The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-10-15

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and after the death of Saul, he supported
the claims of Ishbosheth, SauI's son, to tn,
throne, and made him king over all Israel
land solimited the kingdom of David, whom
tGod designed as Sauls successor, and who
had already received the amounting oil. L
kthe tribes of Judah and Benjamin. Their,
was constant war betweeu the house of San
land the house of David, and "Abner made
himself strong for the house of Saul" But
lin consequence of an insult received from
lshbosheth, he reso lived to transfer his allie.
glance to David. $50 do God to Abner,'
was his vow, land more also, except as the
T. Lord hath sworn to David even so l dc
|" to him. To translate the kingdom from
IS the house Of Saul, and to set up the
= throne over Israel and over Judah from
/" Dan even TO Beersheba." No sooner had
Joab, who was Dayid's COMMANDMENTS
3Chief, learned that Abner was In communi-
S%cation with David for carrying out his de-
Rsign of bringing all the tribes of Israel to
own allegiance TO David, than on pretence
sof comforting with him he took him aside
in the gate. and with one treacherous stab
Abner lay a corpse at his feet.
Well might David, as he pronounced the
Seulogy over him which is now before Us,
SndfG dNilGO- dud 4 an tulS udF tFtthI
though anointed King and these men the
sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me. The
Lord shall reward the doer of evil accord
sing to MS OWE w~ickeduess."
The Indignation with which David rel
sceived the tidingS of his death knew mol
bounds but with that Indignation there
came q sense of his utter weakness. His
COMMANDMENTS Chief, the man on whom he!
most relied, was stained with an abomina-I
Ible crime. The hopes he had Just cherished
|Of reigning over a united people were!
dashed to the ground. 1t was hardly posi-
'sible but hat the idea would be circulated
that he had consented to the murder of
'Abner.
But that which he felt to be a moment of
weakness and the collapse of all his hopes,
proved to be the hour of his strength, and
the fulfllment of all hat he desired.
For when it was seen that he attended
BIN person the funeral of Abner, and conf
posed a dirge for the occasion
Died Abner as a fool dieth
Thy hands were not tied,
Nor thy feet put into letters
As A man falleth before wicked men,
So fellest thou
and when it was further observed that thes
King abstained from all refreshment on theS
day of the funeral until the sun had gomez
down, he won the hearts of the people FROM
Dan to Beersheba; and the representatives
of all the tribes of Israel came to David toy
Hebron, and said, Behold, we are thy
bone and thy flesh" Aud they anointedA
David King over Israel. And so out off
weakness he was made strong. The conf
solidation of his kingdom, the extinguish-
of the animosities and jealousies whichE
for seven years had kept Israel and JudahI
apart and the establishment of David'sb
throne from Dan to Beersheba, were the
results that issued from the assassination off
.bner. s
And if it be yet too early to predict they
results of Garfield's assassination, there area
Indications that they will not be d~issimilars
to those that followed on the death ofS
The same sense of weakness andE
prostration at the loss of the Ruler of theE
spread through the American peopleE
IS David acknowledged at the death off
Abner. But out of that weakness thereE
mas shot forth an element of strength. Ands
the strength of the American people,
S seen in the burying in the President'sT
grave of political feuds and animosities, andE
he jealousies of rival parties, and all that's
hinder that union which is theS;
strength of a nation. To-day, America isN
not only in herself, in the union off
leart with heart from the Atlantic to theS
Pacific, but strong also in the sympathy of
he civilized world, and notably in thea
ympathy of the elder branches of they
race. S
Whatever asperities of feeling, OF ieal- z
,usies, or animosities nave existed, or haveE
,een supposed to exist between England
nd America, are to-day forgotten. The
Message of England's Queen expresses the
ympathy of the English people. In the
.eep feeling Of their common brotherhood,
he English speaking races, on either shoreN
f the Atlantic are, to-day, united in hearty
S closely as were Israel and Judah in the
eign of David. E
From the contemplation of these happy&
let us next inquire what lessons ourl
heavenly Father would have us learn from
he dreadful crime that has been committed.
1.-The fallen prince has left to the
yorTd a noble example of duty performed
4 singleness of mind without any regard
Interior consequences.
By the Constitution of the United Statesl
be President is made the official head of the
alton, and in appointing to the various
of State, is vested with an authority Y
lore absolute than that of the Queen of
With that authority comes the
of corresponding responsibility. The#
~uestion that the President has to decide Isl
MS Shall he exercise that authority with
ut fear and without favor. yielding to no
ressure, either of friends, or factions,
Ding nothing by Partially; not distribu-
ing offices as rewards to the leaders Of a
official campaign, but appointing to each
flee of state the man most fitted to dis
barge its duties for the country's veal.
Woe unto thee, Oh land, when thy King 81
a child says the wise Monarch, and
resident Garfield recognized that it would
c woe to the great nation, whose ChiefW
Magistrate he was called to be, if he did not
his executive authority with a singleN
ye to his country's good; but should allow
as a child, to be the tool of a polit-E
,al faction, or the obedient servant of self IS
ppointed t%1tors, who claimed to have theE
ERECTION of his appointments.
But now whilst the nation weeps for itsE