The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-09

| the fact that David, on the second at
tempt brought the ark from the 9,,n house Use
ON o to 3eru iy 1aa records
several interesting circumstances con-
nected with that event-,the sacrifices o.
te n dnaans h IS t Wfe s h
and her virtual rejection. and the large large
gifts Of the king to the people some g
time after when peaGea ovsr his e o.
niles, David, while sitting in his palace,
considered how he might further employ
n nnse in % hf n tha he lived in house.
of cedar and the ark was meanly lodged.
he conceived tho, design Of building q
5 Dssosns MS is thnoughts to Natn the
prophet. he was encouraged by that emil
nent man, who felt assured that the pur..
GGG od ana tha " h ne s God Would
to success (chapter vii: 1-5).
NATHAN.-Davld.s adviser deserves rye, :,
Gefs w ix,en nso oe nG the nssson
public teacher. Nathan. was the latest
direct represertatiye Of the |ho 81 ,S Of
spirit. Of samuel, the founder of those h, IS.
Of confidence. is evident from his words o. as
hs sneaR his Nc IS
by the fact that afterward he reprovcd
David for his sin with Bath-sheba, and
n ans the ewe @mb Shows lis @
David esteemed Nathan as, a counsellor
81 o4d sd 6fsna aRRR s son al 9 Sam ne x
inaug HiSfH"s Nathan Returned ~ ren.
6 6eoks he Ee service Of Da ans Ghro
tI1 chro S tx: 2sj, now unfortunately
sed The so rss IS n In Shed By
manner of announcing MIN on various
occasions.
Verse 8, fulfilling the promise, !, made de-, to
Na x s. He M she dR repnsf 10 q 81
occupies the remainder Of our lesson
The first part Of that message Is e! here
thou build me a house?" 1t Is evident
that the question was followed by an
answer. omitted in this passage, but re- c.
which David is forbidden to build. thus
reversing Nathan's former advice. BY
this It appears that good men. after CON
one at the head of the nation. the other
Gods inspired representatives. may err
when they como at first to consider a
Of one may be revised and abandoned
under the added light that may come
out of Gods word. There were two en-
Northumberland was called my servant"
by the Almighty. and the thing which, he
proposed was ncknowledged TO 2r be praise praise
milton prepared the king for a statement
o. ass Of e. those sss
not asked for the building; This !, point Int
Emphasis pSisu W Yer s' and Is From tho
~ ~ - hof a
abode in tabernacle. The children OF
Israel had been brought out OF Egypt,
had settled d Sf IN e Canaan Joshua;
the Judges and Saul had hourished, yet
during all that time He did not dwell III
ranged under divine guidance. When
anything new was. needed He had or
order it. ,(Heb. viii: s. 70 whom. then,
ma ton did He speak. saying, Why build build
ye net Me an house go Or eeaaf ssert hn,
that God was satisfied with q tent. And
If He was satisfied why should any man,
ter. It was quite enough to do the will
press disclosure of that Will.
MlssloM.The message that Nathan than
w 10 the app masion o Of David It was nee.
essary, inasmuch as he had desired to
DO what God had not told him to 40, DO.
that the king should be remn ,de1, o. o. ms MS
it t. is this, that he should be ruler over
Israel. For that purpose he had been
taken from the sheep,cote q SAM 81 Il, s ":
way. His enemies had been cut off on
all sides, and there had been given to
him rs sfat men Of t tSe ue eapth Xnd
honor and 1 peasure en1 But nc for the national
M manene a sfHdi ra eado sSa los esd
might not be afflicted an. more And as
to his own, house Verse 9, about which t;l
he reflected, Goo had =, told him to Q, build lati
not t''f feel ei'Gg ncomfortabie because there
was no house of God. The performance
his royai daty and the o s OF
David added to this a thought, not re-
Soraeq in h b. E Tnban
cs Northumberland HH!!; f. forbidden tho
Of the tempe ana mo hayng 5
God which Nathan was REQUIRED to de-
liver to David. presented a series OF en-
es In kg to the dvne Will REGGIE
sussses5lo sS0s' when f' his days should bs
10 this
would be extremely gratifying Through
out all Eastern lands q man lived largely
for posterlty. lie, desired nothing so
paired whatever good he possessed
!. psalm xc: 1O.) He expected In that way
, to obtain enduring fame, This was true
Of David moro than Of any other. He
had seen the house Of Saul, Including
the beautiful Jonathan, and had con,
templated the calamity with intensest
pain, QI Sam. l: 25) Possessed of an
ardent nature, he held his family close
to his heart and longed for the welfare
Of each.
to reign was made more comforting by
the promise that he should build the
house of God. What David was forbidden
! This promise contained several ele-
ments worthy of notice, The temple
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