The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-08
TALMAGE'S SERMON.


Sexaf; @ks ~ part is thai gontu INV, Il
m battfa, soshalIhis part he thnttarrieta by
the stuff Samuel Xxx, "a.
It you have never seen an army change
quarters you nave no idea of the amount Of
baggage-twenty loads. fifty loads. 100 loais
of baggage. David aud his army wrra about
to start on a double quick march for the re
covery OF their captured families from tht
Amalekites. So they left by the brook Basol
their blankets. their knapsa"is, their Dag.
gage and their carriages. VINO shall bt
detailed to watch this stuff There ara
sick soldiers, and wounded soldiers, and
aged soldiers who are not able to go on swift
military expedition. but WAC are able to DC
some work. and so they are detaiie to watch
the baggage. There is many n soldier who
is not strong enough to march thirty mile.
in n day n then plunge into a ten hours
fight who is able with drawn sword lifted
against his shoulder to pace no and down rs
a sentinel to keep OFF an enemy VINO might
put the torch to the baggage. There ARE
200 Of those crippled and aged wounded
soldiers detailed to watch tho bagsasa
Some of them. 1 suppose. had ban1agus
across the brow, aud some OF them halthaii
arms in slings. and some of then t'kad On
crutches. They were not cowar Is shirking
duty. They had fought in manv q fiarr4
battle for their country and their Col. They
are now part of the time in hospital AMI
part of the time on garrison dutv. Taey
almost cry because they cannot q with tla
other troops to tho front. Wnile these snnti-
neis watch the baggage the Lord watches.
the sentinels.
There is quite a different scene heinz en-
acted in the distance. Tha Amalekttes. hav-
ing ravaged and ransacked an | robbed whole
countries, are celebrating their success in a
roaring c%arousal. Some ofthem are dancing
on the lawn with wonderful gyratioa % hosl
and toe, and some of them are eXqmining
the spoils of victory-the finger rings AL
earrings and necklaces, the wr,stlets. the
~headbands, diamond starred, and the Golfers
with ~coronets and carnelions an I uetrls and
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 profusion, and the e'nbroideries,
and the robes, and the %turhans, AMI the
cloaks of an imperial WARDROBE. Tho
banquet has gon on until the hlu-
queters are maudlin and weak AM stu
pid and indecent and loathsomelv drunk.
What q time 1t is now for David and his
men to swoop on them. So the English lost
the battle OF Bannockburn because the night
before they were in wassail and hibllons
celebration. while the Scotch vera in DrIv-
or. So the Syrians were overthrow inthoir
carousal by the lsraeiites. SO GhelOrlaOmer
and his army were ovsrthr0wn in their
carousal by Abraham and his men. So in
our Civil War more than once the battle was
lost because one of the generals was Trunk.
Now is the time for David and his 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 20
staggering and hiccoughing Oh the field.
some of them crawl or camels and speed off
inthe distance. David and his men gather to-
gether the wardrobes, 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 AMI start
back coward the garrison. Yonder they come,
yonder they ome 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 stifrened limb
been unlimbered2'' ''Have you had another
chill2' Are you getting bettsr!" He salut.
ed them.
But now came a very difficult thing. tho
distribution Of the spoils of victory. Drive up
those laden camels now. Who shall have the
spoils2 Well, some selfish soul suggests that
these treasures ought all to belong to those
who had been out in active service. "Ws
did all the fighting while these men stayed
at home In the garrison. and we ought to
have all the measures" But David looksi
INV tto win tS05 " tl1 IAN wa
hal stayed In the garrison. and he looked
aroun and saw how clearly everything hal
been kept, and he saw that the baggage was
all safe, and he knew that the woun led AMI
crippled men would gladly enough have baen
atthe front II they had been able, and the
little general looks up from under his helmet
and says, "No, no., let us have fair play
and he PUSHES up to one of these mer
and he says, "Hold your haufs to.
| gether," and the hands are held 20
| gether, and he fills them with silver. And he
| PUSHES up to another man who was sitting
away back and had no idea OF getting any o.
the spoils, and throws a Babylonish garment
over him and flls his hand with gold. AMI
he PUSHES up to another man who had lost
all his property in serving God and his couu.
| 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 an three
or four of the sheep to this poor man, so he
/ shall always be fed and clothed. He sees a
man 50 emaciated and worn out and sick he
needs stimulants, n 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 q rare morsel from the Anale'
kitish banquet, and the 200 crippled and
MANNED and aged soldiers who tarried on
garrison duty get just as much ofthe spoili
l vi " duy II luC HfU ~ u tlidb MVLh y
the front. ''As his part is that goeth down
to the battle. so shall his part be that tarrietb
by the stuff"
The impression is abroad that the Chris
tian rewards are for those who do cOnspicu-
Gus service In distinguish I'd places-great
patriots. great preachers, great philanthro-
pists. But my text sets forth the idea that
there is just as much reward for q man that
stays at home and minds his own business,
and who, crippled inc unable to go forth
and lead in great movements amin the high
places OF the earth, does his whole duty Just
whore 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 tarrieth by the
stuff"
The Earl Of Kintore said to me in an Eng
fish railway, "Mr. Talmase, when you get
back to America I want you to preach a ser
mon on the discharge of ordinary duty IN
ordinary places, and then send me a copy OF
It," Atterward an English clergyman, com
ing to this land, brought from the Earl of
Kintore the same message. Alas, that be-
fore l got readyto do what he asked me to
do the good Earl of Kintore had departed
this hfel But that man, surrounded by all
palatial surroundings, and in u dlstln-
gnished sphere, felt sympathetic with
those who had ordinary duties to per-
form In ordinary places and in ordinary
ways a Breal many pSnlle are ut9coulaS"t
when they hear the story of Moses, and OF
Joshua, and of David, and OF Luther. AMI OF
John Knox, and of Deborah, and OF FIOr''nca
Nightingale. They say, "Oh, that was all
good and right for them. but l SHALL never
be calledto receive the law on Mount sinai.
i h a never be called to command tlte sun
and moon to stand still, l shall never be
called to slay a giant, l shall never preach
on Mars hill, / shall never defy the Diet OF
Worms. 1 shall never be called to maze a
queen tremble for her crimes, | shall neve'
preside over a hospital"
There are women who say, "lt l NJ a5
brilliant a sphere as those people MD
should be as brave and as grand, hut my
business is TO get children of 10 school, an
to hunt up things whea they are lost. and 10
see that dinner Is ready, ani TO keep account
of the household expenses, and to hinder
the children from being strangulated by tht
w~hooping cough, and to go through all the
annoyances and vexations Of housekeeping,
Oh, my sphere is so infniteslma and so In
u~snidafpt J IN clear discau9g4'
PomaR dod 0laess YOU on &algfsoR
Iury, ana yuur reward will be lust a
great "A that of Florence nightingale
who, moving 50 often night by nigh
with a light in her hand through the hos
pitfalls, was calle, by the wounded the "ladN
OF the lamp" Your reward will be lust a
| great az that of Mrs HarfZoO who hnilt ant