The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
DAVID AND TIE DISABLED.
TALs:scE On THIS DIVISION OF TIE
CHRISTIAN REWARDS.


IuraIIg--rhe Preachers Neetin=
Wfta she Earl of ESintore ANA His
sequ.s. sor Sermon.
Westminster. -. c.. Nov. 3-Dr. Talmagc
TODAY reached tls second sermon since
coming IT, tho na.ioual capital II possible
t.e sE.i...e va- even larger chou las,
sunday. fL. sub. et was THE Disabled.
tr. tr.t selected tciue. ] Samuel. 1924.
AS hiss part is tLat gocth down 90 the
imle. - shall lis part De that tar
r.a-l ly the st-l-'
10 you have rever seen an army change
Quarters. sou have no idea Of the amount
OF baggage twenty loads. fifty
leads. hundred loads of bas-
gage David and his army were about
20 start ON double-quick marcn
for the recovery OF their captured families
from The Amalekites. So they left by the
brook Ecsor their blankets their KNAPP
sacks, their baggage, and their carriages.
Who shall be detailed to watch this stun?
There are sick soldiers. and wounded soi-
diers, and aged soldiers who are not able
10 so on swift military expedition, but
who are able 10 do some work, and so
they are detailed to watch the baggage
There is many a soldier who is not strong
enough TO march thirty miles in a day
and then plunge into a ten hours fight,
who is able with drawn sword lifted
against his shoulder TO pace up and down
as a sentinel to keep off an enemy who
might put the torch TO the baggage. There
are 200 of those crippled and aged and
wounded soldiers detailed to watch tho
baggage. Some of them, 1 suppose, had
bandages across the brow, and some OF
them had their arm in a sling, and some
OF them walked on crutches. They were
not towards Sinking duty. They had
fought in many a fierce battle for their
country and their God. They are now
part of the time I'm hospital and part Of
the time on garrison duty. They almost
cry because they cannot go with the other
troops to the front. While these senunels
watch the baggage, the Lord watches the
Eeutiueis.
There is quite a different scene being en-
acted i'm the distance. The Amalekites
having raNaged and ransa cked and robbed
whole countries, are celebrating their sue
cess in roaring carousai. Some of them
are dancing on the lawn with wonderful
gyraUOn OF heel and toe. and some of them
are examining the spells of victory-the
niger rings ana ear rings, the necklaces,
the Wristlets, the headhands, diamond
starred, and the Golfers with cOrOnets, and
carneHans, and pearls and sapphires, ana
cmeralds and all the wealth Of plate and
jewels, ANA decanters, and the silver ana
the gold banked up on the earth in prince
lN PERCUSSION, ana the emDrOluer1eS. and the
robes, and the turbanS, and the clOakS of
an imperial wardrobe. The banquet has
gone on until the bamqueters are maudlirt
and weak and stupid and indecent and
lOathsomely drunk. What q time Il is
now for David and his men to swoop on
them. So the English lost the battle or
BunnOckburn, because the night before
they were In wassail and bibulous celebra-
ton, while the Scotch were in prayer. SO
the Syrians We're overthrow in their
carousai by the lsraeltes. SO Chedor-
laomer and his army were overthrow in
their carousal by Abraham and his men.
30, m our civil war; more than once the
ais was drunk Now is the time for David
and his men TO sWoOp upon these carOus-
ing Amalekitcs. Some of the AmalelIites
are hacked 10 pieces on the spot, some OF
them are just able to go staggering and
Hircoughlng of the field, some of them
crawl on camels and speed off in the dis
tHnce David and his men gather together
the WardrObes, the Jewels, and put them
upon the back Of camels, and into wagons,
attle that had been stolen and start back
toward the garrison. Nonder they come,
yoQder they come, The limping men OF
the garrison come out and greet them
salutcd thom. That is, he asked them
how they an We're. How is you broken
Has the stinened limb been unlim-
hered2" Have you had another chill?'
Are you getting better?" He saluted
them.
But now came a very difficult thing. the
distribution of the spells Of victory. Drive
up those laden cames now. who shall
suggests that these treasures ought all
TO belong to those who had been out in
active service. we did all the fighting
while these men stayed at home in the
garrison, and we ought to have all the
treasures" But David looked into the
worn faces of these veterans who had
stayed in the garrison, and he looked
around and saw how cleanly everything
had been Kept, and he saw that the bag
gage was all safe. and he knew that these
wounded ana crippled men would gladly
enough have been a the front if they had
been able, and the little general looks uD
from under his helmet and says: mo,
no, let US have fair play" and he PUSHES
mp TO one Of these men and he says, Hold
your hands together" and the hands
are held together and he fills them with
SILVER ana he rushes up to another man
who was sitting away back and had no
5dea Of getting any of the spoiis, and
throws a Babylonish garment over him
and fills his hand with gold. And he PUSHES
up 10 another man who had lost all his
property in serving God and his country
years before. and he drives up some of
the cattle and some of the sheep that
they had brought back from the Anal
ekites, and he gives two or three of the
cattle and three or four of the sheep to
this poor man, so he shall always be fed
and clothed He sees man so emaciated
and worn out and sick he needs stimu-
SAINTS ana ne gives him a little of the wine
that he brought from the Amalekites
4onder is man who has no appetite for
Inc rough rdtlOnS or the army. and he
gives him a rare morsel from the Amale-
ktlsh banquet, and the two hundred Grip
pie and manned and aged soldiers who
tarried on garrison duty get just as much
of the spells of battle as any of the two
hundred men that went to the front. LAS
his part is that gOeth down to the battle
so shall his part be that tarrieth by the
stuff
The impression is abroad that the Chris
tian rewards are for those who do con-
spicuOus service in distinguished places
great patriots. great preachers. great
philanthropists. But my text sets forth
the idea that there is just as much re-
ward for a man that stays at home and
minds his own business. and who. Grip
pied and unable to 20 forth and lead in
great movements and in the high places
Of the earth, does his whole duty Just
where .he is. Garrison duty as i'm
portaut and as rcmuneratVe as service
~ the front. As his part is that goeth
down to the battle, so shall his part be
that t2rrieth by the stuff
Tine Earl OF kintore said to me in an
English railway, Mr.. Talmage when
yen set back to America I want you Il
preach sermon ON the discharge of ord
mary DUTY in ordinary places and thea
send me CODY of it, Aftcrward am
English clergyman coming to this land
brought from the Earl of kntcre the
same meFsagei Alasi that before I cot
N o. % ". ha ID 4.