The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-06

which was followed by such splendid re-
suits?
In the first place. this minister was
sent OF the Lord unto this sinner. We are
told thar The Lord sent Nathan unto
nor at the call Of any board. nor at the
call of MS own desires. hut he went as the
Lord called him. He was, therefore, Obedi-
ent II his Master, and TO such the Lord re-
vcals himself IN signs and wonders.
Then. in the next place., he respected
David,s own sense Of justice. BY q simple
parable. without any reference to the spc-
cihc sin for which he had been called to
reprove the King, he won from the King
4 deyision upon the justice OF the case;
Men have a keen sense OF justice. provided
their interests are not involved. and every
man. when free from either training or
prejudice. will. If given a fair chance. come
near TO simple justice. David did not
know that in the decision which he rem
dered he was passing sentence upon him
basis of simple justice.
Again. this preache had the courage to
apply the decision promptly End plainly
to the King. AS II he were merely the
meanest subject of his realm. There was
no halting. as though he hesitated TO make
the application of the sentence, which was
King. Men respect the man who has moral
courage. even when they themselves are
the objects, upon which this moral courage
These three things made this SHINING
King see that he. like all men, was under
a law which was as memorable in his case
Notice the direction which this convic-
ton took. and note the lements in il,
which show its GeDuineness.
In the first place he saw sin, and was
not ashamed TO confess IL. II was not
simply ar indiscret!On to him. or a mis-
step. but ii was n sin. Until men see SIN.
they are in nowise ready TO confess IL
and turn from it.
bring men to see sin. We have become so
accustomed to il. and have had so much
TO do with IL. that We have perhaps I'M
consciously 70 ourselves formed the habit
of apoloSizing for it. 1t has become the
wanderinEs If the young man and the foI-
les of the young woman and the bought
less conduct of -eople who will by and by
learn better.
1T is well for us now and then to pom
der the Masters words, in which he said
that when the Holy Spirit came he would
convict the world in respect OF sin, be-
his mind. was the parent sin. that the foun-
tain Of the 6eathly stream. that the MAS
matte pool that breeded all kinds of hurt
buo thih : sa I1s' q. fSnd DsTenfs' anu
David came to the starting point OF all
true reformation. No man begins right IN
I'll he stands with an unveiled face IN the
presence of his conduct and sees that II is
sin A reformation that begins
else cannot. In the very nature of the case;
work the purest reformation, which VIII
seSotice. again. that he saw sin as per
sonal. I have sinned-' 1t IS an easy
thing. perhaps, to- see sin in another.
but ~oftentines we are blind TO the same
thing in ourselves. 1t Is about this man
that Paul writes when he says: For thou
that iudgest. dost practice the same thing
personal. / may he involved in the sin OF
another. may suffer because of II, but
whatever may be its enormity. SO long as
it is not mine I cannot repent of it
Every one who has read with any degree
of care the hfty-1rst Psalm must have
been struck with the repetition Of the per-