The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

der dry" The shepherd lad challeng-
es our admiration. He is not Israers
hero only, but the worlds hero and
Gods hero. An ever-increasing cloud
of witnesses look down upon this his
toric incident, so wildly depicted, and
are thrilled and inspired by it.
In advance of the Philistine line
stands that living tower, incased in
brass. His armor- bearer holds his
shield, round and blazing like the
sun. Aloft his spear rises, like the
mast of an admiral. A torrent of
curses and epithets pours from his
brazen throat. When he sees the
foeman, so unworthy, advancing he
lifts his visor in contempt, and throws
back his head in derisive laughter.
1t is David's opportunity. His sling
whirls in air. There is the whiz of
the speeding missile. The aim is cor
rect, the momentum sufficient. A
shuddergOes through the giant frame.
With crash, the living tower falls to
earth. The giants armor becomes
his metallic coffin.
THE TEACHERS LANTERN
Living principles of to-day move
before us in this thrilling scene of an
early age. Goliath is the type of in
trenched and towering wickedness.
Our modern giants are often incased
in the armor of legal license and Shelf
cred behind social customs. These
modern monsters of Gath laugh at
the host of Israel, while the blood of
our sons and brothers drip from their
horrid tusks.
But the very insolence of public
wickedness sometimes seals its doom.
This generation will meyer forget
Nast's inimitable cartoon depicting
Boss Twedd's defiance to an outraged
public: What are you going to do
about it?' and what happened when
it ''all blew over"
But no amount of money can buy
deliverer from this or any other
public evil. DELIVERIES are born, not
bought. Nations have sometimes
offered monetary considerations for
the writing of a national hymn. Ger
many did not get her die Wacht am
Rhein' that way, nor France her
"Marseillaise, nor America her Star
spangled Banner" Patriotic deeds
as well as sentiments come from hearts
stirred, as David's was, by no consid-
GRAFTON of Saufs proclamation of
largess to the slayer of Goliath.
The contrast between FLAP and
David is striking. FLAP is narrow
gauge man. He can not widen the
range of his vision beyond the tiny
flock in the Bethlehemite meadow.
He deprecates the loss of sheep,
while a nation is in jeopardy. He is
utterly incapable of approaching
the patriotic motive of his self-oblivi-
Gus brother.
David is the soul of pious heroism.
His courageous deed is unsurpassed
in the annals of any nation. 1t has
been the inspiration of many hero.
There is no Scripture which so EN-
phasizes the use of individuality.
David could not fight in Sauls armor;
not because it did not fit him, so
much as that he was not accustomed
to be incased in metal. He could not
whirl his sling with an arm weighted
with brass. Every man must be him
self. He must use his own talents,
be they ever so humble. He must
burst the shell of conYentionality He
will never kill his giant until he does.
The Philistine proposition to decide
the fate of the contending nations by
personal encounter has many paral-
lels in ancient and medieval history.
Perhaps the most remarkable is that
of the Horatii and the Curiatii, to
whom respectively were committed
the destiny of Rome and Alba Tonga
Five miles out on the Applan way
they show you yet the FIVE tombs,-
first, of the two Horatius in his feign-
ed flight, were dispatched by him one
by one.
The gigantic stature of Goliath is
not apocryphal. The, wellknown
Chinese giant Chang, was seven feet
eight inches tall. In the College of
Surgeons, London, may be seen the
skeleton of Charles Brine, the Irish
giant, which measures eight feet. A
guard of the Duke of Brunswick and
another of Frederick William l of
Prussia, each stood eight and one
half feet. The giant of Gath at the
maximum estimate of the cubit, meas