El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-02
Rev. H. w. Moore.

Last night the pastor of the Presby-
terian church, Rev. 81. w. Moore,
preached from the text, "And Samp-
son knew not that the Lord WAS depart
ed from him." Part of the sermon ia
as follows:
Sampson was wonderful boy, still
wonderful man. He was a Nazarite.
He promised to abstain from wine,
Nc yer to touch dead body, never to
cut his hair or beard, and in obedience
to his VOW God was 10 give him won
derful power. He was marked man.
He was no. an admirable character in
all things for he had many of the vices
of his age. God raised HIM up de-
stroy the Philistines. His caracter
was admirable in this: His obedience
to God keeping his vow. AS long as
he was true to God he WAS inviucible.
His strength was remarkable. He
slew a on tn at leaped at him from q
roadside vineyard, as easily as he could
slay kid. He struck terror to the
hearts OF thirty Philistines and slew
them to a man. He was T ersecuted by
81 20 Philistines but as soon as he
heard their ju bilant shouts, he, with
hundreds. He carried of the Gates of
GOA tho of heavy brass, and left them
on the mountain side. Strength who
does rot admire it-moral strength
how truly or great. A boy comes to the
city He attends church, reads his
bible, he prays. He is from a godiy
home. He refuses Ito see the town. !"
He refuses to gamble or drink of the
frothing ring or go to operas OF dressed
up vice. He Is Sampson. Splendid
strength!
Now comes the second scene in
Simpsons life. It is oce of the sad
dest scenes of bible story. I want t.
show the eagle which SCARED so grand
ly yesterday toward the setting sun
now lying in the mud stung to the
heart by serpent he carried in his
talons. l want to show you the lark
which scared so sweetly yesterday
whirling 10 the air today lying in the
brushwood with q broken wing
Sampson is that eagle, that lark. He
fell in the house of the harlOt Del1lah
He revealed to her the secret of his
strength; thus mighty Sampson became
weak as q woman. His eyes we're put
out when captured by the Phillstines.
He was put al prison labor grinding at
a mill. How humiliating! "He wi b
not that his strength had departed
from him." Do you use profane Ian
guaee? 1t is q leak in your manhood.
wears out mans f4e. sentiment ano
takes all the temper out of ones hon
or? Can g. man take sponge and
sweep out of his heavens his reverence
for God and respect for the feelings OF
9th RS and still be the man he was be-
fore Profanity is leak in manhood.
Do you read bad books thinking they
will not hurt you. You cant touch
pitch without getting pitch on you.
marring his purity; dulling his sen.
sioility lowering the tone of his resist
ing power. A familiarity with bad
men, vulgar courses, obscene wit ID
leak in true manhood. Do you atte d
OPERAS whose central element reeks l.
lust and base passions. l. is leak IL
your manhood or womanhood. wee
and lust dressed up in silks, surrounded
with exquisite airs and me- dies is no
less an sbomination. Ten thousands
young men and women lie in their
graves in the grass tonight because
such theatrical shows stabbed their
modesty and sent them to ruin. Do
you gamble or go to the harlOt's home
If you do 1 wave you farewell. Like
Sampson you are losing your strength.
Young man, split hulks and ten thou
saud dead strew that sea beach. A
| leak in manhood! Awake before 20"
are in the bands of the Philistines!
The last pic ure in Sampson 8 life is
grand aud sad. He repented. God
gave him bis old time power. His hair
began to grow. Twas q high day in
GAIA. The feast is on in the temple OF
the heather God Dagon. Three thou
sand are there. Sampson is called in
amid shouts and insults. Blind Samp
son, led by a lad, feels far the temple
pillars. he prays He bends his body
in wonderful powder till be pulls dowr
the temple and 5000 OF the enemy liz
dead or dying. Yes, you can return te
God for pardon but you still have blint
ewes. You cannot live life of vic
and reap the rewards of virtue. Awake
young man before you are in the hand
of the enemy. Stop those leaks II
to Christ. Here is the secret OF yOl
strength. Treat not frivolously what