Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-24


text the story OF Nathan and David He
said:
Text: "And David said unto Nathan. I
have stnned against the Lord And Ma
than said unto David, The Lord also
hath put away thy Sin; thou shalt not
dell Samuel, 12-l2.
This. think. ls a part OF one Of the
saddest stories In the old Testament.
always read Il with conflicting emotions;
this alone is sufficient proof Of the au-
thenticity OF the Bible, for II Il were
written by men uninspired by God. we
would have no account OF mans sin and
shame. especially II that man had been
prominent. God puts II all In. Not only
the brlght side. Man would put IN only
the bright side, but God puts Il all In.
Not because lie approves OF II. On. no.
But because He wants TO show us what
men and women Of other ages did and
how they wero punished, and what will
happen to Us n we disobey His commands.
What God does for ono He win do for
ALL Tho plan OF redemption doesn't APP
ply TO only one individual. but applies to
ALL So when God inspired the Bible He
put e all in.
II man had written the Bible he
Noah getting drunk after he came out Of
The ark. or about David committing adult
cry. OF about Solomon having 100 wives
and a few hundred concubines on the
side, and having old Brigham Young
backed off the boards. OF about Ananias
being a champion liar. or about Judas.
The miserable old scoundrei. betraying
Him. You read the life OF Robert Burns
and you won't see where he said n there
was a barrel of whisky in one corner and
a cannon In the other, and he knew II
ne touched the whisky he would be shot.
he would have to go to the whisky. No.
Il man had written tho Bible you would
not have seen the SIN. He put them IN
20 show that even though man had
slnned. n ne confessed Il. the Lord woufd
forgive and forget Il.
The other ~ feeling Of sadnens. One
OF the caddas things on earth " TO tie
your hoEos man or woman and have
Them Gisarf YOU. II n q sad thing 70
build our lic !, son or daughter and
have them IL 4 10 the ground Many q
woman has stood beneath the perfume Of
the orange blossoms and given her life
Into the keeping Of some man who vowed
70 be true as long az the skies and see
are blue and no broke them all and to-
night she feels her disgrace. Many a
mother has bro.shs up her children and
builded her horta on them and they have
gone out and murdered and assasslnated.
all of her hopes until she drops out Of ali
Of her society and goes By way Of the
back streets and IL ashamed and dis
graced because they have the family
name synonymous with drunkenneAs.
adultery. blasphemy and robbery and
every hetlish thing In general.
It's = sad thing and Of al the agonies
that wiring the heart and almost anni-
hilate reason the saddest IL 20 be disap-
pointed In the people you expect better
thines Of
Think OF the man who could writs the
Twenty-third Psalm Henry Ward
Beechcr called Il the nightingale song).
II sings lis sweetest melody in the night
81 darkness and affiiction. When I road
II. Il seems 70 me ] can see the very
sngen singing. David--the man after
Gods own heart. An old infidel out In
Iowa said TO me; "Bill. Il David was q
man after Gods own heart. / haven't
much respect for Gods choice" lilo
wasn't after Gods own heart because he
Mnned, but because he was decent and
manly enough 10 own up that he had
slnned and AJAX Gods forgiveness. You'll
be a man after Gods own heart when you
admit your cussedness and come out and
want TO trot decent.
STA Graded By Light.
Sin Ia graded by light The more HIGHT
the greater your CUNT. ia rather be q
heathen in Japan or IN Africa Worship
ping idols OF wood or stone than be a
man In Omaha today and not be Of
God. ! don't have 70 50 70 Africa or
China 70 find heathens.
Just remember that heather IL one
who doesn't believe IN God.
It's a greater ain for some men 20 do
some thingn than for others TO do the
same thing becaure sin Il graded by light
II was a greater SIN for David to do
what he did than Il would have been FOR
soma others to DO the same thing. It's
= greater sin for some men 70 drink than
Tor others ~
was mover possessed OF an appetite
Tor drink. but then every once IN q while
I lcse = piece Of my temper ! have the
Same disposition I had before l became
Christian and never have gotten over
losing my temper and never expect %.
You say. ''What. Sin graded b. llsht
Certainly. Jesus said; Woe unto thee,
capernAum. II these things had been done
In Tyre ana sidon they would have been
sawed long age Jesus walked the streets
~ Capcxnaum and healed the sick and
opened the eyes Of the illnd and he said;
you people are worse than sodom and
Gomorrah because you have more light"
80 yoa people are worse than sodom and
Gomorrah because you have more light
Here's one Of the sweetest pictures OF
The love % God ] can find In the Old
Testament. II you want to know how
sou can best resist temptation I should
say; Keep busy FOR Cod" Satan finds
rnischief for TIE lido hands 20 do. and
an IDLE mind la an instrument OF tho
devil. Tho reason 70 written after your
names Il because you are not busy Tor
Cod. You cit around With your arms
folded. Tho man that stands around with
Ris hands IN his pockets will soon be try
ns TO set them into somebody elso's.
40 trade. Keep busy. No trade Is the
passport b. which - per cent Of the
criminals enter the penitentiaries Of the
COUNTRY.
David WAS living in luxury. He had OBJ
tnincd peace with AL OF his enemies A
little insurreotion arose ard instead OF