The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-20
SHEPHERD %SHEPHERDED
international Sunday School Lesson
for November IS Is "David's Trust
in God" Psalms xiii.
BY WILLIAM r. ELLIS.

y Sove''oor - oa''o' -
in God" Psalms xiii.
Ry ~ ELLIS
"a u ..n,,,aa ,n
10 'ie aiisei WIZ o.iiAe' elions'
clear ana simple note whose songs are
resung in the hearts Of the people.
The great king David added to his va
r,ed achievements tbe ability ia men
una,na,aa - aaa 80 .on,n 80
Psail.', - 49, ~
uieni aii Is ms sinlpie epns "
~ osnosan, .nt III ennra 80 ~
uaseu III tle taliiinai nsutI "A
nep'iei1. a 'tls, ms ~ t ~ "a
snnac he 81 bic hovhond From the tented
field, and from the royal palace his
thoughts turned back over the years TO
the life of his youth. when he led his
fathers flocks over the hills about
Bethlehem, At times he praised Jeho-
yah as a king and a captain. but his
heart spoke most feelingly whe he
him as q shepherd, loving and
true.
AS it was a comfort for David to
think of his Lord as his shepherd, so
this twenty-tbird Psalm which he
has been an ~unspeakable COM
fort to millions since. 1t is one OF the
earliest scriptures memorized by a lit
tie child. and one of the last upon
which the aged saint rests his bowed
.ead ere he passes to his Ions rest.
The Hebrew In his exile and wander
|nPs strengthened his heart with these
words ar faith and the martyrs have
made their dungeons ring with its mel
,dies Huguenot. Coyenanter, Pilgrim,
walaensior-aU of the perse-
cuted people of God. who's names are
!, nriceInss HERITAGE of the race have
been fortified and insured in their
hours hy these words of simple
trust. which. i'm a hundred different
have been and are being
sung around the world.
THE SHEPHERD PSALM.
How few and familiar and simple are
words of this pslam to which the
sunday schools of the world will give
heir attention next Sunday, Here
are. only fourteen lines of verse.
as printed in the revised version:
Jehovah is nv shepherd;
shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures:
He leadeth me beside still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He guideth me in the paths of right
for his names sake.
Yea, though l walk through the val
lev of the shadow of death,
/ will fear no evil; for thou art with
me;
me.
Thou preparest q table before me in
the presence of mine enemies;
Thou hast Gnointed my head with
oil;
My cup runneth ver.
Surely goodness and loving kindness
shall follow me all the days of my life.
And l shall dwell in the house of Je-
hovah forever.
THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Tho human heart responds 10 the
n~,ondinm natiant tenderness thot 10
nnaS IN tha fg,,ra y fine sbenharG
tba nrientai the metanhor vas even
nora signiacant than 10 rs tho,,rh we
nave raeS into II all the loving praces
~ Iesns Iabova re n king mieht he
,a,rihla. 1ehoyah as a could
be tendar
n,i,a shanbar5 a,,,ra 10 on,a,l;ne tn
,aad ona Sistresn 81 INV t,ind tha be,rt
70 a. ~instinctivs1v have bear I'd
ntnI,ea ,arsnns w,ith no .nn,r ant ~
.ant,on ~ forsa pinr their wictsdness
nv n,,t IN advarsitS .aThe T .ord 10 nv
Thsv We've ,n,stnS.n fny
,haan How can henb % "a for
hose whn Enow NOT h,s voice ana re-
',sa ~ foI,om him. Gods nromisas are
,or cad,s neoria THIS ha.ptif,,i nsaim
g not sor auervhodv nnnon,iitinnam
m.,st hscon,a coS's sheen herora NO
W. 1,arsa W. shanharaing W
Eonaidar e. n,tn,,ta S,,+ ~ .h.n
,arS maen. ~ - I've sheen rarna,nhartna
III th,s IVA m,ore Shris. :. IS
hose Who fo,,ow' h,mOtha sbanhard 10
.,. NJ WV mno ~ uN9m .hn
sreen pastures and still waters even
though that way at times be a stony
path through a dry and thorny wilder
less. infested by serpents and wild
oeasts, The wisdom of the shepherd Is
he comfort Of the sheep.
The Shepherds strength Is the
,hopert of the Sleeps weakness. His
,igilance, supplemented by his strong
IN arm, are its defense against disas-
The flocks In the east are fire.
luently pastured in a land that is to
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