...have rest and sleep as long as we wanted it. This was the plain of which Joshua spoke when he said, "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon." As we drew near to Jaffa, the boys spurred up the horses and indulged in the excitement...

...breathless till the plunge comes. Many a despairing voice has prayed as the sands run out, and joys fled, " Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon : and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." But in vain. Once the wish was answered ; but, for all other fighters, the twelve hours...