Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-16

BBuOKLYN, II. Y, Nov. l5.-Thore was |
an oyerlowing attendance ut the Taber- /
nncle this morning and the service was /.
intensely Interesting throughout. Must |
cal selections included an organ solo by /
Prof. Henry Eyre Brown, namely: Sonata
No. In ID minor, by GuImant. An i'm. 7.
pressiyo Characteristic OF the vocal music (
at Or. Talmase's Tabernacle is the sing. /
ing ny the entire congregation Six thou (
sand voices blended, those OF men, won.
en- and children, make Il noble chorus.
The opening hymn was
81 am soldier of the cross.
follower OF the Lamb"
DR., Talmage eNpounded the chapter i'm
the Book OF Samuel where David il called
while watching sheep, and Amounted
king, the preacher remarking that God al.
ways calls busy people and never calls
| idiers, and that there were fishermen
I yawning in the sun on the banks of the
/ Galilec, TOO lazy TO move, aud got no d.
/ vine recognition, while the honors of dis
| cipleship came to those who were mend
| ing their nets. The text was taken from
! Judges xiv. l "And Samson went down
TO Timnath.n The subject of the ser.
mon was "Brawn and Musole.n Or.
/ Talmage said;
/ There are two sides 10 the character OF
Samson. The one phase of his life II fol-
! lowed into particulars would administer
TO the groteSquc and the mrthful; but
there is one phase of his character
] lraught With lessons of solemn and cter-
ma import.
TO THESE GRiNER LESSONS
VIC devote this discourse This giant no
doubt IN early life gave evidence of what
hA fb hs - almost nj
There were two Napoleous-the boy Ma
poleon and the man Napoleon-but both
alike; two HoWards-the boy Howard
and the man UoNard-but both alike;
two Samsons-thc boy samson and ,he
man Samson-but both alike, This giant
was no doubt the hero OF the playground
and nothing could stand before his oNhi-
billions Of youthful pruwess At eighteen
years OF age he was bctrothod to the
daughter Of a philistiue Going down
toward Timnath lion came out upon
him. Although this Young giant was
weaponlcss he seized the monster by the
long maue and Snuok him as hungry
hound shakes a March hare, and made its
bones crack and lett IL by the way id
bleeding under the shifting of his list and
the grinding of his heel. Passing
along, after while, the same
place he turned into the thicket TO see
the remains of the monster hc had slain
Under the hot climate all the perishable
PARTICLES OF the lion bad disappeared, and
/ under the rain and the sun the skeleton
had been washed and bleached until it
was as pure and rs white as vase OF
porcelain. Into this skeleton the bees
had gathered their honey, the sweetness
OF grass tops, the juice of the ponce
gianatu, The aroma OF the wild flowers
which had stood in the gloom OF the
thicEetS, pale nuns in natures convent.
On the wedding day Samson had pro-
pounded riddle--a riddle so foolish that
IL has been regarded as u warning for
those who without talent for facetious-
ness attempt IL. BY the treachcry Of his
wife the riddle was easily guessed by the
philistines, and Samson in his indigna-
tion slew thirty people. Further to ayenge
the wrong done him he sets on fire three
hundred foxes, and these terrified crca-
lures i'm their alarm rush into the corn
shocks aud vineyards until the whole land
is ablaZe with the dcsoation. Surround
ed one day by three hundred men this
giant picked up a iaw-bone from the way
side and mOws down armed men as IN
the harvest field the full head grain tum-
bles under the swing of the sickle,
There he stands
LOOMING UP ABOVE OTHER MEN,
a mountain OF hesh his arms punched
with muscle that can lift the gates of a
city, taking an attitude defiant Of every
thing His hair had never been cut, and
it rolled down in seven great plaits over
his shoulders, adding to his tlerceness
and terror. The Phiistines want
to conquer him and therefore they must
ind out where the secret OF his strength
lays. There is dissolute woman living
in the valley OF Sorek by the
name of Delilah. They appoint
her the agent In the case. The
Philistines are secreted in the same build
ing, and then Delllah goes TO work and
coaxes Sampson to tell what Is the secret
of his strength. "Well,n he says, "lf you
should take seven green withes, such as
they fasten wild beasts with, and put
them around me | should be perfectly
powerlcss.n So she binds him with the
seven green withes. Then she claps her
hands and says: "They come-thc Philis-
tlnes!" and he walks out as though there
we're no impeachment She coaXes him
again and says "Now tell me the secret
OF this great strength" and he replies;
OF you should take some ropes that have
never been used and tie me with them, !
should be Just like other men" She ties
him with The ropes, claps her hands and
shouts, "They come-the Philistines!h
lie walks out as easily as he did before
not a single obstruction. She cOaNes him
again and he says: "Now If you should
take these seven long plaits OF hair and by
I this house-loom weave them into a
web. could not get away" So the
lhouse-loom is rolled up and the shuttle
flies backward ana forward and the long
plaits of hair are woven Into web. Then
She claps her hand and says "They
come--thc Philistincs." He walks out
as easily as ne did before, dragging part
Of the loom with him. But, after awhile,
she persuades him
10 TILL TIE TRUTH.
He SAYS: "If you should take razor or
shears and cut of this long hair, should