. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . saw that the baggage-was all safe, and he knew how that these wounded andcrippled men would gladly enough have been at the frontif they had been able, and the little general looks upfrom under his helmet and says: No, no; let us havefair play; and he rushes up to one of these men and hesays, Hold your hands together, and the hands areheld together, and he fills them with silver. And herushes up to another man who was sitting away backand had no idea of getting any of the spoils, and throwsa Babylonish garment over him and fills h
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . saw that the baggage-was all safe, and he knew how that these wounded andcrippled men would gladly enough have been at the frontif they had been able, and the little general looks upfrom under his helmet and says: No, no; let us havefair play; and he rushes up to one of these men and hesays, Hold your hands together, and the hands areheld together, and he fills them with silver. And herushes up to another man who was sitting away backand had no idea of getting any of the spoils, and throwsa Babylonish garment over him and fills his hand withgold. And he rushes up to another man who had lostall his property in serving God and his country yearsbefore, and he drives up some of the cattle and some ofthe sheep that they had brought back from the Amalek-ites, and he gives two or three of the cattle and threefe or four of the sheep to this poor man, so he shall alwaysbe fed and clothed. He sees a man so emaciated anda Mexican storm-coat worn out and sick he needs stimulants and he gives him. HIS CLOSING MINISTRY 329 a little of the wine that he brought from the Amalekites. Yonder is a man whohas no appetite for the rough rations of the army, and he gives him a rare morselfrom the Amalekitish banquet, and the two hundred crippled and maimed andaged soldiers who tarried on garrison duty get just as much of the spoils of battleas any of the two hundred men that went to the front As his part is that goethdown to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff. The impression is abroad that the Christian rewards are for those who doconspicuous service in distinguished places—great martyrs, great patriots, greatpreachers, great philanthropists. But my text sets forth the idea that there isjust as much reward for a man who stays at home and minds his own business,and \vh<». crippled and unable to go forthand lead in great movements and in thehigh places of the earth, does his wholeduty just where h
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