The Washington herald., 1918-01-26

wants to succeed, whether you are
going TO be a lawyer, whether you are
gtng to be a doctor or Q merchant.
whatever your calling may be in life.
nobody wants to be a third-rater. We
always want 70 live under that BAN
ner that says Success upon Tin
my opinion, you can do nothing bet
ter than to study the character and
the career Of Samson It is 50 fun OF
the warnings of the things which
must be avoided II the building Of .
noble character is the object desired
The dangers which beset and nm
ally overwhelmed Samson were real
dangers and they are common to all
and they are sure to come upon all
who follow a similar course and ca
reer. The story Of his life shows the
rocks upon which you may wreck
Samson was the frst-born and per
haps the only child, for no other Is
mentioned His parents seem to have
been devoutly religious. but they ap-
pear to have made q hundred mis-
takes in the raising of this boy. He
was endowed with phenomenal ply
eical strength and correspondingly
strong passions. which he was never
taught to control. and his parents
seem to have been a sort Of wishy-
washy, easy-going kind Of folks that
Allowed him to do as he pleased.
Had rigid discipline been exercised
i might have a different story to tell
you tonight.
Letting a boy do as he pleases Is
lust the same as letting him go TO the
devil, and It won't be long until he
will be to the devil IL he Is allowed to
do as he pleases.
A spoiled Child
Probably he had learned to boss
his PARENTS before he was very old,
and IL he wanted anything. he learned
that all he had to do was to fall on
the floor and stiffen his spine and yell
ike a Comanche Indian. and he would
get II.
oh, what a pity 1t was that he
wasn't given a brisk massage treat
rnent with a white oak shingle about
that time, Solomon said, He that
2 spareth the rod. spoileth the child.
In my opinion, one occasion OF his
failure was that he was the son OF a
man who had no backbone, and he
vas over-indulged and allowed TO
Have his own way and soon he was
going to the wrong places and going
With the wrong people.
He went down to Timnath and as
sociated with the enemies OF God.
Wrong company will make every
thing wrong and everybody wrong
that mixes with II. Bad company
viii draw YOU to the devil whether
Won want to 60 or not. No matter
how many prayers hover over you,
IL you are in q bad crowd, then they
Will drag you to the devil, irrespec-
tive OF your mothers appeals and her
tears and her pleadings.
rryfll q
a correct idea Of your character by
YOUR companions, because you are
drawn together by q sinilitude OF
likes and Of dislikes.
read a fable where . stork had
the misfortune to be taken in q net
, that was spread for geese and Tor
cranes And the stork's plea for her
self was her simplicity and her piety,
the love she bore to mankind, and the
duty shown toward her parents, and
The service she rendered mankind by
pickinR up venomous creatures. And
the farmer said. Now. that may be
al very true, but since you were
taken in bad company, you will have
70 suffer the consequences" and on
went her head
And 20, therefore, you haven't any
BODY to blame II they judge your char
Down at Timnath he fell in love
With a Philistine girl. That was an
other cause Of his downfall. not be-
cause he fell in love with a girl. but
kA fell in love with the wrong girl
and the wrong kind OF one. Love Is
adivinely planted instinct, but he fell
IN love with the wrong one, and he
wanted that girl, and when his par
ants tried to reason with him, he put
his hands over his heart and he said.
Get her, for she pleaseth me well.
You might as well try to reason
With a prairie fire or with bull dog
with q bone as to reason with q young
man In love, and yet when a young
man seeks q wife, he steps on mighty
holy ground The greatest bliss that
tails from heaven blesses the man
who brings pure love to meet equally
pure love at the marriage altar.
There are millions and millions OF
young men whose veal or whose woe
10 going to be sealed BY the marriage
vow. A good woman with an un-
worthy husband 10 TO be pitied, and
a good man with an unworthy wife
10 TO be pitied. The man who marries
q good wife doesn't have to work
half as hard to get to heaven a. the
fellow who marries q bad one does
TO keep out Of hell.
And the pretty face Of that PhIIIs-
tine girl made him blind to the voice
Of reason, and the Philistines would
never have put out his eyes II he
hadn't been q fool and put them out
himself first
So the devil wouldn't land a lot of
people II they hadn't been fools and
made the mistake Of listening to him.
Samson Is wearing out shoe leather
oourting this girl and on one OF
bib, trips down there. . lion came
out and roared against him without
the slightest suspicion that he was
committing suicide when he did It
When he saw samson, no doubt he
said. Here's my nice little man for
a breakfast" and he began to lick
his chops Ike q green goods man when
he sees q rube. but he soon found out
that he had no more business there
than q preacher has in q convention
Of brewers and distillers.
30 he killed that lion and tossed
his carcass to one side. He didn't
even stop to skin It
Need Of Moral Training.
Ctrcumstantial evidence is mighty
strong that be wore out good many
pairs Of sandals Journeying back and
forth before he could get her consent
TO the wedding. because the carcass
Of that lion had dried sufnciently to
enable the bees TO turn Il into hive
and MI II with honey before she said
yes to his proposition.
Walt q minute His moral train
ing seems to have been neglected.
because he got drunk, and fen to
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