San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-11-24
LESSON 2.

SUAiOuHO uliusoIL according 10 IN
ancient custom, with strong wall.
and in the construction use sub
stantial material, he would be
fort not easily taken by the enemy
Of these cities ancient Troy in til,
southern part of Asia Minor oppo
site northern Greece will serve
our purpose best. One Priam be.
came ruler of Troy. His first ac,
was that of a father of a great
family. By his just manner of ru-
ling and the fair and impartial
care he took of all his people, he
won their respect and love. His
rules and laws brought all the in
habitants into closer bonds of
friendship and love. He succeed
ed in Strengthening the fortifca-
tons and in enriching the city. 1t
was truly a great and happy fami-
ly presided over by kind father.
The inhabitants were taught to
dwell together in the strong bonds
of friendship and love. But IN
fortunately for that large, pros
porous and happy city, as is too
often the case the world over,
Priam had a son, called Paris,
whose unruly passions, not sufi-
GENTLY restrained by a too indul-
dulgent father, provoked bloody
struggle that led to the
ruin of the whole nation. Through
the actions of this unruIy son, the
peace and happiness of the whole
Trojan family was disturbed, and
the proud city of Troy was demol-
ished. This Paris went down in
to Greece and was royalty enter
tanned by Menelaus, king of Spar
ia. When he left he took with
him, the wife of Menelaus, the
famous Helen. Priam, the over
indulgent father, refused to make
due reparaticn to the injured mon
arch, whereupon all Greece flew to
arms and laid seige to Troy. 1t
would have been hard thing for
father to have done, but had he
delivered his lnruly son, Paris,
his stolen wife, over into the hands
of the offended Greeks, they the
guilty ones would have suffered
the consequence of their own guilt,
the innocent, peace abiding citi-
zen would have been spared the
avenging hands of the offended
Greeks, the war would have been
averted and Troy would have been
saved. But of it was through the
actions of this one member the
happiness and peace of the Trojan
family was wrecked and the doom
of Troy was sealed. Again, Troy
was so we'll fortified that an en-
trance was almost impossible. The
Greeks spent ten years in equip
ping their army. They layed
seige to the city ten years more,
and yet Troy stood firm. but at
last when the Greeks had almost
given up the task of open warfare
a stratagem was resorted to. A
huge wooden horse was built as a
token of peace. The main body of
the Greeks withdrew from the bat
tie field. This horse was so large
that to get him within the walls of
Troy it was necessary to demolish
a part of the Notifications. As
the horse was intended as a token
of peace offered by the Greecians,
it was decided to demolish a part
of the walls and move the horse
into the heart of the civ. But no
sooner was the horse within the
walls than an army of soldiers
sprang out of him, and ere the
Trojans were aware, by swords
they persisted and by fire Troy
was reduced to ashes. So long as
Troy depended upon the valor of
her men and upon her strong for
she was safe. In the
lessons of life does this not fur
nish good food for thought. So
long as a man who has built his
character upon a firm foundation,
and surrounded himself with the
Notifications to resist
the battles of life, depends upon
these he is safe, but when he lays
these down, and steps from off his
firm foundation to listen to the
sweet seducing words of known
enemy, under the guise of friend
ship then the danger begins. The
of man are the world, the
flesh and the devil, and when these
cannot take man by open warfare
no stratauem ia too mem to he re.