Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-18

heel.
There no stands, looming up above
other men, mountain of flesh, his arms
punched with muscle that can lift the
cato of city, taking an attitude defiant
of everything. His hair had never been
cut, and it rolled down i'll seven great
plaits over his shoulders, adding to his
bulk fierceness and terror. The Philis-
tines want to conquer him, and there
fore they must find out where the secret
of his strength lies.
The Treacherous Dcliiah.
There is dissolute woman living in
tho valley of Sorek Of the name of De-
lilah. They appoint her the agent in the
case. The Philistines are secreted in the
same building, and then Delilah goes to
work and coaxes Samson to tell what Is
the secret of his strength. "Well, he
says, eff you should take seven green
withes, such as they fasten wild beasts
with, and put them around me should
be perfectly powerless. (" So she binds
him with the seven green withes. Then
she claps her hands and says, They
come-the Philistinesl' And he walks
out as though they were no impeachment.
She coaxes him again and says, Nov
tell me the secret Of this great strength. "
And he replies, "If you should take
some ropes that have never been used
and tie mo with them, should be just
like other men," She ties him with the
ropes, claps her hands and shouts,
"They como - the Philistines" He
walks out as easily as he did before
not single obstruction. She coaxes
him again, and he says, "Now, if you
should take these seven long plaits OF
hair and by this house loom weave them
into web, could not get away. :" So
the house loom is rolled up, and the
shuttle flies backward and forward, and
the long plaits of hair are woven into a
web. Then she claps her hands and says,
"They come - the Philistines" He
walks out as easily as he did before,
dragging part Of the loom with him.
But after awhile she persuaded him
to tell the truth. He says, IF you
should take razor or shears and cut off
this long hair, I should be powerless and
in the hands of my enemies. - Samson
sleeps, and that she may not wake him
up during the process Of shearing help
is called in. You know that the BARRIERS
of the east have such skillful way OF
manipulating the head to this very day
that instead of waking up sleeping
man they will put man wide awake
sound asleep. I hear the blades CT the
shears grinding against each other, and
I SEQ the long locks falling off. The
shears or razor accomplishes what green
withes and new ropes and house loom
could not do. Suddenly she claps her
hands and says, 1.-The Philistines be
upon thee, samsonl" He rouses up with
struggle, but his strength is all gone.
He is in the hands of his enemies.
OutGiantel by Low Passion.
hear the groan of the giant as they
take his eyes ont, and then | see him
staggering on in his blindness, feeling
his way as he goes on toward GAIA.
The prison door is open, and the giant
is thrust in. He sits down and puts his
hand on the mill crank which, with
exhausting horizontal motion, goes day
after day, week after week, month after
month-work, work, work. The con-
sternation of the world in captivity, his
locks shorn, his eyes punctured, grind
ing corn in GAIA.
First Of all behold i'll this giant OF
the text that physical power is not al
ways an index Of moral power He was
huge man The lion found it out, and
the 8, 1000 men whom he slew found 1t
out, vet he was the subject OF petty re-
venges and cutgianted by low passion.
I am far from throwing any discredlt
upon physical stamina. There are those
who seem to have great admiration Tor
delicacy and sickness OF constitution
| never could see any glory Ill weak
nerves or sick headache. Whatever ef-
fort in our day is made to make the
men and women mere robust sho'lld
have the favor of every good citizen as
well as of every Christian. Gymnastics
may be positively religious
Good people sometimes ascribe to 8
wicked heart what they ought to as
cribe to slow liver. The body and the
soul are such near neighbors that they
often catch each ether diseases. Those
who never saw sick day, and who
like Hercules, show the giant in the
cradle, have more to answer for than
those who are the subjects OF Lifelong
infirmities. He who can lift twice as
much as you can and walk twice as far
and work twice as long will have q
double account to meet in the Judgment.
How often is it that you do not ind
physical energy indicative OF spiritual
mower! If clear head is worth more
H., oro dig1v with nerpetual vertigo,