The Red Cloud chief., 1889-01-25
TRIALS OF LIFE.
d.. Telcage Discourses on EattI,n,
for Salvation.
The joys and Sorrows of Life-rb. Han.
piness Of a Believer in the Heavenly
Worid-Promises for the
Weary.

A-h !'i ia'iuaSe LOOK Tor his subject: ''The
March Homeward." and his text was
from l Samuel xxx. g: ''Pursue. for thou
shalt surely overtake them, and withou:
fail recover ALL" DIR. TaImage said:
There IS intense excitement in the viii
lage ct Ziklag. David and his men are
bidding goodbye to their families and a,e
of for The wars. In that little VILLAGE of
Z!klag the defenseless ones will be safe
until the Warriors, flushed with victory
come home. But will the defenseless ones
be safe: The soft arms of children ARE
around the necks of the bronzed warriors
until they shake themselves free and start
aud handkerchief and flags are waved
and kisses thrown until the armed men
vanish beyond the hills. David and his
men sooa get through with their campairn
and start homeward. Every night on
their way home. no sooner does the soldier
put his head On the knapsack than i'm hi.
dream he hears the We. of the wife
and the shout of the child. o, what long
stories they will have To tell their familie,
Of how they lodged the ba,tle-axe. and
then wiil roll up their sleeve and show
the half-healed wound
With glad, quick step they march on,
David and his men, for they are marching
home N"w they come up % the last hill
which ov.rlooks Ziklag, and they expect
III a moment to see the dwelling places O.
their loved ones. They look. and as they
looS their cheeks turn pale. and their lip
qEIvers.and their hand Invoiuntariiycomes
down on the hit Of the sword. "Wh.re is
Zkiag: Where are our homes:"they cry.
Alas. she curling sm Ike above the ruin
tells thu tragedy. The Amalekitcs have
come Gown and consumed the village and
carried the mothers and the wives an! the
Ch iiren nf David and his men into cap
HWY The swar,hv warrior. sand for a
feN minutes ,rausi.xei with horror. Tacn
their ,yes glance TO each other. nnd tEey
burst into uncomfortable w-.piuC: for
WREN a strong warrior wcrpS the grief is
APPALLING. |: seem, as il TIA. emotion
r:iIrh; tear them 10 pieces. They "wep;
until they had no more power t.
weep" But soon their sorrows turns into
rage, and David. Swinging his sword high
IN air. CT Is: Pursue. for thou shalt over
takr theii. and without fail recover ALL
Nuw the march h-com- : "a "doubie-Iuics-"
Two nundre of David's men stop 10y the
brook B..oT. faint with fatigue and grief.
They can not 20 a stev farth-r- They are
left there. i;ut the other iob men under
David. with q sort of Ianther step, march
On in sorrow AID in rage. They find by
The SIDE Il ihe road a hat dead Egyptian.
and .hey resusci;ate hsm and compel him
10 tel the whole story. He says: "lon-
deI they Went, the capto.s and the cap
tives." pointing i'm the direction. For
ward. We 400 brave 2ren Of fire.
Very soon David and his enra-ed COM
panv come upon the Amalekiti>h host.
I"nIcr they see their o~n wives ana
children and mo;her, and under Amale-
ki:ish guard. Here are the officers OF the
Amalekiti-h army holding n banquet. The
cups are full, the musicis reused, the dance
i~gins. The Amaieki;i>h EoSt cheer and
cheer and cheer over their victory. But.
/. - ithout note of nu-le or warning of
trumpet. David AMI his 400 men hurstupon
rh. scene. suddenly as Robert Brace hurled
his Scotcnmen upon the jewellers nj Ban
nociburn. David and his men look ur
aud one clance al their loved ones in
cauiiv.tv under AmalekItish guard throw
them iato "a Yer; fury of determination
for Won know how men viii fight when
the, fi-ht Tor their wives aud children.
All. there are l~irhtuingS in their eye End
ever finer i. a spear. and their Voice Is
Iik, III. shout Of the whiriwind. Amidst
t.c uYs-t ;ankaris ami the CO tiv Niand>
cru-hei under foo; the wounded Am"iek-
lies H.. uhelr blood minglinr with their
" mel shrieking for mercy. No sooner do
David and M men WIN the victory IMAM
they throw their swords down IN the
ia-t,-n hat do they want with sworhN
now and the broken families come TO-
crthcr am. DIST "A great shout II Joy ina'
makes IN. rartinc scene in ZiIlag seem
very insipi in comparison. The rou-h
old warrior has 10 us some persuasion
before ne can get has chtid L. com" to II III
NOM after SO Ions az absence. hui soon
The int. finger traces the familiar wrinkle
across the SCARED fac. And then the
omf:y tankaris are set NJ 4 al they are
filed with til, best win" from the hills.
an David aud his inca. TIL husbands. The
yes tn. brothers, the sisters, drink IL
:,e overthrow Of fhe Ama!eh ties aud IL
,he reminding OF Likla;. -, - Lord. let
;hin- enemies perish.
Now they are coming hom". David and
n Elen auJ their famiiies-a long process
sion. Men. women and children. loaded
with Jewels anl roses and with al KINDS
IF trophies that ;n- Amal"kites had gain
cred up in wears Of c"uquc>;-eveTy thlnc
now IN the hands of David and his men.
When they come by the brook Be>or, tn
place Mltie Ss3tu Tue IEfn SIN aAh shNN'h
iet-nt t. travei. the jewels and the robes
mud a., kinds If treasures are divided
among The SEX as well a. among the we'll.
Surely the lame and exhausted ought to
have some OF the treasures. H~reisa robe
for This r,Ie-iaced warrior. Here is a pill
l,yt .r this diving man. Here Is a handful
of GOLD Tor this wasted trumre'cr. really
think that these men who tainted by The
- p ,,,. naNa endured SS much rs
those men who wen: into hattie. Some
mean fellows objected Ia the sick ones
having any Of ,he spoils. The directors
sasl. These men did not fight" David,
with n mnCnanimous heart. replies: AS
IN. mart is that cocth down TO battle. sd
shall his part lie that tarrieth by the
stuff"
This subject is practically suggestive 10
me. Thank God. i'm thess times a man can
GO of on a journey. and be gone wees
aud months. and come back aud see ms
house untouched of incendiary. and have
his family on the step 10 greet him- IL ps
telegram he has foreiold the moment OF
his coming. But there are AmaieSitish
disasters and there are Amalekitisn ois'
eases that sometimes come dow upon
ones home. making as devastating w"FA
as the day when z klaE took hre. inere
are families in INV congregation whose
home, have been broken up. No batterins
ram smote in the door. no ~iconoclast rum.
blei the statues. no fame leape'i an'ids.
.he curtains: bat SO far rs all the JOY ano
merriment that once belonged to tna'
house are concerned, the home has De-
parted
Armed diseases came down upon the
uuietuess Of the scene-scaries ieSers, =,
pleurisies, or consumption. or unoeuneo
disorders came and seized upon so"$
-n.- srA carried them