Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-25

,.,,-rhc Lion OF "ere"
=, ',''' ,IaaDor of Heaven. ~,
~
:, yOEr, Fob aa.-continuoa winter
NJ" IN "a have no effect In diminish
r'i p. , r,cst audiences that gather every
" " Il md around the Academy Of
statu Today tho crowds were as large
fan nd Tic spacious Academy was
y M ,.a,n nit to domo long before tho
isisn ' loan DR.. Trlmago took for his
d r,.,, IA snowy Day" tho text selected
NV. / Chronicles Il, ea, "Ho went down
w .,'v lion in n pit In snowy day."
'a ~, ,op ever heard Of hiini His hume
n' r,,ainh. Ho was u man of stout
~ md OF great ayoirdupois. His IA
ru' n hero, and he inherited prcwoss.
~ ". .tbletic, and there was iron in his
" nd The strongest bono In his body
Y. h,rsbone. He Is known for other
,as,s besides that OF the text. An Egyp-
A.. euhIts In stature, or about feet
..s,s MN. was moving around in brag-
,..io Ind lourishlng great spear,
IN, as TO whom he killed, and Be-
.Nofmy text, with nothing but walk
.,iet oanle upon him, snatohcd the
!, nom the Egyptian, and with one
n, Of It's sharp edge put an end to the
.,sot bully, which makes us think OF
,.,oy in our Greek lesson, too hard for
N No smarter hoy on the Same bench
sot helped us out with it, In which
..,sps tho Macedonian and DioXippus
albanian fought in tho presence Of
.rnder the Macedonian armed with
ma and sword and javolln, and tho
|e,pian with nothing but u club Tho
,.doplan hurled the jayolin, Int the
Aenian successfully lodged It, and tho
,sdonlan lifted tho spear, but tho
stnlAp with the club broke It, and tho
,Ydcnisn drew the sword, hut tho
/ apnian trlpped him up before hu could
risvlth 1t, and then tho Athonian with
4 ;lub would have beaten the lifo out OF
Macedonian, fallen among his useless
apons ifAlexandor had not command
"stop stop'
Dot Benalnh OF the text ia about TO do
ushlng that will eclipse even that.
M Is trouble in all the neighborhood.
,rbs afo carried of In tho night, mud
lrn yenturing only little way from
III fathers house are found manglod
dead. The fact is, the land was in
I'D with lions. md few people dared
n. one Of these grizzly BEASTS, much loss
-as1 Or attack 10, AS a good Providence
nd haveit. ono morning footstep Of a
vas tracked in the snow II had been
II Gu its dovduring orrand through tho
iints but at last It Is found by tho i'm
asiou Of the four paws on the white sur
d d the ground, which way the wild
ut camo and which way II had gone.
tloas Undertaking, but Bcnainh, tho
nOithe text, arms himself with such
NponsHs those carly days afforded, gun
rdH having been invented in far sub
sasat century by the German monk,
.asoldus schwarz, Therefore, without
nar any kind Of firearms, Benniah of
tIt no doubt depended Oh tho sharp
d edgc for his own defonso and the
rgAter OF the lion us he followed the
ast through the snow, 1t may hGyo been
NillDi IL may have been only knife,
lvhat Benaiuh lacks in weapon he will
lsup In strength Of arm and skill Of
bite But whore Is the lionY We must
sgt Of his track in the snow. The
\ has many olstorns, or pits, for CATCH
snln, tho rainfall being worry scarce at
rain seasons, and hence these cieterns
Marcirsnro dlgged hero and there and
isf LIONS have an instinct which
'1sto tell them when thoy arc pursued,
iihis dread monster Of which I speals
aais into enc Of these oistorns which
sftned to be free Of water, and Is there
wing from tho long run and licking It's
Hntef repast Of human flesh and aft
SlaMng the red vintage Of human
The Bravo Bonainh.
saiiah lsnll nlcrt and comes cautiously
hSafd the hiding place of this terror
% itldS Coming to the verge of the
hlooks down at tho lion, and the lion
ivy at him. What moment It was
- lteir eyes Clashod Bat, whilo
'er Dn Cballlu, Gordon Cumming or
samuel Bakor or David Livingstone
w have Just brought tho gun to the
su,i and held the eye against tho bar
ina blazod away into tho depths and
aa'a ibe beast Bonniah, with only tho
.une weapon, can dc nothing until he
aena level with tho beast, and so he
" INTO tho pit, and the lion, with
.,ls teeth OF rago and claws lifted to
pshfcds the last vestge Of human
apings Tor tho man, while Benaiah
~ ior tho beast. But tho quick
~ q mo steel edge flashed again and
= anu again until the snow was no
~ Nnlte and the right foot Of trl-
,aan' bonnlah Is half covered with tho
~ name OF the slain horror OF Pales-
Ivy you see how emphatic md tragic
Tremendous are tho words OF my text.
.sa' down and slow lion in pit
,aVwy day" Why put that in the
mny put 1t twice in tho Bible
~ ue book Of Samuel and hero IN
~ VI Chroniclesi Oh, tho practical
" a,o 60 many for you and for mel
u, eaeer In this subject for all those
s ~ VINO aro In conjunction OF hostile
ssIs l'asees' Throo things wero against
49, my to1t in the moment Of com
4, ~ snow that impoded his move
I n mo pit that envlroned him In q
4 r,i,,. and tho lion, with open jaws
4, ,ii,ea paw. And yet 1 hear tho
IN IN peAaiah S victory o mon md
u Three troublesl You say, II
n ~ ,,aa 10 one and think could stand
iss -; ,e ara at least ono too many"
" N, .,ai man In business rerploxlty and
em,n s.,Ahess in his family and old age
i,Ss ns on Three troubles-a lion, n
nm ,9MNg day. There is rood wom-
|.ssI,sal,ins health and dlssipatod
2af Ttau 2 hayward boy-thrco trou-
IA III e IS ayoung man, salary cut
aissi cough, trownlng future-three
i,el mere lisa maiden with difficult
4 ~. she cannot get, faco that is
NJ, aslae as some Of her school