The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-12

.,t See also .rcshu1 Nv. e. II
| TIE .,ebns.ses mar represent 10 cs tse cid
;hincs IN rs before Christ comes IN, We SO
here .he danger G. In any way tnleraane
them. last they set the mastery.
:. Nevertheless David took the strong
hold G. Zion The same Is the city @.
David - This VS. ;sc southwest I'M OF
Jerusalem. the olee, and hishe. pax; Of
the city. Another bill in the city was
oallss. Nu-iah. aud On THIS hill the temple
WAS huildcd III Chrca. iii, ~. Here was
The th--sh!rs i.oo- c. Araunah, and here,
long before. had Abraham offered up
Isaac
SO. so David dwell, IL the fort and
called I; the city Q. David" David offered
the chief cap;aipcy 10 whcaye: would frs,
srIlite the acoustics. md the successful
man was his own sisters son, Joab. the
son ot 2sruiah Il Chron. II. G; e.le).
Nothing can stand before man in whom
God Is Ore snch shall chase 1000, and
two pu, 10. uC0 TO aisA: (DsIt xxi. ao).
We think q Caleb, who asked 70. Hebron,
where the giants were. and OF David when
he slew Goliath. Although David dwell
81 this visible for, be knew Of and cwelt
In a much stronger enc, invisible 10 men,
.u- he was won, 10 sing, The Lord Is my
rock and my fortress, and my de.iyerer,
Ny God my strength, In whom l will
trust ,p,- xviii. 81
10. And David went en- and grew
grea. and The Lord God Of Hosts was with
him. The margin has going and grow
Ing. -" In Chrcn. Il, 9. it is written, Sc
David wased great gag greater, or, in
ing The r. V has IN both texts, David
wa1ed greater and greater The reason is
that "the Lord was with him. Il seems
10 me inc,casin ely clear that the promise,
! am with you, or ! will be with you,"
Is about The greatest that God can give us
Sec Ex. !il l2; Is. IL, Gen. xviii, 10;
joshua !, 3; .Judg. VI, 10: .Ier /, S, 70; Isa
Ill. 10; Math. xviii. 20, etc.
II, IL And David perceived that the
Lord had established him king over Israel
and that lie had exalted his kingdom fox
His people lsraels sake The growth OF
David's kin gdoEa and is establishment is
typical ot the kingdom ot the son OF
David, OF whom ii Is written. "Of the in
crease II his government and peace there
shall 10 no end, upon the throne Of David
and upon His kingdom To order it ana to
establish it with Judgment and with JUS.
.ice from henceforth even forever" lisa
IL, y. Hiram, King Of Tyre with his car.
penteEs and riasons building a house for
David, makes Us think OF he time when
the wealth OF all nations shah come unto
lsrae! and serve her lisa. *, s, ., ii, la), |
when all Ling- shall! fall down before her
King and all nations serve Him Cps. xxi, |
III
The same Lord who previously estab.
lished Samuel as Fis prophet ii Sam. iii,
@D now establishes David as His king. |
The recipe fnr being established is found |
In II Chron. Ky. 20, believe in the Lord |
your God; 80 shall We he established. The |
opposite Is seen IN lisa. vii, O. The word |
for us is. " BE yc stcadfast, unmovahle,
always Astounding i'll the work OF the |
Lord Il Cor. XIV, 5s) How can we. Bv |
letting the government Of ourselves and |
oil our affairs be upon His shoulder and
by our believing that He is ever with us
and thus walking before Him sincerely.