The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-10
In The Religious World
When a Hing Found His Song


3 mastertouoh had been upon its
KEYS
All the while the music Vss there
within ;he piano. II only needed a
mastsrhand TO bring IL forth. So II
I is with these sin-scarred. sin-re-
4 strained lives OF ours. They need
/ upon tGem The emancipating touch
\ OF the msster-hsnd OF Christ. With
I His cooperation the least OF Us can
+ 5e and do more than we have ever
dared hope or dream. Nobody ever
sttains MS full possibilities OF peace
and power until his life has been
/ given over 10 Christ.
The Silent Harp.
I For year King David's harp had
been silent. II had lost its music OF
Gods peace Sin had broken It's
strings. The great minstrel was
mate True. he had triumphed In
passions plot OF lust and murder.
Uriah vas dead and Bathsheba was
his. Ye; Davtds inward unhappl-
cess was greater than words could
express He knew himself separst-
ed from God Nothing went right
with him. There vas strife and un-
piess&ntness In the palace. The
misery OF life. the suicides that
seem 20 mysterious, can usually be
explained BY the one little word
sin"
Suddenly. as we studied last
week. Nathan revealed the SHINING
king IN himself In agony OF spirit
David cried out for forgiveness he
knew where 10 20 in his hour OF
peed. Pity those whose feet are
not accustomed 10 the path 10 the
Mercy Seat David. penitent. con-
fessed and vas pardoned
Thea in new and profound JOY and
with fresh understanding OF the
character of God. David broke forth
in hs new song. the song OF for
Eiveness which is todsy's lesson
Blessed is he whose trsnssression
Is forgiven,
Whose sin Is covered.
Blessed II the man unto whom Je-
hovah imputeth not iniquity.
And in whose spirit there Is no
guile.
When kept silence. my bones
wasted away
Through my groaning all the day
long.
For day and nigh, rhy hand vas
heavy upon me
Ny moisture vas changed "a with
TIE drought OF summer.
Il sckno Fledged my sin unto Thee
And mine iniquity did not hide
said. will confess my trans
gressicns unto Jehovah.
Ano Thou forgsvest the iniquity OF
my sin
For this let everyone that Is godly
pray unto Thee In time
when Thou mayest be found
Surely when the great waters over.
fow they shall not reach unto
him.
Thou ar my hiding place. Thou
ait preserve me from trouble
Thou wilt compass me about with
songs Of deliverance.
Il vill Instruct thee and teach thee
In the Hay which thou shalt
go.
viii counsel thee with mine eye
upon thee.
BE sc not a. The horse. or az the
mule. which have no under
Standing
Whose t-appings must be bit and
bride 70 hold them in
Else they vill rot come pear unto
thee
Many sorrovs shall be 10 the
wicked
But he that trusteth In Jehovah.
lovingkindness shall com.
pass him about.
Be glad In Jehovah. and rejoice. ye
righteous.
Md shout FOR loy all ye that are
upright in heart
The New Song.
Only Gin confessed r. sin forgiy.
I en- That 81 the heart ~ this psalm.
unronfsssed sin r. untorEiven. n
is like canker in the center % life
that affects all the being We may
accept 81 a. fundamental spiritual
truth, that wherever the Spirit OF
God u accorded fun sway there
viii he confession OF sin.
a few montas asO In Wooster
college. Ohio. there wss a memora.
bic revival. OF which the apex VAS
a session In which, without premedi.