Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international series
for October Is, 19r3-Dnvfd's
COnfcssion.
rfE LESSON TENT.

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I. Have mercy upon me- o GOO, accord
| ing 10 Thy loving kindness. according
| unto the multitude OF Tiny tender mercio 5
| blot out my transgressions.
| >. Wash me thoroughly from mine ini-
guilty. and cleanse me from my sin.
=. For / acknowledge my transgressions.
and my sin is ever before me.
4. Against Thee Thee only. have sinned
and done this evil in Thy sight: that Thou
| miShtest be justified when Thou spe akest.
| and be clear when Thou judgest.
| .. Behold. 1 was shapcn in iniauity: and
| In sin did my mother conceive me.
| q. Behold. Thou desireth truth in the in
| ward parts: and In the hidden part Thou
| shalt make me TO know wisdom.
| =. Purge me with hyssop. and l shall be
| clean, wash me. and shall be whittier than
| snow.
5. Make me TO hear joy and gladness:
| that the bones which Thou hast broken
/ may rejoice.
. Hide Thy face from my sins. and blot
| out all mine iniquities.
| 10 Create in me clean heart. . God;
| and renew right spirit within me.
| II. Cast me not away from Thy presence:
and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
| H. Restore unto me the JOY of Thy saliva
| ton: and uphold me with Thy free spirit.
| L.. Then will 1 teach transgressors Thy
| ways; and sinners shall be converted unto
| Thee.
| God Thou of my salvation: and my tongue
| snail sing aloud OF Thy righteousness
o. fa SpSH fdr,h m pPsss shd
| - FOR Thou desirest not sacrifice: else
would give it; Thou deiightest not in
| l. The sacrifices OF God are a broken
| spirit. broken and a contrite heart, o
| God. Thou wilt not despise.
| GOLDEN TENT.-Crente In me n
| Glenn heart. d God.-Ps. 51;fO.
| NOTES AND COMMENTS.
| g Sam. 81 One of the many indica-
| tons of David's generosity and true
heartedness is found in his kindness to
Mephibosheth, the crippled son of his
| friend Jonathan. An ordinary orien-
| tai monarch of David's time would have
exterminated the family OF the former
| king, root and branch. David did not
| do So but sent across the Jordan to Lo-
debar. where Mephibosheth was liv-
ing in concealment, and brought him
| to Jerusalem with great honor, restor-
| ing to him the rich lands of Saul which
| had been confiscated, and added him
| to the constantly increasing number of
courtiers who enjoyed the kings favor
| and lived more or less at his expense
at the court in Jerusalem.
| e. Sam. 11-12:25D David stood the
tests of adversely better than those of
] prosperity. Ease and luxury were be-
| ginning to tell on his character. In
stead of leading his armies into battle
as formerly. he now left them to Joab,
| and remained himself in his harem at
| Jerusalem. The fact that in those days
| 1t was considered cminently proper for
| a king TO have a harem did not MAX q
that harem less demoralizing. The sad
| story of David's moral weakness when
| tempted, and then of his deliberate muir
| der to conceal his sin and add another
woman to his harem. is told in Chap.
| II. Thus far" says Aglen, the story
| belongs to the usual crimes of an ORR
| entail despot What follows.
however. could have been found no.
where in the ancient world but in the
| Jewish monarchy" When after the
| terrible year lived with a guilty con-
/ science, the prophet Nathan again APP
| peared before David TODD the hard
duty Of a friend G2:1-12). David broke
| down completely, confessinS his sin
and repcnting with a repentance that
was really a change Of life. Black as
| the sin had been, Jehovah forgavc the
| penitent man. but the results of the
sin troubled David's life to- the end.
| ops. 51:1-5) In connection with this
| story of the sin and repentance of Isra-
| els greatest king. we study the marvel
| GUS prayer for pardon in the Fifty-first
| Psalm II is not known who wrote
this Psalm, but it fits Davids circum-
| stances so fully that many suppose it
vas written by him after the visit Of
| Nathan. In its words the penitence and
| aspiration Of those who have done
wrong have found expression through
| all tho centuries to the present time
| Is there not pSce for the confession
| ard prayer of the first few verses in
| every Christian experience? The one
| Offering the prayer has hope. but it is
| in Gods loving kindness rather than
| in his own deserts. Against Thee
Thee only. have | s!nned:" The very
natural feeling of the heart. whatever
its sin. as it bows before the loving
and righteous God to whom in it's sin
II has been untrue. The Psalms are
written in the language of the feelings
THAT thou mayest be justified" by
confessing my guilt admit that Thy
condemnation is just"
US. 6-12) Purify me with hyssop."
pronounce me clean from my sin Just
as the priest pronounces the leper clean
as he sprnkles him with the hyssop
branch" "Gladness:" That comes
only with a sense Of sin put away and
| forgiven. Bones broken"
"a very strong figure. denoting the
most complete prostration Perownc.
tNs. l3-l7) Then will teach"
No one can bring others 10 Christ more
| effectively than the one who has come
| close TO Gods fatherly heart in this
experience Of contrition and forgive
| ness. THY praise" An expression Of
the joy that fills the heart Of the prod
gel after his return to tho fathers
house Thou delightest not in sacri-
fee Nor i'm any other external thing
D.. -.--.Ll l.