Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-11-13
TALMAGE'S SERMON,
"Tno Disabled"

m9;: 20 ~ part is that goeru uown &c
The ebattis, % Snail his part be that tarrieth by
the stuff Samuel xxx, "a.
1t you have never seen an army change
quarters you have no idea of the amount OF
baggage-twenty loads. fifty loads. 100 loads
of baggage. David and his army were about
to start on double quick march for the re-
covery OF their captured families from the
Amalekites. So they left by the brook Basoi
their blankets. their knapsacks, their bag
gage and their carriages Who shall be
detailed to watch this stuff? There art
sick soldiers, and wounded soldiers. aud
aged soldiers who are not able to go swift
military expedition, but who are able to dc
some work. and so they are detailed to watch
the baggage. There is many a soldier who
is not strong enough to march thirty mile:
in day and then plunge into a ten hon RS
fight who Is able with drawn sword lifted
against his shoulder TO pace IN and down as
sentinel to keep off an enemy VINO might
put the torch to the baggage. There ara
200 of those crippled and aged wounded
soldiers detailed to watch the baggasa
Some of them. / suppose, had bandec es
across the brow, and some OF them had thei,
arms in slinSs. and some of them walked oo
crutches. They were not towards shirktns
duty. They hal fought in manv fiar,e
battle for their country and their Col. They
are now part of the time in hospital and
part of the time on garrison doty They
other troops to tho front. While these sent;-
neis watch the baggage the Lori watches
the sentinels.
There is quite a different scene being en-
acted in the distance. The AmaleSites, hav-
ing ravaged and ransacked and robbed wn ole
countries. are celebrating their success in a
roaring carousal. Some ofthem are dancing
on the lawn with wonderful gyration o: heel
and toe, and some of them are examnin.
the spoils of victory-the finger rings and
earrings and necklaces. the wristlets, the
headbands, diamond starred, and the Golfers
with coronets and carne'ions and pearls aud
sapphires and emeralds and all the wealth Of
plate, and jewels and decanters, and the sill
yer and the gold banked up on the earth in
princely profuson, and the ernbroideries.
and the robes, and the turbans, aud the
cloaks OF an imperial wardrobe. The
queters are maudlin and weak and stu
pid and indecent and loathsomely drunk.
What time ii is now for David AMI his
men to swoop on them. So the English lost
the battle of Bannockburn because the niyht
before they were in wassail and bibulous
celebration. while the scotch were in Drav-
er. SO the Syrians ware overthrown IN their
carousal by the lsraelites. SO Chedorlaomer
and his army were overthrown in tn cir
carousal by Abraham and his men. So in
our Civil War more than once the battle was
lost because one Of the generals was drunk
NJ" Is the ttIlt LOT DAVID ana nlS men TO
Swoop upon these carousinG Amalekites.
Some of the Amalekites are hacked to pieces
on the spot. some of them are Just able to 90
staggering and hiccoughing OF the field
some OF them crawl on camelS and speed off
in The distance. David and his men gather to-
gether the warlrobes, the jewels. and put
them upon the backs of camels and into
wagons. and they gather together the sheep
and cattle that had been stolen and start
back toward the garrison. YOnder they come
yonder they come. The limping men of the
garrison come out and greet them with wild
huzza. The Bible says David salutei them
that is, he asked them how they all were.
How is your broken arm?' "How is your
fractured jaw?" 'Has the stifened limb
been unlimbered?' .'Have you had another
chill2" Are you getting betterI" He sa'ut-
ed them.
But now came a very diff cult thing. tho
distribution of the spoils of victory. Drive up
those laden camels now. Who shall have the
spoils? Well, some selfish soul suggests that
these treasures ought all to belong to those
who had been out in active service. .We
did all the lighting 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 loosai
around and saw how cleanly everything ma I
been kept, and he saw that the baggage was
all safe. and he knew that the wounded AMI
'iipp'ti llsu Wouil Sialiy enough nave DH.n
at the front If they had been able, and the
little general looks up from under his helmei .
and says, "No. no, let us have fair play
and he rushes up to one of these meL
and he says. "Hold your hands to.
gether," and the hands are held TO-
gether, and he fills them with silver! And he
rnshes up to another man who was sittine
away back and had no idea of getting any o,
the spoils. and throws Babylonish garment
over him and fills his hand with gold. AMI
he rushes up to another man who had lost
all his property in serving God and his coun-
try years before, and he drives up some OF
the cattle and some of the sheep that they
had brought back from the Amalekites and
he gives two or three of the cattle AMI three
or four OF the sheep to this poor man, so he
shall always be fed and clothed. He seas
man so emaciated and worn out and sick he
needs stimulants, aud he gives him a little OF
the wine that he brought from the Anal
ekites. Yonder is a man who has no ap-
petite for the rough rations of the army and
he gives him a rare morsel from the Amale.
kitish banquet, aud the 200 crippled and
MANNED and aged soldiers who tarried on
garrison duty get just as much of the spoil.
of battle as any OF the 200 men that went to
the front. As his part is that goeth down
to the battle so shall his psrt be that tarrietb
by the stuff"
The impression is abroad that the Chris
tian rewards are for those who do conspicu-
patriots. great preachers, great philanthro-
pists. But my text sets forth the idea that
there is just as much reward for man that
stays at home and minds his own business,
and who, crippled and unable TO 60 forth
and lead in great movements an "A in the oh
places of the earth, does his whole duty Just
where he is. Garrison duty as important
and as remunerative as service at the front.
"As his part is that goeth down to the bat
tie, so shall his part be that tarreth by the
stuff"
The Earl of Kintore said to me in an Eng
lish railway, "Mr. TaImage, when you get
back to America 1 want you to preach ser
mon on the discharge of ordinary duty in
ordinary places, and then send me a copy of
it." Afterward an English clergyman, COM
ing to this land, brought from the Earl of
Kintore the same message. Alas, that be-
fore got ready to do what he asked me to
do the good Earl of Kintore had departed /
this life! But that man, surrounded by all
palatiai surroundings, and in distin- |
guished sphere, felt sympathetic with |
those who had ordinary duties to per-
form in ordinary places and in ordinary
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, an6 of Deborah and of Florence
They say. 'Oh, that was all |
good aud right for them. but l shall never |
be called to receive the law on Mount Sinai |
and moon to stand still, L shall never be
called to sIay a giant, shall never preach |
on Mars hill. 1 shall never defy the Diet OF
Worms. shall never be called to make a
queen tremble for her crimes, 1 shall neve'
preside over a hospital"
There are women who say, "If I had as
brilliant a sphere as those people had ]
should be as brave and as grand, but my
business is to get children off to school, an
to hunt up things whe they are lost. and to
see that dinner is ready, and to keep account
Of the household expenses, and to hin lei
the children from being strangu ated by the
whooping cough, and to go through all the
annoyances and vexations of housekeeping.
Oh, my sphere is so inhnitesima , and so in
d4niaoo& : 30 clear disc surseea.a
ponar Col olaces you on yarsisoo
uu,y, ana y1dr reward will be Just a.
great as that of Florence Nightingale,
who, moving so often night by night
with light in her hand through tine hos
pitals. was calle by the wounded the "lady
OF the lamp" Your reward will be lust az
great as that Of Mrs. Hertzog, who built and