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JDK. CHAPMAN'S SEHMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PASTOR-EVANGELIST. gubject: Two Hundred Falntlnff Men Every Ymrson is Called Into the Kln doin of God For a Purpose Wo Shall Bo Made to Account For Work Undone r New York City. The following- schol arly and readable sermon has .been :pis pared for the press b the popular pastor ranaftlist. the Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chap man. The subject of the discourse is Two hundred fainting men," and it was preached from the text, 'Two .hline abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the Brook Besor. I. Samuel 30: 10- . , , . In some respects we are reminded in 'this story of the celebrated charge of the Light Brigade, possibly because there were 600 of David's soldiers, and perhaps be cause they fought valiantly and won a great victory. While the rank and file would not compete with the men who fought 1 at Sebastapol or Inkerman, f or they had been a discontented lot in their homes and in their service, yet there were tome really great soldiers among them, and they were as ready to die as were those 609 illustrious men who made the gallant charge not many years ago. . . At the timeof the text David was liv ing at Ziklag. and he and his men had been away in battle. The battle has been waged,, the victory has been won and they are homeward bound. They have camped for the last night, and to-morrow morning they will be with their loved ones. The or der is given to break camp and forward inarch, and when they came to the hill where before them they could naturally see Ziklag the first man shades his eyes iWith bis hands and looks. His face grows pale and he begins to shudder, for Ziklag is in ashes, and as they come nearer their wives and children and all their property have been carried away. They are about to turn! upon David and stone him, but when he agrees to go after the enemy they turn awav from the ruins of their homes and start in hot pursuit. They reach the Brook Besor, and then find that they have In their; company men who are not able to go on, some because they are old,, others because they were crippled, and still oth ers because tbey were ill. The number Comprised 200. In order that they might move more rapidly, and battle more suc cessful! all the heavy trappings were left with the 200 at the Brook Besor, and 40?k men pursued the enemy. They overtake an Egyptian, who is left by the wayside as ffood as dead, and when they eive him - eome refreshments and promise him that thev will not let him fall into the hands c-f the enemy, neither will they put him to 'death themselves, he tells them the direc tion that the enemy has gone, and pursu ing after them they come suddenly upon Um TW hnvA bppTi intoxicated with 'their great success, and although the bat tle was fierce for a little "while victory be longs to David and his men. Their wives and children , are theirs once more; most valuable, treasure also is taken, and they have turned heir faces back to the 'Brook Besor. Suddenly some one in the company begins to talk of the distribution of the plunder; and they have about decided that the 200-fainting men shall have nothing when David, with all the kingliness that it was possible for him to assume, declares as ma pair isr xnax goes onx xo xnrDaxiie so shall his part be that tarries by "the stuffs. They shall share and share alike' and then he turned to the Brook Besor and saluted his men. Every old soldier and every, weak man received as much of , a reward as if he had been in the front of the fight. There is an impression abroad that the rewards for the Christian are given to those who have rendered conspicuous ser vice; great preachers, great philanthro pists, great martyrs. This is not so acV cording to the text; neither is it true ac cording to the teaching of the Bible. Re wards are not given for the amount of noise made in the world, nor for the amount of good which we are supposed to have done, but whether we have worked up to our full capacity. You doubtless remember Plato's fable of the spirits that returned to this world each to choose a body for its sphere of work. One took the body of a king, an other a poet, still another of a philosopher, and Ulysses came with great disappoint ment because all that was worth having was taken, when some one said the best is left. You may choose the body of a common man and Mo a common work and receive a common reward, and this he did. - J. - ' Every man is calltd into the kingdom of God for a purpose. There is no question about this. Just as in the making of a great locomotive every piece must be con structed by an exnert and every bit of work must be marked with the name of the workman, so that if the engine should break in Jerusalem or China the failure could be traced to the proper source. God expects every man to do his duty, and for every one in all the kingdom He has a plan of course. We are not all expected to Serf orm the . same mission. Paul has an I lustration of this in First Corinthians, the' 12th chapter, where he is describing the body where he says, "Ye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee, and if the body were an eye where were the hearing etc.," but each performs its own mission, the uncomely parts receiving the, greatest attention from the head. So every one of us has a work to do. If we leave it undone we shall ' be called to a strict ac count. , '' m There" are two kinds of work illustrated -in the story of these soldiers and the 200 fainting men. One kind is marching forth under the. gaze and admiration of the mul titude, the other is just tarrying by the Brook Besor taking care of the stuff, and yet it has its reward. How often the field to which dod calls to seems to us to be exceedingly small. The business man who has gone to his office all this ; while, and goes through the .round of common tasks from morning to mights from one week's end to another, year m and year out, chaffing oft times be cause he is doing so little and yet forget ting that he can be "not slothful in busi ness, fervent in spirit serving the Lord." and because he does complain so much is missing . his opportunity to do what the preacher never could do. The invalid upon her jcoueh racked with pain and filled With complaint because her voice is never heard in the congregations of the people, Won dering why she ever lived, and crying out against God because she has suffered so in tensely, thereby missing her opportunity to give a testimonv whiph could give but the invalid: One of our honored old ministers a week ago was nliinsed into news of, the death of his son. He had died i by his own hand. When the new ao woS1 1 the, ther it seemed as if he would fall,: when .suddenly remember;" ifefi uaslM which. he haof ever 7- others he cried aloud,' 'Though He slay me yet will I . trust i Him," and - he never through all his ministry preached a better sermon. The mother in her home bound to her children, for while the chain may be silken it is still a" chain, chaffing because she can make her influence felt so little in the " world, and yet; forgets that she is doing what every, angel in the skies would like . to do, having an opportunity placed in. her hands to mold a soul for eternity in the direction of the lives of her boys. If you find yourself in a discouraged position do as Paul did, make the best of it, fo we remember what he said when he writes to s. the Philippians, "But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened ito me have fallen, ou rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; so that my bonds in' Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all .other places.' ; Philippians 1: 12-13. There are those who say : n x , were oniy in a. muie emoi kcu, sphere I would be brave and true,sbut this; is not at all certain if you re not brave; and true where you stand to day. "Just where thou art lift up thy voice, .4nd sing the song that stir thy heart; Reach forth thy strong and eager hand To lift, to save, just where thou art. , Just where thou standest light thy lamp, ,; 'Tis dark to others as to thee;. " Their ways are hedged by unseen thorns, Their burdens fret as thine fret thee. "Onfc vonder. in the broad, full glare Of many lamps thine own might pale And thy sweet song amid the gear . Of many voices slowlj' fail; While these thy kindred wandered on Uncheered, unlighted, to the end. ' Near to thy hand thy mission lies. Wherever sad hearts need a friend. FirstPerhaps you are where you arc because you have not filled full that posi tion, and God' will never call you to a higher place until you have overflowed where you are. Mourning and fretting be cause you are not where you want to be does not make things better. 'The bonds are only tightened by the fretfulness.Two' birds in two cages in a room give an illus tration. One dashing itself against the bars because it is imprisoned, injuring itself and stopping its song: the other singing as if it would outsing the l:h-k in the mead ows, and moving thereby its mistress to onen the cage and set it free. He who does the best he can where God has placed him has put his foot on the round of the ladder that leads up tp higher things. Second-r-Usefulness is not the primary object for the Christian. We say, "Ob. tthat we might be more useful," but first rather let us desire to be more holy, for that is God's will. There is nothing bet ter for the most of us than sorrow or dis appointment or trial because these things shape character. There is little merit in being good when everything about us makes us good, and usefulness is the result of character, is to character what the fra grance is to the rose. The gardener does not . aim first for the fragrance, but to make the rose perfect, and the fra grance takes care of itself. If . you study the sermons of Whitfield, Wesley, fcipur geon and Moody you may wonder why these frermons produced such mighty ef fects. It was because the power was in .the messenger rather than in the message. To be right with God, to be holy, to be like Christ, is our first duty, and through the door of holiness we pass to usefulness. In the early painting days of West, Morse, the philosopher, entered his studio. He was painting his masterpiece of "Chrbt Rejected." when he said to his friend, "Let me tie your hands and paint them in the picture," and if you have ever seen this picture you have seen the hands of Morse painted in the stead of Christ. If you are in bonds for Christ's sake this verv thought will take from you the sting of living possibly out of sight and doing only common things as you have done in other days, yet the time will come when you wi1! be free. Perhaps there are those here wKo are In bondage pecause they have never yet be come Christians.' In the old Water street mission there came one day a man bowed down with sin until be stood little more than four feet high, like a veritable dwarf, but when he bowed at the altar and yielded himself to "Christ he stood up as straight as an athlete. Perhaps this is what you need. Sighing for peace, you have not found it, searching for pleasure it .has eluded its grasp. Oh, come to Christ to-day, for He may, set you free. I Then discipline may free us. Rawlins White, the old martyr, was decrepit and bowed with age, but when he stepped into the fire suddenly these bonds were snapped and his body was as straight as it had ever been in the days of his youth, and it may not be when sorrow came to you and your heart was almost breaking, when the flames of affliction took hold upon vou that God was but seeking to free you from bondage and lead you out into a larger field of service. The thing from which vou shrank away He meant for your edifica tion. ' A dear friend of mine with whnm T frnv- eled recently said, "I Was but an average Christian until one day God came unto my home and took my daughter, and then in the midst of my sorrow ' I yielded myself to Him, gave Him my time and my money and everything that I had, and I ltepped 0ut into a life Messing such as I had never known, and I would not give ths last twelve years for all my life before put together." ' And then, too, we shall be free when we see Him. For the man Whose sphere has been most. circumscribed here will doubtless find when he stands in the presence of the King that he was but .m a preparation for a mission ambng the saints at which the very angels might well stand amazed. - ! " ' .. iil. ;"..va; I If all these seem like hardships to-tis and we have been without comfort, then let us wait until the day of reward, shall come. The mother who has had a hard time With her children, just wait and do your best. When Charles Wesley comes to -judgment, and all the hosts that 3 h Christ by His power of music come, it will ue a great aay, ana wtietf John Weslev omes : to - judgment with all the souls o7 Methodism with him it will be a marvelous sieht. but higher than the throne of either Charles Wesley or John will be thronc o busana Wesley, their mother. he old preacher Who has been discomv aged oft times because his church was so small and his work so apparentlv insinifi-s cant, needs only to wait until that great day, and; when that 'old -minister , who preached in Falkirk stands in His presence t0vilTf7i H3,ra; "Master, I had but a httltf field' he, wilb hear Him-ay, "But you led Robert ;Moffat to me,", and 'as Joseph ;Parker said the man who. added Robert Moffat to t!- ch-:rc r 7 - 0""? nent to the kir ' English rrJr ' ' kCUmscril knov.-:. v MAvirnn ' iTieAlCan , . JflllStang Liniment A toad under a harrow Buffers no moro than the faithful horse that is tortured with. 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