The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-01

m" A"N 70 De put IN the bi-
BILE Is the verse, ''In the beginning
God created the heavens and the
earth" or, God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son"
And / select it for my text to-day be-
cause IL is charged with practical and
tremendous meaning. By the people
Of God the Philistines had been con-
quered, with the exception of q few
giants The rscA Of giants is mostly
extinct, | am glad TO say. There is no
use for giants now except to enlarge
the income OF museums But there
were many Of them in olden times.
Goliath was, according to the Bible
IL feet ~ inches high. Or, IL you
doubt this, the famous Pliny declares
that at Crete, by an earthquake, q
monument was broken open, discover
ing the remains Of a giant 80 cubits
long, ar 90 feet high. So, whether you
take sacred or profane history, you
must come TO the conclusion that there
were In those times cases Of human
altitude mons;rous and appalling.
David had smashed the skull OF one
Of these giants, but there were other
giants that the Davidean wars had not
yet subdued, aud one Of them stands
in my text He was not only of Alpine
stature, but had a surplus Of digits
To the ordinary fingers was annexed
An additional finger, and the foot had
slEo o superHuous addendum- He had
"a examinations 70 hands and feet
where Others have 20. II was not the
only instance Of the kind. Tavernir.
the learned writer. says that the EN-
peror Of Java had a son endowed with
the same number Of extremities. Vol
catius, the poet had six fingers OF
each hand. MAupertuis, In his csle
brated letters, speaks Of two familieI
near Berlin similarly equipped Of hanS
and foot All Of which / can believe
for ! have seen two cases Of the SAINT
physical buperabundancs. But thii
giant Of the tsHt is In battle. and a
David. the STRIPPING warrior. had dis
patched the giant tbs nephew o
David Stays this monster Of my text
and there he lies after the battle Il
Gath, q dead giant His stature dit
not saw him, and his superHuous sp
pendices Of hand and foot did not saw,
bim The probability was that in thu
battle his sixth finger on his hant
made him GlEmsy IN the use Of hi
weapon and tho Ei1th toe crippled hi
gait
Behold how superfiuities Gre q hin
; drance rather than a helpl In NJ
the battles at Gath that day there wa
not a man with ordinary hand an,
foot and ordinary stature that was no
better of than this physical curiosit,
Of my text A dwarf on the right sid
is stronger than q giant on the wronI
side, and al the body and mind AM
estate and opportunity that you can
DOT use for God ard the betterment O
the world is a sixth Enger and u Sixt
toe, and a terrible ~hindrapce. Tn
most Of those who win the battles 70
the right are ordinary people. Coun
the fingers Of their right hand, an
they have Just 6ve-no more and n
less One DR.. Dufne among mil
sionaries. bnt 5000 missionaries tina
wouldtell you they bGys Only commo
endowment One Florence KightiI
gale 10 nurse the sick 10 ~conspicioy
places, but 10, 900 women who are ju,
as good nurses, though never heard o
Clear back in the country tO-da
there are mothers in plain apron, al
shoes fashioned on a rough last by
shoemaker at the end OF the Ian
rocking babies that are 10 be the Ma
81 ia Luthers and the Faradays and Il
e EdisoEE and the Bismarcks and Il
h Gladstones and the Washingtons an
Ie the George White fields Of the futur
il The longer ] live the more ! like cor
mon folks They do the worlds wor
bearing the worlds burdens, weeplr