Evening journal., 1916-02-17

II Samuel 10; i3-"And David said
unto Nathan, have sipncd against
the Lord. And Nathan said unto Da
,id, the Lord also hath put away Thy
sin; thou shalt not die"
Here we have the story OF a greai
sim great confession, and great
forgiveness. The story OF David's
( ftransgression is one of the most ia
miliar facts OF all Scripture Having
been smitten with the beauty Of Bath
sheba. the wife OF Uriah the Hittite,
he sent the husband into the very
forefront OF the battle, where he
would certainly be slain. and took his
wife for himself
This was a great sin, first OF all. on
account OF the greatness Of the sin
ncr He was king over all Israel
While no one soul is more precious in
Gods sight than another. yet the fact
Is that there are those whose influ-
ence counts much more for others,
either for good or evil. BY the law
Of compensation. the higher one rises
socially. financially. politically OF
morally the greater are his chances
for doing good. hut also greater is the
disaster when he drops from the
height.
This was a great sin Of David's also
on account OF the opportunity he had
60 keep from sin. lie had everything
from a human standpoint, that heart
4 could wish for. He had knowledge and
/ enlightenment far beyond the great
majority Of his day. The French have
AN old motto that says "Noble'
oblige." The man to whom God has
given much from him will He require
much Great knowledge, great o.
portunity. great ability bring Will
them corresponding obligations. Jesu
said. III the light that be in you b.
darkness. how great is that dark
ness"
This was a great sin also. on ac
count of the greatness OF the conse
quences. Il caused another to sin
Kipling said:
"The deeds YOU do by two and two
You must atone for one by one
Il caused the death Of an innocen
child. and also the murder OF ina
brave man Uriah The sad thin
about sin Is that when you SOW sii
as a result you reap a whole harvess
OF sins. But all sin in Gods sight j
great sin. He does not CLASSIFY sll
and call one great and another small
There is danger that many viii
single out some certain transgres
sions as particularly odious or evil
Every sin is hateful TO God. A stray
will show which way the current j
flowing. Every sin reveals a condl
ton OF rebellion against God. no mat
ter what it is for. The fact is. al
sin. IL not i'm one matter at least II
another, and the result is that w
have sold ourselves to sin, we hav'
become spiritual bankrupts, like pris
oners under sentence OF death.
We are led next to note the step
which brought the king 10 the poin
OF consciousness and confession o
sin. II was due especially to the tao
and courage OF that brave preache
Nathan. who came TO David with
parable the story about a rich ma
. who was visited by friend In ol
der 10 provide for the Qeeds Of HI
E guest in place Of going TO his ow
= fields and taking one OF his own shee
he went to the home Of a poor ma
. and took his one poor eve lamb. an
/ had it killed and served for his CUES
1 When the king heard this story,
smote his fists in anger and said
man who would be so selfish an
| cruel as that. deserved TO be put
d,,th He had couvicfed himself al
Of his own mouth. When You hold
your life as the life of a third perso
and look at Il without favor