The Detroit times., 1916-10-02
ssturdsr EvenIna's ssrmon.

her knees Judges l6 ~
samson was a regular Euf TO.
Young man who .y making prepara
lions 10 succeed in life can DO moth
ing better than study he characi"r
and career OF the first strong man
ever 10 exhibit 90 a hig audience n
u a career full of warning ~ hing.
that must be avoided IL Tho building
of noble character Is the thing
desired
THE dangers which bese' and
overwhelmed Samson are common
10 all and sure fo com" upon aI
Who 20 out upon The ordinary 1dy"r
lures ~ life The story ~ sam
sona ne shows the rock, that have
claimed more wrecks than the set
Itself
strength. VISION. fauh aspiration
hope are 'he attributes ~ yuH.a
They are its strength 'h"F are u.s.
glory
"samson's physical strength his
worldly power og'str'D9"t 'f'
growth OF his spirit And his enc
came in a fare OF Mild and p.''o1t
calamity. Samson death might b.
accepted even a. The symbol ~ ~.
western world Ia the Mild dlsorte.
that has fallen upon u now
eft would hp q fne thing n We
could tell Just who the ladg BARRIERS
were who have robbed orr race ~
this strength that lay originals ~
the souls of the young men As h".i.
lab. tho hrst 81 them. robbed sam
son OF bis power.
Samson was 2 frst.torn Ee was.
perhaps. an only child zoo Hts par
cnts were devoutly religious They
seem 10 have made a hundred mis-
takes in raising him. samson vas
endowed with phenomenal rhFsi0a.
strength. and with correspondinglH
strong passions which be never con
trolled His parents seem 20 have
been wavering wishy wash persons
who allowed their son 20 do Just As
he pIeased--tO follow the red lights
and the cabaret signs smash-harE
down the tobogRan TO the end sam
son hit the "Taxicah Trait" early
Had rigid discipline been exercised
by his parents. different story
would have been told Letting a BOY
do a. he pleases Is the same as Jet.
ting him go 10 hell
Parents are often the worst enc
mics OF their children They lat
them run loose into the clutches ~
those other enemies whose business
II Il apparently 20 destroy the
strength OF youth and leave II IN
fitted for the wonderful work that
49, xtD~Ys has ~ - A.
Churches and Colleges Shear Youth
Of Faith
What ails the young man OF to-
dAy' who cuts his hair Who
takes the strength OF the young
man?
Some college professors thai !
could name are lot slicker with ne
clippers than the barber who shay"s
a mans head in the death-house II
| had my way I'd stick A red and
white.striped pole out before every
Unitarian church. and before Tor -
other churches that sport new fan
gled ministers
They pirate about science They
pirate about reason And all the
while we know that human.ty's fOuu
dations are crumbling I'd take you
farther than the cabarets. and The
taxicab stands. and the hurlesque
theaters. and the gin mills, and the
insane asylums, and the peri'en-
tiaries 10 show you tust what hap
pens when the world substitutes Ism
or schism FOR Jesus Christ
Faith has been lost And that
faith has been a flag that mems
souls nave followed through he
blackness and FIRE Of every earthly
hell Where are We going in this
land whittier are they bound in
Europe Can The diplomstists toll
YOU Mo- Youth lost its vision and
when youth loses It's vision he tights
by which humanity has s'eered 20
out
Samson tn wager was never
massaEed with white oak he was
overindulged he wanted hts own
way and ne got Il he hit ne pace
He went the way they 20 IN New
York. IN Paris IN Philadelphia in
Berlin--eyervw where
samson was soon going with he
wrong people Us way young
men have He could End the wrong
places with his eyes shut He Went
over 10 Timnath. and associated
with the enemies 90 God on can
see him staggering along and swing
Ing his stick, and stopping 20 ge'
high.ball on the way. and thinking
in his heart I'm a bear. all night
I'm regular guy
Samson doubtless felt thar be
was knocking them blind
Beating II over the highroad With
his chin In the air and faith and
decency in bis heart, and the vision
gone out 81 his soul Samson seems
10 me 20 be aymbol. not only % the
youth Of the world today. but OF The
world itself re WITS strong Hs
was oyerconhdent
Wrong company. whpfher YOU sud
u I'm cabarets or in colleges. iu The
pulpit or IN the public places. make.
everything wrong Bad company
drags you 10 the devil and 10 one
ever went 10 the devil without TAX
ing someone else with him
Wrong panders o. the appctites
and the passions Right demands
selfdenial Wrong is satisfied with
extravaganza and Incidence Right
demands industry and economy
Wrong is pleased with ignorance
Right demands knowledge and truth
Wrong thriycs upon wpaknessee
Right depends upon strength Wrong
decelyes cheats. beguilcs. misleads
lies Wrong Is reached by a thous
and paths Right by only one path
the path OF Christianity
No One Deliberately Starts On