The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-08

- Win tneSe sin scared. Sin-re- |
strained lives of ours. They need |
upon them the emanCipatins touch |
or the masterhand of Christ With |
HIS cooperation the least Of Us can
pe and do more than We have ever
cared nope or dream. Nobody ever
attains his full possibilities of peace
and power until his life has been
given over to Christ
The Silent Harp
For a year King David's harp had
been silent. 1t had lost it's music of
strings The great minstrel was
mute. True, he had triumphed in
passions plot of lust and murder
Uriah was dead and Bathsheba was
his. Yet David's inward unhappi-
ness was greater than words could
| express He knew himself separated
| from God. Nothing went right with
| him. There was strife and unpleas-
antness in the palace. The misery of
life, the suicides that seem so mys-
terious, can usually be explained by
the one little word sin"
| Suddenly, as we studied last week,
Nathan revealed the SHINING king to
| himself. In agony of spirit David
| cried out for forgiveness. He knew
where to go in his hour of need
Pity those whose feet are not accus-
toned to the path to the Mercy Seat.
David, penitent. confessed and was
pardOned.
Then in new and profound JOY and
with a fresh understanding OF the
character Of God, David broke forth
in his new song; the song of for
giveneSs. which is today's lesson:
blessed is he whose transgression il
forgiven,
Whose sin is covered
!. Blessed is the man unto whom Je-
hovah imputeth not iniquity,
And in whose spirit there IS nc
guilt
, when 1 kept silence. my bone:
wasted away.
Through my groaning all the da,
t long.
a For day and night Thy hand wa
e heavy upon me:
t Ny moisture was changed as Wit
I the drought of summer.
t II acknowledge my sin unto Thee,
h And mine iniquity did l not hide:
r said, l will sOnfesS my transgres
d sions unto Jehovah:
l. And Thou forgavest the iniquity c
d my sin.
h For this let everyone that is gOdl
pray unto Thee in time Whe
Thou mayest be found:
o, Surely when the great waters ovel
IS flow they shall not reach unit
in Thou art my hiding place; Tho
As wilt preserve me from trouble
I'd Thou wilt compass me about wit
ut songs Of deliverance.
70 "I will instruct thee and teach tn
1g in the way which thou sha
.ir I will counsel thee with mine e,
f. upon thee.
"Be ye not as the horse. or as Il
IS mule. which have no unde
Il standing;
as Whose trappings must be bit al
,e. bride to hold them in,
lrt Else they will not come near un
he thee.
lie MANY sorrows shall be to t
in wicked;
But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lo
ne ing kindness shall compass h
m about,
,us BE glad in Jehovah. and rejoice.
ess righteous;
he And shout for joy. all ye that 9
Of upright in heart"
lse
od The New Song.
re- Only sin confessed. is sin forgiv'
me That is the heart of this Psalm. [
ing confessed sin is unforgiven. 1t
in like a canker in the center Of
that affects all the being. We n
accept it as a fundamental spirit'
ne, truth. that wherever the Spirit
to God is accorded full sway there Y
lilly be confession of sin
nu- few months ago in Wooster {
and lege, Ohio there was a memora
la revival. of which the apex was
ssts session in which, without premedi
pom tion or expectation, the students G.
isit fesSed their sins to one another .
:. to God. So it was with the gr
a Korean revival Confessions mari
the all the great meetings. The same
taS | ha hiStarN of the Welsh reXl,