The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-02-17


loom VITA MIN.
But after awhile she ~persuades him
10 tell the truth. lie says: II you
should take q razor or shears and cut
of this long hair. ! should be power
less 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
a skillful way Of manipulating the head
10 this very day that Instead Of waking
up . sleeping man they will put a man
wide awake sound asleep hear the
blades OF the shears grinding against
each other, and ! see the long locks
falling of. The shears or 7 accom-
plishes what green vithes ard new
ropes and house loom could not do.
Suddenly she clAps her hands aud says;
The Philistines be upon thee, sam.
som" He rouses up with a struggle
but his strength Is an gone, He IS in
the hands OF his enemies.
1 hear the groan OF the giant as they
take his eyes out, ard then l see him
staggering on In his blindness, feeling
lis way as he goes on toward GAIA.
The prison door is open, and the giant
IS thrust In. He sits down and puts his
hands on the mill crank, which, with
exhaustlng horizontal motion, goes day
after day. week after week. month aft
er month-work. work, work! The
CONSERVATION Of the world in captivity.
his locks shorn. his eyes punctured,
grinding eorn In GAIA,
First Of all. behold II this giant Of
the text that physical power IS not
always an index of moral power. He
was a huge man-the lion found II out,
and the 5000 men whom he slew found
IL out; yet he was the subject OF petty
revenges and outgisnted by low pas
sion. I an far from throwing any dis.
credit upon physical stamina There
are those who seem TO have great ad.
mlrstion for deneacy and sickness Of
constitution. / never could see ary
glory 10 weak nerves or sick headache.
Whatever effort in our day Is made tc
make the men and women more robust
should have the favor Of every good
citizen as well as Of every Christian.
Gymnastics may be positively religious
Good people sometimes ascribe to 9
wicked heartwhstthey ought TO sscribs
to . slow liver. The body and the.soul
are such near neighbors that they otter
catch each others diseases. Those who
saw a sick day and who, like Her
eules, show the giant In the cradle,
have more to answer for than those
who are the subjects OF lifelong inirm'
tiles.
How often II is that you do not find
physical energy indicative Of spiritual
powerl II a clear head Is worth more
than one dizzy with perpetual vertigo
II muscles with the play Of health In
them are worth more than those drawn
up In chronic "rheumsties," II IN eye
quick to catch passing objects is better
than one with vision DIN and uncertain
then God will require OF US efficiency
Just In proportion 10 what He has giver
US. Physical energy ought to be q
type Of moral power. We ought to have
as good digestion Of truth as we have
capacity TO assimilate food. Our spir
itual hearing ought to be as good a
our physical hearing. Our spiritua
taste ought to be as clear as our tongue
ssmsons in body, we ought TO be gianti
in moral power.
II Is q most shameful fact that mucl
Of the business OF the church and Of TIL
world must be done by those compare
lively invalid. Richard Baxter, by rea
son Of his diseases, all his days sittinI
in the door Of his tomb, yet wrltinI
more than 100 volumes and sending gu
an influence for God that will endurr
AIlong asthe Saints Everlasting Rest.
Edward Psyson, never knowing a vel
day, yet how he preached and how h
wrote, helping thousands Of dyinI
souls like himself to swim In the see o
glory. And Robert McCheyne, a walk