The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-17
SAILS FATAL ERROR.
ue WON A FLOCK, BUT HE LOST a
KINGDOM.

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nav. yr. Talmage on tho Dangers ,
HypocrIsy-He Says It IL Always
poseA, Either In This World or In 'n'
World to Come.
WASHINGTON, July 11.-This discourse
of DR.. Talmage, founded on s'sango
soepe of olden time, shows that 1fauo Wa"
come to exposure, II not In TINS "of.u'
then in the next. Text, Samuel xv, IT,
"And Samuel said, What meane'n 'hen
this bleatinR Of the sheep In mine ears
and the lowing OF the oxen whAch = no"it
The Amalekites thought they had con-
,,ored God and that he would not carry
Snto execution his threats against them.
Thev had murdered the Israelites In oattlo
and ont of hattie and left no outrage I'M
: tried. For 400 years this had been going
on. and they say, "God either dare noS
! nunish us, or he has forgotten to DO SO;
Let us see Samuel, Gods propnet, te,aS
i Saul to 10 down and slay all the Amalek
40. not leaving one Of them alive; also to
Aestrov all the beasts in their possession
-ox. sheep, camel and ass. Hark! /
(. h.ar the tread OF 80, 900 men. with mon
eArous Saul at their head, aolaze wien
armoY. HE shield dangling ae DIS sloe,
holding In his hand spear, at the waving
-. .rnoke curling against the sky. Now
there n thick cloud OF 1t, and now see
M whole city rising In . chariot OF smoke
hehand steeds Of IRE. It IL Saul that set
IN citv ablaxe. The Amalekites and Is
..elites meet the trumpets OF battle dow
nj ON peal. and there 10 . death nosn.
fhen there - Q signal waved; SWORDS cus
end hack: tovelins ring ON shields; arms
M from trunks and heads roll into the
1nsk Oash after cash, the frenzied yell,
~ sursliug Of throttled throats. the cry
q 80. the laugh OF revenge, the curse
niaesd between clinched teeth-an army
& 6aaah groan: Stacks Of dead on al! s,oes,
svith evcs unshut and mouths yet grinnine
van.eonce ,Hussa for the lsfaelites! Two
hundred and ten thousand men wave thei,
nlumes and clap their shields. for the Lore
6od hath given them the victory.
seurs Nistsks.
Vet that victorious army Ut Israel y
conquered by sheep and oxen. 6oo
through the prophet Samuel, told Saul .
eaay all the Amalekites and to slay all Tn
bsasAa In their possession, bot saul, 'nlns
M $40 he knows more than God, save
~. The Amalekitash king. and nv
1rove Of sheep and q herd Of oxen that
eannot bear to kill. Saul drives tho shee
and oxen down toward home. He has
IdeA that Samuel. the prophet. Will Nm
out that he has saved these sheep and o1e
Tor himself SaxnueN COmes 0nU "eA" os'S
the news from the battle. Saul puts on
sole,nn fnoe, for there II no one who ca
Nook moro solemn than your genuine ny!
oorits, and he says, 81 have fulfilled tn
com mand OF the Lord" Samuel listen
and he hears the drove OF sheep . lit
way OF. Saul had no Idea that the propl
et.s ear would b % acute. Samue! "a:
% Saul, "If you have done as God TO
you and slain all the Amalekites and a
the beasts In their possession. what meal
eth tho bleating Of the sheep In mine "a
and the lowing Of the oxen that hear
All. ono would have Thought that plnsn
would hive consumed the cheek OF Sat
No, not He says the army-not himse
OF course, but the army-had saved t
i-sheep and oxen for sacrifice. and then tn
!; Thought It would be too bad anyhow
Ain Agag, the Amalekitish king. Sam'
- Nokes the sword and he clashes Agag
uacces. and then he takes the skirt Of
- S,aA An tr,,o oriental style and rcnds 1t