The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-10-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International serseA
tor October ~, iNl:s-DHstd Ids
Cont ssiOn.

blot out my trdnssfeSslohs' 49,,
q Wash me thoroughly from mine I'M
guilty. and cleanse me from my SIN.
3. For / acknowledge my iransgiessiohsi
and my sin Is ever before me.
4 Against Thee Thee only, have snhcu
and done this evil In Thy sight; that Ihou
highest be justified when Thou speahest'
and be cleaf when Thou judges.
g. Behold, | was shapen ~ inquiry AM
In sin ala my mother conceive me.
4 Behold. Thou desteth truth Ia me IN
ward parts; and IN the hidden part ihou
shalt make me 10 know WISDOM rA.
:. Purge Re with hAssop, ana ! sra. "
clean, wash me, and shall be winter imam
s Make me to hear JOY and e'adness;
that the bones which Thou mast otoA'h
may rejoice. t nah,o,
y. Hide Thy face from ms suns anu o'o'
out III mine iniquities. :. era.
IL Create In me Il clean heart. y uou
and renew a right spirit within me-
II cast me not away from Thy presence
and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me,
~ Restore unto me the JOY OF my sa4vA
ton; and uphold me with Ihy Tree sp'a.,
IL. Then will / teach transgiessofs AhS
ways, ana sinners shah be eohNei1eu 1A'S
Thee. ,,.,,,,ress a
God Thou Of my salvation ana my .o"sN W
shall sing aloud OF T rhon nv ms; ana my
mouth shall shew forth Thy praise
II; For Thou desirest not sacrllice siss
would / give It; Thou deightes' ho' ="
Oqlhi rS D ss"srifces OF God are broken
spirit: broken and a contrite hea''
God. Thou wilt not despse - !.
GOLDEN TENT.-Create
.p... heart. q G0d.-Ps. 5tiio.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
10 Sam 81 one OF the many inuca'
,ions Of David's generosity AID true
heartedness is found in his kindness u
Mephibosheth, the crippled son u n''
friend Jonathan. An ordinary oiieh-
tai monarch of Davids time would nave
exterminated the family OF the former
t,np root and branch. David ala hos
40 so but sent across the Jordan 10 10
debar. where Mephibosheth was NV
ing in concealment. and brought nin'
TO Jerusalem with great honor, res'ol'
ing to him the rich lands OF saul wnici
hal been confiscated. and added MN
IN the constantly increasing NUMBER "
courtiers who enjoyed the kings iavo'
and lived more or less al MS eApens'
at the court in Jerusalem
q Sam. 11-12:25) David stood th'
tests o. adversely better than those .
nrosperity. Ease and luxury were De
ginning TO tell on his character In
stead of leading his armies into Datti
"a formerly. he now left them 10 Joau
and remained himself in his harem
Jerusalem. The fact that in those day
n was considered eminently proper 10
king to have harem did not max
that harem less demoralizing- The sa
story of Dayid's moral weakness wne
temnted. and then of his deliberate mui
der TO conceal his sin and add anolhe
woman 10 his harev, Is told III Chal
: II. Thus far" says Aglen, the s'or
belongs to the usual crimes OF an OF
:. entail despot What follow
. however. could have been found m
! where in the ancient world but in u
:. Jewish monarchy" When after u
a terrible year lived with a guilty col
science. the prophet Nathan again al
d peared before David to do the hal
; duty Of a friend I2:1-12). David brol
down completely. coniessing his 81
Q and repenting with a repentance I'M
;. was really a change Of life. Black
: the sin had been. Jehovah forsave u
> penitent man. but the results OF u
: sin troubled David's life 10 the en-
ops. 51:l-5D In connection with tn
story of the sin and repentance oil isr
e els greatest king. we study the marve
q Gus prayer for pardon in the Fifty-nr
y Psalm. II is not known who wro
} this Psalm. but IL fits Dayid's circur
u stances so fully that many suppose
! was written by him after the visit
8 Nathan. In its words the penitence al
e aspiration of those who have dol
y wrong have found expression throu'
T. ALI the centuries to the present tin
Is there not place for the coniessi'
Z, and PRAYER Of the first few verses
y every Christian experience? The o
u Offering the prayer has hope. but 1t
" in Godss loving kindness rather TIL
in his own deserts Against Tit
u Thee only. have sinned: The We
3 natural feeling OF the heart. whatey
r, its sin. as 1t bows before the low
and righteous God to whom in its I
"a II has been untrue. The Psalms Q
'e written in the language of the feelin
y. "That thou mayest be justified =
Il confessing my guilt admit that 7
IL condemnation IL Just"
y Tvs. c-1o) Purify me with hyssoT
- sPronounce me clean from my sin y
a. the priest pronounccs the leper Gle
y as he sprinkles him with the hyss
~ branch" "Gladness:" That con
y only with a sense of sin put away a
forgiven. Bones broker
a. "A very strong figure. denoting
most complete prostration. "-Perow
:" Tvs. 1910 Then will tcacl
:" No one can bring others to Christ mi
effectively than the one who has co
close to Gods fatherly heart in I
az experience of contrition and forgi
ness Thy praise" An expression
the Joy that fills the heart Of the pr
ed igal after his return to the fatht
in. house. Thou delightcst not In sal
DO fee" Nor in any other external tn
I'm In itself. but IN real. vital change
heart.