Alleviations Of War
T. DeWitt Talmage
Ps., 27: 3: " Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident."
The ring of battle-axes, and the clash of shields, and the tramp of armies, are heard all up and down the Old Testament; and you find godly soldiers like Moses, and Joshua, and Caleb, and Gideon, and scoundrelly soldiers like Sennacberib, and Shalma- neser, and Nebuchadnezzar. The High Priest would stand at the head of the army, and say: "Hear, 0 Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies, let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them!" and then the officers would give command to the troops, saying: "What man is there that bath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it? And what man is he that hath plant- eth a vineyard and bath not eaten of it? Let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife and bath not taken her? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her." Great armies marched and fought. In time of Moses and Joshua all the men were soldiers. When Israel came out of Egypt they were six hundred thousand fighting men. Abijah commanded four hundred thousand, Jeroboam commanded eight hundred thousand men, of whom five hundred thousand were slain in one battle. Some of these wars God approved, for they were for the res- cue of oppressed nations, and some of them he de- nounced, but in all cases it was a judgment upon both victors and vanquished. David knew just what war was when he wrote in the text: "Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident."
David is encouraging himself in stormy times, and before approaching battles administers to himself this consolation. So to-day my theme is the "Alleviations of War." War is or ...
T. DeWitt Talmage
Ps., 27: 3: " Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident."
The ring of battle-axes, and the clash of shields, and the tramp of armies, are heard all up and down the Old Testament; and you find godly soldiers like Moses, and Joshua, and Caleb, and Gideon, and scoundrelly soldiers like Sennacberib, and Shalma- neser, and Nebuchadnezzar. The High Priest would stand at the head of the army, and say: "Hear, 0 Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies, let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them!" and then the officers would give command to the troops, saying: "What man is there that bath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it? And what man is he that hath plant- eth a vineyard and bath not eaten of it? Let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife and bath not taken her? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her." Great armies marched and fought. In time of Moses and Joshua all the men were soldiers. When Israel came out of Egypt they were six hundred thousand fighting men. Abijah commanded four hundred thousand, Jeroboam commanded eight hundred thousand men, of whom five hundred thousand were slain in one battle. Some of these wars God approved, for they were for the res- cue of oppressed nations, and some of them he de- nounced, but in all cases it was a judgment upon both victors and vanquished. David knew just what war was when he wrote in the text: "Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident."
David is encouraging himself in stormy times, and before approaching battles administers to himself this consolation. So to-day my theme is the "Alleviations of War." War is or ...
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