The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-23


the general subject uf forgiveness
of sim. taking tor bis text the story
of Nathan and David He said
Text and David said unto Na
han D. haze siuasd against IA,
Lord Nnd Nathan sa:d unto David
The Lord also hath put away thy
,n thou halt not die" II samuel
1913.
This. I think, s part OF one 81
tho sedde-t stories IN the old TcstH
m,ut always rcad n with cen
lieung emotions. This alone d. suf
ncion' proof ~ ttr authenticity ui
b, Bial'. Tor II "a were written by
men niuBpirrd by God We would
have uo account Of mans sin and
shame, especially II that man he'd
been prominent God puts II an I'm
Not only The bright side Man
would put IN only tho bright side,
bat God puts 81 all IN Not because
he approves OF II oh. no hut be
cause he wants 10 show as what
men aud women OF other ages did
and how they were punished. and
what viii happen To US II we disc
hey Ills commands
What God does for one lie will
do for all. The plan of redemption
doesn't apply 10 only one individual.
but applies 20 all So when God
inspired the Bible He put IL all In
"If a man had written the Bible
he wouldn't have put anything In
about Moan getting drunk after he
g. n Frn ~ a urI nr az y
committing adultery. or about Sol!
onion having 700 wives and "A few
and having old Brigham Young
hundred concubines on the side,
backed on the boards. or about
Ananias being champion liar, o!
about Judas. the miserable old
scoundrcl. betraving Jesus You read
Tho ltfe ~ Robert Burns and You
won't sec whore he said II there
was n barrel OF whisky In one cor
ner and a cannon In the other. and
he knew n ~ touched the whisky
he would be shot. he would have TO
80 10 tho whisky No n man bad
written ne bible you would not
have seen tho sin He put them in
20 show that even though man had
sinned II he confessed 70. the Lord
would forgive and forget H.
The other IS q feeling ~ sadness
One % The saddcst things on earth
II 10 tie your hopes 10 a man -
woman and have them dlsappoint
you n II n sad thing 10 build our
hopes on son or daughter and
have them dashed 20 the grfyDd
Many a woman has stood beneath
the perfume 81 the orange blossoms
and given her life into the keeping
~ some man who vowed 20 be tru'
a. Ions as the skies and tho sc7
are blue and be broke them al' ami
tonight -he feels her disgrace Nam
a mother has brought mp her chit
dren and buiided hor hopes ON them
and they have gone and murdered
and aSsasdpatvd an of her hone
uUr.l she drop. our 0i an OF her
ai.tv and goes hy Vas ~ ~" hVr'
streets and Il ashamed and ni
sfat.d because they have The family
namr synonymous WITH druuton
mess adultery, hla-phymy and rob
berry and every hellish thing IN gen
sral
"I''s sad thing and 81 al the
aEonie- thai wiring tho heart and al.
most annihuato reason the saddesi
Is % be- disappointed In tho people
you expect better things OF
Trims az thc man who N7u.d
write tho Twenty third Psalm tllcn
~ Ward Peecher called e the night
ingalo 4ongl r. sings Us sweetest
melody In rho nlrh ~ darkness ard
arliciion. when I read n, IL seems
10 me cgr see the very anR' rs
singing David the man after
Code own heart An old inhdol out
in Iowa said 10 me 'BiN. n David
was man after Gods own heart. J
haven't much o. pee. FOR Gods
eAalpn La anau.l after God oWn
heart because he sl0ned hut BE-.
cause he was decent and manly
enough 10 own no that he had sin
ned and ask Gods forgiveness.
YouW be a man after Gods own
heart whom you admit your cussed
ness and come out md want 10 trot
decent