The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-16

profession. Goliath
mountain OF brag-
Eadoeio; David n marvel OF humility.
Goliath armed with an iron spear. Da-
VIA armed with a sling with smooth
hionea from the brook. Hut you are
not to despise these latter weapons
mere was a regiment OF singers In
the Assyrian army and a regiment OF
singers In the Egyptian army. and
'hey made terrible execution, and they
could cast stone with as much ac-
euracy and force as now can be sent
with shot or she'll The Greeks In their
army had singers who would throw
leaden plummotH inscribed with the ir-
iitaung words. Take thisr so Il was
a mighty weapon David employed IN
that famous combat. a Jewish rabbi
says that the probability Is that Co
hath was In such contempt for David
that In paroxysm Of laughter he
threw his head back and his helmet
Tell on. and David saw the uncovered
forehead. and his opportunity had
come, and taking this sling and swing
INK Il around his head two or three
Tines. and aiming Il a. that uncovered
forehead. crashed u In like an egg.
she'll The battle over. behold the tab
leau' King Saul sitting. little David
standing. HIS fingers clutched into the
hair Of tho dccapltatod Goliath. As
Saul sees David standing there holding
In his hand tIc CHASTITY. reekinF. star
mr. trophy. evidence ~ the complete
victory over Gods enemies. the Hing
wonders what parentafe was honorcd
by such herolsm. aud IN my text he
asks David his pedigree. "Whoso son
art thou, thou young man." The king
saw what you and see. that this cues.
ton Of heredliy a. a mighty question.
The longer live the more ] believe ln
blood good blood bad blood. proud
blood, humble blood. honest blood.
thiovlng blood. heroic blood. coWardly
blood. The tendency may skip a gem
Grafton or two. but Il is sure 20 come
out. as In a little child you sometimes
see similarity to a groat-grandfather
whose picture hangs on the wall That
the physical mental and moral quail
ties are inherited Is patent TO any one
who keeps his eyes open. The slmi-
lahty Is ~ striking sometimes as 20 Dc
amusing. Great families. regal or lil-
erary. are apt 10 have the characteris-
ties all down through the generations.
and what a. more porceptible In sucl
families may b. seen on a smaller scale
In all families 4 thousand years have
no power Go ohllteratc the difference.
The large lip OF the House Of Austria
Il seen In all the generations. and 81
called the llapsburg lip. The HOUSE
o. Stuart always means IN an gcnor-
ations cruelty and bigotry and aensu-
aliiy: Witness Queen Of Scots Wit.
ness Charles l. and Charles 49, wiz.
ness James I. and James A.. and all
the other scoundrels Of that line. Scot.
tish blood means persistence. English
blood means reverence Tor the ancient
Welsh blood means rcliglosity. Danish
blood means fondnoss Tor the sea. In,
dian blood means roaming disposition
Celtic blood means fer,idi,y. Roman
blood means conquest. Tie Jewish IA.
elllly Tor accumulation you may trac,
clear back 20 Abraham. OF whom a,
Bible says he was rich IN silver ant
gold and cattle" and to Isaac and Il
cob. who had the same characteristics
Some families are characterized by Ion
gently. aud they have tcnacity Of no,
positively Methusohsh Others arr
characterized by Goliathlan stature
and you can see II Tor one generation
two generations. Ave generations. In al
the generations Vigorous theology
runs down IN the line Of the Aloxan
ders Tragedy runs on In the family o
the Kemhles. Literature runs on In IN
line OF the Trollopes Philanthropy.
sruns on IN the line OF the Wilberforccs
StaiCsmanship runs on In the line o
the Adamsos You see these peculiari
ties In all generations Henry an
Catharino OF Navarro religious. all thcl
families religious. The celebrate
family Of the Cnsslnl. all mathomatl
clans. The celebrated family cf the NJ,
dict. grandfather. son and Catharln,
all remarkable for keen intellect. Tn
celebrated family Of Gustayo Adolphul
an warriors. This law OF hcrcdit
asserts itself without reference 20 10
cial or political condition. Tor yo
sometimes find the ignoblo In hig
place and the honorable In obscur
place. A descendant OF Edward :.
toll-gatherer. a descendant Of EdWar
III n door-kcepOr A descendant OF th
Duke OF Northumberland. TRUNK
maker Some Of the mlghticst famlliC
OF England are extinct. while som
OF those most honored In the pcenr
30 back to an ancestry Of hard knuckl,
and rough exterior This law OF her,
dlty Is entirely independent OF eoci.
or political conditions. Then YOU On
avarico and jealousy and sonsuallt
and fraud having full swing In son
families The violent temper OF Ere,
erlck William Is the inheritance
Frederick the Great II Is not theoi
founded by worldly philosophy, but I
- divine authority. DO you not rememb'
how the Bible speaks OF chosen gei
Grafton, OF the generation OF the RICH
eous. Of the generation Of ylpors, Of q
untoward generation. Of a stubborn Gel
Grafton, OF the iniquity OF the father
visited upon the children unto q
third and fourth generatlong SO IN
the text comes today with the force
nrojectile hurled from miFhtiest ca
apult. "whosc son art thou. thou your
man?" Wen. says some one, "th
theory. discharges me from all respo
sihlllty. Born OF sanetlncd parents, ,
are bound 20 be good. and we cam
help ourselves. Born Of unrighteo
parentago. we are bound 10 be CIV
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