Word: samsons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last evening Rev. George A. Gordon occupied the pulpit in Appleton Chapel. His text was the ninth verse of the sixteenth chapter of Judges: "And she said unto him. The Philistines be upon thee Samson. And he brake the withes as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known...
...question is often asked why our lives are so fettered by conditions hostile to the advancement of spiritual goodness; the answer is that without opposition there would be no stimulus for us to exercise our full strength in the attainment of perfect lives. Only by opposition was Samson stimulated to break the strong cords which bound him. God is ever filling our lives with temptations and doubts in order that we, by overcoming these forces, may make our souls heroic, and get an unshaken trust in the Almighty who rules over us. As long as we become stronger fighters...
...away the intervening time in playing ball, rifle shooting, etc. An account of the crew appeared to-day in a New London paper, which is rather amusing. It has as a heading "Giants get into gear;" and among other things it speaks of Capt. Mumford as being a "veritable Samson," and of Burgess and Yocum as being the "big fellers" of the eight. Accounts like this are very common among the daily papers here, and are read with great pleasure by the men at the quarters...
...education of English and Indian youth of this country in knowledge and godliness,' Of the several native who were members of the Harvard Indian College, only one graduated. The founder of Dartmouth was a Dr. Eleazer Wheelock, a graduate of Yale. One of his pupils was an Indian named Samson Occum, who afterwards because an effective preacher. He was Wheelock's prize scholar. Occum was a success, and Wheelock felt encoured, until in 1761 it has eleven pupils. More money was wanted and obtained, as well as various gifts, including two acres of land and a bell weighing eighty pounds...