The evening world., 1920-08-05
! The Lore Stories
Ofthe Bible
by Rev. Thomas B. Gregory
troNEzhl. 1870 by lhc Pre-. Publishing Cd.
t1he Sew icrb Evouing World.
No. Dauid md MicIl0i.

Q AuL. Nns OF Israel. one Of tho
y most sinister aud N every way
unlovdolJ characters in history,
had Two dauAtters.-M erab and NJ
chdl Msgap was tae pro.o;vpc o.
Lady Macbstn, while Miche was tho
very soul OF womanlv modeStv, SIN
certify and fidelity.
Saul tried to marry Merab 10 David.
but God was with David and against
saul" and the plan didn't work,
Merab was given to another, and the
conspiracy between Saul and his
daughter to destroy David failed.
In the mean time IT developed thai
David sincerely loved Michal and
saul. being hard pressed by the Phil
Btines, promised Miohal TO David il
he would 'go out against the Pills
tines and slay them" David smota
tho Philistines hip and thigh, and as
the reward of his valor received the
woman he 50 dearly loved, Miohal.
There is everything TO show that
basically David was one of the finest
characters made known to us by his
tory In simple miudedness, simple
confidence and rock-ribbed manllness
DavidNwas in his earliest manhood q
paragon. He loved Michal and Micelal
returned his love in full measure.
Miohal loved David as deeply as her
father, Saul, hated him, and the very
fact that. in spite of her royal tathor's
hatred OF him, she chung to her hus-
band shows the kind of stuff she was
made Of. :
Saul was incorrigible in his hate for
David, and the more his daughter
loved him the more he resolved to
destroy him. His death was decreed
and the machinery for his destruc-'
ton was set in motion, but Michal
warned David and he was saved.
What a beautiful touch Of wifely
fidelity Is seen in the following: "Sha
let him down through a window, and
he went and fed and escaped" Then.
she laid an Image in David's bed and
put a pillow of goats hair for his
bolster and covered 1t with a cloth:
and when the morning came and
Sauis messengers demanded David,
she told them he was sick. and they
went away. .
Saul, upon discovering the situation,
was furious and for six years during
which period she did not once see her
husband) Michal's existence was a
living hell.
But there is an end to all things.
tts1 ANttppltDlI Stlu Wubl INC SHdnOW OL
st. Helena doomed up before him, and
in due time David came into his own,
and the first thing he thought of was,
Where is Michal?"
One of the big men in Israel at this
time was Abner. Barnes thinks he Is
a big man in New York, but Barnes
is not half as big IN the Empire State
as Abner was in Israel, and Just as
soon as David got into power he said
to Abner, Give mo Michal. Find
her and deliver her to me. and don't,
let the grass grow under your feet
while you are about II, either"
She was found at once and returned
to the new monarch, and any one with
even half an imagination can under
stand the Joy Of David's heart at the
reunion.
And just here comes In the strange
part of the story. Miohal was not In
any sense a religious woman. Her
religion was to love David-and to
her creed she was faithful to the
last
1t may be said that Medals char
acter is not one to hnger ON with Jn-
diluted admiration, but she loved
David, and 1t is fine to know that to
the last David kept the coolest and
most sacred corner in his heart for
the memory OF perhaps the only wo-
man he ever really and truly loved.