and all kinds of wild spoaule.tione are soon set afloat in regard to it. Not knowing what to do they do not do anything, except to peer down in 'wonder upon the aingular move- ' u foes as the thin menta of their curious and murmuring ranks of 'Joshua creep slowly around the city. At length the first day's work has been done, and Joshua leads his battalions baok to camp. Safe in their tents, I think I can see them gathering in little groups to discuss the movement of the morning. The skulkers have corns in from the surrounding hills and hollows, and mingle with those who have been at the front to find out all about what bas been done. "Just as I expected," everybody says. "Joshua thought he was going to do something tremendous, bet he hasn't done a thing but make fools of every one of us. Joshua is a good man ; a very .good man, but be's not fit to be the head of s.ch a great army. Moses would never have brought us back to camp again un. til he had done something. It's clear that a8 a leader .Joshua is a feilurs." One of the greatest dangers in time of revival is undue haste. It won't do to try to hurry God's work. It won't do to neglect any part of oar own. The words wbiohbrought Leasing to life were not spoken until the atone was rolled entirely away from the grave. earn a tar e rumor that 11185 frena lip to lip among the heathen soldiers. A new de artere has been taken by the armies of Israel. In• stead of marobing around the walls, and then going book to their camp, as they have been doing from day to Hay, they have gone around the s000nd time, and the third, and the fourth, and are even now still marching on. This is some- thing new. Something that was unos- peoted and unprovided for. What is to be done ? Nobody knows. The troops of Jerioho give up their feasting and drinking and swarm the walls by the thousand and ten thousand to watch the Marching hosts of Israel who are now moving 05 one man, without a single die. senting murmur among them, Joshua has had the word oominun1cated to every men that this is the day when they are, going to take the city. Every moment the wells become more and more crowd. ed with the soldiers and citizens of Jericho, until most of its population is gathered them. They jeer at Joshua's troops, and oall thorn cowards and doge, but not the slightest sound exempt the blowing of the ram's borne comes back in return. By this time Joshua's men have become so well disciplined that they can bold their pence in spite of the most taunting provocation, and every than in the line is determined that no sound shall escape him until his Oommander bids him shout. At length the Iaat grand march has been made. The supremo moment bas come. The human part has been well and faithfully done, and in an instant more the work of God will begin. The last long, loud, and defiant blast of the ram's horns has sounded, and then is heard the trumpet -like voice of Joshua, miraculously strengthened, it may be, prying in tones that reach to all the sur- rounding bills : "Shout 1 For the Lord hath given you thAnd then comes the shout into which those wilderness -worn warriors put so much faith that the unseen powers of God enure down and level the walls flat to the ground, every man in Joshua's army springs straight out before him, with his drawn sword in bis band, and fights to the death every foe that opposes him. Not a man tarns to the right or the left to pick out those whom he can overcome the easiest, but every one goes straightforward, and dose his part faith- fully and well, without looking around to see what his comrades are doing, or observe whether his leader is watching him or nob. There is no envy, no jeal- ously, and no disagreement in the ranks, but all ere of one mind and of one ao- cord, even as they were on the day of Pentecost, and the result is that the army of Joshua wins a glorious victory. to make the ohargo, and they get the city beoause they all believed they would, Faith never, goes bottle with an empty basket. UIt3 HEART WAS 7116318. ,I m was a 1ong, lank, Meuntainee8 Kentnokian who owned a creek farm fairly well stoked, and he was not a bad nabob, en theta things go in the moon• being, bet ile bad no wife, How is it, Jim, I said to him one day, that yon .301'1: marry ? He grinned guitesely. Well,Colonel, Collins, don'b you0?ly' you knot/ Mandy Yes. Well, I axed her three months ago au' elle wouldn't have me. Why didn't you try somebody else? 1 d18, Colonel. A fine gal down the orick. sot sick Mitten to a hot right rick, f rhater, like a whole week, when one day 'long came Mandy and axed her agin. What did she ratty ? She wouldn't have me. Try another, I said entmeragiogly, I did, Colonel. 'Nether One gal sorest the mountain. I sot up to her three weekshan'.ruunin', an' 011 hnight, when hen I was 'most ready to pop, atWellin' wheel an' I axed her hat did she say that timeogin, ? Pnrby muoh the same thing. Why didn't you let her alone, then,and devote yourself to 0110 you could get ? I asked half provoked at his petsiabenee. You bet I did, Colonel. I went right after old man Hankins' gal, Mary; an Mary seemed mighty wilhn' an' obligin' till one uremia' I seen Mandy 001nm' down the road an' I up au' axed her a"in. nWhat did she say 2 I asked. Wouldn't have me no more'n 'bother times, and hie face Poll. As I said before, Jim, I very emphati• ally remarked, why in thunder don't you try another girl ? That's whet I'm dein' now, Colonel, he responded, with more spirit than he uad shown. Ear a month an' pwards I've reviouslput Mandy clean oaten my mind an' I'm shiniu' up to Hester Jones seven nights a week, an' there ain't no nee talkie', Colonel, Hester likes it. That's right, old fellow 1 I exclaimed, slapping him on the shoulder ; keep at it and you'll get her sure. Who, Colonel 2 he asked, with a hope- ful little smile, Mandy 2 After that I gave Jim up as beyond reclamation. Cglveatitsxaii rsT eWe fie Hebb. Elden, Ipeettnaster oR 1intere fee aboab 25 Pare, is dead, 4V Z. Niven, of Hoole', ben keg a forthe lesb34 years, ars, a• diver daily Y A vein of natural gee was struck at Thameeville, and the village ie excited, ,A.t the end of 1894 the County of Bruoa Will have wiped oft' its bonded indebted, neseTh. e new High Sohool at Tilaonburg WW41.4, Smith, of Mount Forest, lost a h*ree reeenbly ab the remarkable age of 39 years. will shortly he oeeeed by the illheieter of 1]duoabfon: John Rgbinson, Principal of the Au' easter Public School, was fined 92 and costa at Hamilton 'Pollee Court for strapping a boy with undue severity. Gait's population ban inoreased from, 6,697 in 1887 to 7,228 in 1898. In the tame period the assessment fnormaeed from 01,034,486 to 92,727,926. A lady living at MOM jaw earoasbieal• ly wrote the following to. her 5leter•in• law at Violet Hill :—"Our house is banked 18 feet thick with snow and ice. We have 16 stoves going and 120 tons of bard goal in the abed. 'There is water ono* in the cellar to do us 1111 'Spring. We have overcoats on all the cattle and I am busy knitting gooks and mitts for the geese and ducks, It is only 60 degrees below zero now but when the cold snap sets in we anticipate a need of more clothing." J. S. Carate, Dominion Government Commissioner ab the World's Fair, re. turned last week from Washington. Mr. Larks waef111008 attending to an appeal which the Government entered against the agrioulturel implement awards. It, appears that six awards of diplomas and bronze medals were made to Canadian exhibitors, chiefly the Massey -Harris Co., and Mr. Lerke has evidence that these diplomas were aotually torn up and that after the jury had examined and found the machines worthy of the. medals. The case at Washington is concluded but the decision has not yet been written out. The police and religious authorities of Montreal are engaged in investigating one of the most revolting cases that has ever come under their notice. The hor. rible few atare two young ladies follows about as dayssinee were looking for a washerwoman in the poor districts of the oity and while thus en- gaged theyhappened to enter the humble abode of a woman named Garladais, who resides a short distance from Sacred Heart Church. While engaged Oonver- sing with the woman in question, the girls heard a piercing cry from an ad- joining room, and as the mother did not appear to pay any attention to the mat• ter the bravest of the women entered the apartment from whence the sounds pro- ceeded and a horrible eight met her eyes. A baby about ten months old lay in a oradle and an enormous rat sat upon the side of the little °rib quietly gnawing the infant's right arm. The strangers, after freeing the little thing from the rat, pro- oeeded to lecture the wretched mother, who replied with you are so particular about reat sang he youngster drive the rata away yourselves." Amazed at snot cruelty the ladies hurried away at once and reported the ease to the rev. cure of the church above named. The baby was at once looked alter and the wounds dressed, but blood poisoning set in and the ohild is .liable to die -at any moment. No doubt the police will take the heartless mother iu hand. We are so moue to walk by sight that our faith is slow to step into the water unless we can see the rocks of visible rei- gnite very near the surface. Hundreds of promising revivals are killed beoause somebody gets in too big a hurry, and calls for tire too near sunrise. We want to get through with the meetings so that we clan go back to our plowing and plant. ing, and oar haying ani selling. The people crowd the preacher, and the preaohsr pushes the evangelist, and the result is that the ark is touched by nn - sanctified hands and death (tomes. Joshua didn't make any mistakes of this kind. fie knew that if he were to take Jericho he must take it in God's way, and in God's time. Had he tried to take it the first day its walls would never have fallen. It wouldn't have done for bine lo proceed faster than God had told him to do. It wouldn't have done for him to have made all the marches on the first day. For the first three or four days the Jericho people probably watched very in- tently, considerably puzzled, no doubt, as to the meaning of the movements, but after that, when they saw that the same thing was done every day, and that no attack was made, they relaxed their vigil- ance, and began to say among them- selves : "If it dose those fellows any good to march around these walla every day, let them go ahead. If that's all they're go. ing to do, they can keep on as long as they wish. We can stand as much of it as they can. We've got plenty of prattle- , ions, and they can march till they get tired." Their king and bis generals, thinking there was no danger, no doubt had aban- dcned themselves to pleasure, line Bel- shazzar, and instead of keeping on the alert, end ready for every emergency, spent the most of thele time in feasting and daueing. Perhaps they were engag- ed in something of thie kind on the last day, when a concise comes to Husking and says : "Sire, tee army of Joehtta has come out again, and hi even now marching around our wade. The officer of the guard di rioted me to report to your Majesty, and ask if it ie necessary to sound an alarm." "Sound an alarm 1 ha-ha i What i8 there to be alarmed about 7 When noth. ing but the sound of a few ram's horns threatens ear peace. Alarm ? By no means. Go at ono to our great captain and tellhim it is our royal plenum that every soldier within the walls to day shall have a holiday, Let the guards bo I believe that one of the meg of this chapter is to teaoh us how to secure a revival. The first thing to be done is for the leader to exercise common sense and prudence and learn ea much about the condition of the field in which be is to operate as oircnmetances will permit. It will not do for him to blindly preach without knowing something of the people to whom be ie talking. He must go oat and walk boldly around the walla and shirk no responsibility that confronts him. He must meet the Captain of the Host and get the plan of campaign and promise of victory from Him. Routine duties must not be neglecsed, and surprise power must be utilized. It won't do to plod along in one way all the time. As soon as the enemy learns your taotios you have no advantage over him. When people do not know just what to expect they will give you close attention. When Samson went at the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass it was the novelty of the thing that made it win. Had he made his charge with a aword he would never have lived to have his hair out. Don't be afraid of new magi°. The ram's born did not sound a bit like the silver trumpet, and for that reason it attracted more attention. The Bible soya,. "Sing a new song." Don't be afraid to do it. There is a power in a new song when it breathes the right sentiment, espeoially when godly people sing it. Thousands have their hearts touched in that way who have them hardened against preach- ing. It was the priests who blew upon the ram's horns. Not the lepers and oamp followers. One reason, sometimes, why there isnot more power in the pul- pit is because there is so much devil just behind it. Heart power in song is some- thing that can not be printed in a note book. A painted firs will not keep the room warm. Too many of our singers do not known any more about the gospel they sing than bile town pump does about the taste of water. People who sing simply for breed and bouquets hove no more unction than amusia box. Ono of the great needs of the church i8 more prayer and Less nonsense in the choir. More praise and less backbiting. More love in the heart and lase fault finding. More of a desire to honor God than there is to give a concert. Moro of reverence and less of frivolity. More eerieusness and less giggling. There will not be so much artistic: effeot, but there will be more heart power. There may not be 50 much polish, but there will be more of the melody that stirs the soul and makes the sinner wont to quit his meanness. The work mast begin in the church, and continue until the people quit hanging bads and are willing t0 help and be help- ed. Nothing can be done while every- body wants to be a brigadier general and nobody is willing to be a private soldier. It won't do to rush into aotion until every man learns his plane and is willing to stay in it. Tho people must be made to believe in their leader, and to believe he expecte something. This will give them faith, and their faith will make them united, and when they get to the point when they all have acommon par• pogo thee will be no quarreling about the means to be need, It won't do for the leader to waver or lose patience He must stand Srm, and yet keep sweet in doing 19, He must lead, not Bend. The word must be"come," not "go." If the leader does not seem to expect much no body else will, The fact that Joshua continued to go round the walls every day sbowed to his troops that he expect. ed to take the oily, and every day mere of his men got to believing that he was going to do it, and when they all became united in their belief the time bad come FED,2, 1$.94 all Paper SHOLJLDBEAUTIFY Not simply hide bare walls. As discordant strains of music are to the oar, so is the eye tortured by out -of -harmony paper on the walls. If you look to cheapness alone you might .as well e0v'er your. plaster with pelma -a-dozen newspapers. 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