The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08

upon this historic incident. so vividly de- plcted. and are thrilled and inspired by
 Tn advance of the Philistlne line stands that living tower. incased in brass. His armor-bearer holds his shield, round and blazing like the sun. Aioft his spear rises like the mast of an admiral. A torrent of curses and epithets pcurs 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 It Is David's opportun- ity. His sling whirls in air. There is the whiz of the speeding missile. The aim Is correct, the momentum sufficient. shudder goes through the giant frame. With crash. that living tower falls to earth. The giants srmor becomes his metallic coffin.
 The Teachers Lantern.
 Livirs. principles of today move before us in this thrilling scene of an early age. Goliath is the type of intrenched and tow ering wickedness. Our modern giants are often incased in the armpr of legal fl. cense and sheltered behind social cus- toms. These modern monsters of Gath laugh at the hosts of Israel, wnile the blood of our sons and brothers drip from their horrid tusks. But the very insolence of public wick edness sometimes seals its doom. This generation will never forget Nasts inim- itable cartoon depicting Boss Tweed's de- finance to an outraged public: What are you going to do about it?'' and what happened when it "alI blew over.'' 
 But no amount of money can buy a deliverer from this or any other public evil. Deliverers arc born, not bought Nations have sometimes offered monetary considerations for the writing of a na- tional hymn. Germany did not get her Die Wacht am Rhein" that way. nol France her "Marseillaise." nor America her "Star-spangled Banner" Patriotic deeds as well as sentiments came from hearts stirred, as David's was. by no con sideration of Sauls proclamation of lar. gess to the slayer of Goliath.
 The contrast between Eliab and Davit is striking. Eliab Is narrow-gaugt man. He can not widen the range o
 his vision beyond the tiny flock in tht Bethlehemite meadow. He deprecates thu ! loss of a sheep, while a nation is ir 1 jeopardy. He is utterly incapable of ap
 preciating the patriotic motive of his self oblivious brother.
 David is the soul of pious heroism. Hin courageous deed Is unsurpassed in ths I | inspiration of many a hero.
 There is no Scripture which so em
 phasizes the use of individuality. Da
 vid could not fight in SauTs armor; not
 because it did not fit him, so much as that he was not accustomed to be incase6 in metal. He could not whirl his. sling with an arm weighted with brass Every man must be himself. He must use his own talents, be they never so humble
 He must burst the shell of convention. ality. He will never kill his giant until he does. ...t
 The Philistine proposition to decide the fate of the contsndins nations by a per. sonal encounter has many parallels ir ancient and Medieval history. Perhaps the most remarkable IS that of the Hora. til and the Curiatii. to whom respective ly were committed the destiny of Rome and Alba Longa. Five miles out on the Appian Way they show you yet the five
 tombs-hrst. of the two Horatii; then oi the three Curiatii. who. following tho surviving Horatius in his feigned flight | were dispatched by him one by one. | The gigantic stature of Goliath is moi apocryphal. The well-known Chinese giant. Chang, was seven feet eikht l inches tall. In the College of Surg .ons London. may be seen the skeleton O, ! Charles Birne. the Irish giant. whicf
 measures eight feet. "A guard of tht
 Duke of Brunswick and another of Fred
 erick William of Prussia, each etoot eight and one-half feet. The giant of Gath at the maximum estimate of the cubit, measured nine feet and nine inches