The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-30
Eleventh Of the Marriage Ring Sc.
rieS Delivered In Missouri.
WHOSE SON ART THOU YOUNG MAN?
An Eloquent Exposition of the
Good and Evil of Heredity
by DIR. TalnIage.


An Eloquent Exposition of the
Good and Evil of heredity
by DIR. Talniage.
Never was there more unequal fight
than that bel wetn
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
David eve feet high Goliath, ten. David
shepherd boy, brough, up amid rural
scenes; Goliath warrior by profession.
Goliath mountain of bragg adoca; Da-
vid marvel of humility. Goliath armed
with an iron spesr; David armed with q
aling with smooth stones flom the brook
But You are not 70 despise these latter
weapons. There was regiment of sling
ers In the Assyrian army and q regime Mt
o. singers In the Egyptian army, and
they made terrible execu ion, and they
could cast q stone with as much precis-
ion and force as now can be hurled shot
or shell. The Creeks in their army bad
slingsrs who would throw leaden plum
nets Inserted With the Irritating words,
Take this!' So II was mighty weapon
David employed in that famous combat. i.
A Jewish rabbi says that the probsbi'- :
ity isthst Goliath was in such ,ntempl
for David, that in paraxYsm OF laugn-
Ter he threw bis head back aud his he'll
met fell off,snd David saw the uncovered
orehead, and his opportunity had come.
and taking this sling and swinging it
around his head two or three times, and
aiming it at the uncovered forehead be
crushed il in like an egg shell. The bat
tie over, behold tableau; King Saul
sitting, little David standing, his fingers
clntchsd into ihe hair of decapita,ed Go
Hath. As Saul sees David standing
there holding IN bis hand the CHASTITY,
reeking, staring trophy. evidence Of the
complete victory over Gods enemies, the
king wonders what parentsge was hon.
ored by such heroism, aud In my text be
asks David his pedigree: "Whose son
art thou, young man p
The king saw what you and ] see, tha,
The question Of heredi.y is
A MIGHTY QUESTION.
The longer l live the more | believe in
5'ood-gocd blood, bad blood. proud
blood. humble hlooh. honest blood. .thiev.
ing blood, heroic blood, cowsrdly blood
The tendency may skip generation or
two, but it is sure to come out, as in
little child you sometimes see similarity
to grest-grardfather whose picture
hangs on the wall. That the physical
and mental and moral qualities are in
heritable is patent to any one who keeps
his eyes open. The similarity is so stri-
king sometimes as to be amusing. Great
families, legal or literary, are apt to have
the characteristics all down through the
aeneraiinns, und wha. a.is=mere pefoepst-
BILE in such families may be seen on q
smaller scale in all families A thousand
ye-rs has no power to obliterate the diff.
terence
The large lip of the House OF Austria
is seen in all the generations, and is call
ed the Hapsturg lip. The House OF Stu
at always means in ell generations cru
city and bigotry and sensuality. Witness
@ cen OF Scots. Witness Charles l. and
Charles II. Witness James and James
RI. and all the other scoundres Of that
imperial line Scottish blood means per-
sislence English blood means reverence
for the ancient; Welsh blood means res
ligiosiiy; Danish blood means fondness
for the sea; Indian blood means roaming
disposition; Celtic blood means fervidi.
ty: Roman blood means conquest.
sThe Jewish facility for accumulation
you may trace clear back TO Abraham, of
whom the Bible says, she was rich in
silver and gold and cattle" and to Isaac
and Jacob who bad the same character
istics. Some families are characteriz I'd
by loneevitv. and they have tenacitv o,
lie really Metnuselish. Others are char
acterzsd by Goliathian stature, and you
can see it 70, one generation. two gene.
rations, Eve generations. in all the gene
ralIons. Vigorous theology runs on 10
the line of the Alexsnders Tragedy
runs on in the line of the Kemhles. Lit
eratnle runs on in the line OF the Trol.
lopes. Philanthropy runs on in the line
OF the Wilberforces. Statesmsnship rune
on in the line of the Adsmses. Henry
and Catherine OF Navarro religious, al
their family religious. The celebrated
family OF the Casini, all maihematicians
The celebrated family of the Medici-
grandfather, son and Catharine -all re.
markable for keen intellect. The cele.
brated family OF Gustavus Adolphus oil
warriors.
THE LAW OF BEREDITY