St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-17

battle for their country and their God.
They are now part of the time in hospital
and part of the time on garrison duty.
They almost cry because they cannot go
with the other troops to the front. While
these sentinels watch the baggage
the Lord watches the Sentinels. There
is quite a different scene being en-
acted in the distance. The Amalekites
having ravaged and ransacked and robbed
whole countries are celebrating their
success in a roaring carOuSal. Some of
them are dancing on the lawn with wonder
full gyratiOn of heel and toe. and some of
them are examining the SpoilS of victory
the finger rings and earrings, the necklaces.
the wriStletS, the head bands, diamond
starred, and the Golfers with cOrOnetS and
carnelianS and pearls and sapphireS
and emeraldS, and all the wealth
of plate and jewels and decanters, and the
silver and the gold banked up on the earth
in princely prOfuSiOn, and the embrOiderieS
and the robes and turbanS and the clOakS of
an imperial wardrobe. The banquet has
gone ON until the banqueters are maudlin
and weak and stupid and indecent and
lOathSOmely drunk. What time it is now
for David and his men to swOop on them.
So the SyrianS were OverthTOvn in their
carOusal by the IsraeliteS. So ChedOTi-
sOmer and his army were OverthrOwn in
heir carOusal by Abraham and his men.
So our Northern forces were defeated at
Fredericksburg because one of the command
eTS was drunk. Now is the time for David
and his men to SwOOp upon these carOUS-
ing Amalekites. Some of the Amalekites
are hacked TO pieces on the spot. some of
them are just able to go staggering and
hiccoughing OFF the field. some of them
crawl on camels and speed off i'm the dis
lance. David and his men gather together
the wardrObeS,
THE JEWELS,
and put them upon the backs of camels and
into wagons. and they gather together the
sheep and cattle that had been stolen, and
start back toward the garrison. YOnder
they come, yOnder they come. The limp
ing men of the garrison come out and greet
them with wild huZZa. The Bible says
David saluted them. That is, he asked
them how they all were. ''How is your
broken arm?" ''HOw is your fractured
jaw?" HAS the stiffened limb been un-
limbered?" ''Have you had another chill?"
''Are you getting better?" lie saluted
them.
But now came very difficult thing. the
distribution of the spOils of victory. Drive
up those laden camels now. Who shall
have the spells? Well, some selfish soul
suggests that these treasures ought all to
belong to those who had been out in active
service. 1--WE did all the fighting while
these men stayed at home in the garrison,
and we ought to have all the treasures"
But David looked into the worn faces of
these veterans who had stayed in the gar
risOn, and he looked around and saw how
cleanly everything had been kept, and he
saw that the baggage was all safe, and he
Enaxt- how fhar rItaca xNorrrflad ar1H oil
men would gladly enough have been at the
front if they mad been able. and the little
general looks up from under his helmet and
SAYS mo, no. let US have fair play," and
he rushes up TO one of these men and he
SAYS, ''Hold your hands together" and the
hands are held together, and he fills them
with silver. And he rusheS up to another
man who was sitting away back and had no
idea of getting any of
THE sPOILs,
and throws Babylonish garment over him
and fills his hand with gold. And he rushes
up to another man who had lost all his
property in serving God and his country
years before, and he drives up some of the
cattle and some of the sheep that they had
brought back from the AmalekiteS.
the cattle and three or four of
the sheep TO this poor man, so
he shall always be fed and clothed. He
sees a man so emaciated and worn out and
sick he needs stimulants. and gives him
little of the wine that he brought from the
Amalekites. Yonder is a man who has no
appetite for the rough ratiOns of the army,
and he gives him rare mOrSel from the
Amalekitish banquet, and the 200
crippled and manned and aged soldiers who
tarTied on garrison duty got just as much
of the spoils of battle as any of the 200 men
that went to the front. ''As his part is
that goeth down to the battle, so shall his
part be that tarrieth by the stuff"
The impression is abroad that the
Christian rewards are for those who do con-