Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-25
The Sunday Sermon

| "Then Benaiah, the son of Jehoida. went up and
fell upon him (Joab). and slew him. and he was
buried in his house in the Wilderness
| Kings PA
This story of the staying of Joab by Benaiah
of the great of the Bible that applies apty
well present everyday life 1t is the first
recorded narrative setting forth that well known
fact that 1.-The young must be served"
Joab had been Davids chief captain all through HIS
stormy reign the mighties warrior of old Israel
He led kings armies a hundred bloody battles and
never met with defeat fought hundred fights him
self with sword and and always killed his enemy
He was the acme and the victory the
of his Hard iron. strong the west wind and
cruel barbed spear Joabs trade by practice
and inclination He feared throughout Israel and
adjacent tribes and nations His invincibity had
to be proverb in the land. For forty he had
carried a sword his hand chain upon his
| back
| And then came this Benaah man.
young man. unknown sad unsung, and killed the old
fighter without struggle. Killed him with buried
him. washed his hands and came away the
king in his stead
No details at all given of the old killers last
fight except that he FLED from his slayer and the i'm
preston is left that Benaiah finished him with
and dispatch
David Just before his death bequeathed to his son,
Solomon, as heritage. the death warrant of Joab.
strange that David should have thus rewarded
the man who had fought for him long and well.
But Joab had become az cruel and tiger.
He had killed Absalom against Davids expressed
mand. and he had killed Abner, who Davids guest.
La with
choice throne. So it decreed that he should
die and Benaiah the do the work.
No matter how high we climb skillfu become
are, there to take place
Some one to come and do thing better than ever
did. In pride think Indispensable We
become cold and cruel and hard. We obessed with
the idea that cannot lose. We the kings right
hand But along a Benaiah with his two
handed sword and his speed and his youth and his
strength and we sink in of life and do leave
ripple behind. This Beraiah sits in place and men
bow before him and alk prowess and forget that
fought and in the days of old.
The singer the writer the builder, the trader, the
chief captain these awhile in high places and then
they pass to the land of shadows, and men come
after them who sing and w1te and build and trade and
fight well they. Always there turks in the OBJ
security of Young Mans Land Benaiah waiting eagerly
the chance forth winged feet to take the
place OF the best of But inclined to view
our with satisfaction and look with kindly
eye upon powers and be too sure of our own
indispensable value firm. farm fort forge And
blinded by egosm, made by and using
power with a hard ami heavy hand easy prey
for Benaah when he comes.
Joab had curbed his natural ferocity and allowed
genteness and mercy find his heart, he might
well have died the kings man. full of honors and
the unbeaten captain of Israel to the end
But lived only by the sword and by the sword he
died.
Every has Benaah waiting take his place
But live and and buy and sell and give and
and rule and obey such fashion that when
Benaiah comes he will appear before like spectre
of vengeance with and sword but rather with
a smile of love and sigh of at departure
and friendly grasp of the hand and with head bowed
as he asks for advice and counsel
Beware of Benaiah, for day surely he will
AS you live today so he will come tomorrow