The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-26
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
DR.. TALMAGE WILL CONTINUE
HIS SERMONS.
Not Interfere with His Long Estab-
iiShcd Relations with the Newspapers
Last sundays Discourse.

'"y' May 3D.
The text chosen for this week was
|. Snnu"I 30: !, -, 'Ihcn David ana
the people that were with hlm IIit'd
up their voice and wcpt, untn they
had no more power to weep tf"Vi'
recovered all.
There is intense excitement l.. the
viIIoro Of ZI,Ior David and his men
are hiddipr rood. 1--we TO their families
and are off for the wars In that little
VILLAGE ct ZiliIar the dcfcnsclcss ones
will he safe until the warriors, flushed
with victory come home But will
the defcnsclcss ones be safe? Thc soft
arms Of children are around the nccks
Of the bronzcd warriors until they
shake themselves free and start, and
handlrrchicfs End flags are waved and
kisses throwp until the armed men
vanish beyond the hills. David and
his men soon sit through with THEN
campaign and Fart homeward Every
njrht ON thcis way home. no sooner
does the solds~~ out his head on the
knapsacl thausn his dream he hears
the welcome of the wife and the shout
of fine child, Oh what LONG stories
thew will have to tell their families of
how they dodged the battlcax. and
then will loll ND their sleeves and
show the Ealf-healed wound With
Glad, Quick step, they march on. David
and his II N. for they are marching
home, Now thew come ND 70 the last
hill which overlooks Iilllag, and they
expect in a moment TO see the dwell
linr-nlaccs of their loved ones. They
look and rs thew look their checks
turn male and their Inns uivcr and
their hands involuntariiv come down
on the biIt of the sword. "Where is
Iillag: Where are our homes?' they
orv AIae' tho curlipg smoke above
the ruin tells the traoedv, The
Amalekites have come down and con-
sumed the village, and carried the
mothers and the wives and the chill
drpp Of David and his men into cap,
tivjtv. The swarthv warriors stand
for few moments transtixed with
horror. Then their ewes glance to
each other and thev burst into I'M
controIlabIe weeninr. for when a
etronr warrior weons the Grief is an
naIIinr If seems as if the emotion
miont tear him TO nicces Thov "wcpt
until thew had no more power to weep"
But soon their sorrow turns into RAGE,
and David, SWINGING his sword high in
air cries "pursue. for thou shalt
ovortal,e Them and without fail re-
cover all" Now the mach becomes a
"douhIe-uuicl, Two hundred of
David's men stop bv the brook Besor.
faint with fatipuc and grief. They
can not 90 a step farther They are
left there. But the other 400 men
under David with n sort of nanther
step, march on in sorrow and in rage.
They find by the side of the road
half-daad Epvptian. and thew resusci-
tate him, and compel him to tell the
whole story. He SAYS "Yonder they
went, the captors and the captivcs,"
pointinp in the direction. Forward,
We 4oO brave men of fire! Very soon
David and his enraped company come
nnon the AmaIezitlsh host. Wonder
thew see their own wives and children
and mothers, and under Amalekitish
guard Here are the officers of
the Amalelitish army holding
banouot The Guns are full, the
music is ropsed the dance begins.
The Amalekitish host cheer and cheer
and cheer over their victory. But,
without note of burle or warning of
trumnet David and his four hundred
mon hurst unon the scene. David and
his mon look nm, and one glance at
thoir loved ones in captiv1tv and under
Amalellitish Guard throws them into
very furv of determination; for YOU
know how men will fight when they
Gobt for tboir wives and children All.
tbera are HohtninCs in their eve. and
ovorv FINGER is 2 smear. and their voice
&c like the shout Of the whirlwind,
Amidst the upset tankards and the
COSTLY viands crushed underfoot, the
wounded Amalei1ltes lie their blood
mingllpg with their wine) shrek
inp for mercy. No sooner do