The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-11-15

And he rushes up TO another man who
was sitting away back and had no
idea of getting any Of the spoils, and
throws Babylonish garment over
him and tills his hand with gold. And
he PUSHES up to 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 Amalelites, and he
gives two or three of the cattle
and three or four of the sheep
to this poor man, so he shall al
ways be fed and clothed. He sees a
man SO emaciated and worn out and
sick he needs stimulants, and he civ 8
him a little of the wine that he
brought from the Amalekites. Yon-
der is man who has no appetite for
the rough rations Of the army, and he
gives him a rare morsel from the
Amalekitish banquet. and the two
hundred crippled and 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 tarrieth by the
| stuff"
| The impression abroad that the
| Christian rewards are for those who
do conspicuous service in distinguished
| places great patriots, great preach
ers, great philanthropists. But my
text sets forth the idea that there is
just as much regard for a man that
stays at home and minds his own bust
ness, and who, crippled and unable to
go forth and lead in great movements
and in the high places of the earth,
does his whole duty just where he is.
Garrison duty is as important and as
| remunerative as service at the front.
"As his part is that goeth down to the
battle, SO shall his part be that tar
| rieth by the stuff"
The earl of Kintore said to me in an
English railway carriage: ''Mr. Tai
mage. when you get back to America
want you to preach sermon on the
discharge of ordinary duty in ordin-
airy places, and then send me copy
of it." Afterward an English clergy
man coming to this land brought from
the earl of Kintore the same message!
Alas! that before 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 palatial
surroundings, and in a distinguished
sphere, felt sympathetic with those
who had ordinary duties to perform 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 Luth-
err, and Of John Knox, and of De-
borab, and of Florence Nightingale.
They say: "Oh, that was all good and
right for them, but l shall never be
called to receive the law on Mount
Sinai. shall. never be called to COM
mand the sun and the moon to stand
still, shall never be called to slay a
giant, shall never preach on Mars
hill. l shall never defy the diet of
Worms, shall never be called to make
a queen tremble for her crimes, |
shall never preside over hos
pital." There are women who say:
IF I had as brilliant a sphere as
those people had should be rs brave
and as grand; but my business is to
get children off to school. and hunt up
things when they are lost, and to see
that dinner is ready, and to keep ac-
count of the household expenses, and
to hinder the children from being
strangulated by the whooping cough,
and go through all the annoyances
and vexations of housekeeping. Oh,
my sphere is so infinitesimal, and so
insignificant, am clear discouraged"
Woman, God places you on garrison
duty, and your reward will be just as
great as that of Florence Nightingale,
who, moving SO often night by night
with light in her hand through the
hospitals, was called by the wounded
the lady of the lamp" Your reward
will be just as great as that OF Mrs
Hertzog, who built and endowed
theological seminary buildings
Your reward will be just as
great as that of Hannah More, who
by her excellent books won for her ad-
mirers Garrick and Edmund Burke and
Joshua Reynolds. Rewards are not to
be given according to the amount OF
noise YOU make in the world, nor even
according to the amount of good you
do, but according to whether you work
to your full capacity, according to
whether or not you do your full duty
in the sphere where God has placed
you.
Once for thirty-six hours we expected
every moment to go to the bottom OF
the ocean. The waves struck through
the skylights, and they rushed down
into the hold of the ship and Missed