And according to the story, a young lion rushed out
at him from behind some bushes, and Samson, being a very strong man,
broke its jaws and killed it, and left its carcass behind some bushes by
the roadside.
Some time afterward he was going down that road again, and he turned
aside to see what had become of the carcass. And what do you think he
found there? This: a swarm of wild bees had made their nest in that
carcass. Now, Samson was fond of honey, and he took the comb of honey
with him and ate it as he walked along the road. And as he walked he
made up this riddle: "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the
strong came forth sweetness." That means that out of this lion which
would have eaten him up he got something to eat, and out of this strong
beast he got something sweet.
I suppose you will wonder what sort of lesson for boys and girls anyone
can draw from that. You say you will never meet a lion on the roadside.
I am not so sure of that. I think boys and girls meet things every day
that are very much like lions. Of course, in these days we call them
temptations. But, then, they jump out at you very suddenly and
unexpectedly sometimes. And they would devour your souls just as this
lion would have eaten up Samson had he not killed it. And when you kill
a temptation by not giving way to it you can make a riddle just like
Samson, and you can say, too, "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out
of the strong came forth sweetness.
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