, 1875-02-21

THE TRANSLATION.
JHRusALEM ABB 90, 3. @. 7033.-Ror often
| out Of mans own mouth il he condemned /
| But few neekB Ago We were singing IN the tab
ernacle the psalms Of cur King, when the words,
Put not your trust ID Princes, for in ths name
Of the Lord will destroy them," smote upon
my ear With sound. SO ludicrous that fairly
laughed outright. And Jet, behold the prophecy
is fulfilled. Tho deathleBs confidence CIR
people had imposed in King David has been
rutAlessiy shattered, and our homes are invaded
by scandal 80 foul aud unnatural that tho air
ia poisoned With it, Il ia discussed in parlor aud
bar~room alike and the fact that it can be dis
c,1aaed aho,Fs you that shere are two opinions
existing as to the fecta to make discussion pos
sible. So mazy interests ste involved III It that
many Of our people prefer to remain blind and
deaf to the testimony, and though bis guilt has
been proven beyond peradTenture, the men Of
his own tribe Of Judah, with others, stand upon
the hill-tops shouting,
''LoSd LIVE KING DAyIp!
and "Down with the blaok-mailersl" !" The case
is one which will live ii history among the most
celebtated Of causes celebres, possessing ~ It
docs all the elements of frst-ciaas Sensational
draina Of coatemporaneoua human interest,""
The case frst came to the earn OF tho public
through ths Vaccinations OF one Shimei. Ben
fanlite, believe. This person is the champion
of 'sadvanced IDEAS" and claims to havo invent
ed noH ra1gion, whosa central doctrine, as far
as can see, il carnalism. He has contended
for years that King Darid sympathizes With him,
but fears to acknowledge 1t. In order to give
this charss tho videzt publicity, be prepafed
statement Upon long scroll which he hung up
in tho tabarnsoie in s,1ch manner as to chal-
1snss iilstaht perusal. It had tho effect desired,
and soon attracted multitude.
The writer affirmed tlet in the sbsei1ca Of
Urilh, Hietite soldier, who had bean
CAMPAIGNING WITH GEN. JoAB
against the Ammonitea, David had seducea
hts wife, ind, finding her pregnant
Lad sent for Uriah to coFer up his guilt
He Waa foilcd in this design by
Uriahts tnte,sss patriotism, md resolved
upon boldly facing the scandal. He sent orders.
10 Shimei charged, to Gen. Joab to commission
Uriah to dangerous service, in order that he
might b. killed. Gen. Joab, whosa Reputation
is nono tod ssvory, and who La generally regarded
as 3 sycopbant and trickster, obeyed this brutal
command, and U1iah was killed In sortie OF tho
Anmonitos from Rabbah. .tHaving rid him.
self Of the husband" 40 reads the charge, "ths
cold-blodded murderer and shameless adulterer
married the widow just III time to save her
reputation"
You may imagine the sensation this statement
created in Jerusalem. SItinei Vac promptly
arrested and kept in jail, though nobody could
tell what charge there ws against him. The scfibes
who made copies Of his statement have gone
but very little rredence wss given
to the story. The source from which ii ot5gin-
ated was not OF q character TO win public cob.
idencd. It is barely possible tint the affair
would nave haTe died ont but for
K1Sa DAyID's IMPoiIT1o coNDucT.
The persecution OF S1liinei was SO excessive that
citizens Of Jerusalem, and even the Mw-giyess
of other cities wore moro or less dfsgusted Just
at this timc,- some ai1 months ago, . rnnaor
gained ground that Uriah bud not been killed at
all TINT Es Wa8 taken prisoner b. The Amn1on-
ties had been liberated, and now came back to
claim bis Wifa- Several ihteryieHs took plaoe
between the parties concerned. Nathan, the
prophet, one Of tile most remarkable men Of
tic dag, and worthy successor Of the i1lustri-
OTIS Samne1 Eas called in to adjust the
difficulty, ind succeeded in framing policy foe
their future guidance. Between Nathan and
Uriah the kindest Of feeling existed, while the
prophet felt n ill-consealed contemp!t for the
son Of Jesse. This feeling was not atlayed by
Dayid's manner at the, confofonces alluded to |
above. He gave way to his feelings In the most
abiect ray. Ho Wept orer Nathan, called him |
tho friend whom God had raised up expressly for ]
him. implored him to preserve his reputation. |
Towards UriaH he conducted himself with equal |
and even went 30 far as to hint that /
EAfu5HEuA's Aa1B1T1oa WAS THE CAUSE pf BIS |
"FA1L";
that she had made overturea. and he had weakly
accepted them. fortunately he has described his ]
II bis poems will give better Illustration Of his
behavior than I cou1d hope to convey. gi7e |
you sone extracts:
For my soul ia full II troubles; md my Life draxeh
am counted with them that 81 down into tic pit
an man TINT hath no atraugth.
aaye msEey upon 1as Oh aed; sssord9g to Tby Ior-
ter meroes blot out my ttansgre4bion.
Wash mo thoroughly from nina iui4uitY, aud
leanse me from my Sin.
Behold, was shspen in niquity, aud in Sin did my
For mine iniquities are sone over my head: III
eayy burden they are too heavy for me. am feehle
nd Soro broken have roaEed by reason Of Tho dis
npt, because of nay 1oolishness. For win declare
a1ne tuiquity, will he so1ry for my sin.
And so forth. At other times he gave NAY to
most astonishing and boyish exnbe1ance.
The tesui. Of Na.han's meditation however, |
fas this. In order to spare ha wife the anguish |
# exposure aud the penalty provided By law
or adultery, Uriah ngreed to remain ailsns. he
lad boen supposed dead, and he would abandon
lis name and be to all intents and purposes dead.
lis family wero to be gent out Of the city to =
lstaat part Of tho country, and he was to be
iVen
COMMISSION IN THE REGULAR ARn9.
lad this programme been carried ont re should !
ave been spared deluge Of filth. Tie secret |
'as zea1ously kc3t. and Shimcis nasty stories |
'ere for time ridiruled ~ preposseruus, and |
rdinarv senss would have preserved tile seoret !
. this day.
1t appears, however. that = priest nsmed
adok, who had presided at tho car |,
,nony Of taking the Ark into the kaber-
aole, prompted by motives I caunot i'm
Eine, publicly proclaimed that Uzia1 was \ |
og, and King David the most magnAniuaous OF
len. This was not the frat charge mad6 |
gainst the unfortunate officer, and he waited for
aa King to deny it in come nay tha: would ex- ,
uerate him without exposing the weakness Of |
is wife. addinK that any compromise Of that
Indy would be followed BIZ his i'm
lediate assassination. David did not make !
ove, and Uriaa came boldly to the front, He ! ,
leparad scroll, hung it in tho tabernacle, and
gned his nama to it. This statement was 3D. !
ressed to Iadok. It limited da1kly at aome ,
reas crime committed BY the King. which be fore
ore to nhrna or characterize, aud contained er- ,
sotz from some OF Dav1d's letters among them
10 Paragraph in which he admitted his offeuge.
be exhibition of this statsneus h8d 4 stunning
1eot. Coptes Of It said fot outtageous prices,