Milford chronicle., 1895-03-01
The Brave Benaiah.


Benaiah is all alert and comes cautiously
on toward the hiding place of this terror
Of the fields. Coming to the verge of the
pit, he looks down at the lion, and the lion
Iooks nm at him. What a moment it was
when their eyes olashedl But, while
modern Du Chaillu, Gordon Cumming OF
Sir Samuel Baker or David Livingstone
would have Just brought the gun to the
shoulder and held the eye against the bar
rel and blazed away into the depths and
finished the beast, Benaiah, with only the
old time weapon, can do nothing until he
gets on level with the beast, and SO ne
iumps into the pit, and the lion, with
shining teeth Of rage and claws llfted 70
tear to shreds the last vestige Of human
life, springs for the man, while Benaiah
spripes for the beast. But the quick
stroke of the steel edge flashed again ana
again and again until the snd ,was no
longer white, and the right fooN OF tri-
umphant Benaiah is half covered dth the
tawny name of the slain horror OF Fales-
tine
Now YOU see how emphatic and tragic
and tremendous are the words of my text,
,.He went down and slew a lion in pit
In a snowy day. y Why put that in the
ElIUIHT why NuN ~ NNNA1IrAA N-~
once In the book Of Samuel and herein
tbe book of Chroniolesi Oh, the practical
lessons are so many for you and for mel
What a cheer in this subject for all those
of Won who are in conjunction of hostile
circumstances. Three things were against
Benaiah Of my text in the moment Of com
hat-the snow that impeded his move
ment the Dit that environed him in a
small space and the lion, with open jaws
and untitled paw And yet hear the
shout Of Benaiah's victory. o men and
women Of three troublesi You say,
could stand one, and think could stand
two. but three are at least one too many.
There is a man in business perplexity and
who has sickness in his family and old age
Is coming on. Three troubles lion, a
Dit and snowy day. There is good wom-
an with falling health and a dissipated
husband and wayward boy-three trou-
blesl There is a young man, salary cut
down, bad cough frOwning future-three
troublesl There is maiden with difficult
school lessons she cannot get, face that j
not as attractive as some Of her school
mates. a prospect that through hard times
| she must quit school before she graduates
three troublesl There is an author, his
manuscript rejected, his power Of origina
tion in decadence, a numbness In forenn
ger and thumb which threatens paralysis
three troublesi There is a reporter o.
fine taste sent to report a apugilism instead
Of an oratorio, the copy he hands in reject
cd because the paper IS full, mother e
support on small income-three troublesl
Our Common Lot.
could march right off these seats ans
across this platform, If they would CONT
at my call, 500 people with three troubles
This Is the opportunity to play the hero o
the heroine, not on a small stage with
few hundred people to clap their approval
but with all the galleries OF heaven file
with sympathetic and applauding specta
tors. for we are surrounded by erea
aloud Of witnesses My brother, my sis
ter. my father, my mother, what chanc
YOU havel While you are in the struggle
ii you only have the grace OF Christ to jas
ten. voice parts the heavens, saying
4.Afy grace is sufficient for thee = s Whor
the Lord loveth be chasteneth." o
shall be more than conquerors." An
that reminds me Of a letter on my tahl
written by some one whom suppose to 3
At this moment present, saying; nv deal