The Strength of the Young Man

Samson was strong! It was he who slew a lion single handed; it was he who carried the gates of Gaza to the crest of its hill; it was he who pulled a beam from out of the house by the very locks of his head and be rent new ropes as if they had been scorched jute. It was also Samson who pulled the pillars from under the Dagon theatre, killing thousands of Philistines with one stroke. Samson was strong. Yet he was very weak. He fell an easy prey to the wiles of his ungodly wife, Delilah. Samson...