The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-06

manned and aged soldiers who tarried
on garrison duty get just as much OF
the spoils of battle as any OF the Two .
hundred men that went to the front
'As his part is that goeth down to the
battle, SO shall his part be that tarrleth
by the stuff"
The impression is abroad that the
Christian rewards are for those who DO
conspicuous service in distinguished
places-great patriots, great preachers
great philanthropists But my text sets
forth the idea that there is just as much
reward for o man that stays at home
and minds his own business, and VINO, I
crippled and unable to go forth ana
| lead in great movements ana IN tne
| high places of the earth, does his whole ,
| duty just where he is Garrison duty
as important and as remuneratlve as
service at the front "As his part Is
that goeth down to the battle, so shall
his part be that tarrieth by the stun.
1 The Earl of Kintore said to me in an
English railway: "Mr Talmage, when
YOU 90 back to America / want you to
preach sermon on the discharge OF or
dinary duty in ordinary places, and
then send me copy OF it" AtterWaro
an English clergyman coming TO tnls
land brought from the Earl OF Kintore
the same message! Alas! that before
cot ready to do what he asked me to do,
the Earl of Kintore had departed this
.. life. But that man, surrounded by all
. palatial surroundings, and in dlstln-
guished sphere, felt sympathetic with
, those who had ordinary duties to per-
I form in ordinary places and in ordl-
nary ways A great many people are
= discouraged when they hear the story
& of Moses, and of Joshua, and of David,
and of Luther, and of John Knox, and
: Deborah, and of Florence Nightin-
9 gale. They say: "Oh, that was all
4 good and right Of them, but | shall
;, never be called to receive the law on
4 Mount Sinai, shall never be called to
4 command the sun and moon to stand
!, still. shall never be called to slay q
:, giant, | shall never preach on Mars
- Hill. | shall never defy the Diet OF
=, Worms. | shall never be calledto make
!, "a queen tremble for her crime, shal
Ia never preside over hospital" There
~ are women who say: IF had as bril-
liant sphere as those people had,
should be as brave and as grand; bu
" nv business is to get children Off t.
- school and to hunt up things when the,
'u are lost, and to see that dinner
~ ready, and to keep accounts OF tn
ls household expenses, and to hinder tn
ls children from being strangulated D
Va the whooping cough, and to go throug
AZ =. all the annoyances and veXations
nc II housekeeping. Oh, my sphere is SO il
,A7 fnitesimal, and so insignificant, al
as clear discouraged" Woman, Go
lIn -, places you on garrison duty, and yor
10 reward will be just as great us that
al Florence Nightingale, who moving
nS lia often night by night with light
o1' olet her hand through the hospitals WI
'ly called by the wounded the LADY OF Il
lno lamp" Your reward will be just
VI inc GREAT as that of Mrs. Hertzog, wi
he built and endowed theological seminal
an buildings. Your reward will be just
III great as that Of Hannah More, who
ely her excellent books won for her adm
loi ers Garrick and Edmund Burke a
'n' Joshua Reynolds. Rewards are not
an be given according to the amount
Cio ,o noise you make in the world, nor ev
eio according to the amount OF good y
~ do, but according towhether you wo
'e to your full capacity, according
uei whether or not you do your full dr
,ny in the sphere where God has plac
,iv;, you.
, Suppose you give to two of your cl
We. dren errands, and they are to go OIL
I Wa make purchases, and to one you
90 one dollar and to the other you G
I .:4ao twenty dollars. Do you reward the
n,re that you gave twenty dollars TO
Nv w. purchasing more with that amount
money than the other boy purcha
q &c -; with one dollar? Of course not LIZ
- rive wealth or social position or
~ ouence or twenty times the facult!
!, of a man that He gives to the ordin
4I,or, man, is He going to give to the tavo
s4tI, man a reward because he has II
Lon1. power and more influence? Oh, no.
H., other words, if you and were tt
H. our whole duty, and you have TIVE
p times more talent than have, you
Cet no more divine reward than | v
Ga Is God going to reward you because
80, ;s gave YOU more? That would no
,,o,,, fair: that would not be right II
,ened two hundred men of the text
won tainted by the brook Besor did
ting whole duty; they watched the
gage, they took care of the stuff,
H.. thew got as much of the spoils OF
80 : - torv as the men who went to the fl
,mels GAS his part is that goeth down t(
VII battle, SO shall his part be that tarl
these by the stuff.
those There is high encouragement in
r,,;co for all who have great responsit
4t,osa and little credit for what they do.
-, know tie names of the great com
~ cial houses of these cities Do
60 know the names of the contide
- =, clerks-the men who have the k'
~ the safe, the men who know the
been bination lock? A distinguished
% ryas chant goes forth at the summer W
tbase ing place, and he flashes past ano
,,o,,1d saw: "Who is that?" "Oh," re
tront some one, don't you know? III
little the great importer, that is the
helmet banker, thaV Is Vne si1"O il ~
re fair er. Inc connuenViai oi0 ~ ~,
these week OH Nooooy noviSos 'n 49,
nds to- comes OF goes. .opooy 49," 80
eld to- and a1ter Wiliio us VIZ - 49, IL
silver. he sits down again az ass,,t', n,s H !,
n who God Will reward nis nuoy y