The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-05-30
REV DR.. TAlMaGs'o SERMON.
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Rev. DR., Taimsgs, baVjDQ balied here,
preschedt day 10 large audience on the
eufiect Of r covered Families" Trr
tex chcses vas Samuel Xxx, ~:
Then David and the people that were
win him LIKED up lheir voice a2d "epI
mill trey bad 10 mere Fo"er to weep
David recovered sl."
There is ntGnse excltems ut IN the VII
lace of z Rj8g. DaVIG 8pd bis men are
bid6u 9 yuc6by 80 ihelr families and sre
eff tor the wars IL tAat litt!s village ol
Z;k3ag The det@l>eESs ones will pc S>l5
,rrtil The waIricrs, fu>hed @i'h Vc'CrY.
cCme bone. But p i'll ihe Gff seless IL e
be SAFE? TIE scft arms of children are
around tie Deeks Of ne boI z warriors
until they stake themselves tee an"
start. and hauGksIchiets AID Htgs are
waved and kisses lhTwn uUCl. The armto
,ren vanish bey end he hills. DaV,d ai+0
bis men sCor get thro ugh Tuh Their
night cn Their way tODe ward. Every
night on their way home 30 sooDer ooss
the soldier put his head on the kDapsscE
lhep Il his CreaU he tears Ire Welcome
of The vie aid the shout OF the chic.
On. what long stores they will haVe to
tentkeir families OF how they Godged the
batlleax, and then vii roll up thelc
sleeve and show the taf healed wtuod
With glad, quick step, they march oD,
David eno his n1En for thew are march
ing hone.
AMARCH AND A VICTORY.
Now thel come up TO the last hill
which overlcoks Zklag, and they ex
pect in a moment 10 see the dwelling
places OF their loved ones. They look,
and as they look their cheek turns pale,
snd their lip quiVers, and their hand ID
voluntarily comes down on the hllt OF the
sword. Where is z klag? Where are
cur tomes?" they cry. Alas, The curl
ing smoke above the ruin tells the trag-
edy! ,
The Ama!ekies have come down and
consumed the village and carried the
molhers, and the wives, and the CHILDREN
CT David and his men into captivity.
TIE sSartkY warriors stand Tor few
{ moments transfixed with horror. Then
their eyes 'glance to each other; and they
burst into uncomfortable weeping, 10"
when strong warrior weeps tae gTiet is
appalling. Itseems as II the emotion
might tear him to pieces. They ''wept
until they haG no more power to weep"
But soon their sorrow turns iato rage ana
David. swinging his sword high in the
air, cries, s'Parsue, Tor thou shalt over
take them and without fail recover ALL"
Now the march becomes ''double
Guick.'' Two hundred of Davlo's men
SOP by tGe brock BesCr, talnt with tatl-
que and grief. They Garnet 20 ster
farther. They are lett there. But the
other 400 men under David, with sort
Of panther step, march on in sorrow and
in rage. They 6nd by the side Of the
road half dead Egyptian, and they re-
suscitate him and compel him TO tell the
whole story. He says, "4onder they
went. the captors and the csptves,"
pointing in the direction. Forward, ye
AGO brave men OF fire!
Very soon David anG his enraged
compan come upon the Analekltish host
Yonder they see their own wives and
CHILDREN sDo mothers and under Auale-
kitish guard. Here are the officers Of
the Amalguard. Here are the tEcers
Of the Amalekilish arDy holding ban
quet. The cups are full; the music is
IS reused; the dance begins. The Anal
ekitish host cheer end cheer AID cheer
over their victory. But without note Of
bugle or warming OF trumpet David and
his 400 men hurst upon the scene.
David and his men look up, and one
glance at their loved ones IN captivity
and under Amalekitish &uard throws
them into very fury Of determination.
for YOU know how men will fight when
they fight tor their wives and children.
Ah, there ere lghtpiDgs in their eye, and
every fns er is 2 spear, and t5sir voice
is Ike the shout OF the whirlWiDc! Amid
the upset tar kar6s snd The costly VlaLds
crushed underf ,ot, the wUuu de6 Anal
ekites lie-tbe?r blood minglipg With
their Wlue-sOriskiDg Tor mercy. No
sooner do David and his men win the
victory than they throw their swords
down into the dust-what do they want
Will SWOECS DGHs-dEG VIC p-ShCu tolll
lies come together amid a great shOu' f
Joy that makes the psrtiDg scene 10 4 K
lag seem very lnsipi0 in the comparison.
The rough old waIrloc has. to use come
persuasion before be can get his child t.
come TO BIN BOW after 80 long an ab-
sepce, tut soon the little fOger traces
the familiar Wrinkle across the SCARED
5,l -hcyS orHa
are set Up, and they are tiled with the
best wine from the hills, and David and
bis men. ths husbands, the wives, the
brolhers, the sisters, drink to the over
throw cf TIE Ausle kltiee and to the re
building of z alag. So, D Lord, let thine
enemies perls'!
THE RETURN.
Now they are cOUlUg holne, David
and his men and their iamiiies-a long
procession. Men, women and children,
loaded With jewels and robes and with
all kinds OF trophies that the Analekites
had gathered up in years Of COL quest
everything now in the hands Of David
and bis men. When they come by the
brook Besor, the place where staid the
men sick and incompetent TO travel, the
Jewels aud the robes and all kinds of
treasures are divided among the sick as
well as among the well. Surely the
leme and exhausted ought TO have some
of the treasures. Here is lobe for q
pale faced warrior. Here is pillow for
this dying man. Here is handful CT
gotd for the wasted trumpeter. really
think that these men who tainted by the
brook Besor may have epdured as much
as those men who went inte the battle.
Some mean fellows objected to the sick
ones having any Of the spoils. The OBJ
iectors said, These men did not fight"
David, with a magnaninous heart, re-
plies. LAS his part is that goeth down
to the battle, 80 shall his part be that
tarrieth by the stuff"
This subject is practically suggestive
to me. Thank God, in these times a
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