The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-03-17

sERMoN
Subject: The Responsibility OF Those Who
Are Well and Strons-Physical Energy
Not indicative of Spiritual Power
Fight the Battles of the Weak
TCpyrFpbt 1QOn

Arc y" Gil ana stronS-fhystcai Energy
Not indicative of Spiritual Power
Fight the Battles of the Weak.
Copyright 1901
| WAsHINGT0N, d. C.-In this discourse DR..
Talmage sets forth tho responsibility OF
those who are strong and we'll, as In q
| former discourse he preached to the dis
abled and "the shut in" text, Judges xiv,
j, And Samson went down to Timnath." 4"
| There gre two sides to the character G.
Samson. The one phase OF his life, il fol
| lowed into the particulars, would almtnts-
| ter 10 the grotesqtH aud ths mirt1ful, but
there Is phase of his character frauglit
with lessons OF solemn and eternal import.
To these graver lessons We devote our
| sermon.
| This giant no doubt in early lie gave
evidences Of what he WAS 70 be. 1t is al
| most always so. There were two Napoleons
tho boy Napoleon and the man Napoleon
but both alike; two Howards-tha boy
Howard and the man Howarl-but both
alike; two Samsons-the boy Samson and
| the man SamsOG-but both alike. THIS
| giant was no doubt the hero OF tho play
ground, and nothing could stand before
his exhibition Of youthful prowcsq. At
| eighteen years OF age he was betrothe to
| the daughter OF q Philistine. Going down
| toward rimn9th, Il lion came out upon
| him, and, although this young giant WAS
weaponiess, he seized the monster ov tho
iong Mahe ana shoHH MIN =. hunGry
| houha shaS"' March mare ana MADE h!s
pohes crack ahu Iett mn hy the WaJsia'
bleeding under the shifting OF his fist anl
the grinding heft Of his heel.
| There LIS stands looming up above other
| men, a mountain Of tiesh, his arms punched
Win muScie thae can ilit the Sate OF Guy,
| taRihS an attFQae deiaht Oh everything;
| his ha!r haa never been cut. ana t ro.'ea
| aoWh se.en stsat pi.i!s over lis saoII- .
ders' a0a'HS G 10 i'f' oalN herecAe4S ah' t"e-
lor; tne fn'i's',Lrs .s m"nt ~ 90 cpnltel INN,
ano thetelpte ta''F must una CUT "neio
| the secset OF MS strength lies.
| 1hs1e = IA e'l, "oh!Hh nF,pI IN ne w., WI
10Y Z! nSte. os tho n'h: .. oc'lien' 10y
Philistlnes are secretei In the san.e bu.Id-
inc. anl then De,ll.I goes to work aud
coaxes Samson to tell what is the secret OF
| hi. stre,otb "Wcll +" he saws ..if you take
seven green w;thos such as they flsten
wild beasts viii and = them around ne
| should be perfect. powerless." 50
she binds him with the ken green withes.
Then she claps her han and says. "rhey
come-tbe Ph;listincs, Ind he walks ont
as though there were nSImpediment. She
coaxes him again and slvs, "Now, tell me
the secret of this great i.rengtn." And ho
replies "Ifyou should cake some ropes that
| have never been used. :'nd tie me- with them
| I should be lust like other men" SIZE ties
| him with ropes, slaps her hands and shouts,
s'They come-the Philistincs." He wai.,s
| ont as easilv as he did befor.--lot n single
obstruction' She coaxcs lin again. ard
he saws. "Now. IL Won should take these
| seven long plaIts of hair and bv this hoase
| loom weave them into web. / could not
| get away." So the house loom Is rolled
up. and the shuttle flies backward aud for
ward, and the long plaits OF hair ara woven
into web, Then she claps her hands and
| saws. "They come-the Phiistines!' He
| walks out as easily as he did before, dra :
ging part OF the loom with him.
But after awhile she persuades him to
| tell tho truth. He SAYS. "If YOU shou-a
take a razor or shears nnI- - = -
-, tiis ioaS
suouiu 10 po@ TESS anu III ths
fsn.'s ,sa. ~ ia eae'nies- oahson Sleeps anu
80 .ho n.y. a,aa NV M"Ao ni'n up aur .
,ns fno piocvss % Sneat,hs; heip
-, 1tueI ~ r: H. LOU AnoW tnat tnu barriers
" " .no ..aat n"'o ueu sh.lliui way
81. -. ~ le'i " .i.s sery .ay
th' III .ot. VI "sA'ns op" SlooP,hs luin'
| 10y WIZ psAs nan "iuo h"nAo So''hu
as;.or. n1at .uo ol..e9 VI ,Ie sIears
SINUS aS IL o"su "r mn rnoi "nu eoo lho
.ons IoJnS .s',lhs on. Ane snears os razor
~ aooo,n S1 S.iStos h mn,' : leen mitno4 anu ne"
"no "i. ai ,oa o9u'u n'' w. ,T, Su
aeniy ae' sue siupS net ha!is ana says: Inc
rouses up with a struggle. but his strength
is all gono. He is in the hands CT his en-
emies.
I hear the groan OF the giant rs they
take hts eyes out and then SET, him stag
GeYinG Oh In his blindness, feeling his way
IS he goes on toward GAIA. The prison
door is open, and the giant is thrust in.
He sits down and puts his hands o1sthe
mill crank, which, with exhausting hosi-
sontal motion, goes day after day, week
after week, month after month-Work,
WORK, work! Inc conservation d tho
world IN captivity, MS LOCKS shorn, his
eyes runctured, grinding corn In GAIA!
First OF an, benoid IN this giant OF the
text that physieai power is NOT always an
lndex OF mor'i power. he was huSe man
tho ZION louno IL ONT ana tne oooo men
WEon he sic" 1ouhd IL out; YET ne was the
subject OF petty re'ehSes ana outSlanted
by low passion. Lam 1ar from throwing
any Glscrcdit upon rhTsicai stamina.
Inere arc tho5o VINO seem 10 nave great
admiration ior deiicacy ana sickness Oh
constitution. never could see any glory
in weak nerves or SICK hcadache. What
ever effort IN our Day Is mace TO make the
the favor OF every good citizen as won as
Oh esery CnIis.u.a' i!s uyhn~9'ioS may 10
poSitlvely religlou7.
dooas people sometimes ascrioo 10
wicked heart what thew ought to nscribe
to Slow liver. Tho body and soul are
such near neighbors that thoy often catch
each others diseases. Those who never
saw a sick day and who, iko Hercules,