The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-19

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He put these things on David and
| as he walked out little way he found
the whole outfit was awkward to him
and that he would be at the mercy of
the tremendous antagonist. So he says:
king, if you will excuse me, shall
not wear this outfit; just let me take
my little sling-I know how to use
tit, I've been practicing out in the fields
! while looking after my sheep"
David Stays Goliath.
So, armed with his sling and five
smooth pebbles, David the Dauntless
goes forth to meet the incarnate enemy
of Israel. Seeing. the stripping as he
came toward him with nothing in the
way of weapon that he could see
save a shepherds staff Goliath was
| filled with rage and swOre by his gods
and said: Am I dog, that thou
contest to me with slaves? This day
will 1 give your carcass to the birds
of the air and the beasts of the fields"
sures victory, David said: Il come
| to you in the name of Israeps God and
this day will He deliver you into my
| hands," and, fitting the deed to the
word, he runs forward few steps and
hurls the pebble with tremendous force
toward the enemy; the great giant
| a fol fn no
| ground. No sooner had he fallen than
David rushes forward, takes the great
sword which has fallen from the
| hands of the giant and, bringing it
| down with all his might across the
! neck Of the giant, sewers the head
| from the body, and, picking it up, he
turns and walks triumphantly back
up the hill to face the towards who
had been his witnesses.
PhiIistines Retreat.
The army of the Philistines, seeing
their leader had been slain, began to
beat hasty retreat. Then the army Of
Saul, seeing the backs of their enc
brave and started out at full tilt to
pursue them and shoot them in the
back. The result was the complete
undoing of the Philistines.
What was the secret of this young
mans victory?
In the first place, he had confidence
in himself and his own ability to use a
sling successfully. He had doubtless
often been scolded by his father for
fooling away SO much time with that
sling; but the thing that had been
looked upon by his father as hind
rance to his accomplishment of things
now becomes the agency by which his
name is added to the list of immortals
He had confidence in his own ability to
so direct pebble as to find the vitals
he makes the effort. He has no con-
fidence in himself clad in the armor
and equipage of Saul for he had not
tried it's possibilities if placed in his
hands. He had confidence in himself
as Gods man.
The naxt element which led to this!
success was that Of unselfish devo-
ton {, prirc,Ile. He was not fighting
for himself he was fighting the battle
of Israel and CT Israeps God. There
is no 1,eIaration so necessary TO the
successful Issue of any conflict in
when a man may be engaged us that
of being conscious that one is right |
and fighting for the right.
God and one man is a majority, it |
matters not how many men there may
be or how formidable they may be in
the ranks of the enemy. There is moth
ing that SO inspires the souls of men |
to hazard their own lives as the mo-
tive power Of principle. When Lieuten-
ant Hobson and his two associates
took their lives in their own hands |
and sank the vessel in the mouth of |
Santiago harbor in the hope of bottl- |
ing up Cevera's fleet, they were in
country's righteous cause; and the |
next day the name of Hobson was |
on every lip. What wonder that the |
young women Of the country were
ready to reimburse him so literally for |
his services? He was acting for them
and for all Americans. The motive |
power of principle! Conscience makes
towards of US all'' when it is against |
us, when it tells us that we are in |
the wrong. But Thrice armed is he
who has his cause of battle just"-the
first essential to lasting victory lies in
having righteous cause in which to
stand.
Faith in God.
Then too, this young man had faith
in Jehovah, his God, and believed that
when he had consecrated his good
right arm and his sling and his abil-
ity to use that sling and had done his
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