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wonder Caa;.wlc.;el Saul Hated It and
could not abide tho sound and with all
his might hurled an instrument Of death

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could not abide the sound and with all
his might hurled an instrument Of death
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know there are styles OF music that
sin ad1nires, and you hear 1t IS you pass
the casino or the dance hall, and the
devil has stolen most Of the tiddles,
though I am glad the Ole Bulls have
snatched up the charmed strings from
their dissertation, but 1t is fact that
sin has jsvelin for sacred sounds. In
many churches the javelin Of criticism
has killed the music, jevelin flung from
organ loft or from adjoining pew Of the
representative. Saul's javelin aimed at
David's harp. Thousands of people so
afraid they may not sing scientifically,
they will not sing at all, Or sing with
such low tone that no one hears them.
In many q church the javelin OF crit
cism has crippled the harp Of worship.
II satan could silence all the Sunday
school songs and the hymns Of Christian
worship, he would gain his greatest
achievement. When the millennial song
shall rise-and 1t is being made ready
there will be such roll Of voices, such
o concentrated power of stringed and
wind instruments, such majesty, such
unaninity, such continental and hemi-
spheric and planetary reclamation, that
it will be impossible to know where earth
stops and heaven begins. Roll on, rol
in, roll up, thou millennial harmony!
THE a1EANNEss OF REVENGE.
See also In my subject a rejected OPP
portunity Of revenge. Why did not
David pick up Sauls javeNn and hurl It
back again, David had a skillful arm.
He demonstrated on another occasion he
could WELD q sling, and he could have
easily picked up that jsvelin, aimed 1t
at Saul, the would BIO assassin. and left
the foaming and demented monster as
lheies, under the javelin as he had left
Goliath under sling. Oh, David, now
is your chance No, no. Men and women
with power Of tongue or pen or hand to
reply TO an imbittered antagonist, bet
ter initiate David and let the Javelin lie
at your feet and keep the harp in your
hand Do not strike back Do NOT play
the game OF bit for tat.
Gibbon, in his history, tells Of Bajazet,
tho great Moslem general who was
brought captive to the tent Of Timur.
He had attempted the massacre OF Timur
and his men. Nmur said TO him: "Had
you vanquished US I am not ignorant Of
the fate which you reserved for myself
and my troops, but disdain to retaliate.
You life and honor are secure, and shall
express my gratitude to God by my Glenn
ency to man" Beautiful.
Revenge on Christians tongue or pen
or hand Is inapt and more damage to
the one who employs 1t than the one
against whom 1t is employed. What A
javehn hurled at you and fallen at your
feet, and you not hurl 1t back AGAIN.
Yes. I have tried the plan. Learned
it from my father and have practiced 1t
all my life. aud 1t works well, and by
the help of God and javelins not picked
up 1 have conquered all my foes and
preached funeral sermons In honor Of
most Of them.
The best thing you con do with 8 jave-
In hurled at you is to let IT. lie where it
dropped or hang 1t up in your museum
as curiosity. The deepest wound made
by q ayelin. Ia notify thssharp edge, but,
at the dull end Of the handle to him who
Yields it. I leave 1t to you to say which
got the best Of that fight in the palace
Saul or David.
See also IN my subject that the Fact
that man sometimes lodges is not
against his courage. MY text says that
when Saul ass0iled him. David avoided
out Of his presence twice"-thas is. when
the javslin was flung, he stepped out Of
Its direction or bent TIL, waS or that-in
other words, he dodged. But al those
who have read the life OF David know
that be was rot lacking In proves.
David bad faults. but eowardice was not
one OF them.
When David. who wae. guess, about
~ fees high. went out 10 meet ths giant,
who WA, guess, about 10 feot high. 1t
WAS big undertaking. and the ineQuali-
ties Of thertruggle were so great that It
struck tho giantb Idea Of the ludicrous,
and he suggested 10 the little fellow that
he would make q Ane dinner for bug
card or q jackal-"Come TO me, and l
will give thy flesh unto the fowls Of the
air and to the beasts OF the field
COURAGE OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
When David went out to meet that
giant and conquered him, he demon
strated, as he did on other occasions. his
courage, But am so glad that when Saul
flung TINT javelin David lodged It. or
the chief work of Ids life would never
have been done. What d lesson this Is
to those who go into useless danger and
expose their lives or their regulations or
their usefulness unnecessarily. When
duty demands, 20 ahead. though all earth
and hell oppose. Dodge not one inch
FROM the right position. But when moth
ing Is involved step back or step aside
Why stand in the way Of perils that
you can avoidl Go not into quixotic
battles TO fight windmills. You will be
Of more use to the world and the church
as all active Christian man than as tar
get for javelins. There are Christians
always In a fight. II they 20 Into
churches, they fight there. II rney 90
into presbyteries or conferences or conso-
ciations, they fight there. Ny advice to
you Is, # anything ls to be gained for
God or the truth, stand out Of the way
o, the jevelins, isamuel xviii, II, "Da-
vid avoided out Of his presence twice
Washington was as mighty In his re-
treats as In bis advances. His army
would several times have been destroyed
If he had not lodged. He lodged on
Long Island; he lodged on New Jersey
heights. Lincoln on bis way to- tnaugu-
ration al Washington was waited for BY
ASSESSING, but he took another train and
lodged the desperadoes. We have high
example Of the fact that sometimes q
man will serve God best by disappear