The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
A WORK FOR THEM.
DR.. Talmage breaches on the Duties
of the Strong.
RESPONSIBILITIES Resting Upon Those
Who Possess Physical Power to
Do the Lords WOrk-The
Vaiue of Health.
copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.1
Washington.

NdShhlS tOAt
In this discourse DR.. Talmage sets
forth the responsibility Of those who
are strong and well, as in a former
discourse he preached to the disabled
and "the shut in" text, Judges, 14:1:
"And Samson went down to Timnath."
There are two sides to the character
of Samson. The one phase of his life,
if followed into particulars, would adj
ministerto the grotesque and the mirth-
full. But there is a phase of his char
actcr fraught with lessons of solemn
and eternal import. To these graver
lessons we devote our m
This giant no doubt in early life
gave evidences of what he was to be.
1t is almost always so. There were
two Napoleons-the boy Napoleon and
the mar N~apoleon-but both alike; two
Ho~wards-the boy Howard and the
man Howard-but both alike; two
Samsons-the boy Samson and the man
Samson-but both alike. This giant was
no doubt the hero of the playground,
and nothing could stand before his ex-
hibitions of youthful prowess. AT is
years of age he was betrothed to the
daughter of q Phiiistine. Going down
toward Timnath, a lion came out upon
him, and although this young giant
was weaponless he seized the monster
by the long name ard shook him as a
hungry hound shakes a March hare and
made his bones crack. and left him by
the wayside bleeding under the shifting
of his fist and the grinding heft of his
heel.
There he stands looming up above
other men, a mountain of flesh, his
arms punched with muscles that can
lift the gate of a city, taking an atti-
tude defiant Of everything. His hair
had never been cut, and it rolled down
in several great plaits Owe his Shout
ders, adding to his bulk, fierceness and
terror. 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
valley of Sorek by the name of Delilah.
They appoint her the agent in the case.
The Philistines are secreted in the same
building, and then Delilah goes to work
and coaXes Samson to tell what is the
secret of his strength. WELL he says,
'if you should take seven withes such
as they fasten wild beasts with, and
put them around me, l should be per-
fectly powerless." So she binds him
with the seven green withes. Then she
claps her hands and says: They come
the Philistines." and he walks out
as though there were no impeachment.
She coaxes him again, and says: NOW
tell me the secret of this great
strength" and he replies: IF you
should take some ropes that have never
been used and tie me with them,
should be just like other men" She
tied him with the ropes, claps her hands
and shouts: They come-the Philis-
tines!" He walks out as easily as he
did before-not a single obstruction.
ShecoaXes him again, and he says:"Now,
if you should take these seven long
plaits Of hair and by this house loom
weave them into a web, l could not get
away" So the house loom is rolled
up, and the shuttle flies backward and
forward, and the long plaits of hair are
woven into a web. Then she claps hei
hands and says: "They come-the
Philistines." He walks out as easily as
he did before, dragging a part of the
loom with him.
But after awhile she persuades hin
to tell the truth. He says. "If YOU
should take a razor or shears and Gu
of this long hair, should be power
less and in the hands of my enemies.
Samson sleeps, and that she may no
wake him up during the process o
shearing help is called in. You know
that the BARRIERS of the east have sue
q skillful way of manipulating the hea'
to this very day that instead of wakin,
up a Sleeping man they will put a maj
wide awake sound asleep. 1 hear tn
blades of the shears grinding agains
each other, and l see the long lock
falling off. The shears or razor accom-
plishes what green withes and neN
ropes ,and house loom could not de
Suddenly she claps her hands and says
The Phi,istines be upon thee, San
son!" He rouses up with a struggl,
but his strength is all gone. He is i
the hands of his enemies.
l hear the groan of the giant as the
lake his eyes cut, and then I see hil
staggering on in his blindness, feelin
his way as he goes on toward Gaz.
The prison door is open, and the gia1
is thrust in. He sits down and puts h
hands on the mill crank, which, wit
eXhausting horizontal motion, goes da
after day, week after week, month at
or month-work, work, work! tt
CONSERVATION of the world in captiyit
his locks shorn, his eyes puncture
grinding corn in GAIA!
First of all, behold in this giant
the text that physical power Is n,
always an index of moral power. I
was a huge mantle lion found it OF
and the 5000 men whom he Slew -four
it out; yet he was the subject Of pee
re7enges and outgiantcd by low la
sion. I am far from throwing any di
credit upon physical stamina. The
are those who seem to have great a
miration for delicacy and sickness
constitution. never could see n,