. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . carousal. Some of them are dancing on the lawn with HIS CLOSING MINISTRY 327 wonderful gyration of heel and toe, and some of them are examining the spoilsof victory—the finger rings and earrings, the necklaces, the wristlets, the head-bands diamond starred, and the coffers with coronets and cornelians and pearlsand sapphires and emeralds, and all the wealth of plate and jewels and decanters,and the silver and the gold banked up on the earth in princely profusion, andthe embroideries and the robes and the turbans and the cloaks of
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . carousal. Some of them are dancing on the lawn with HIS CLOSING MINISTRY 327 wonderful gyration of heel and toe, and some of them are examining the spoilsof victory—the finger rings and earrings, the necklaces, the wristlets, the head-bands diamond starred, and the coffers with coronets and cornelians and pearlsand sapphires and emeralds, and all the wealth of plate and jewels and decanters,and the silver and the gold banked up on the earth in princely profusion, andthe embroideries and the robes and the turbans and the cloaks of an imperialwardrobe. The banquet has gone on until the banqueters are maudlin and weakand stupid and indecent and loathsomely drunk. What a time it is now for Davidand his men to swoop on them! So the English lost the battle of Bannock-burn, because the night before they were in wassail and bibulous celebration,while the Scotch were in prayer. So the Syrians were overthrown in theircarousal by the Israelites. So Chedorlaomer and his army were overthrown in. OUTDOOR SHOEMAKER, FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS 328 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK their carousal by Abraham and his men. So our Northern forces were defeatedin a battle because one of the commanders was drunk. Now is the time forDavid and his men to swoop upon these carousing Amalekites. Some of theAmalekites are hacked to pieces on the spot, some of them are just able to gostaggering and hiccoughing off the field, some of them crawl on camels and speedoff in the distance, David and his men gather together the wardrobes, the jewels, and putthem upon the backs of camels, and into wagons, and they gather together thesheep and cattle that had been stolen, and start back toward the garrison. Yonder they come! yonder they come! The limping men of the garrisoncome out and greet them with cheer. The Bible says David saluted them. Thatis, he asked them how they all were. How is your broken arm ? How isyour fractured jaw?
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