The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-02
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her knees Judges rs 10
"Gamson vas regular guy tn
young man who n making prepara
lions 20 succeed IN life can do moth
ing better than study the charac'F
and career Of the first strong MAJ
ever 10 exhibit 20 biz audience. ]
~ career full ~ warning % thing
that must be avoided II the bniid'u.
OF noble character is the thint
desired
THE dangers which oeset and
overwhelmed SamsoU are commo'
10 all and sure 10 come upon %.
who 20 ont upon the ordinary adyen
turea ~ lie The story of sam
sons stfe shows 'he rocks that have
~. med more wrecks than ihe s'.
Itself.
strength. vision faith aspiration
hone. are the attributes ~ val'l
They are IT, strength they are I.r
glory.
"samson's physical strength fs
worldly power 0Gts,rIrt7 'r
growth % his spirit And DTS -n"
came in q nare % Wild and piteuas
calamity. samsons death might .'
accepted even A. the sym POL 1i 'F'
western world In the Mia disorder
that has fallen upon 81 now
III would he fine hing u vt
could tell Just who the LADY barber
were who have robbed or race ~
this strength that lay originally IN
the souls OF the Young men. as Deli
lah. the first OF them. robbed sam
son OF his power
samson was p Ars' born He vas.
perhaps, an only child. TOO HIS par
cnts were devoutlv religious They
seem 10 have made q hundred iois
takes in raising him samson ~as
endowed with phenomenal phFS'a7.
strength, and with correspond'0Eiy
strong passions which he never con
frolled. His parents seem 70 have
been wavering. wishy we shy persons
who allowed their son 20 DO 'usf rs
he pleased--to follow the rod lights
and the cabaret signs smash bang.
down the toboVgan 20 the end Sam
son hit the "TsVicsb Tcaii' early
Had rigid discipline been exercised
by bis parents. a different story
would have been told Letting boy
do as he pleases r. the same as let
ting him 20 10 he'll
Parents are often the worst enc
mics OF their children. They le'
them run loose into the clutches ~
those other enemies whose business
II is apparently 70 destroy he
strength OF youth and leave = IN
fitted for the wonderful work that
the world has for Il 10 DO
Churches and Colleges Shear Yeuth
Of Faith
'what ais the young man a 70
day. Who cuts his hair Who
takes the strength OF the young
man.
Some college professors that ]
could name are lot slicker With The
clippers than the barber who shaves
q mans head in the death-house II
I had my way I'd stick a red and
white-striped pole out before every
Unitarian church, and before lot Z
other churches that sport new-tsa-
Fled ministers
"They pirate about science They
prate about reason. And all the
while we know that humanity's foun
Nations are crumbling I'd take YOU
farther than the cabarets. ard the
taxicab stands. and the burlesqge
theaters. and the gin mills. and the
Insane asylums. and the peniten-
tiaries 70 show you Just wfs- nap
pens when the world substitutes Ism
or schism for Jesus Christ
Faith has been lost And that
faith has been 4 flag that men :
souls have followed through ne
blackness and FIRE of every earthly
hell. Where are We going in this
and whittier are they bound IN
Europe Can the diplomatists toll
gou7 No Youth lost its vision sud
when youth loses it's vision the lights
By which humanity has steered 20
put
Samson. III wager. was never
massaged with white oak he was
overindulged He wanted his own
way and he got II H. hit the pace
He went the way they 70 in New
York, in Paris. in Philadelphia IN
Berlin--eyerywhere.
samson was soon going With he
wrong people It's way young
men have. He could find the wrong
places with his eyes shut He went
over TO Timnath. ard associated
with the enemies OF God on. I can
see him staggering along and wing
Ing his stick. and stopping 10 get
high.ball on the way, and thinking
In his heart. I'm bear. all right
I'm regular guy
Samson doubtless felt that ne
was knocking them blind
Beating II over the highroad. with
his chin In the air and faith and
Gecency IN his heart, and the vision
gone out OF his soul Samson seems
10 me 10 be symbQL not only ~ the
youth OF the world today. but % he
world itself He was strong He
was overconhdent.
Wrong company. whether you find
II In cabarets or I'm cOffvErs. In The
pulpit, OF in tho public places. makes
everything wrong Rad company
drags you TO the devil, and no ono
ever went 10 the devil without TAX
ing someone else with him
Wrong pandeEs 10 tho appetites
and the passions Right demands
accidental. Wrong IL satisfied with
extravaganza and Incidence Right
demands industry and economy
Wrong IL pleased with ignorance
Right demands knowledge and truth
Wrong thrives upon weaknesses
Right depends upon strength Wrong
deceiyes. cheats. beguilcs. misieads
Hes. Wrong Is reached by a thous
and paths Right by only one path
the path OF Christianity