. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ave you more?That would not be fair, that would not be right. These two hundred men of thetext who fainted 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 victoryas the men who went to the front. As his part is that goeth down to the bat-tle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff. There is high encouragement in this for all who have great responsibilityand little credit for what they do. You know the names of the great commercialhouse
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ave you more?That would not be fair, that would not be right. These two hundred men of thetext who fainted 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 victoryas the men who went to the front. As his part is that goeth down to the bat-tle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff. There is high encouragement in this for all who have great responsibilityand little credit for what they do. You know the names of the great commercialhouses of these cities. Do you know the names of the confidential clerks—themen who have the key to the ?afe. the men who know the combination of thelock? A distinguished merchant goes forth at the summer watering place andhe flashes past, and you say: Who is that? Oh, replies some one, dontyou know? That is the great importer, that is the great banker, that is thegreat manufacturer. The confidential clerk has his week off. Nobody notices HIS CLOSING MINISTRY 33i. GENERAL POREIRIO DIAZ, PRESIDENT OE MEXICOWhom Dr. Talmage Met in Mexico While on His Last Gospel Tour 332 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK whether he comes or goes. Nobody knows him, and after a while his week isdone, and he sits down again at his desk. But God will reward his fidelity justas much as he recognizes the work of the merchant philanthropist whose invest-ments this unknown clerk so carefully guarded. Hudson River Railroad, Penn-sylvania Railroad, Erie Railroad, New York and Neyv Haven Railroad—busi-ness men know the names of the presidents of these roads and of the prominentdirectors; but they do not know the names of the engineers, the names of theswitchmen, the names of the flagmen, the names of the brakemen. These menhave awful responsibilities, and sometimes, through the recklessness of an engi-neer, or the unfaithfulness of a switchman, it has brought to mind the faithful-ness of nearly all the
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