The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-27
CITES DAVID AS
TRUE CHRISTIAN
Pride in Ancestry Was Trait of
Slayer Of Goliath


text. Samuel 23:l.5.
Rev. Collycott said in part
Human lite like the lsraelites on the
way 10 Canaan takes us through a will
derness and over q river-the wilder
ness Of decay and the river Of death.
Someone has said admiringly of
the ocean: Time writes no wrinkles
On thine aZure brow
But, however, time may spare the
lace Of the ocean. / have yet to SEQ
the human face II spares.
Environment Is powerless TO screen
mortals from the wear and tear Of
human life. People grow old in pal
eces as well as in novels and the career
of the great comes TO an end as we'll
as that OF the obscure and worthless
and so after reigning forty years in
regal splendor, We have here the last
words of David standing at the portals
Of the tomb.
He who In rudy youth had slain
the towering giant In the valley OF
valley and face another giant before
the swing Of whose sickle no mortal
has ever been able to stand?
In looking through our text, sew
eral things claim our attention and We
shall first look at Dayid's humility
David was not ashamed of his
humble ancestry and The obscurity OF
his fathers house.
Many who rise from poverty to at
Nuence disown their poor relations and
never speak on THEN humble ancestry,
and II Is even amusing to see people
who are not even In comfortable cir
cumstances show their pride and vanl-
" by trying 10 bolster themselves UP
On the prestige OF some rich and pros
porous relative.
Though David had been king for
many years and associating with the
greatest men OF his time he was not
ashamed of his humble origin ar the
ybscurity Of his fathers house.
Humility and gratitude were al
ways prominent characteristics in the
life of David. III the early morning
81 his young manhood when he killed
the bear and the lion that were play
ing havoc with his fathers fiocks in
stead of being lifted up with pride over
n He was impressed with the con.
vlcLion that II was God who had given
him the victory.
~ was the same when he slew the
Giant Goliath. David had no reason
to give for his conduct In the valley Of
Eiah other than his relation TO Cod
and the fact that he would risk his
life rather than see his enemies tri-
umph and his name blasphened. And,
hearing the threats Of blasphenous ut
terauccs Of Goliath and seeing the
covardice of the armies of Israel he
aid TO himself Y CART stand this And
thrilled with the thought and assur-
ance that God would keep him aud see
him through he began feeling In his
pouch for the right stone as lac read
rhe riot.act 10 the moving monster
concluding with this declaration-This
aly will God deliver thee into my hand
And little later when he stood be-
tore king saul with the CORY head OF
Goliath in his hands and the astonisheo
cid king asked him who he was and
the facts Of his ancestry ne replied
with the beautiful simplicity of child
am the son of the servant Jesse the
Gethleheintc.' He was not ashamed
VI his ancestry.
1t Is not my purpose, however, tt
uuduly eulogize David or TO try &c
make him q saint OF the first water, ol
convey the impression that all his ut
terances were divinely prompted.
The best of men are only men al
best, and David said and did SONS
things that savored more of the Sat
anic han thc Divine.
But DaVids goodness was more
masterful and 10 his liking than III:
badness aud his conscientious defer
ence to the claims of God and His
power to loathe himself in utter peni-
tsuce for HIS sins made him the SPLEEN
aid man he was.
David was tremendous believer II
God.
His faith was not spasmodic OF the
creature of circumstances but in the
darkest days OF adversely as well as II
the days Of sunshine and prosperity hii
trust was steady and strong. His fsitf
was not like that Of the old lady who
was out driving when the horses tool
fright and ran away.
She meant to be a deyout Christian
and was noted for her emphatic pro
iession of faith in God under all cir
cumstances
AttCrwdrd describing the runaway
She said: Yes IL was very exciting FOL
little, but when | noticed the biz
strong man that wos driving and saw
aim SO perfectly cool and self possessed
just threw myself upon the Lords
Keeping and felt perfectly safe until th'
hhea broke and then knew we WERE
uohe Tor and gave up i'm despair
Most of us are closely related u
That old lady, broken lines play havoc
With our faith.
Nothing rebukes pride and self
nciency like a practical recognition o
'he claims of God I'm ones daily life.
80 We need not wonder to find Da
VIC here in his last words after a loni
uho eVentful life referring humbly u
MS past obscurity and attributing al
MS greatness and glory 10 the good