Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-11-21

Gu garrison duty get just as much O
the spoils OF battle as any of the tws
hundred men that went to the front
"As his part is that goeth down to thu
battle, SO shall his part be that tarrietl
by the stuff"
The impression is abroad that the
Christian rewards are for those who dc
conspicuous service in distinguished
places great patriots, great preachers
great philanthropists. 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 and in the
high places Of the earth, does his whole
duty just where he is. Garrison duty
as important and as remunerative as
service at the front GAS his part is
that goeth down to the battle, SO shall
his part be that tarrieth by the stuff. y
The Earl Of Kintore said to me in an
English railway: MIR. Talmage, when
you go back to America want you to
preach sermon on the discharge Of or
binary duty in ordinary places, and
then send me copy OF 1t" Afterward
an English clergyman 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 Earl of Kintore had departed this
life. But that man, surrounded by all
palatial surroundings, and in distin-
guished sphere, felt sympathetic with
those who had ordinary duties to per-
form in ordinary places and in ordi-
nary 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, and
Deborah, and of Florence Nightin-
gale They say: "Oh, that was all
good and right of them, but shall
never be called to receive the law on
Mount Sinai, shall never be called to
command the sun and moon to stand
still, shall never be called to slay
giant, shall never preach on Mars
Hill, | shall never defy the Diet of
queen tremble for her crime, shall
never preside over hospital" There
are women who say: III had as bril-
liant a sphere as those people had. l
should be as brave and as grand; but
my business is to get children off to
school and to huntup things when they
are lost, and to see that dinner is
ready, and to keep accounts Of the
household expenses, and to hinder the
children from being strangulated by
the whooping cough, and to 60 through
all the annoyances and vexations OF
housekeeping. Oh, my sphere is SO in
finitesimal, 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 admir-
ers 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.
Suppose you give to two OF your chill
dren errands, and they are to go off to
make purchases, and to one you give
one dollar and to the other you give
twenty dollars Do you reward the boy |
that you gave twenty dollars to for
more with that amount of |
than the other boy purchased |
with one dollar? OF course not. If food |
give wealth or social position or elo- |
quence or twenty times the faculty to |
a man that He gives to the ordinary
man, is He going to give to the favored |
man a reward because he has more |
power and more influence? Oh, no. In |
other words, If you and were to Go
our whole duty, and you have twenty |
times more talent than have, You will |
get no more divine reward than will |
Is God going to reward you because He |
gave you more? That would not be
fair: that would not be right. These
two hundred men of the text who |
tainted by the brook Besor did their
whole duty; they watched the bag
gage, they took care of the stuff, and
they got as much Of the spoils of vic
tory as the men who went to the front.
''As his part is that goeth down to the
battle, SO shall his part be that tarrieth
by the stuff"
There is high encouragement in this
for all who have great responsibility
and little credit for what they do. You
know the names Of the great CONNER
,ial houses Of these cities. Do YOU
know the names OF the confidential
,lerks-the men who have the KEY to
The safe, the men who know the com.
bination lock? A distinguished mer.
chant goes forth at the summer water
ing place, and he flashes past and YOU
say: .Who is that?' oh" replies
some one, don't you know? That is
the great importer, that is the great
banker, that is the great manufactur-
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