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Comment and Suggestive Thought
Lessons David Learned Hard As
ihra- year 81 cgiic were for David 20
braf. yet they acre most fruitful years
io him. ~ his apprenticeship for the
Kingdom. Ia ihcm no found what
iiugh Miller called his schools aud
schouImnHtcrs
J. Tho exile experiences preserved
him from the dangers TO which Ills
sudden elevation TO power and popu'
would expose him Hc learned
Ms %wcakncRs. and his need OF divine
uelp.
2. lie learned entire trust In God nm.
her all circumstances the value and
m ccssity uf rclis,an. TAis led 10 tho
marvellous development Of religious in
solutions ard Oh the service of son
Under his administration.
3. lie had the best opportunities foi
Becoming acquainted with the people:
heir grievances under saul; inais
peeds. ;hoir ~dispQsitioDs and teEden-
cics. He understood their spiritual as
well as their temporal wants. ,nis own
weaknesses, in yielding TO the tempta'
tion TO ~falsehood. and TO dependency
Rnd unbelief, would help him to un'
derstand the people.
sta4. He had practice in the art OF gov
nrning.
E;5. He gained experience IN war;
G. He obtsinedya knowledge OF the
Csuntry, and, of its enemies. a
MG. In this school OF fighting men
Mere trained those generals and wise
etraiegists who. in the golden days oil
David's rule commanded his armies.
and raised Israel from the ~obscurlty
az an Arab tribe, who with difficulty
&id their own among the ancient
canaanites. 10 the position c. one OF
the great nations OF the pll eastern
world. 'MEllicott.
IS. Many Of his sweetest songs were
! wrought on. by this long and hard ex.
! pcrience, for the comfort and hope not
only of' his own people. but for Gods
children in All ages: for while they
grew out OF hardship and wrongs they
were songs af victory or light Shin
ing out of darkness ,--sfcses growing
out OF blacR soif."f ! SEQ
Q. In spite of his few lapses from
| faith and perfect truth, he grew in
character, and manhood lie became
strong in faith land virtue, large
hearted. wrise, and c~onseeratcd TO GOD.
Victory Over HimseIf.-1 Samuel ID.
The TWO ACCOUNTS. There are two
tTccounts of Eavid's spaPing Sanlis life,
bne in 1 Samuel 26, our lesson verses
| for today, and one in ! Samuel "a. The
scenes Of the events we're in the same
general region, Saul's army was in
both cases his select band OF 5000;
so that some scholars think that the
two accounts are descriptions of the
same event. But they are so different
as TO make this very improbable; and
1t il perfectly natural that such an
| event should occur more than once.
David and Abishai quietly stole into
Saul's camp and took away his spear,
probably OF beautiful and costly work.
| HaUSIllD as DtCdHlt al hiltS. II III
cruise or pitcher Of water which is
usually, in warm climates, kept near
a persons couch, as a draught in the
night time is found very refreshing.
Saul's cruise would probably be OF SUI.
perior materials, or more richly orna.
mcnted than common ones, and there
fore by it's size or form be easily dis
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bible.
Then the two men went to another
hill over against the one where Saul
was encamped, and shouted TO Saul's
general, Abner. deriding him for his
negligence. Saul recognized David's
voice and they talked together.
v. 10. IF the Lord have stirred thee
up" as a punishment to David for
some wrong. Saying. Go, serve other
gods" go into heather lands. and
away from all religious services of
Jehovah.
Saul ~repented and departed. David
accepted his profession of friendship,
but he was too wise to put himself in
Saul's power. He well knew that his
changed opinion was like the early
dew which soon passeth away.
Thus David gained his great victory
over himself; a greater than his ia
NOUS ,ictory over Goliath. He that
ruleth his own spirit is greater than
he that taketh a city" "'Self-preser-
walton is the first law Of nature" but
it Is not the first law of God, who is
above nature. We may not in anywise
tr~ansgress Gods law in seeking
safety"
Overcome Evil with Good.
To fight evil with evil is simply to
make TWO evils instead of one.
And both evils are increased by the
processes.
Good is the only power that can on
quer evil.
Even il It fails, the good is strength
ened and increased by the effort, and
therefore the proportion of good 10
evil is increased.