Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
,rS OF sTRATAGEM.
r,l,nage Addresses His
:. =, ,,ades Of the Thir-
teenth Regiment.
and Drinking Saloons to BE
F' u, .,.ooa Into Asylums, Art Gal
yeries, and Churches.

,,;, r. De Witt Talmage preached
hal !"'r York State National Guards,
he VI At Pcekskill. n. \. a mil
tall ~, conducted the musical part of
pa .;nos Chaplain Talmage's SER
sefYle e, was on Uses of Stratagem,
u, WIZ WHY on Joshua viii, Z: "Then.ye
$, gr nise up from the ambush, ana seize
ll ,i city" He said:
o. ~ .n Of the Thirteenth regiment and
i !. 'tfr;enls here gathered, OF all occu-
en- and professions, men OF the city
tio 1.', of the fields, here is theme tit
all S o, evening, with my family
me Nc, nae, mo, we were talking over the
0uIl" - I'M 4bo text. In the wide open eyes.
enc ., ~, nnick interrogations and the
t ha1 rheeks / realized what athrill-
'l'g ma il was. There is the old city,
.i',ll name than any other city i'll
o'el s - snelled with two letters-A, L
AL ieshna and his men want to take it.
!. 20 40 il is the question. On for
p" w M in a Straightforward, face
e f oe.4 t;oht. they had been defeated;
l NV tiev are going to take it by am
NJ ii2 9a Gen. Joshua has two di-
Fans in his army-the one division
hottle-worn commander will lead
a,self the other division he sends off
ancamn in an ambush on the west side
\ t tIe city of All. No torches, no Ian
a,ns no sound of heavy battalions, but
n0oswarthy warriors moving III silence,
|neakins only in q whisper; no clicking
\ swords against shields, lest the watch
Ioon of Al discover it and the stratagem
! failure. If a registering soldier in
liz Israelitish army forgets himself, all
flona the line the word is Hush"
|oshua takes the other division, the one
! ith which he is to march, and puts it
d the north side of the city of Al. and
kan sncnls the night in accommodating
h. valley. There he is, thinking over
H. fortunes of the coming day, with
fmetAing of the feelings Of Yelling
In the night before Waterloo, or of
Head and Lee the night before Gettys-
(nrg. There he stands in the night,
Ind saws to himself: "Yonder is the di-
|isiou in ambush on the west side of All.
Hare is the division 1 have under my
(special command on the north side of
n. There is the old city slumbering in
q sin. Tomorrow will be the battle.
look. the morning already begins to tip
lie hills. The military officers of Al
ook out in the morning very early and
Elile they do not see the division IN
mbush. they behold the other division
II Joshua, and the cry, TO arms! to
ms rings through all the sheets Of
he old town, and every sword, whether
lacked and bent or newly welded. is
lousht out: and all the inhabitants of
he city of Al pour out through the gates.
II Infatuated torrent, and their cry is:
Come, we'll make quick work with
oshua and his troops" No sooner had
Lese people of Al come out against the
roops of Joshua, than Joshua gave such
command as he seldom gave: Fall
ack." Why, they could not believe their
WI ears. Is Joshua's courage failing
i'm?
The retreat is beaten. and the Israel
es are flying, throwing blankets and
lnteens on every side under this worse
nam Bull Run defeat. And you ought
} hear the soldiers of All cheer and
heer and cheer. But they huzza too
DON. The men lying in ambush are
training their vision to get some signal
rom Joshua that they may know what
mc to drop upon the city. Joshua
likes his FURNISHED spear, glittcring in
he sun like shaft of doom, and points
toward the city; and when the men up
onder in the ambush see it, with hawk
ike swoop they drop upon All, and with
Ut stroke Of sword OF stab of spear take
be city and put it to the torch. SO
luch for the division that was i'll am
u>h. How about the division under
oshua's command? No sooner does
oshua stop in the flight than all his
len stop with him, and rs he wheels
hey wheel. for in q voice of thunder he
ried, Haiti One strong arm drivin
ack torrent of flying troops. And
hen, as he points his spear through the
olden light toward that fated city, his
roops know that they are to start for 1T.
What 4 scene it was when the division
II ambush which had taken the city
larched down against the men of Al on
he one side, and troops under Joshua
oubled up their enemies from the othel
Idle. and the men Of Al were caught be-
ween these two hurricanes of lsraelltlsh
ouruSe, thrust before and behind,
tabled in breast and back. ground be-
ween the upper and the neither mill
tones of Gods indignation. Woe tc
he city of All! Cheer for the triumphs
II Israel!
Lesson the first: There is such a
hing as victorious retreat. Joshua
alling back was the first chapter III his
Nccessful besiegement. And there are
lines in your life when the best thing
ou can do is to run. You We're once
he victim of strong drink. The deml-
Ohm and the decanter We're your fierce
oes. They came down upon you Will
,reater fury than the men of Al upor
he men of Joshua. Your only safety is
o get away from them. Your dissipat-
ng companions will come around yor
or your overthrow. Run for your life!
.all back from the drinking saloon
,all back from the wine party. You!
hight is your advance. Your retreat Il
our victory. There is saloon dow
N the next street that has almost beer
he ruin of your soul. Then why az
'ou go along that street? Why do yo'
lot pass through some other stree
ather than by the place OF YOU
calamity? A spoonful of brandy takei
or medicinal purposes by a man "h'
wenty years before had been REFORMED
rom drunkenness, hurled into in
::b.riety and the grave one of the bes
friends ever had. Your retreat is you.
;lctory. Here is q converted infidel
ne is SO strong now in his faith in tn
gospel he saws he can read anythin
What are you reading? Bolingbroke
Andrew jackson Davis tracts! Iyn
lall's Glasgow University address? Drol
hem and run. You will be an intide
1efOra vn,, .1;o ,,,1occ Won unit that