Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-21

LITE AOCht Akh.s NAY Gun us
way TO California, whence he will start
on May 81. on his trip round-the-world
journey, Rev. DR.. Talmsge, having
halted here. preached to-day to large
audience on the subject OF Recovered
Families" The text chosen was L.
Samuel 90: 4, 10. "Then David aud the
people that were with him lifted no
their voice aud wept, until they hap no
more power TO weep-David recovered
all
There is intense excitement in the
village OF Ziklag. David and his men
are bidding goodbye TO their families,
and are 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 defeuseless ones be safe? The soft
arms Of children are around the necks
of the bronZed warriors until they
shake themselves free and start, and
hand kerchiefs and flags are waved and
kisses thrown until the armed men
vanish beyond the hills. David and
mis- men soon get through with their
campaign and start homeward. Every
night on their way home, no sooner
does the soldier put his head on the
knapsack than in his dreams he hears
the welcome of the wife and
the shout OF the child. On,
what long stories they will have
10 tell their families, OF how they
lodged the battle-aXe, and then will
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. Now they
come up 10 the last hill which over
looks Ziklag, and they expect in q mo-
ment 10 see the dwelling-places Of their
loved ones. They look, ana as they
look their cheek turns pale, and their
lip quivers, and their hand inYoluntar-
ily comes down on the hilt OF the sword.
where is Ziklag? Where are our
homes?' they cry. Alas. the curling
smoke above the ruins tells the tragedy.
The Amalekites have come down aud
consumed the village, and carried the
mothers and the wives and the children
of David and his men into captivity.
The swarthy warriors stand for few
moments
TRANSFIXED WITH HORROR.
Then their eyes glance 10 each other,
and they burst into uncomfortable
weeping; for when strong warrior
weeps, the grief is appalling. Il seems
as if the emotion might tear him to
pieces. They "Wspt until they had no
more power TO weep" But soon their
sorrow turns into ragef' and David,
swinging his sword bsah in air, cries,
pursue, for thou Sti,. oyeEtake them,
and without fail. Sen yer al" Now the
-rcsCeh beGOues S'"do atle-quick." Two
shall be David's men stop by the
who bsOr, faint with fatigue aud
bus' They cannot 90 & step farther.
o. are left there. But the other four
Idred men under David, with a sort
r0f panther step, march on N sorrow and
in rage. They find by tbs side of the
road a half-dead Egyptian, and they re-
suscitate him, and compel him tOtell
the whole story. He says, "YOnder
they went, the captOrs and the cap
tives," pointing In the direction. For
ward. We four hundred brave men OF
frel Very soon David aud his enraged
company come upen the Amale-
kltish host. Wonder they
see their own wives and chill
dren and-motbers, aud under Amalekit-
isb guard Here are the officers of the
Anfalekitlsh army holding banquet
The cups are full, the music is reused,
the dance begins. The Amalekitish
host cheer aud cheer aud cheer over
their victory. But, without note OF bu-
gle or warning OF trumpet, David aud
MS four hundred men burst upon the
scene. David and his men look up, and
one glance at their loved ones in cap
tivity and under AmalekitiSh guard
throws them into a very fury OF deter
mination; for you know how men will
fight when they fight for their wives
and children. All. there are light
nings in their eve, and every finger is
a spear, and their voice is like the shout
of the whirldwind. Amidst the up
set tankards and the costly viands
crushed under foot, the wounded Anal
ekites lie their blood mingling with
their wine) shrieking for mercy. No
sooner do David and his men win the
victory than they throw their swords
down into the duss-what do they want
with swords now?-and the broken
families come together amidst
A GREAT SHOUT OF JOY
that makes the parting scene in Ziklas
seem very insipid in comparison. The
rough old warrior has TO use some per-
suasion before be can get his child 10
come to him after so long an absence;
but soon the little finger traces the IA
miliar wrinkle across the SCARED face.
And then the empty tankardS are set
up, and they are filed with the best
wine from the hills, and David and his
men, the husbands, the wives, the
brothers, the sisters, drink TO the over
throw Of the Amalekites and to the re-
building OF Ziklag. So, o Lord, let
thine enemies perish.
Now they are coming home, David
and his men ana their iamiiieS-a long
procession. Men. women and children,
loaded with Jewels and robes and with
all kinds Of trophies that the Amalekites
had gathered up ia years OF conquest
everything now in the hands or David
and his men. When they came by the
brook BesOr, the place where stayed
the men sick and incompetent 70 travel,
tba Jewels and the robes and all kinds
of treasures are divided among the sick
ss we'll as among the we'll Surely the
lama and exhausted ought to have some
~ the treasures. Here is a rOOe for 2
male faced warrior. Here is pillow for
mis- diving man. Here is 8 handful OF
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