The Penn's Grove record., 1900-02-16
Or. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.

DIVINE.
subjects The Responsibility Of THOSE WIND
Are Well and strong-PRyAical Energy
Not indicative IF Spiritual Power
Fight the Hattles Of the Weak.
toopyright 1901
WASHINGTON, D.C.-In this discourse DR..
Talmage sets forth the resp onslbility OF
those who are strong and we'll, ~ In q
former discourse he preached to the dis.
abled and '.the shut I'M text, Judges XIV,
], And Samson went down to Timnath."
There are two sides to the character OF
Samson. The n phase Of his life, II fol-
lowed into the particulars, would Adminis-
ter to the erotesqte and the mifthf,A, but
with lessons OF SOLEMN and eternal Import.
To these gfavef lessons we devote sui
sermon,
This giant no doubt in early life gave
evidences OF what he was to be. It Is al
most always 80. There were two Napoleons
the boy Napoleon and the man Napoleon
but both alike; two Howards-the boy
Howard and the man Howard-but both
alike; two Samsons-the boy Samson and
tho man Samson-but both alike. This
giant wa no doubt the hero OF the play.
ground, and nothing could stand before
bis exhibition OF youthful pf0wess, At
eighteen years of age he was betrothed to
the daughter OF q Philistine. Going down
toward Timnath, q lion came out upon
him, and, although this young giant was
w~eaponless, he seized the monster BY the
long name and shook him as a hungry
hound shakes q March hare and made his
bones crack and left him by the wayside
bleeding under the shifting OF his fist n
the grinding heft Of his heel.
There he stands, looming up above other
men, a mountain OF flesh, his arms punched
with muscle that can lift the gate OF a city,
taking an attitude defiant Of everything.
His hair had never been cut, and It rolled
down seven great plaits over his shout
ders, adding to his bulk ferceness and ter
ror. The Philistines want to conquer him,
and therefore they must find out where
the secret OF his strength lies.
There Is an evil woman living In the val
ley Of Sorek by the name of Delilah. They
appoint her the agent In the case. The
Philistines are secreted In the same build
ing, and Their Deliiaa goes to work and
his strength. "Well," be says, sif you take
seven green withes such as they fasten
wild beasts with and put them around me
I should be perfectly powerless." SO
b binds him with the seven green withes.
Then she claps her hands and says, ssThey
come-the Philistines!" and he walks out
as though there were no impeachment. She
coaxes him again and says, snow, tell me
the secret of this great strength. And he
replies, "If you should take some p that
have never been used, and tie me with them
I should be just like other men," She ties
him with ropes, claps her hands and shouts.
s'They come-the Philistines!' He walks
out as easily rs he did before--not a single
obstruction. She coaxes him again, and
he says, NOW, II you should take these
seven long platts OF hair and by this house
loom weave them into o web, I could not
get away" So the house loom Is rolled
up, and the shuttle lies backward and for
ward. and the long plata Of hair are woven
into q web. Then she claps her hands and
says, 'They come-the Philistinesl" He
walks out as easily as he did before, drag
ging q part Of the loom with him.
But after awhile she persuades him to
tell the truth. He says, sIf you should
take q razor or shears and cut of this long
hair, I should be powerless and In the
hands of my enemies" Samson sleeps, and
that she may not wake him up dur
ing the process of shearing, help
Is called In. You know that the BARRIERS
oil the East have such q skillful way
OF manipulating the head to this very day
that, instead OF waking up sleeping man,
they will put a man wide awake sound
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grinding against each other, and I see the
long locks falling of. The shears or razor
accomp1ishes what green withes and new
ropes and house loom could not do. Sud-
denly b claps her hands and says. ssThe
Philistines be upon thee, Samsonl" He
rouses up with a struggle, but his strength
is all gone. He is in the hands OF his en-
emies.
I hear the groan Of the giant as they
take his eyes out, and then I see him stag
gering on in his blindness. feeling his way
as he goes on toward GAIA. Tho prison
door Is open, and the giant Is thrust In.
he sits down and puts his hands on the
mill crank, which, with e~xhausting hori-
zontal motion, goes day after day, week
after week, month after month-work.
work, work! The CONSERVATION OF the
world In captivity. his locks shorn, his
eyes punctured, grinding corn In Gazal
First OF all, behold in this giant OF the
text that physical power is not always an
ndex OF moral power. He. was a huge man
the lion found it out and the 5000 men
whom he slew found it out; yet he was the
subject OF petty revenges and outgianted
by low passion. I am Tar from throwing
any discredit upon physical stamina.
There are those who seem to have great
admiration for delicacy and sickness Of
constitution. I never could see any glory
IL weak Nerves OF SICK n6aQaen0. Want.
ever effort in our day is made to make the
and women more robust should have
the favor Of every good Citizen as VOL as
OF every Christian. Gymnastics nav be
positively religious.
Good people sometimes ascribe to a
wicked heart what they ought to ascribe
to a slow liver. The body and soul are
such near n~eighbors that they often catch
each others diseases. Those who never
a sick day and who, like Hercules.
show the giant in the cradle have moro to
for than those who are the sub.
iects Of lifelong inlrmities. 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 iudg-
ment.
How often .it ia that won do not ara
physical energy indicatiye If snir,tnai
powerI Il a-ciear head IL worth mare than
one div viii, narnetnai -vertfco ifn.nsoia.
with the NAV 81 haaifh an them ara wnrtS
than thoae drawn. nn IN chrnr;c
arhenmafics . II an awa cni.k - ootnh
objects IL haffer fhan ona w,th
vision dim and nncerfatn then Hna Mn
reuuire az ns an ciancv inst N nrnro~tsnn
TO what He has given a. phve,cai enaroa
ouoht n he : tvna ~ Amo-o1 nnwar ~
oueht TO have az rood dicastiop =, firth ae
ME- have 20 nac;t -, - .esn1eta ~. tIus1 y
spiritual hearing ought to be as good rs
our physical hearing. Our spiritual taste