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DAvID,s HEAVY LOAD.

DAVIDsS HEAVY LOAD.
 "Ny sin Is continually before me-" said David when he was on the earth and re- psnting as hard a he could. The good man has now been in Heaven nearly three thousand years, bright shining e the sun, and 1t h possible that he has become co reconciled with himself that his ain is not now continually before him. But even If
 he Is happy and peaceful in the main there must be times whom he is thoughtful and when his sin is before him. For he was . great sinner and he couldn't think long about his life on earth without having one or another of his sins come before him. And If he can know what is going
 on among men he must often. have the sin for which he ii especially distin- guished brought before him. Probably no man who ever lived and sinned has had
 his bad example more frequently cited and
 misussd than David. Little did he think when he had his affair with Bathsheba that three and perhaps ten thousand years af- terward It would be spread conspicuously
 before the whole civilized world
 every time man of import ance had an affair with 6 Ba&hshebs. His sin was continually be- fore him. It is almost continually before the world in these days of tho telegraph and the newspaper, and will probably con- tinue to be ss long as folks are folks. If David knows it he must have some very gloomy thoughts concerning his sin, and 1t must make him squirm to see how every
 body who gets caught in Bathshsba sorspe turns to him for excuse and for comfort.
 The ides is that no Bat6shsba scraps could be worse than was that of David; that he repsnted and was man after Gods own heart, and that therefore every skunk who finds him self in 6 similar situation is entitled to be considered David. There are often slight errors in the assumption and often good deal of hypocrisy, but 1t wears we'll. It has served ss ussfnl plea in mitigation for many . man whose chief resemblance to David has been in his sin. And now comes the Star of Kentucky and adds him eelf to the long list of those who have tried to climb back into public favor or into
 heaven by standing on David's shoulders.
 In his recent speech st Lexington he said: When David fled from Jeru.slen to meet the insurrection of Absslom ss he came to Bakurim Shimei, the son of Cara, oame forth and cursed him as he came and cast stones at him. May I, who have been cursed, at whom stones have been thrown, take unto myself somewhat of the consols- ton which David took. He had sinned, he had confessed that sin, he had bowed him. self into the dust before Him who had | crowned him with inestimable and num- berless benefaotions, but who had not | deposed him from the throne; who had not set him aside for inferior and less worthy men; who still trusted him with the government of his chosen
 and peculiar people; and now to those
 around him he stilled their wrath thoss who had cursed him with this trustfu
 declaration: 'It msy be that the Lord will
 look on mine sflIction, and that the Lord
 will requite me good for his cursing thi'
 day" e.-....
 Oh Lordi Oh Davidi oh human nature
 And oh the gigantic gall of Brsckinridgs
 If David knows about that speech he vii
 once moro violently wish that he had nevel
 walked upon his roof in an evsningtid,
 and ssen the beautiful Bathshebs washing herself.