Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-04-27
AFTER THE BATTLE.
REV. Or. TALmAGE'S SERMON AT THE
ACADEMY IN NEW YORK.


REV. Or. TALmAGE'S SERMON AT THE
ACADEMY IN NEW YORK.
The Eloquent Preacher ON Influence, Temp
tatIon and the wiics Of the World story
Of the Good Angel aud the had.
NEW YORK, April 9i.-Thcrci Is no dim
mutton In the vast numbers thai assemble
from Sunday to Sunday TO listen 10 tho
Eloquent sermons of Rev. DR. Talmagc
To-day ho choso for his subject After the
Battle" the text selected being I Samuel
XXI, y, And IL came to pass on the NOR
row. when the Philistlncs came 10 strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his
three sons fallen In Mount Gilboa
Some of you were nj South Mountain or
Shiloh, or Balls Blun, or Gettysburg on
northern or southern side, and ask you II
there Is any saddcr sight than battlefield
after tho guns have stopped flringY
walked across the field Of Antictam Just
after the conflict. Tho sccnc was 80 sick
rning shall not describe It, Every valu-
able thing had been taken from tho bodies
~ the dead, for there aro always vulturcs
lowering over and around about an army,
and they pick up the watches and the
books, and tho letters, and
the dagncrrcotypcs, and the hats and tho
coats, applying them 20 their own uses.
The dead make no resistance. So thcrc
nrc always camp followers going on and
after an army. as when Scott went down
into Mexico. ns when Napoleon marched
up toward Moscow, ~ when Won Moltko
went to Sedan There is similar scene In
my text.
where Saul Lay Dead.
Saul and his army had been horribly cut
TO pieces Mount Gilboa WAS ghastly with
the dead. On the morrow the straggicrs
came on To the field, and they lifted tho
latchct Of the helmet from under the chin
of tho dead, and they picked up the swords
and bent them ON their knee 20 test tho
temper Of the metal, and they opened the
wallets and counted the coin. Saul lay
dead along the ground, eight or nine feet
In length. and / suppose the cownrdly
Philistincs, TO show their bravery lcapcd
upon the trunk 81 his carcass and jccrcd
Nc the fallen slain and whistlcd through
the mouth of his helmet Before night
those cormorants had taken everything
from the field. And Il came to
pass ON tho morrow when the Philistincs
came To strip the slain that they found
Saul and his three sons fallen In Mount
Gilboa
Before get through today will show
you that the same process IL going on all
the world over and every day. and that
when men have fallen satan and the
world, so far from plying them or help.
ing them, 90 To work rcmorsclcssly To take
what little there Is left, thus stripping tho
slain.
There ara tens of thousands ~ young
men every year coming from tho country
10 our great cities They come with brave
hearts and grand expectations. Tho coun-
try lnds sit down In the village grocery,
with their feet on the iron rod around the
redhot stove In the evening, talking over
the prospects Of the young man who has
gone OF 20 tho city. Two or three of them
think that perhaps hc may get along very
we'll and succeed, but the most of them
prophcsy failure, for Il Is very hard 20
think that those whom we knew In hoy.
hood will ever make any great success In
the world
The Hattie Of Temptation.
Dht OhE Hlhu AitiS ~ itHt
In n dry goods store. The month Is over
He gets his wages. He IN not accustomed
10 have so much money belonging 20 him.
self He Is little excited and does not
know exactly what 90 do with II, and he
spends II In some places where he ought
not. Soon there come up now companions
and acquaintanccs from the barrooms and
tho saloons OF the city. Soon that young
L.
tation, and soon his soul goes down. In
few months or few years he has fallen
lie Is morally dead lie IL mcre corpse
Of what ho once was. Tho harpics Of sin
snuff up the taint and come on the field.
His garments gradually give out. He has
pawncd his watch His health Is falling
him. His credit perishcs. He Is too poor
10 stay In tho city and he Is too poor to
pay his way home To tho country. Down,
down. Why do the low fellows Of the city
now stick 20 him so closely? Is II to help
him back to moral and spiritual lifcs
oh, no; l will tell you why they stay: they
arc Philistincs stripping the slain.
DO not look where point but yondcr
stands u man who once had beautiful
home in this city. His house had elegant
furniture, his children were beautifully
clad, his name was synonymous with hon
or and usefulness, but evil habit knocked
ut his front door, knocked Mt his back door,
knocked at his parlor door, knocked at his
bedroom door. Where Is the piano! Sold
To pay the rent Where Is the hatracks
Sold to meet the butchers bill Whore are
the carpets! Sold To get bread Where IL
the wardrobe? Sold 10 get rum. Where
are the daughters9 Working their fingers
of in trying to keep the family together
Worse and worse until everything Is gone
Who Is that going up the front steps Of
that housef That is n creditor, hoping TO
find some chair or bed that has not been
levied upon. Who arc those two gentle
men now going up tho front stcpsY Tho
one Is u constable: tho other Is tho sheriff
Why do they go thcrcp The unfortunate IL
morally dead, socially dead, financially
dead Why do they go there? will tell
you why the creditors, and the constablcs
and the shcriffs 60 there They arc some
on their own account, and some ON nc
count of tho law stripping the slain.
Crowded All HI. Life.
An tx member Of congress, ono Of the
most eloquent men that ever stood In the
house OF representatives said In his last
moments: This is the end. l am dying
dying on borrowed bed, covered by
borrowed sheet, In house built by public
charity. Bury me under that trcc In the
middle of the field, where l shall not be
crowded, for have been crowded all my
life" Where were the jolly politicians
and the dissipating comrades who had been
with him laughing Mt his jokes, applaud
ing his cloqucncc and plunging him into
SIM They have left. Why? His money
IS gone, his reputation is gone, his wit is
gone, his clothes are gone, everything Is
gone. Why should they stay any longerf
They have completed their work. They
have stripped the slain.
There Is another way, however. of doing
that same work. Here Is man who.
through his ain, Is prostratc Hcacknowl
edges that he has done wrong Now Is
the time for you to go to that man and say,
" Thousands Of people have been rs far
astray rs you are and got back. Now is
the time for you To go to that man and
tell him Of the omnipotcnt grace of God
that is sufficient for any poor soul Now
Is the time to 90 To tell him how swearing
John Bunyan. through the grace ~ God.
aftcrward came TO the celestial city Now