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way to a large country, it seems more inn

more than a personal visit. The King
brings the good will of a kingdom. He
represents the desire of rapprochment OF
two nations into reconciliation and friend
ship. The decoration of a city, the splen-
dor of illumination, the march of soldiers,
the manifested good will OF a peop.e, are
the emphatic expression of tie value OF
fraternity between nations.
These and recent movements of a similar
kind are the utterances of that longing for
the federation of nations in a spirit of adj
justment which will make for the prosper
ity and progress of all people. The move
ments in themselves may seem simple, but
they are not chi,d's pay, when We recog-
nize what large designs and hopes they ex-
press.
This little life of ours takes on greatness
and grandeur when we recognize that God
enters into it, with His wisdom. His love,
His purpose and His power. David was
to carry all these with him through the
long and trying way that led from the
life was big with the pan and power of
God IN it.. It mad al the meaning and Dig
nifty which these factors could give it.
When we take a comprehensive look we
will see that the expansion of Christianity
is connected with the ~sheepcot..
1t was this fact and sense of the Divine
Presence that BROUGHT to David inspiration
and strength. We take orr inspiration
partly from Ideals. but also from co-opera.
tive agencies that help us to translate
ideas. into life. God took David from
humble BEGINNINGS and led him away, lite
bv little, from the sheepcote toward the
sion Of thoughts. ideals and purposes that
would force him onward from point to
noint; 50 many things are to be expected
from the company a man keeps, the
friends he chooses, the great sous he per-
rnits to influence and helm him. David
fN~l ~ 49, L.
was formed that determined a career.
How much is to be expected from such an
association!
This was = real presence. It Is a real
presence which God desires us to know aad
realize. One says of a great statesman:
He habituaily practices the presence of
God and lives under Him to Christ" Inc
teaching about the real presence of God
with man. TIL words of our Lord in the
parable of the inc and the branches rep
resents the relation between Him and HE
followers. 1t is more than any earthly.
love: fellowship or friendly relation. How
purer, better and longer. You and l ever
more think we could have been, because
we he-f had those who loved us. and gave
40 us the ministry of their love. How
much it means when the soul is re,ated
with God by His abiding presence! How
/ IuuCA OIlC OuL VI Jul lives UCCIuSC
Of this union! Mr.. Hurley is quoted as
saying Of Mr.: Gladstone in his remarkable
biography: "Life is a great and noble call
ing; not a mean and grove!ing thing that
W are to shuttle through as we can, but an
elevated ard lofty Destiny" The man be-
lq,ns more fu.7y to understand himself and
the goou he should strive to reach when he
admits to his mind and heart a stream of
new perceptions, feelings and influences
which must core. when he allows God to
take him out Of the crude. the sinful and
lead him forward. This God shapes life
and destiny.
The great poet rcnreserts Hamlet as
taking in this THOUGHT and saying: "Let
rs know, our indiscretions sometimes serve
us well. when orr deep plots do PAL; and
that should teach us.
There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them ROW we will"
Were it not for the intervention Of the
aaiiKainee d #tsasssa wa 55dd aa'i }al hoy Just 81 f sd e The JACK
OF the wisdom, goodness n power which
they require!
David was only rich and sure of the best.
as God was with him; this presence in
viewed a glory, b-.essedness and f%ruition be-
shepherd boy, with all his limitations, is
SO reinforced by God that he comes to
royal position and power.
This divine presence is not only with
David at the sheepcote, but continues
through the long way Of III, entire and
checkered career, toward the gc~d which is
in Gods thought. The Heavenly Father
never left Or forsook him. There were
great difficulties to face, sucn as belong
to every strenuous, RELIGIOUS life, and they
may stand before a mountains, but one
must climb the steep ascent and make use
Of the means that are to. be taken IL he
caches the height and the other side.
The difficulties which David must meet
nd experiences in his 'ife which to human
tlew seemed to say: 'tGive up. expectation
md endeavor, for you cannot win the
frown" II is true that he haa been called
. q God and anointed bv the rrophet Sam
= Eea wren ne was a lad. but he afterwa1d
| EFT the ;sheepcote. so that he became a
FRIED and successful soldier; the plaudits
! lPf the multitude had rung i'm his ears, Fit
Ehls apparent success excited the amer and
: tfnvv ct Sau'. David became an outlaw. q
/ |hhaorr;11e 1,,s1tlve. ard his life was in direct
= NOD was with him; this was his assurance
9 uot success. Cod was with him in his dark.
! lest nicht. in his deepest distress. in his
q Emost d'ficult and DANGEROUS experiences,
/ / lwhen friends were hopeless and no words
y LOT assurance and cheer carve from any hr,-
q IMAM source. but amid al this he was max.
y Inc. progress. amid the labryirth Of a mvs-
, Iter1o'ts providence, toward the throne he
4 was to occupy.
This. then: is the word for us TODAY.
The God Of David viii be with everv orc
y > Who consents and covenants with Him. Ia
His wisdom we shall oe wise; in His
IL STRENGTH we shall be strong. In His love
N we shan find our love viii live and grow
III When He is oar life we win know how
! much 1;fe r-eans. In the out,oot- which
s !esns Christ presents to us we viii t-ov
Il that we are Going forward to a wisdom
'o-e ard :fe that gre ;mmorta'.
III Cnd waits to mahn Himself H~own IN al
! If TIE relations Of l;fo where His rr"se-ot
can be Of service. That of which He de
] sires Of everv one of rs is a more unre
! strieted yielding to His presence ant
J power.
IL excepting StiIl.'s
I Many a man whose life has had in Il
! good deal of trouble and opposition wonl,
+ have saved much if he had learned in hi