Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-11-30
THE DEATH OF
SAMSON
Sunday School Lesson for Dec. /. 1907
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TIME-B. c. 1ils-i126 DurInE che la7-
~ !, on we 'oa @. t"e s.otea.
west Israel r-ss-trs ANA -,,.,rporary
with the drst % years or samuel
PLAcE-If we make Jerusalem and
80. ~. ,,-., -., .,,, b.
"a miles west III T.-u-.I .r. he valley
OF Sorek. two miles farther west T.m-
PAN o. n '' o' 1oiAn anu
-, rfef.o, is On ...f.. -...,r or re-,,-
salem. ana GAIA IS miles directly west
sec eolcret man. fnc tribe ot Dan oor-
qsi ~n ,.. % | . ,o- ",s' ~, g.
rusaIern casa ana o-t
co,,-,s,t ard e.,--.-t-,,. r,o,obt
III. ss,,,-, s-or..s I'D seems
STRANGE at r~-t .i~rt t,,t tb-eo chan
fe-s of no rihro .ro,r5 bo rivon fo
the s+orv or s.,or , mai, ne Sameoo-
o--o,+ tsf-,-~ f,v..i -oos rat,,~e5
reasv to frtt e-r-r, ~.,fv 90 riav
-o,,~b iotos ,-,s ,,.+.-. ,-s..y e,,-frrs
vrith a1 animal r.t.,-s o,e-sba5,vfnr
the erfrftr.f Dr. f.. -.fu moro strange
that In mo -orl-oau 81 heroes off the
f,Hb 81 tro eleventh cr.r+e- Of He
b-cvr- e,-.-o, .to-rs fe named with
Ab-,rar, Gideon and David amon-
tboe, .v-bo -b-r-rb fafb s,b1ued
KINGDOMS vr~oY-ft rf-tteousress ob.
tafres r-o-rfeo. stunned tho mouths
az lions
samson and Ale Cbsra-te-ietice-
Tho nar,o Samoan he derived from
tho uobroV- v-o-5 ro- "s,r and
means sunny or "sun-ho-o % he was
No., .,t zo-.b ir tbo -,ore southern
or tlo Two eett.-,orte ~ tho t~ibo 81
nan ON tbo bor5ors of rraah IA
,Diles v..e+.or ro-,e,le-, His fathers
nam. v-,s eraro-b
l-vo0 bofo~e his bi-tb bis mis-.
sion was announced ITO was TO be
ono Who eborrd .beri-, IN eavo Israel
~,,t 80 tb. t,-s or tb, pbiistfroe %
90 -, ,1,i, .,,5 ,,..s ~. l,,, co,,slr,.s.,s
~ Goa lrr5oos 12o r. fs Great
tbi-- ro, ans, ,.e-sor IN ho 60 endowed
ana ec tr,trod Id ~ have deerita
mission An thie world Only nartiallv
1f5 s,r,sor r,leu bis idool br+ tho
,,~oso,c, of a. traro,co5 his whole
ne
The conservation OF samson was
tbrouob t,o Na-i-ite vow which re-
ouirod fNSur 6. 2-6) total abstinence
go, ,--,,,,s ,ci,e aud am intovicat.
tnr Houo-s that The hair should 20
rrcut and tbot Am contamination
Mfr 5oad bodies he avoided IL was
,,s,,srl, A., te-,.,o-a-,, vow hint samson
and robD tbo paDfisr vye~e pernetual
Nazirites The meaning OF the VOW
IS r.obablv "outira conservation TO
Col
II ia f., bo NOTED that according TO
the record Samson with an his 9th
o. fai1inos vet kopt sacred the con
ditions Of tbis vow on the keeping
~ no Wv his strength and D-oweas
doDe,5ed
THO FIRST and most effective OF
the o,do,vmerts 81 samson for his
mission was his great strength.
vbicb tr General no used 10 deliver
bie marion from the mower OF the CD
nreesor although not ALWAYS in the
visest rav
8 A second speclal endowment OF
samson was his sense of bumor. his
,mDrlsive nractical iol,lng nuns and
riddles These we're an advantage 10
him even in his efforts TO overcome
fhe Pbiustine oppressors.
G "He was a born fighter. He
knew his strength and loved 10 use
n Nothing stirred him like the soy
of a battle. unless. indeed. the sweet
rewards Of victory. it's spoils and
measures. such men commonly de.
generate into mercenary brutes. fight.
ing here and there on whichever side
3ncrnatiop may be strop gest or per
sonal advantage sreatest."-Rev. Ira
s. Dodd.
But il was not so in. the case OF
Samson.
Z. His weakness was very great
His spiritual nature was not highly
developed He was not a leader OF
organizer Of men. He did his vork
alone, and not by massing the nation
against the oppressor. lie was infect
ed with the loose morals o. ms healh
en- neighbors- These were hind
rance 10 his mission. and brought hin