The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-11-24
Sermon on the
Wisdom of
Changes


Never Fail He told the story o
the amounting Of Solomon 10 be kinl
over Israel. showing how il was II
accordance with Gods purpose.
After the battle between kins
Dayids army and the soldiers of Alb
SALON. when the messengers came II
from the field with tidings of The
evenings defeat. and the death o.
Ahsalom, the king retired To The
chamber of the gate in the city wall
and there poured out his grief over
the untimely end of his hayward son
When David. IS soldiers returned 10 the
city. and the king came not out &c
greet them when there was no public
acclaim. no demonstration such as Is
usually accorded a victorious army
on its coming home. every man Went
to his abode in silence. and when il
became noised abroad that David was
in mourning for Absalom II WASH
very long before somebody's feelings
were badly hurt Somebody's feel
ings are always getting badly hurt
in this world. and the first thing Da-
vid knew a committee was waiting
ON him with a grievous plant like
This. Was il for this. that we went
out and battled?" Should the king
mourn for the enemy? Forsooth,
twefe better that the enemy should
have triumphed. and we. the soldiers
of the king. should have been slain.
II this is TO he. Israel shall be for
saken. and We will have no more to
do with the king Poor old king,
Poor old public sentiment. Ii
couldn I let a father weep because of
the errors of his misguided hoy. And
So for policy's sake the king dried
his tears. and stined the grief that
was in his heart. and went out to APP
pease the anger Of the people
II is said that the voice of the peo-
pie is the voice OF God, but the voice
of a mob Supporters, old llatterers
gathered about him. bur his last days
were full of trouble. Intrigue. de-
ception. contention. strife OF every
sort developed. and il WASH long be-
fore the king had another rebellion
10 contend with Foes appeared in
his own household. IL kept David
busy keeping his children from steal
ing his throne His oldest son, Adon-
example. and setting mp rival king
dom The voice of Jealous community
is quite another thing. Public opin-
ion may often be in the wrong in
stead OF the right, but how often do
We see men charged with the admin
istration OF public affairs shaping
their policies to meet public approval
though such procedure may be In the
wrong David ceased lmenting for
AbsaIom, and gathering his host
about him. journeyed back 10 Jern-
salem Here old. But God had other
plans and God 5 plans never fail. lie
had designed il that Solomon should
alone reign as king. and he had put
a man down into this world 10 see
that his plans were carried out. This
man was not a king neither was he
a statesman. nor yet a great soldier,
but he was nothing but a little old
preacher going around prophet,
named Nathan. Nathan loved right
eousness better than anything else IN
the world Whenever he saw an er-
ror. he corrected it. Whenever he
saw a wrong he denounced it,, When
ever he beheld that Gods plans were
not moving Alright. he proceeded 10
pnt things into their proper setting.
When Adoniiah established rival
throne. Nathan. in company with 10
dak, the priest. and Genalab, the sol
der. waited upon the king David
and reminded him OF Gods intention
of making Solomon the king. and
at once David declared that ii should
be so. even while he yet lived And
at once Solomon was anointed to the
high Office. and David abdicated the
throne in favor of his son. II was a
fortunate thing as II saved Israel
from the disruption thai would GER
tainly have followed had Solomon
not been crowned until after David s
death. II also teaches MS that it IS
good thing 10 know when to quit.
The most OF Us like 20 hang on too
long II every man who aecumulates
million dollars would just quit, and
give somebody else a chance 10 make
million. instead Of trying 10 absorb
the whole wealth in the world, we
would be much better OFF. If some
man who has been elected 10 Office
would be satisfied 10 step down and
out, when his term has expired, and
give somebody else a show, instead Of
striving for reelection, or If some po-
litical party which has been at the
head Of public affairs for a long
drawn Out period, would just give
some other party chance to do
things, it is just possible we might
be benefited by the change. 1t is a
good thing for the preacher to know
when to quito leave one church
and go 10 another. There are some
churches which think that their
preacher Is the only preacher in the
world. and it would be the direst sort
of calamity for their preacher to
leave them. but some day when the
preacher shakes the dust of that
church off his feet, so to speak, and
hies himself 10 another, and some
Other preacher comes 10 take his
place, il turns out to have been a
beneficial change all around please
get out of the rut
Referring to Solomon's reign, Mr..
Gilman said: II was the golden age
in lsrael's history, The beautiful
temDle was built. and the Jewish Deo-