St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-16
TALMAGE AND BEECHER
samson's Strength and His Many Follies
the Subject Upon Which DR.. Tai
mage breaches.
Persons With Active Lives, Strong Oonsti
tutions Accountable for More
Than Invalids.
The Plymouth Preachers E1oquence
Fills the Chicago Centenary
Church.
Benefit of Spiritual influence Shown
by the Practical Life it
Develops.
DIR. TaImage's Sermon.

Develops.
DR.. TaImage's Sermon.
| Special to the Globe.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Nov. 15.-There wa.
an overhowing attendance at the Tabernacle
interesting throughout. An impressive
characteristic of the vocal music at DR.. Tai
mage's tabernacle is the singing by the en-
tire congregation. Six thousand voice;
blended make noble chorus. DR.. Talmage
expounded the chapter in the Book OF Sam
uel, where David is called while watching
sheep, and annointed king. the preacher re-
marking that God always calls busy people
and never calls idlerS, and that there were
fishermen yawning in the sun on the bank
of Galilee. too lazy to move, and got no di-
vine recognition, while the honors of disci-
pleship came to those who were mending
their nets. The text was taken from
Judges, xiv, L: And Samson went down to
T1mnath." The subject of the sermon was
Brawn and Muscle. Dr.. Talmage said:
There are two sides to the character of Sam
son. The one phase of his life, if followed
into particulars, would administer to the
grotesQue and the mirthful; but there is a
phase of his character fraught with lessons
of solemn and eternal import. To these
graver lessons we devote this discourse.
This giant, no doubt, in early life gave evi-
dence of what he was to be. 1t Is almost
always so. There were two Napoleons-the
boy Napoleon and the man Napoleon-but
both alike; two Howards-the boy Howard
and the man Howard-but both alike;
TWO SAMSONS
the boy Samson and the man Samson-but
both alike. This giant was no doubt the
hero of the playground and nothing could
stand before his exhibitions of youthful
proves. At IS years of age he was be-
trothed to the daughter of Philistine.
Going down toward Timnath a lion came
out upon him. Although this young giant
was weaponless he seized the monster by
the long name and shook him as hungry
hound shakes March hare, and made its
bones crack, and left it by the wayside
bleeding under the shifting of his fist and
the grinding of his heel. Passing along the
same place after awhile he turned into the
thicket to see the remains of the monster
he had slain. Under the hot climate all the
perishable particles OF the lion had disap-
peared and under the rain and the sun the
skeleton had been washed and bleached un-
til it was as pure and as white as vase of
porcelain. Into this skeleton the bees had
gathered their honey, the sweetness of
grass tops. the juice of the pomegranate.
the aroma of the wild flowers which had
stood in the gloom of the thickets pale
nuns in natures convent. On the wedding
day Samson had propounded a riddle-a
riddle so foolish that if hos haan regarded
as warning for those who without talent
for facetiousness attempt it. By the treach-
cry of his wife the riddle
WAS EASILY GUESSED
by the Philistines, and Sampson in his in
dignation slew thirty people. Further to
avenge the wrong done him he sets on fire
800 foxes, and these terrified creatures in
their alarm rush into the corn shocks and
vineyards until the whole land is ablaze with
desolation. Surrounded one day by 800 men
this giant picked up jawbone from the
wayside and mows down armed men, as in
harvest field the full-head grain tumbles
under the swing of the sickle. There he
stands looming up above other men
mountain of flesh; his arms punched with
muscle that can lift the gate of city, TAX
ing an attitude defiant of everything His
hair had never been cut and it rolled down
in seven great plaits over his shoulders, add
ing to his ferceness and terror. The Phil
istines want to conquer him and therefore
they must find out where the secret OF his
strength lies. There is a dissolute woman
living in the valley of Sorek by the name of
Delilah. They appointed her the agent in
the case. The Philistipes are secreted in
the same building and then Delilah goes to
work and coaXes Samson to tell what is the
secret OF his strength. ''Weu," he says,
"If you should take razor or shears and
cut off this long hair, should be powerless
in the hands of my enemies" Samson
sleeps, and that she may not wake him up
daring the process of shearing,
HELP IS CALLEDN.
You know that the BARRIERS of the East
have such a skillful way of manipulating
the head to this very day, that instead of
waking up sleeping man, they will put a
man, wide awake, sound asleep, 1 hear
the blades of the shears griding against each
other, and l see the long locks falling off.
The shears or razor accomplishes what
green withes and new ropes and house-loom
could not do. Suddenly she clasps her
hands and says: 1.-THE Philistines be upon
thee, Samson" He reuses up with a
struggle but his strength is all gone. He is
in the hands of his enemies. l hear the
groan of the giant as they take his eyes out.
and then see him staggering on in his
blindness, feeling his way as he goes On to-
wards GAIA. The prison door is open and
the giant is thrust in. He sits down and
puts his hands on the mill-crank, which,
with exhausting horizontal motion, goes
day after day, week after week. month
after month, work, work, work! The con-
sternati0n of the world in captivity, his
locks shorn, his eyes punctured, grinding
corn in GAIA! First of all behold in this
giant of the text, that physical power is not
an index of moral power. He was a huge
man. The lion found it out and the three
thousand people whom he slew found it out.
Yet he was the subject of petty revenges
and out-gianted by low passion. l am far
from throwing any discredit upon
PHYSICAL STAMINA.
There are those who seem to have great
admiration for dellcacy of and sickness of
constitution. l never could see any glory
in weak nerves or sick headache. What
ever effort in our day is made to make the
men and women more athletic should have
the favor of every good citizen as well as
of every Christian. Gymnastics may be
positively religious. Good people some
times ascribe to wicked heart what they
ought to ascribe to a slow liver. The body
and soul are such near neighbors that they
often catch each others diseases. Those
who never saw sick day, and who, like
Hercules, show the giant in the cradle
have more to answer for than those who
are subjects of lifetime infrmities. He who
can lift twice as much as you can and walk
twice as far and work twice as long will
nave double account to give in the judg-
ment. How often is it that you find phys
ical energy Indicative of spiritual power?
If clear head is worth more than one
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