, 1874-11-19
THE PSALMS OF DAVID.
Frof. SWINGS Evening Lecture ut tho
Fourth Church,

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1Ao pFnSot-mootlf8 ~ the Fourth Prosb,
ter1sn Church, corner Of Rush and snrorie
atroots, Inst ovenlng, was very wol attondot
oraasa GRADUALLY ~. hn ss..3i' 'u.nns ~, ~ ~
thtra 1,..,s,s .,,r,.- 1A',o. ioae1nb '.o s"ont'
th'ru Psaln',-"Tho Lord Is my shepherd,
shall not want" otc,-Irof. Swing sAids
havo road this psnlm bcoauso I dostro. tbI
nool, ~ pu,,r,, ~ .,,,n., Ill, s ~
13s.,n, +. .'',I. H'a' =. "''en Luis '"en's'th'f
ts"ln Is ohly spoc'men' You often ae
Joined together tho Now Testament all
tile Psalms. Tho rcaaon Of this nssocia
ton,m - to"atou wstous :, aeDo , obvious, nut TIL
le"s sose.nei VI 'ue fsa1hs aho NOW IeBta
n'e'' seems 10 me 10 10 always particularly ap
propriate, because no part Of the Old Tcatameni
certainly, viii compare with tho Book OF pea,ms
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pou4",s au"psoo ~ cnsis1'an oispenaat'oh' anu
ca1'eo tne NO" Testament. for TINT roason
| might seem that 1t ought to stand by itself. Du
n,ornsnts reflection will show YOU that til,
Palms ara ,,.v tasra,,,a,,,, t,,ot T. .,,ar ,n
| 49, -, 49, r,,.,s ','1I As. .o' WV. a.,
pat' VI ING blolo LINT can mover gro" Old
Ihcre ID no Old Testament about this twenty
| third Psalm; that is, thoro is nothing In il
| OF shadow, nothtnr In Il of tvno. nn,h,no In 4
~ % t1'a to',nors ng ts,t - ,pu, n'ne % IN
y. ~. son1P1."' a suA' pA1aoe ""n5. Aue ooos
u fAAlms ID tue perpetual aon4 OF tbo human
heart, with the exception OF few psalms that
wore loca! Those pBalmB OF curaiug, In speak
ing Of tho Book, therefore, I speak of tha r1co,
nors3on ~ T. T. "a a., N.,u Ta".a.,'. ~ 'u' sloa
t'',a,. ~ 40 "'' "o" 1eS'aAen1 neYel
growing old'
The ROBSON OF tho immense worth OF the Book
Of Psalms IL this First, TINT they arc poo.
trv that Ia thav ,ro a ror1, - t,.a.,'. ~,
~ -~" ~-N - Ns+*+ ~ AA0AEAs hAAi
naa A,..-, -,.o.onoo oun " tno human hoaft
everywhere. Tor thts geucrally Ia the moaning
Of poetry; it is form Of thought that
haB reference to every heart In cvorv condition
Kinga and a poetry for tic common y ncon1n' n.
Tho very 1noyueus tic heart hecomca ilsn}rad
enough to clotho It's thourhts in et1oh wori}s M
David used in this rwanty.tLirl Tyaim, md in
ali lie Psalms. that moment it becomes lnspjroti M
and spsak Of thers1n o1
ment hat man viii neod. Ihja tn twants s .Hs stlrd
Psalm Is Just as everlasting a. tho {,
Sermon upop tho Mount. anii iust Az
as universal q sontiment ~ any ann founi IN IN
the disponBation of Christ. And so Mi throuel,
this Great coiIeoton only thoao wornR nro ntferoi
which tho human family eau ro.orLo. Su!uct
any QUO Of them-tho ninctIcth, tho ninety-first
"a Lord, Thou has boon our dwall,nr-placo IN
all generations !" tako tho Psalm in Which tho
writer duc|ares. "Tlc hcayoua declare tia glory
Of God; tho tlr,uamont sLowcth His bSndi-
work, Day uuto day uttoretl anccch
and night uuto night aheweth knowledge"
.-uuiyotsai utterapcre and hepco annronrnfniv
arc tbcy bound up with tho words IT :JoaIts
Christ. and with thoG ospele. and with tha 1noss
tlys letters.-a great part Of tic New Testa-
mcnt !: tut is. 81 the vloie Teutament tia @tha
ouly Testament that man viii necd VIZ
This immonee worth of tbs Psalms con,os. r
say, flo tho faot that thoy q, tic poetic brent-
heuco tIey ars fil Of The uniyorssl mi y, thu tho
plaintiye that COMES rirht un ort of humnI,
sn human sorrow full q thatlookine to the and
Of iifo that belongs to Won and mc
as much a. to David: and fu1l nf liz
boautiful-tLe beautiful Of aod, tie teautitnI
of I3od,a hcnyans md ~ lila sanntnarv Manco
tbs book is perpotuul. Thore ia nothioe IN It to
pass AWAY, WITH the fow exceutiona haya men,
Toned, 1t in tho book Of the Old 1natnmcnt
that IL destitute Of typea ana shadows and of tha
temporal. "'~ -