The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-02-28
|6R. TALMAGES SERMON.
BENAIAH'S TRIUMPH.
Sword OF the Spirit is the Weapon to
Combat Difficulties.


n A snowy day. II Chronicles xi., %.
r,xo vou ever heard Of him7 His name
penaiah. He was man OF stout muscle
n great avoirdupois. His father was
and he inherited prowess. He was
,,;c. and there was Iron In his blood.
,se strongest bone In his body was back
He Is known for other wonders be-
mat OF the text. An Egyptian five
4. In stature, or about seven feet nine
,s hiQh, was moving around in bragga-
and nourishlug great spear. careless
whom he killed. and Banaiah OF my text.
ncthing but wM.'ine stick. came upon
s,otched the spepu from the Egyptian.
rith one thrust OF its sharp edge put IN
~ The blatant bully. which makes US
~ the story In our Greek lesson. too
fo- us II the smarter boy on the same
rad II helped us out with IL, in which
,,;us the Macedonian and Dloxippus the
alan fought in the pre- 3onca OF Alcxan-
No Macedonian armed with shield aud
!, and laveln and the Athenian with
iny Int a club. The Macedonian hurled
,syelin. but the Athcnian successfully
IA n. and thu Ma redonian lifted the
Int the Atheninn with the club broke
The Macedonian drew the sword. but
y shsnian trippei him up before he could
:, Win II. and then the Athonian with hls
rould have beaten the life out Of the
n lonisn. fallen among his useless
pas. II Alexander had not commanded,
ar- Stop
p,naiah OF tho text is about 10 do
i, Ming that will eclipse even that. There
nina in all the neighborhood. Lambs
n rrIea OF In the night, and children ven-
IA only little way from their father
are found mangled and dead. The
tho land was infested with lions, and
,nle dared meet one OF these grizzly
much less corner or attack 1t. AS II
d Providence would have IL, one morning
10 /, ltep Of a lion was tracked in the snow.
zei been out ON its devouring errand
AZ IN the darkness, but at last II Is found
8 "a Impression OF the four paws on the
!; Iuriacc Of the ground which way the
/ 81 kast came and which way II had gone.
Nm, undertaking, but Benaiah. the hero
lart1 fext, arms himself with such weapons
yea, se early days afforded, gunpowdor
lie been invented In far subsequent
BY the German monk Bertholdus
Therefore without gun or any
firearms. Benaiah of the text no
= enended on the sharp steel edge for
D rs- defense and the slaughter Of the
a borl he followed the track through tho
,tioh. Il may have been iavelin; II may
q ID en- only knife. But what Banaiah
yeln weapons he will make up in strength
inl anil skill OF stroke. But whore is
e ans }. We must not got off his track
h.Id L snow. Tho land has many
or pits. for catching rain. the
teinc very scarce az certain seasons,
GO these clsterns, or reservoirs. are
here and therc and yonder. Lions
units instinct which seems to tell them
gesI @ ey arc pursued. and this dread mon
Tue 81 which ] speak retreats into one oi
years terms which happened to be free oi
cd l5Y d L. there painting from the long run
ioEe. ng its Jaws after repast of human
after quafllng the red vintage oi
lool.
n is all alert and comes cautiously
Knn j the hiding place OF this terror OF
or hga Coming 10 the verge OF the pit, hC
Monig wn at the lion, and the lion look:
'ayeyeS i'm. What moment II was wher
ty, al clashedl But while modern Dr
v Of y Gordon Cumming or Sir Samue
David Livingstone would have
.,, ght the gun to tho shoulder, ant
ss@ S,, ~ r eye against me barrel. anc
~, Fay into the depths, and finished
va. ~ Benaiah, with only the ole
az pom, can do nothing until h.
III "" level with the beast
jumps into the pit. and the lion
zeners ng teeth Ct rage and claws lifted tC
,ke cong feis the last vestlge Of human life
8 cents pr the man, while Benaiah spring
In the u vt. But the quick stroke OF tn,
gone 70 flashed again and again and agair
pow was no longer white and tn,
Of triumphant Denaiah is hal
iursla! n the tawEy mane Of the slaii
yho rovN Palestine.
his hea SEQ how emphatic and traGi
y ina! w nl0us are the words OF my text
ali are y lovn md slew lion in n nit in I,
f. Why put that In the Bible
IN, orov1 twice in the Bible, once in tn,
~, wbs lnuel and here in the book o
y, i,ss Oh. the practical lessons are 81
pa and for me! What a cheer IL
for all those OF you who are il
ounty, ! Of ostile'circumstances --.Thre
harge Oh y against Benaiah OF my tex
wynn % eat Of combat, the snow that i'm
oyement, the pit that environe,
- o,r. all space, and the lion. with opei
,Myin M I'm ~ M lifted paw. And yet hear tn
sun, ~" eaalah's victory. Oh, man an,
it'o'N $50 nee troubles, you say, II coult
nl think could stand two
south 81 eTe least ono too many"
nnty. dez man In business perplexity anC
mad one ness In his family, and old az
'nutnted Three troubles--a lion, q pi
day. There is good womal
norelahl health and dissipated HUSBAND
;alid' Iu'- mi boy-three troubles. Their
or hushAl- man, salary cut down, ba,
ataliy buzz win. iuture--three troubles
+, ~, forns maiden with difficult schoo
:. d,essin: annot get. face that is nc
10 'nsi..hb AZ some Of her schoolmates',
" through hard times she mus
Michael % lore she graduates-three trou
led. His % an author, his manuscript rc
Shile maL Ter Of origination In decadence
iure0Qger pnl thumb whic
e,,.,,on,, llysis-three troubles. Their
onena S,en, or ins taste sent 10 report
ken ''N' al OF an oratorio. the cop
rejected because the pape
Iil City, ner 'lher - support on sma'
se her !oys troubles. l could marc
seas and across this platform
l.. como nj my call, 800 peopl
oye in ht ''.es. This IL the opportunit
the macuH no or the heroine, not on
I'D few hundred people {
oshso. al oyal. but with all the Rallerie
y t'',nJnd ,,Jd Ma with sympathetic and az
ou"N -l)r, for we are ''surrounde
pd Of Witnesses" Ny brothe,
. 2.ycar.old lather, my mother, what
TO death .! 'e' While you are in tn
yu only have the grace c
-.,s,, zen, voice parts In
J. ater sv'J 2 My grace Is sulllcien
ions Mon'"' m the Lord loveth He chasi
!. aube more than conquerors.
,i,abIe for ~ Is me OF a letter on my tabl
haan found d one whom l suppose 70 be a
sent, saying, my dear, dea
please pardon the writer 60
killed py ohe time when you feel lik
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