The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-24
nv. DIR. TALMAGE.
= D.OoKLYN DIvISE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON.
s,bjcct: "Recovcred Families"
preached at Little Rock, Ark.).

,- Then David and tho reople that
nth him lifted M their voice anil wept
,hsy had no more power TO weep
Dayid recovered ALL Samuel XXX,
ore Is lnNnss excitement in the viil1ge
kklac. David and his men are bidding
{iby 10 their families AMI ara of for tho
8 In that little village OF Ziklag the de-
kclpss ones will he safe until tho warriors.
|hed with victory, come home. But will
Iisipn,eless ones be safnp The soft arms
I,hillron are around the necks OF the
4 - warriors until they shake themselves
an start. and handkerchiefs and fags
Iwav,l and kisses thrown until the armed
! vanish beyond the hills. David and his
| soon get through with their campaign
start honeward. Every night on their
homo no sooner does tho soldier put his
IA on the knapsack than in his dream he
| r. the welcome OF the wife and the shout
he child
Sh. what long stories they will have 70 tell
liz families OF how they lodged the bat
Sx. and then will roll up their sleeve and
Sw the half healed wound. With GLAD,
Irk stem, they march on. David and HIS
n. for they are marching home. Nowthe
Se ~ 10 the last hill which overiooss Zlk-
| ani thay expect In moment 10 SEQ the
Filing places OF their loved ones. They
X. AMI ~ they look their cheek turns pale,
\ their lip quivers. and their hand invol-
|ary comes down on the hilt OF the
brj. Where Is ZiklagP Where are our
hes they cry. Alas. the curling smoke
kve the ruin tells the tragedy
fhe Amalekites have come down and con-
he1 the village and carried the mothers.
! the wives, and the children OF David and
nel into captivity. The swarthy war
rs stand fora few moments transtlxsd with
tror. Then their eyes glance to each
Der. AMI they burst into uncomfortable
epIng. for when strong warrior weeps
} griei is appalling. IL seems as II the
Ioton might tear him TO pieces. They
Tept until they had no more power to weep"
/ soon their sorrow turns into rage, and
yi'. swinging his sword higi In air. cries.
'lr.ue. for thou shalt overtake them, and
thou; fail recover ALL" Now the march
'ones "double quick" Two hundred OF
yii's men stop by the brook Besor, faint
ID fatigue and grief They cannot go
? farther. They are left there. But the
Ier 400 men under David. with a sort o;
liher step. march on In sorrow aud in
,e, They find by the side OF the road half
n Egyptian. and they resuscitate him an 4
npel him TO tell the whole story. He says.
on ter they went, the captors and the cap
&, pointing In the direction. Forward,
iO) brave men OF fire
'ery soon David and his enraged company
ne upon the Amalekitish host. Yonder
y SEQ their own wives and children and
Tiers. and under Amalekitish guard. Here
the officers OF the Amalskitish army hold
banquet. The cups are full the music
oused the dance begins. The Amalekit-
host cheer and cheer and cheer over their
ory. But. without note OF bugle or warn
0. trumpet, David and his 400 men burst
a the scene. David and his men look up.
one glance at their loved ones In captiv-
and under Amalskitish guard throws
n into very fury OF determination, for
know how men will fight when they ight
their wives and children. All, there are
Things in their eye. and every finger Is "A
,r. and their voice Is like tho shout OF the
rlwind Amid the upset tankaris and
costly viands crushed underfoot, the
lnded Amalekites lie, their blood min
X w.sa ;ae,r vine, sss.,-.,- s..., ,c-
cy. No sooner do David ami his men
the victory than they throw their swords
IN into the dust-what do they want with
rts now?--and the broken families come
'ther amid great shout OF Joy that
ips the parting scene In Ziklag seem very
pid in the comparison. The rough old
rior has TO use some persuasion before
can get his child to come 10 him now
II so long an absence, bur soon the little
er traces the familiar wrinkle across the
red face. And then the empty tankaris
set up, AMI they ara filled with ths best
g irom the hills, and David an his men,
husbands, the wives. the brothsrs, the
srs, drink 10 the overthrow o, the
alekites and to the rebuilding OF Ziklag.
o Lord. let Thine enemies perish
ow they arc coming home. David and
men and thei- families long pro-
lion. Men, women ami children, loaded
Jewels and robes and with all kinds OF
,hies that the Amalekites had gathered
IN years OF conquest everything now in
hands OF David and his men. When
, come by the brook Besor, the place
re sta,d the Inen sick and incompetent
ravel, the jewels aud the robes and all
Is OF treasures are divided among the
as we'll as among the well. Surely the
q and exhausted ought to have some OF
treasures. Here Is robe for q pale
ID warrior. Here is u pillow for this
lS man. Here Is han iful OF gold for
wasted trumpeter. | really think that
'e men who tainted by the brook Besor
7 have endured as much as those men
went into the battle. Some mean fell
3 objected TO the sick ones having any of
spoils. The obiectors said, These men
not fight. David, with a magnanimou5
IT, replies, 'As his part Is that Goeth
IN TO the battle, 30 shall his part be that
'leth by the stuff"
his subject Is practically suggestive TO me.
INK God, In these times man can go of
= journey aud be gone weeks and months
come back and see his house untouched
ncendiary and have his family on the
to greet him II by telegram he has fore
the moment OF his coming But there
Amalekitish disasters. there are Amale-
sh diseases that sometimes comes down
IN ones home, making rs devastating
* as the day when Zlklag took fire.
IRE are families you represent broken up.
battering ram smote In the door, no
loc'ast crumbled the statues, no n anne
lsd amid the curtains, but so far rs all
Joy ami merriment that once belonged
hat house ars concerned the home has
lrted.
rned diseases came down upon the qui-
sss OF the scene-scariet fevers or plsu-
es or consumptions or Cndefined disor-
; came and seized upon some members
hat family and carried them away. Zlk-
In ashes And you 20 about, sometimes
ping and sometimes enraged, wanting 10
back your loved ones as much as David
his men wanted to reconstruct their
polled households. Ziklag In ashes |
no OF you went or from home. You
ated the days OF your absence. Every
seemed as long as week. Oh, how
4 you were when the time came for you
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