Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-18
In LONDON.
|,.sterly Discourse on "Unap-
nreciated Services"

preciated Services"
aud wounded Soldiers Of David's
~. christian Rewards Not Alone
~ Those Who Serve In Con-
%spicuous Places.
y Dewitt Talmage preached re-
IN John Wesley's great church,
XIV Roads Chapel" in London. His
-. was "Unappreciated Services"
s ~ was from Samuel 1924: "As his
=. thot goeth down toll the battle, 80
his mart be that tarrieth by the stuff"
course was as follows:
ri, have never seen an army change
.ors. YOU have no idea of the amount
.saage-twenty loads, fifty loads. a
,rs1 loads of baggage. David and his
|. we're about to start on a double
march for the recovery of their
s,od families from the Amalekites.
nov left by the brook Besor their
lots, their knapsacks, their baggage
|.hoir carriages. Who shall be detailed
a+cb this stuff? There are sick SOL
! and wounded soldiers, and'aged SOL
| who are not able to go on swift mill
! expedition, but who are able to do
l work. and so they are detailed to
ii the baggage. There is many a SOL
who is not strong enough to march
" miles in aday and then plunge into
n%.bours' fight, who is able with drawn
ID lifted against his shoulder to pace
nd down as a sentinel to keep off an
Inv who might put the torch to the bag
There are two hundred of these
nled and aged and wounded soldiers
lied to watch the baggage. Some of
4, | suppose, had bandages across the
y, and some of them had their arms in
linz, and some of them walked on
fches. They were not towards shirk-
duty. They had fought in many a
ke battle for their country and their
They are now part of the time in
pital, and part Of the time on garrison
|. They almost cry because they can
20 with the other troops to the front.
lie these sentinels watch the baggage,
Lord watches the sentinels.
bere islquite a different scene being en-
IA in the distance. THE Amalekites,
ing ravaged and ransacked and robbed
bic countries, + celebrating their sue
in a roaring carousal. Now
he time for David and his men to
bop upon these carousingi A%malekites.
be of the Amalekites are hacked to
hes on the spot, some of them are just
to 90 staggering and hiccoughing off
field, some of them crawl on camels
speed off in the distance. David and
men gather together the %wardrobes,
jewels, and put them upon the back of
bells and into wagons, and they gather
ether tho sheep and cattle that had
n stolen, and start back toward the
rison. Yonder they come, yonder they
De. The limping mon of the garrison
be out and greet them with wild huzza.
Bible says David saluted them.
ut now came a very different thing, the
t%ribution of the spoils of victory. Well,
be selfish son suggests that these treas
ought all to belong to those who have
n out in active service. "We did all the
bting while these men stayed a t,home in
garrisons, and we ought to have all
treasures" But David looked into the
II faces of the veterans who had
Eed in the Fgarrison, and he looked
(und and saw how clearly everything
been kept, and he saw that the bag
Re was all safe, and he knew how that
Sc wounded and crippled men would
bly, enough have been at the front if
Y had been able, and the little General
is up from under his helmet and says:
b, no, let us have fair play"; and he
hes up to one Of these men and he says:
od your hands together" and the
Ids are held together, and he fills them
h silver. And he rushes up to another
u who was sitting away back and
no idea of getting any of the spoils,
throws a %Babylonish garment over
and fills his hand with gold. And he
hes up to another man who had lost all
property in serving God and his coun-
years before, and he drives up some of
cattle and some of the sheep that they
brought back from the Amalekites,
he gives two or three of the cattle and
zee or four of the sheep to this poor man,
be shall always be fed and clothed. He
a man so emaciated and worn out and
he needs stimulants, and he gives
b a little of the wine that he brought
n the Amalekites. Yonder is a man
Q has no appetite for the rough rations
the army, and he gives him a rare NOR
from the Amalekitish banquet, and the
hundred crippled and manned and
pa soldiers who tarried on garrison duty
just as much of the spoils of battle as
OF the two hundred men that went to
'front.'. "As his part is that goeth down
battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth
the stuff"
great many people are discouraged
EN- they hear of the story of Moses and
ehua and of David and of Luther and
pohn Knox and of Deborah and of Flor
ce Nightingale. They say: sob, that
SAL good and right for them, but
Fil never be called to receive the law on
unt Sinai. I shall be called to
nmand the sun and the moon to stand
~ shall never be called to slay a
ent. shall never preach on Mars Hill.
lail never defy the Diet of Worms. !
Fl never be called to make a Queen
inple for her crimes. I shall never pre-
= over a hospital" There are women
- say: "If 1 had as brilliant a sphere
,nose people had, I should be as brave
u grand. Init INV businoea ia to pat the