Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-03

characters in ancient jewish history.
man who. like many others who achier-
ed distinction. came from The sturdy
rural c.asses-tle auiculwlsts. The
subject of tbs sermon was. 'Shamsar.s
OX-goad. the text be.us "Atter him
WAS Shamear which slew of the Phii.s-
tines six hundred men with am oN-
soad' Judges 3.3I
One day while shamgar the farmer
was blowing with a yoke OF oxen, his
command :, whoa-hav-see was chang
el 10 the 6hout OF BATTLE Phiustines
always ready TO make trouble. march
mp with sword and spear Saamgar
the DIowman had mo- sword and would
not probably have known how 90 WELD
DO Dr. he had possessed 0ne hut l-l- ne
must or go down under the stroke OF
the PhilistIucs. Pie haj am oN-soad-
q weapon used tO urge ON the lazy
team, @ weapon about eight feet l0ns
with q sharp iron a- one end to pune
turs the BEAST and % wide iron chlsei
on shovel at the other end with which
90 scrape the clumps OFF soil from the
p.oWsharc Ncr Wi.l Che iron prong al
one emu OF l'e oA-S2.o '"' ,-' '-
S.i"P,i dl l-e ol.oI il was "
"1o pom ae one "oliN U.7.'o -o us"
D@ttlt "l,l diiAOl -I.'r..-
BUT GOD HELPED
the farmer and leaving the oxen TO
l3ol. after themselves re CHARGED upon
the invaders of Ills homestead some
of the commentaries fo make it easier
for Shamesr SUGGEST fh.t perhaps me
led regiment 1f farmers into the COM
bat. his ov-eo.I onN one of mauy oX-
goads Bun tfe Lord does not need amy
of Won fo h.In in u4Efre Inc Scrip
frrss and crlm.ar v.i-b rre Lord on
bf. .i1s ,-e r.f...ti.- tr.r six bur-
dra3 philf.r.rls ,...b trs .rrd against
-han rrs l.I.re o,.r.1 Shqmga-
with MUSCLE. .--.1. .-...I DIV. r1.n air.
and nlovmar's. ani reapers. and
thresher.s -ol. uses tle ouiy weapon at
hand aDJ ue swings tle oN-soe1 up
and down. and this way and that now
sahDlug with the iron prong at One end
OF iJ and MOI" thristlnE win Jho IRON
scrapar ar the othor and now bringing
down the whole Wc-lt OF me lus-ru-
meD upon the heads OF The enemy.
The PhiIatues are i0 % panic and The
supernatural forces come DOB. and o. blow
that would not under other curclm-
stances nave pl'sttal.d ot s..iu' ie--
It's victim ile.tss. until when olams1r
walked over The field. Doe counted one
hundred dead mo hundred dead three
hundred dead Four hundred dead. live
hundred Gead six hundred all The
work done by an oN-goad with ton
prong ot one end anal am iron shove. a1
tle other In. fame of this achieve
ment ey lhis FARMER with m awkward
weapon oil war; spread abroad. and
li0uizeJ him. until me- was ho.stel into
the LiEhest place OIL power. and became
the JbIrd of tho mighty judges OF Israel
So you see chat Cincinn2tus was not tine
0uly man lifted from pillow to throne.
FOR WHAT REASON
500. .t.t. ,,,,re.erl-ts5 s,f rnnaral-
D .rr... Visitors ,f "a. farmers. 1-,-go9d ar,
t.,, .tt. I,hIs tra~e fra-e was mo-
...,,, f., .r. ,,,frnorfar- and
..i,,.I,
az. ,... f,.+ OF ar t, .a,eb vor and
o.. t...r ,.. ami h.. -...r lid r.sr ae.s
.t.. .-I h, -...h au .ss. boz
t,.t f., tr. v.~ ~ Col ami
srelrst Sin ye orch. to put to- the
i--- use the weapon we happen to- haye7
ON hand.
Again. my subject springs upon MS
The thought chat in caIcuIa,ug the
ur1sDecls OF religious attempt We must