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

NNtafH-t Ntffl % CatlcW IN, ANu i.OnW
That The bafncrs ~ the Fast have such a
SEilliul way of manipulating the head Co
this very dar, That, instead N waiting up
q sleeping man, they wiliput n luan. wide
awake, sound asleep hear the blades
Iot the sl mrs grinding ugalnst
each other, and see the
long locks sailing on The shears
Nr razor accomplishcs what green wllhes
and new r5pcs and hoUst looms could
not do. suddenly she claps her hands
and says, "lhU lhilistlncs be upon thee.
/ Samson!N lie rouSeS up With strug.
gle, but his strength IS an gone. He Is
I In the hauds OF bis encmies, ! hear thc
] groans of the giant as they take his eyes
out and then see aim staggering on
I IN his blindness, feeling his way as he
goes on toward GAIA Tho prison door
/ is open aud the giant Is thrust ia. he
sits down ana puts his hands on the mill.
! crank, which, with cNhaustug horizontal
lmouon, goes day after day, week after
week, month sitter month-work, work
work. The CONSERVATION OF the World
i Ia captivity, hts locks Shorn his eyes
/ puncturcd, grinding corn Ia GAIA.
( First OF all behold in this giant of the
4 text that physical power b not
~ lNpEN on MORAL rowrR.
4 He was huge man. The lion found IL
I out and the 5000 people whom he slew
found IL out
Yet he was the subject Of petty re-
vengcS and o0tgianted by low passions.
am far from throwing any discrcdlt
upon physical stamina, There are those
who seem TO have great admiration for
dclicacy of and sickness OF constitution
I never could see any glory IN weak
nerves OF sick headache. Whatever effort
To 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 he posi-
lively religious. Good people sometimes
0scribe TO II wicked heart what they
ought TO ascube
TO \ SLOW LIVER
The body and the soul are such near
( neighbors that they often catch each
others diseases Those who never saw q
sick day and who, like Hercules, show
/ the giant in the cradle, have
: more to answer for than those
who are the subjects Of lifetime innrnl-
ties. lie who can lift twice as much as you,
can walk twice as lar and work twice as
, long, viii have double account to give IN
/ the Judgment How often Is IL that you
do not find physical energy indicative of
. spiritual power liza clear head Is WORTH
B more than one dizzy with perpetual
. vertigo; If muscles with the play Of health
in them are worth moro than those drawn
, mp IN chronic rheumausmi II an eye
{ quick to catch passing ohleetS Is better
/ than one with vision aim and uncertain
= then GOD VIII require of us efficiency just
D In proportion TO what he has given as
a Physical energy ought TO be a type o.
d moral power. We ought 20 have just a.
h good digestion OF truth as we hay,
S capacity 70 asstuliate food. pur spirit
e ual hearing TO be as good as on
y physical hearing; our spiritual tasp
$ ought TO beas clear rs our tongue sam
sons In body, we ought q
4 he giants in moral power Bu
9 whore You find a great many men
{ who realize that they ought 20 use thcl
e money Alright and use thcir intelligence
. ar'ght, how few men you iod aware o
q the tact that they ought TO urc their phys
ical organism aright WIN every
n rHUMr OF nm HEART
/ there Is something saying Nv OK
II work" and lest we should complain tina
5 We have no tools TO work with, God ma
5 given us our hands ana leet win ever.
= kuucSle and win every joht and VIII
5 every muscle saying TO US Lay mol,
c and do somcthIng!" But how often 1t Is
!. that men with physical strength do no
i serve Christ. They are Ike snip iull
{ manned and iull-rlgged, capable OF vAsl
T tonnage, able TO endure all stress %
+ weather yet swinging IDLY at the docks
; when these men ought TO be crossing ant
c re-crOssing the great ocean OF human
= suffering and sin with Gods supplies o
c mercy. How often 1t Is that physical
c strength Is used IN doing positive damage
j. or IN luxurious ease, wheni win
n sleeves rolled up ana Drohzc'
i bosom fearless OF the shafts OF oppo
L sltion, 1t ought to be laying hold with al
s It's might to lllJ up this sunken wreck o
= n world, III Is most shainelul TACT ina
u much OF the business OF the church ant
+ OF the world must be done by those com
. paIatively invaded. Richard baxter ~
reason OF mis- diseases ali his days sitting
in the doot of the tomb, yet writing more
than hundred volumes, and sending GU
a an influence Tor good that VIII endure a.
. long AS the ''SalntS' everlasting rest.