Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-09


immoral acts and thoughts ooh, no."
you answer. II never told my son
about the evils Of this world, because
did not want him even to think OF evil
He Is az innocent as q little child. lie
is too young yet to know" Is he zoo
young? The enemy does not think SO.
Why, last week one of his classmates
showed him vile picture and told him
what 1t meant. You say he is limo
cent? Yes, but do you not know that
his very innocence may be the occa-
sion of his moral overthrow? DO you
now know, O mother. that many an
innocent young girl has been led
astray through her mothers neglect to
warn her of the snares that may be
laid for her feetf Those young girls
did not intend to do wrong They
thought they were triGing with a pvg-
my, and they suddenly awoke TO find
out they were in the grasp of mighty
giant. If fathers and mothers should
not warn their children against the ma
ture and power OF temptation, who
shorldf Yes, yes. the spies were riglr
whom they reported to Moses that the
Israclitcs had TO fight giants When
we warn a friend against dangers we
do not destrov The friend. but we may
saw" him by putting him upon his
guard.
Be a Giant Killer.
Again. | notice that these spies re-
ported other giants in the land besides
the sons Of Anak This showed their
wisdom. The other giants mleht not
be so Formidable i'm apprarance as the
Anakim. but they MIGHT he lust rs
powerful an enemy through being bet
ter equipped aud armed. Some of these
savage giants might ncht with sword
and spear. souc with hand net. some
with snarcs aul stratarrm. some with
poisoned arrows. some by starvation
anl cold. 50 IN our fight. Though d
man is able to resist ono gigantic temp
tat.on Of life, that docs nos prove that
be can resist al temptations You are
not a C,Uuiard, hut that doos not prove
you may not hr ovcrtloVn by tie
giant Of sonSuG,Iy. or by the giant Of
avalicc, or Ivy the giant Of jealousy. or
bv +ha oiont IF fine OWL tor,-.,n In nm
old legendary story we once read about
tEe bow called lack thn CiqDt Killer
Vow. pvery u7ou. woman uni ,h;l1 If
ha is to be II true Christian. must nn
Giant killer. We nil hoyo como csnnciol
Giant TO faint. ana evorv Giant ottacks
If; victims in dirrcrcvt WV
1hora yyas oDorhcr rnot IN which +ba
srtas called Moses ..tnntion Those
Chants were intrencbed they said
Tho cities arc yrolled roI ,.o,-,- Great "
They yaro not a lot Of bo~nlcss ro1n1d
tribes u,iry in +anfS p,.d wandering,
about tr... n,oce IN ,Iaoa 81, eearqb of
rich nastr,n lands 1hnv voro gian+s
who v.ore r,cb IN oold and s,'vor ord
nrnciors e4onos Tn or,1or "a n-otact
their incraasinr wealth tha,. eraotod
huya walls These walls wore almost
i,roronnoblo Thov co,,Il mot ho LAT.
tcra1 do,rr Thav wore foo h,rb ~ he
eco,n1 II tho ci,ioe within thosa v.oIIs
,,o,.o o,.o,. oo,,+,,re, II ,,,,,s+ la I,, s+ro+.
ogon Tho citios of Ioric,o Al uesh.
,o, o,l rcbo, ,-o,.o ,I,a r,ihroitors y,
thosa davs II rho inhohitonts v.era ON
their guard and had enough food ana
water to resist n long siege they were
safe from capture.
No man unless be has Travelled in
the east and has seen the width and
the height of those walls encompassinc
the ancient cities has any adequatc
conception of their enormous strength.
When Cyrus the Great. with ais con-
oueriug host. came 70 the Bahyloninn
walls in $50 Il. C., the ponderous gates
OF brass were slammed shut in his
race and he was absolutely helpless
Day after day, week after week, month
after month, the siege went on. Cyrus
was no nearer the conquest or Hei
shazzar's capital at the emu OF twelve
months than lie was III the beginning
The Persian general could have scat
tered the Babyionlan troops Ike Guar
before the W-hu II ne only couIu nave
reached them. Rut BelShazzar and his
soldiers SIMPLY iauGAed at ana mocked
him because the Babylonlan walls
were between them ana the OeSieS.hS
army. too not Belsna21ar anu MS
army got drunk one night While cele-
Dratlng the king birthday and allow
ed the lower gates under ihe over 10
be eft open, ana fad not cyrus that