The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11

! International Sunday School Les
IN For May is Is David Spares
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~ .t- III VI iSOo Il eOOot u
j. log: they keep him from think
l,o much about being a dog
r. David Harum. Another putting
~. same principle is Mrs. Whit
" famous sentence: The best
r. Tor little worries is a real trou-
still another aspect of the case
he old epigram. Our enemies
hoV tS what we ought to be: our
Piends. what we may be-"
Ivdently there is a proper place in
h. deveiopment of character for enc
lie else there would not be SO many
hem provided. One is delivered
Fom morbid self-complacency and in
roSpection by a few vigorous enemies.
fhey are an educational force in life.
Nv unto you when all men speak
rel nj YOU Our lesson today has
ID op with the training given David
ms enemies. King Saul being the !
So af
r. vas a wonderful university into
Winch David entered when he was
driven out from home and friends and
bo~ItiOu. In the stern school or out
avr,. he learned lessons that fitted
hin for the throne. BY having to
kuard his own head he was disciplined
for The protection Of his people. The
Qualities Of leadership, resourcefulness
an0 cOOlness in danger We're acquired
amidst the alarms of a f~ugitiveS life.
Perhaps if more of u young men
had 10 fend for themselves amid prim-
tNa physical perils, if they were freed
for . time from the all-enfolding and
ercryating are OF ouc paternal civil
zatlou. We should have a sturdier type
ot manhood. People who prevail over
ptoueer privations always prove sturdy
Characters. Our steam-heated, electrl-
EaIiy-cquipped, law-girt n fully
policed manner of life is no an UNI
mixed blessing. 1t takes hard ircum-
Stances 10 develop hardy souls.
Old lsrael's Robin Hood.
Whoever loves a tale of adventure
should know this narrative of David's
Experiences while a fugitive from King
saul. Many of the illusions of the
New Testament and of general liter
ature are incomprehensible without
familiarity with this romantic chapter
Of David's life. 1t was then. when hun
CRY. that he ate of the sacred shew-
Dread from the tabernacle; and OBJ
,taiued from the priest the sword OF
Goliath. 1t was then that this bril-
liant leader of men pretended to be
crazy. in order to cap from the
court OF Achish. king of Gath. 1t was
Then that a host rallied to him in the
cave of Adullam, an episode frequent
l. used as a figure OF speech, for 'ev
cry one tina was in distress, and ev
ery one hat was in debt, and ever,
or that was discontented, gathered
themselves unto him
crowded with vivid episodes were
these a Of flight. when the madl!
jealous Saul. growing more petulen
anG suspicious and unstable every day
pursued David constantly. Even tn
Family of Jesse were not safe in Beth
iehem and David provided for then
over ia Moab. the home of his great
ertndmother Ruth. We recall how h
and his six hundred saved the town o
keilah. only to have it's ungratefu
people willing to surrender him to tn
pursuing king. Verify, David "learne
III s'rrow what he taught in song
There were brighter incidents. Q
coarse: as when Jonathan sought hir
oar IN the wood of Ziph. and renewe
their covenant of friendship. 1t wa
III these days that the loyalty of hi
t~' followers risked death to brin
htm , drink from the we'll at Bethle
Mem And beautiful Abigail. who af'
trW1rd became David's wife, Shove
tudt woman is the natural mistress {
tn' art OF diplomacy, by placatin
David and his band when her fool hu:
49, A'tbpott a ollCICo a uCooi
aNtout. There was the loyalty
a "shal, who dared penetrate wit
bt.ld into the very center of Saul
ping camp. and who. for his chief
i'aur, would have made an n of TT
"b pursuer. Hard time had DavI
~. m them all he proved himse
more Of a man than King Saul. Tha
'. all. Is the real success. SO tn;
Ell ere spirits shun ease. and ev'
81 with the poet.
rant me the struggle. that my 50
may grow"
Nt"rc The Songs We're Brcwed.
have been reading Kipliug's ear
.'fS Of travel, and tracing in the
originals of persons and places al
-i"S In his later fiction and poetr
.i'a tNperiences were the stuff of Whit
literature is made. To understal
''' psalms of David one must LOT
|e'h INTO these hard days when he w
ed rs a bird in the q
'nlS soul bitterness grew the STe
.''SS that have solaced souls for 90