The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-10-01


No. .S; and the Lord blessed Obed-odom,
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'..e /. d hath blessed he bonse of ShnS ,,'S'
N. ""d all that pertaIneth unto him.
W ,''V a'h u nou, 90 DaViu went
H.. o. 90. l-raom into tha rity of navid
VIII sadness.
e." DEN TENT.-Blcssed are they
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FIRST \. .npt 40 sure Ark. eSam ala
Second e, ..,mpt S"cc DIS. . Sam, 6:ll-lg
s"'in o. 'na"h sN'"i''''I Chron'' l6:I-Sb
hecame ki, AYR 'I",S go na,la
putcd at H. b. {. u.d 80 B. c.
PLACE.-I"e a.. .ad been for several
,ra ,un.s d. N''Jn'"-. 'ti. ABOUT IL miles
Jerusalem tD, I.Ii -. wsu no ,ba ~
.!ticai capital .. Pats .,.e.
NOTES AND ,OMMENTS.
The death .. .,-.ul a.~ the assumption
OF the crown h.. .,aNiL .ppeared to the
Philistines a &C.. tim, % renew their
ancient warfare 80. nst l. .rael. So they
made an incursion iato t..e valley OF
Rephaim, entirely o,errunuins IL. L.
the manner of conducting this warv. ca.
note one great difference il. the cha ..,-
ters Of the new king and sf tbs old L q.
Saul. David inquired of theLLrC whet.-
er or not he should go up agGi:. st the
Philistines. Saul, too, on his ca1u Uligns
had done so, but the story shows ! is in
quiry to have been purely for. al
David's character, as all his history
shows, was thoroughly religious. 1iat
Is not saying he was all that we mie..t
think he ought to have been, but his
eyes and heart were certainly turned
Godward. Sin is never to be excused the
sins Of David are not to be, but there is
radical difference between the man
who aims to do right and the man who
does not care whether he does right or
wrong, so long as he accOmplishes his
ends. That David was sincere we can
have little doubt, and that he could IN
spire the religious emotions of both his
followers and of some of his opponents
is shown when the battle is over as he
declares: "The Lord hath broken forth
upon mine enemies before me, as the
breach Of waters" He thereupon called
the place of victory Baal- l-parazim, which
means breach of waters. After one
more great battle there came peace.
In this time of peace David began n
revival of religion. The ark was the
sign of the Divine presence in Israel
David had already made Jerusalem his
political capital, now he was 10 make Il
the religious capital of the nation also
To this end he sought to bring the ark
to Jerusalem. When part way along on
its Journey Uzzah, one of the attendants
put his hand on the ark to steady II. and
Immediately he was stricken dead. It is
believed by lightning The method of
conveying the ark was in direct viola
tion of statute (No. 4:15: 7:9). In
this fatality David saw the hand Of God
and he stopped the ark where 1t was. To
the house of Obed-edom. where 1t rested
for about three months, the ark brought
blessing, in Just what manner we do not
know, Dut exceptional enough IN char
acler 10 pe reported 10 the KING Ihen
in accordance with statute the ark was
carried the rest or the way TO Jerusalem.
Upon Its arrival David Instituted great
FESTIVAL sacrlnce (see enron, :1-6).
This was also the occasion for the writ
ing or one OF DaVlds psalms Il Chron.
l6:7-36).
Throughout these ceremonies great
enthusiasm was evinced by the people.
Religious enthusiasm, says Peloubet, is
a great power for good. 1t is never to be
repressed. but only guided. There are
more elements in religion that stir and
stimulate the soul, that awaken deep and