. Christian herald and signs of our times . im get up to the watercourse, and smite thelame and the blind that are hated of Da-vids soul, or that hate Davids soul[margin]. David hated Gods was indignant with the land of Ca-naan because of the iniquity which waspractised there, and David took Godsside and did not let even the most appar-ently righteous sympathy divert him fromthe straight line of doing the will of hisGod. Oh, how many of Gods peoplecannot see quite straight because they areinfluenced by the opinion of someone whosegood opinion they fear to lose ! A manwho lives cons
. Christian herald and signs of our times . im get up to the watercourse, and smite thelame and the blind that are hated of Da-vids soul, or that hate Davids soul[margin]. David hated Gods was indignant with the land of Ca-naan because of the iniquity which waspractised there, and David took Godsside and did not let even the most appar-ently righteous sympathy divert him fromthe straight line of doing the will of hisGod. Oh, how many of Gods peoplecannot see quite straight because they areinfluenced by the opinion of someone whosegood opinion they fear to lose ! A manwho lives constantly waiting upon theLord is above all such influences. Thesubtle cunning of the Jebusites did not an-swer, the stronghold was taken and Da-vid as Gods anointed, dwelt there. AndDavid waxed stronger and stronger, butnot in his own strength, the secret of hisstrength was the same secret as that ofJosephs prosperity. The Lord the Godof hosts was with him. LESSON POINTS. Suggestions and 111 ust rat ions for the Useof Sunday School Teachers,. THE TOWEK OF DAVID LL things, saysthe proverb,come to h i mwho can the tribeof Judah hadproclaimed D a y i dking, lie waited sevenand a half years forthe fulfilment of thepromise that he should be kingover all of char-acter is some-times shown asmuch in waiting as in ac-tivity. Such a spirit ofimpatience as Jacob andh i s mother displayedwhen thev expedited the fulfilment of apromise by deceit, would have promptedDavid to attempt the seizure of the king-dom by force. One of the most commontemptations of life is to adopt impropermeans to attain some desirable some prize is almost in the grasp,and all that is needed is a lie, or someother course that the conscience con-demns, there comes a struggle betweenduty and inclination that is very severeand often disastrous. There is no boy orgirl who will not be the safer for hav ingthe principle firmly fixed in the mind thatsin is too high a price to pay for the gr
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