The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-30

warrant that that philosopher who had
such hard work to find an honest man was
hlmself dishonest. l think he stole both tAe
lantern and tho tub. s., when Iheara man
expatiating on the weakness of women | i'm
mediately suspect him and say there is an
o.her ionon with Solomo rs wisdom left
out Still, would not have the lilies ra-
tions have given of transcending excsl-
lencv in female biography lead you to
suppose that there ara no perils in woman's
pathway. Gods 8 ace alo can AXE an
Isabella Graham, or Christina Alsop, or
tfdella tiske, or a Cath arne of S.ena.
Temptations lurk about the brizhte It
domestic circle. 1t was no unmeaning
thing whom God set no amidst the splendors
Of his word the character of infamous
Delilah.
Again, this strange story Of the text
leads mo to consider some of the ways in
whlch strong men get their 10 ks shorn
GOD, for some reason best known to him
self, made tho strength of Samson % de-
psnd on the length of his hair; when the
ears clipped it his strength was gone.
The strength Of meni Is variously distributed.
Sometim S it lies in physic Il development,
sometimes in intellectual attainment,
sometimes in heart force, sometimes
IN social position, sometimes in finau-
clal accumulation; and there is always a
sharp shears ready TO destroy it. Every
day there are Samsons ungia led. | saw a
young man start in life under the most
cheering adv ntages. His acute mind was
at home In all scientific dominic s. He
reac ed not only all rugged attainments,
but by delicate appreciation no could catch
the tinge of the cloud AMI the sparkle of
the wave and the diapason of the
tnunder. He walked forth in life
head and shoulders above others in
mental stature. He could wrestle
with giants in opposing systems of phlos1-
ply and carry off the gates # opposing
schools and smite the enc MES Of truth hil
and thigh with great slaughter. but he
began to tamper with brilliant free thi k.
ing. Modern theories of the soul threw over
him their Establishments Skepticism was
the Delilah that shore his locks off, and all
the Phllistines of doubt and darkness and
despair were upon him. He died in very
prison of unbelief, his eyes out
Far back in the country dlstricts-just
where purposely omit to say-there was
born one whose fame will last as long as
American institutions. His name was the
terror OF all enemies Of free government.
He stood, the admired Of millions; the ma
ton unee'vred in his presencs and when ne
sp Ike senate sat breathless u der the spell.
The plottea against good government
atteusp ed to bind him with green withes
and Weave his looks in web
yet he walked forth from the en-
thrallment, not knowing he had
burst a bond. But from the wine cup there
arose destroying spirit that came forth TO
capture his soul He drank untl his ey
grew dim aud his knees knocked together
and his strength failed. Exhausted with
lifelong dlssipati ms, he went home to die.
Ministers pronounced eloquent eulogiums,
ami poets sung, aud painters sketched, and
sculptoTs chiseled the majestic form into
marble, aud the world wept, but every
whsre ib was known that il was strong
drink that came like tne infamous Delllah,
ami his looks we're h0rn.
From the Island of Corsica there started
fortn a nature charged With unparalleled en-
ergies to make thrones tremule and con-
vulse the earth. Piedmont. Naples,
Bavaria, Germany, Italy, Austria and
England rose up to crush the rising man.
At ohe plunge OF the bayonets Bastiles burst
open. The earth groaned with the ago aies
Of Rivoli, Austerlitz, Saragossa and Eylau.
Five million men slain in his wars.
Crowns were showered at his feet, and
kingdoms holstsd triumphal arches to let
him pass under, and Europe was ligh ed up
at the co lfagration of consuming cities.
He could almost have made a causeway of
human bones between Lisbon and Moscow.
No power short of omnipotent God could
human bl lod there arose spirit in which
the conqueror found more than match.
The very ambition that had rocked the
world was now to be his destroyer 1t
grasped for too much, and in its effort
lost all. He reached up after the scepter of
Universal dominion. but slipped and fell
back into desolation and Punishment. The
American ship, damaged Of the storm, to-
day puts up in st. Hele ia and the crew go
A. - h.
expired In loneliness and disgrace, the
mightiest Of all Sansons shorn Of his locks
by ambition, that most merciless of all
Delilahs.
/ have not time to enumerate. Evil asso-
Citations, sudden successes, spendthrift
habits, misery proclivities and dissipation
are the names of some Of the shears with
which men are every day made powerless.
They have strewn the earth with the car
cases Of giants and filled the great prison
house with destroyed Samsons, VINO sit
grinding the mills of despair, their locks
shorn and their eyes out. Ii parents only
knew to what temptations their children
were subjected they would be more earnest
in their PRAYERS and more careful about
their example. No young man escapes hav-
ing the athway Of sin pictured in bright
colors before him.
The first time / ever saw a city-it was
the city of Philadelphia was a mere lad.
| stopped at a hotel, and remember in the
eventlde a corrupt man pile me with his
Internal art. He saw 1 was green He
wanted TO show me the sights Of tho town.
He painted the path of sin until 1t looked
like emerald; but l was afraid Of him. |
showed back from the Dasilisk. ] made up
nv mind ne was a basilisk. | remember
how he reeied his chair round in front of
me and with a concentrated aud diabOlical
effort attempted to destroy my soul; but
there we're good angels in the air that night
1t was no good resolution on my part, but it
was the all encompasslDg grace Of a good
G. ID tnat delivered me. Bewarel beware
0 young mani
There is a way that seemeth right unto a
man, bat the end thereof is death. If all
the victims Of an impure life in all lands
and ages could be gathered together, they
would make host vaster than that which
Xerxes led across the Hellespont, than
Timour led across India, than William the
Conc leror led across England, than Abou-
Bekr led across Syria; aud if they could be-
stretched out in single file across the con-
tinent, | think the vanguard Of the host
would stand on the beach of the Pacific
while yet the rear guard stood on the beacn
Of the Atlantic.
| say this not because Iexpect to reclaim
any one that has gone astray in this fearful
path, but because want TO utter a warning
for those who still maintain their integrity.
the cases Of reclamation Of those who have
given themselves fully up to an impure life
are 80 few, probably you do not know one