OHRISTIA-ISr
HERALD.
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securely leaned, but always dis
trusting, to be sufficient for all oc
casions—for every emergency. But
a new experience now awaiter
them. Their land, for which they
had waited four hundred and thirty
years, was preoccupied—seven na-
. tions. each of. wluch was greater
and mightier than themselves, hat
possession, were - their deadly
enemies, and must be destroyed, to
make room for them, ere they
could enjoy it. Of the justice of
this wholesale destruction, space
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valley of Ajalon, and the sun stood
Correspondence.
still, and the moon stayed until the
people had ^avenged themselves LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
upon their enemies;” thus making,
NUMBER XX.
the day about twice its usual
length. There was no day like T arrytown - on - the -H udson ,
July 5, 1883.
that before it or after it that the •
Lord harkened to the voice of a Dear Friends at Horne ;
inan; for the Lord Fought for Is
At 4 p. m . yesterday”we" were
rael. Thus, in these fearfully try transferred from the steamer to the
ing times, did God show himself a ferryboat between Nyack and Tar
stronghold in the day of trouble
rytown in the center of the*river,
able to deliver, and as willing as widening here into tho Tappan Zee.
able ; so that none could trust him The regal steamer swept swiftly on
in vain, as notliiug was too hard t^ward-tLe city.JALilc.we found the
for him; for he gave his people the cosiest of resting places high up on
victory over all their enemies. the beautiful hills that overlook the
These seven nations had their gods Hudson. For the beginning of our
in whom they trusted; but all who religious and political freedom you
trusted in them were put to shame; may go to Massachusetts,’ and to
for they could give no aid in time trace an aristocratic lineage to Vir
of trouble, being powerless before ginia, but for a history imbued
the living God—the God of gods. with romantic legend come with us
In these wonderful manifestations, where. Hendrick Hudson and his
God demonstrated, not only his crew still start the thunder with
Almightiness, but his Trustworthi- their game of nine pins and the
ness; so that not to confide in him storm imps roar in impotent anger
afterwards, was criminal.
Bu, upon the summit of the Dunder-
alas ! Israel soon forsook this Al "berg. The history of Andre reads
always just.
Many of these, their enemies,
lived in walled cities, and many
were giants, great anjj tall, exciting
fear so without superhuman aid,
it Was impossible to accomplish the
i-1 work before them; but their Goc
was to be with them and give them
the victory. The country east of
the Jorddh was subdued by Moses
before Joshua took command.
After crossing Jordan, the first city
to be destroyed was Jerico, a walled
city. By strict compliance with
L divine directions, the', wall of thisT
city fell down flat, when the gods of tTiese nations, wliicli were
trumpets sounded and the people no gods.
Brethren, this Almighty One, is
shouted, giving an easy victory
the
God and Father of our Lore
(Joshua 6). Soon after this Ai
was taken; then Gibeon, a much Jesus Christ—the God in whom we
larger city, in a wily manner de have trusted. Let us hold fast one
ceived Joshua and the elders of confidence firm unto the end. If
Israel, who made a league with the we tire of the simplicity of the
Gibeonites, who became ther ser gospel—tire of walking in his
vants, binding themselves under commandments, and affiniate with
oath, to let them live, becoming and pattern after the parties around
their protectors.. This involved us, which are not churches, we
Israel in one of the greatest battles imitate ancient Israel, instead of
they ever fought. The five kings being admonished by them, and
of the Amorites with their vast may not hope for a better fate.
armies, assembled at Gibeon to Flee from apostary.
destroy its inhabitants. Joshua
GLORY.
and his armies, being notified,
hastened to the relief of the
Some glory in material weather,
Gibeonites, traveling all night. The some in intellectual achievement,
Lord said to Joshua, “ Fear them some in a pride of opinion, some in
not for I have delivered them into political distinction, some in worldly
thine hand; there shall not a man pleasures. There are also those
of them stand before thee.” Joshua who glory in a denominational
came unto them suddenly and the name, and in a human creed. True
Lord discomfitted them
fl before Is- Christians glory only in the cross
rael and slew them with a great of Christ.
“God forbid that I
slaughter, at Gibeon, and chased should glory save in the cross of
them; and as they fled before Is our Lord Jesus Christ.” Gal. 6: 14.
J as . W. L owber .
rael, the Lord cast down great
hailstones from heaven upon them,
There are two plans of life. The
so that more died with hailstones
than with the sword. While the right one is doing the will of God.
battle was raging and the enemies The wrong one is willfulness, or do
of Israel perishing as if swept by ing our own will. Saul took the
the besom of destruction, Joshua, atter, and ruin followed. The ruin
in the sight of all Israel, spoke, would be just as real, if we did not
saying, “ Sun, stand thou still upon see it in the subsequent life of the
Gibeon, and ..thou, moon, in the ting.— Christian Teaciter.
V.
day evening as we came back from
Sleepy Hollow the grounds were
illuminated with Chinese lanterns
and we were not startled by dutch
goblins as some were before the
days of Irving and Cooper. Walk
ing on down the hill and turning
from the main road to the left we
ving’s sketches, where beyond the
bridge over the Pocantico and be
yond the old dutch church he was
laid at rest more than thirty years
ago among his kindred, the most
lomLaadh£&t.knojKU.of...
The little old jchurch stands back
of a stone wall near the bridge, and
looks as though it might stand a
thousand years. It was built in
1699 by Frederick Philipse, the
first lord of the manors, and Cather
ine Van Cortlandt in commemora
tion of their marriage. It is of
stone and of brick brought over
from Holland, and its spire has a
queer old bow bearing the mono
gram of Flypsen. We stumbled »
through the cobwebs spun above
the ancient graves of the Knicker
bockers scattering the fire flies that-----
Tcbabod Crane and we connetT both were dancing and” flitting silently ~
stories over as wb walked in the about in the gloaming and peered
pleasant evening over the same through a broken shutter into the
road \whcre both the handsome interior where Ichabod led the
English spy was captured and the singing on Sundays in the gallery
Headless Horseman hurled the over the door. There was a light
pumpkin after the frightened lover thunder shower too, which made
of Katrina Van Tassel.
the place the more uncanny, but
The nearest object....ofJntereat to as it was the last chance for a look
our hotel was Christ Church where at Irving’s grave, we raced about
Irving was warden when he died. hunting the lot, and just as we
The Rector’s little bright-eyed were about to leave in despair we
boys, firing cannon fire crackers on chanced upon it. The lot is large, (
the steps of the rectory opened the surrounded by a high thick hedge
church door for us and though the and has three elm trees growing
room was full of evening shadows, among the many graves within the
we could yet see how beautiful the enclosure. Irving’s is by the path
window under which is the in which passes through the center
scription, “ In memory of Washing and was easily known by the
ton Irving.” There is a tablet also marble being chipped and broken
bearing his name inserted in the by relic hunters. The inscription
wall of the church near the organ on the plain white stone is simply,
and his name is upon his.pew door “ Washington Irving, Born April
still. The church is of gray stone 3, 1783, died Nov. 28, 1859.” We
with square towers, the whole front tai ried a moment on the bridge to
covered with a luxuriant growth get the location of castle Philipse
of ivy. Turning then our faces built in 1683, which stands but a
northward and passing along |ittle way below the bridge, the'
Broadway, (the broad road leading pond between the two is fringed
from Albany to New York) for per with the most magnificent weeping
haps a mile tho Andrer monument willows I ever saw, but it was with
is reached. It is now surmounted a breath of genuine relief that I at
by a fine statue of the minute man, least left behind the dark glen
placed upon it by John Anderson where the headless horseman was
in 1880; the monument itself was wont to ride and hastened back
dedicated in 1853, and is of marble upon the heights where the whole
25 ft. high. The summer residence household sat upon the verandah
of som9 rich man now stands just and watched the rockets sent up
jack of it on the left, and yester- from many a summer home in