The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
SUNDAY & SCEiooI..


~ 49,
a. "And the men OF David said unto him,
Behold the day, Of which the Lord said unto
David's life, Is now completely in David.
power and his men seem 70 suggest that now
he slay him; but az David himself had-cried,
BE merciful unto me @ God, be mercifui
show mercy even to Saul and Is content TO
lay no hand upon him, but simply cut of the
skirt OF his robe privfly to show him after
ward that he had him In bis power. Jesus
banish Satan FOREVER from this earth, and
He win do II In due time, but He is content
to wait patiently. and Permit His people and
His earth TO groan : lttth iongs'..
had I cut of ssufs skirt s's Even % foT asserting @
this slight token of his power, he feels con.
demned. His enemy was Off his guard and
unable to defend himself, and David would
rather meet an enemy, II he must 18th be met & as
in open fight, that the power of God might be
manifest. Thereis nothing of the Spirit Of
Christ in secret sayings on doings which will
G. :sThe Lord forbid ,ttas I should do this
fHaps Hepss IS SnsS anon ras Sss asS, sani wa.
not acting like the snSinted Of the Lord
should act, his life did not testify in that di-
anointed Of the Lord |" aud therefore respon.
sible to God to act as such; and IL he failed
it was for the Lord and notfcr David to deal
with him. TwoKreat practical thoughts are
{aisS Of cnr jesus then snssH ws have recsves
the Spirit, and are anointed kings and priests
unto God, and are responsible every day to
walk worthy Of our High Calling; and on
the other hand, though failure and even sin
may be manifest In the lives of the anointed
of the Lord, Il is for their Lord and not for
their fellows to judge and chasteu them.
u $50 David stayed bis servants with
very nuch by kind words and the manifesto
ton of Christ-like spirit TO hinder others
from speaking against or touching In any
way the anointed OF the Lord. We should
eth you toucheth the appls Of His eye"
lzech. H., 81 Every redeemed one, however
full of failure, is dear to God; even Israel, in
all her sins He called "the dearly beloved of
His SOUL" ger. Kill, az Saul rising up
a part Of his robe. reminds us Tint when we
are not In the Lords way we may lose many
things and yet be unconscious OF it:
ins nv fora 1ns King S6isd after Saul ,ss,; say;
with his face to the eai.i" Notwithstanding
Davids fearsan Outlines questionable con.
duct. here Is a truly humble and forgiving
was in the main right with God, and his fail,
ures tell ms the truth of that which he him.
self wrote "Verily, every man at his best
estate Is altogether vanity" Pe. xxx, g.
o, Wherefore heorest thou mems words,
saying, Behold David seeketh thy hurtr
Saul had turned a deaf ear to the words OF
God, and was giving heed to thelying and de
ceitful words of men, nnd was, therefore, far
from the way OF peace. The only rest OF
soul for man Is upon the words and thoughts
of God; but how few, even among Chris,
tians, rest quietly there2 The words Of this
| OF that man, what some one has said or re-
ported, is constantly needed, and there is,
therefore, such unrest while all the while
ing to give peace to all who will hear Him.
| As to the false reports that David sought
| Saurs hurt, is II not commonly believed by
the unsaved that to be a Christian would de
words that Jesus Is seesing their hurtY
10, IL. Some bade me kill thee; but mine
| eye spared thtG A* yet thou huntest
my soul to tak3it." Here David recounts
proof of the truth OF It the part of Saups robe
which he had cut of, thus testifying most
Enthusiastically that there was no evil in his
heart against Saul.
10. 1.-THE Lord Judge between me and thee,
and the Lord avenge me Of thee; butmy hand
shall not be upon thee This is beautiful ON
Davids part; this Is surely casting his burden
upon the Lord. Oh. what resting place It
Isl; We have not to fight our own battles, for
it Is God vino lghteth for US; we have not to
1
Him: we have no revenge to take, but mas
much as whosoever toucheth us toucheth the
| apple or Gods eye, just lot Him see to It IN
1s own cSensss sSSa d,s and Scsdo.b %ssd from III.
| wicked, but mine hand shall not be upon
thee" II the boys of all our day-schools
would act upon this principle, and remem-
bering that wicked words and deeds proceed
even, when injured by them, to lay hand
upon them, It might bs that some wicked
hearts would be won by such O spirit and
learn OF the new and clean heart which alone
can can act ir.a:eh az a.Ssy II men and women
in this respect show more of His spirit, how
many they might win to Him.
"A. After whom dost thou pursue3 After
a dead dog, after a flea" David was as
harmless TO Saul as dead dog, for he had
no thought of doing him any injury; but
Saul tempted by the evil spirit of envy which
had taken possession of him, fancied all
manner Of things against David, and his
fancies were helped by the liars and
people live to-day who imagine that evil is
| surely coming to them from this or that
direction, while the truth is that the i'm
| aginary source of evil Is as harmless as a
| dead dog or a flea.
Is. THE Lord be judge, and see
and plead my cause and deliver me out of
time, until the Lord come" rive shall all
stand Defore the Judgment seat OF Christ" "
Every one Of us shall give account of him
self to God" These are some helpful words
| Of the Holy Spirit upon this matter from the
| New Testament
16. Saul said: is this thy voice, my son
David9 And Saul lifted up his voice and
| wept." There are many such words and
tears nowadays, but they do not amount to
Nqnything; That they did not mean much
from Saul at this time is evident from chap.
XVI Where we see him as ! -tly as ever puD,
occasion tdore, of ChArlestor sssai ~ :. wSs sSt
agalnSS GaR weep, for he had sinned great
Se tea,s al, ,M nsd Yid and against God; and IL
Ts. Tee,, wen ifn&r dicated true penitence, 1t h,
,,sad.a nsaa anu him; but he seems to stand wi
was mo. as and others whose repentan
~ Wesbe repented of, md whose sorro
H. PSupsart deep.
Ihore3 nS SyAnd he said to David, Thou a
GU GU, Suthteous than I, for thou hast rewar
evI} wi "etood, whereas have rewarded tn
am, anu ffhese are true words from Sauls liz
aboYp Itou read to the end of the chapter al
~ Gtstli ha said, and especially the wore
way FUffnevid and fha kinrdovn and IN III,