The Bottineau pioneer., 1889-10-10
Image ON SAMSON.
The Giants Strength Would Not Have
Departed Had He Not Been Ca
jOled by q Woman.
Deceitful Delilahs Are Plenty In the
World and They Should Be Care
fully Stunned.

BROOKLYN, N. T., Sept 29.-After expound-
ing the appropriate passages Of scripture in
In6 brooklyn tabernacle this morning the
the hymn: - ~.
$50 let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
80 let our works and virtues shine
10 prove the doctrine all divine"
The subject of DR.. Talmage's sermon was:
ine , Shorn Locks Of Samson" He took for
his text Judges, xvi, s; "Entice him. and see
wherein his great strength lieth, and by what
means we may prevail against him, that We
may bind him to affiict him; and we will give
thee every one of us ], 100 pieces of silver"
Ihe sermon was as follows:
One thousand pounds, or about $5, 900 in
our money, were thus offered for the capture
OF giant. 1t would take skillful photo
graphist to picture Samson as he really was
the most facile words are not supple enough
to describe him. He was giant and q child;
the conqueror and the defeated: able to SNAP
hons jaw, and yet captured by the sight Of
maiden. He was ruler and slave: COM
mlngiing OF virtue and vice, the sublime and
the ridiculous; sharp enough to make q good
riddle, and yet weak enough to be caught in
the most superficial strategem; honest enough
TO settle his debt, and yet toutrageously rob
Ding somebody else to get the material to
pay 1t; q miracle and scoffing; a crowning
glory and q burning shame There he
stands, looming up above other men, o
muscle that can lit gate of a city; taking
an attitude defiant of armed men and wild
beasts. His hair had never been cut, and it
rolled down in seven great plaits over his
shoulders, adding to his fierceness and
terror The Philistines want to conquer
MN, and therefore they must find out where
the secret of his strength lies
There ia n woman livino in fbo V.l1ar -
Sorek by the name Of Delilah. They appoint
her the agent in the case The Philistines
are secreted in the same building, and then
Dehlah goes to work and coaxes Samson to
tell what is the secret of his strength
Well" ne says, cit you should take
fasten wild beasts with, and put them around
me lshall be perfectly powerless." So she binds
him with the seven green withes.- Then she
claps her hands and says, "They come-the
Philistinesl" and he walks out as though there
were no impediment. She coaxes him again
and says, Now tell me: the secret of your
great strength" and he replies, "If 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
eiaps her hands, and shouts, "They come
the PhilistinesP' He walks out as easy as he
did before-not q single obstruction She
'oaxes him again, and he says: ''Now, if
ESN SA0Ai0 e0hC OuC6C bctOu long DlalUS OF
hair, and by this house-loom weave them in
TO web, could not get, away" So the
houseloom is rolled up and the shuttle flies
backward and forward, and the long plaits
Of hair are woven into q web. Their she
claps her hands and says: "They come-the
Philistinesl' gS -.
He walks out as easily as he did before,
drag ging a part ofthe loom with him. But
after q while she persuades him to toll the
truth. He says: "lf you should take q razor
Or shears and cut off this long hair, should
be powerless and in thehands ofmy enemies"
Samson sleeps, and, that she may not wake
him up during the process Of shearing, help
is called in You know that the BARRIERS Of
the east have such skillful way ofmanipulat-
Ing the head, to this very day they will puta
man, wide awake, sound asleep. / hear the
blades OF the shears grinding against each
other, and / see the long locks falling off, The
shears or razor accomplshes what green
withes and new ropes and house loom could
not do. Suddenly she claps her hands and
says: ''The Philistines be upon thee SamsonI"
He rouses up with a astruggie, but his strength
Is all gonel He ia in the hands of his enemies!
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 toward GAIA. The prison door is opened
and the giant is thrust in. He sits down and
puts his hands on the mill crank, which, with
fer tlav. week after yyeak month . rtar ~ ,,ao,tl
work, work. work. The consternation If
the world in captivity, his locks shorn, his
eyes punctured, grinding corn in GAIA!
Though strong as giant, look out for Deli
lah's scissors, Samson, the strongest man
who ever lived. was overcome hv coas;na A
Again. this narrative teaches no Tho novor
of an ill-disposed woman. In the nortrait
gallery of bible queens we find Abigail, and
Ruth, and Miriam, land Vashi and Deborah,
but in the rogues' gallery II a police station
YOU find the pictures of women as we'll as
men. DeliIah,s picture belongs to the ronne;s
gallery. but she had more bower than oIl
Philistia armed with sword and smear. She
could carry off the iron rates of sam
1son's resolution as easily as lie shouldered
ihS reteS ofGaza. The force that had killed
fke Eoa 6fok 6E8a3aF. plunged out fierce
sllEen - Il i1;ch m - ior The olant
H No III dufSsS = - - m riotous rey
tlpat NH ~ & bIerss 32tSt + - sm;tina
th6n hin aud tff4E &3tk - "A 1anphf r.
NOW tails captlye sS Sc ~ n n u6Ser61 Z
woman. Dcflsk ~ fho fi6I atands ~
memorable company uf A1iSAs and, il3iY Y3a,
and Bathsheba, and JezsDss and1 thaliahs
How deplorable the influ,nce 81 such in
contrast with Rebecca, and Phoebe. and
Huldah. and Tryphona, and Jenhtha's and
Mary, the mother ofJee While the latter
glitter in the armament Of Gods word
ike CONSULTATIONS with steady. cheerful. hnlv
light, the former shoot like 6alefnI metanrs
across the terrified heavens, ominous Of war,
disaster. and death. IF there is q divine
power ii the good m other. her face BRIGHT
with purity. IN unselfish love beamino from
her eve, q gentleness that by bangs. and
sufferings, and holy anxieties has been mel
loving and softening for many a wear utter.
ing itself IN every syllable. a dignity that
can not be dethroned. united with the NAV
fulness that viii not be checked. her hand The
charm that win Instantly take main ont nf
the child s worst wound, her presence 8 per-
when We are tempted, her