The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-17
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FIGHT WITH A LION.

A FIGHT Win n kAVN.
~. INV soul is among lions. Psalm
Nii. 4
Roosevelt says there's nothing 50
thrilling as lion hunting. Danlei ~
the nit slept among the monarchs u
the forest. David slew one OH tue
hills Of Bethlehem. Samson IN the
VINEYARD at Timnah. Beniah In PIT.
It's thrilling. but mighty dangerous
Ros+ock and Hagenbeck bear their
scars In the jungles Of Africa non
snrang upon Livingstone. sinking us
| tooth in his arm, crunching the Done
! to splinters. Stanley says you never
have seen real lion unless IN lndia
or Africa just after capture. Long
coo,nc at the zoo breaks his spirit; the
constant circus crowd tames him. You
want TO see him fling himself against
the bars and roar in the zoolog1cai
gardens at Calcutta. Ever see the
nainting 1.-THE Martyrs and the LII
onsY' Old man. white Jocks ana
heard. stands In sands Of the ampnl
theater. face raised to God. women
and children huddled around MIN ter
ror stricken. galleries are CROWDED
with thousands to see the Christians
dia The lions are coming out the
cages frenzied with hunger. thirst
and enraged at the crowds. They lash
! their tails and crouch for the awful
snring. Unfortunately all the lions
Christians have to fight are not be-
hind barred cages. They roam in ev-
erv street and roar in every house.
! They kill not only body. but soul.
The Lion of the World.
Scripture says 1.-The earth did roar
upon me to destroy me" Saul has slain
his thousands. the world its tens OF
thousands. A raging lion. this world.
Multitudes have gone forth to Stay it
| II has slain them The lion of tribula-
| ton brushes your spirit and causes
you to sleep on pillows filled with this
| ties. In the world We shall have tribu-
lation." You came ilto the world with
a cry. and unless you are utterly bad
you will go out in shower OF tears.
| Wealth and poverty are lions. one
bloated. one lean. Dives vivid with
apoplexy. Lazarus pale with anaemia.
Society lions meet the world. and 1t
brushes them with its velvet paw.
Ask Saratoga and Newport. The an
swer is Hume's hollow echo. This
world is feeting show" The crown
hurts more than the cap Of rags. I'm
easy lies the head" etc. A palace may
be q poorer place than a prison pen.
The merchant signs: his errand boy
sings. The hot breath of the beast
hlights the cradle and blots out the
stars from many mothers sky. Its
roar rights the timid. Men who turn
| back when they hear the lion will
never hear the angels sing.
The Lion of the Flesh.
Mans greatest foe is himself. Lions
| without are fierce. Lions within are
! fiercer. Franklin had to be tallow
| dip catcher before he could be light
| ming catcher. Columbus wOve mats be-
| fore he wove continents. David Weld
ed the shepherds crook before he
waved the. nations scepter. Lions
| without are bad-lions within are
worse. Worry kills more than the doc
tors. The worst tent to live in is dis
content. PASSIONS paw brushes many
skull. Pride paws down many a pal
ace. Fear fawns before moral mice.
Jealousy. that green eyed monster,
| is as cruel as the grave. Lust leaves
the mark of the beast on its victim.
Judas had the lion of greed-it slew
him. De Quincy the lion of opium-it
slew him. Lamb the lion of punch-it
slew him. Baxter the lion of bias
| phemy-he slew it. Moses the lion of
| temperate slew it. Cough the lion of
drink-he slew it. You can't fight the
lion Of temper with quick words. the
lion of drink with a beer bottle, the
| lion of lust with lewd pictures. You
must fight them with Christ. There's
| divine homeopathy "Similia similibus
curantur." the Lion of the tribe of Ju-
dab shall conquer the lion of our sins
The Devil az Lion.
| 1.-THE devil goeth about as a roaring
lion." says the Bible 1.-The devil
why. preacher. thought he was dead -
Try to break away and see! You're
used to his presence. that's all. Know
how they train the lion to ride the ele-
plants back at the circus? An ele-
plant breads lion. naturally At first
lions skin is put on his back. Then
a lions skin stuffed By degrees a
| living lion. Christ believed in the
devil He fought three great battles
with him-not mental battles on the
Devils island of his loneliness. where
many Dreyfus has been a helpless
prisoner. but with an actual person
atty He comes when our desires are
strongest and our powers Of resistance
weakest He came to Eve when she
was curious; to Esau when he was
hungry; to David when his passion
was strongest; to Peter when he was