The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20

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uay. With every soldier and camp-fol-
lower IN israel looking on eagerly and
pllylnsly, and with many feeling stahS
OF self-accusation, the shepherd lad
sailled forth iauntily to meet the re-
doubtable Philistine champion. at-he
hour Of his daily defiance.
Shepherds Sling-Plus.
MFs. Grundy first makes slaves of
us; then she uniforms US, making
each slave as much like the other as
possible. She irons out our individ-
uaiity and suppresses our personal
lty. The great game of society is to
reduce everybody to dead level Of
| uniformity and conventiOnality A
| man whose lot is cast much with
Society" said to me last night, '"The |
| one crime that is recognized south OF |
Market street is not to be nice" The
world, given choice in the matter |
wants no soldiers who are not out |
fitted in Mrs. Grundy's shop-and the |
old dame had a branch establishment |
in the camp Of the Israelites, when
| they tried to fit David out in the armor |
of Saul
were more accustomed to the fife OF
the open field than to that Of the
camp or court, perceived plainly that
his strength lay in following his own
fashion and in being true to his per-
sonality. Saul or Goliath could out
|
of the warriors trade. But, out on
the hillsides. he had learned to sling
stone farther and faster and
straighter than Goliath could hurt a
, javelin.
{ Simpler weapon than David's sling
was never imagined. / have one
which l bought from a shepherd boy
on Judean hillside. The boy him.
| self had made it. as doubtless David
r had made his. from crudely-tWisted
! goats hair. 1t is merely a long, thick
t cord, expanded near the center into
pocket to contain the missile One
4 | end, longer than the other, is wrapped
d about the wrist; the short end is held
. | between thumb and forefnger. a
!; stone is inserted. the whole is tWirled
!. around the head. the short end is re-
: leased-and straight to it's mark flies
& the stone. with the accuracy Of rife
. bullet.
8 A glorious company. militant men
J. Of God. are these of whom David is
one. Their faith had arms and feet.
as we'll as vision. The monk Tele-
( machus put an end to the gladiato-
rial games by daring to sacrifice him
4 self. A southern soldier. Rev DR.
Hampton c. Dubose, had the faith
and audacity to attack China's opium
evil and he lived to sec the "impos-
d sible" accomplished. A few godly
o women threw down the gage Of bat.
r tie to the drink EVIL in America; and
II now national politicians by the score
,e are scrambling to get into their train
Whoever goes up against established
70 wrong will be called Fool" rash,
s. unsafe" indiscrete," even as wa.
~ David; but only they who sc dare evel
r. slay any giants.
- Follow Your Clean
"a A single pebble from the spurnee
a shepherds simple sling smote tn
an giant to the dust. With the victim
lie own sword David cut off the boast
he er's head. The immortal victory wa
N won so easily that thousand mel
% in Israel were saying to themselves
ad II could nave done that" OF cours
NJ they could-if they had possessed tn
or hero spirit. It is not skill or equip
m ment that the war for the worlds vel
"a fare needs. but simply purpose. Give
le- the David motive, and we could hav
an army Of Goliath-slayers. Why ha
N your neighbor done a great world
in service, and won honor, while you az
ia unknown even throughout your CIV
I'd township when you are an abler ma
of than he? Simply because he had tn
yas spirit which you lacked.
he That is TO say, David had conque'
He ed the giant inside Of himself befor
III he essayed Goliath. When the foe
m within-fear. dependency. distrus
nit selfish pride and craven -heartedne:
he have been mastered, there is notf
of ing to dread from those without. II
material world is subordinate to tt
ect spiritual: Man is one world, or
his has another to attend him" TT
ay- Bible which above all other book
Of portrays fundamental truth IN Il
ave flash OF few words, puts the ~
the versal observation thus. re Ut
tu- ruleth his spirit is greater tf.an
uld that taketh city" Nobody nee
is sigh in vain for Da-i1s cpportunit
,iye the most dangerous giants are With
llts the citadel OF soul
ar HOmeIy anu pfactiC:i - the ts:s
id s lesson that lies on me surface & tr
ply story of David the giantkiller. I
ath tackled big task. When the q
going into his first suit al lang tTo
the sers disp'ava = '"nS5' T,2.'f1 intersst
.c1 i. cellars and ties 2 Yf hosiery ,a.i.t