Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-22
TOPIC. a PRAYER FOR PARDON

guilty;
And in sin dld my mother conceive
me.
0 Behold. thou dcsirest truth In the In.
ward parts:
And IN the hidden part thou wilt
make nIe To know wisdom
Z Purify me with hyssop, and ] shall
I've clean:
Wash me. and shall be- whittier than
mOw.
4 Make Inc 10 hear JOY and aladncsS.
Tint the bones which thou hast
broken niny rejoice.
fllde thy ace from my sins.
Aud hlut out all mine iniquitics
10 Create IN me n clean heart. q God:
And renew q right spirit within me.
II Cast me not away from thv presence:
And take not thy holy Spirit from
me.
j2 Restore unto me tho Joy ot thy AL.
walton:
And upheld ME with willing spirit.
~ Then will teach transgrcssOrs thy
Ways:
And sinners shall lie converted unto
thee.
~ Deliver me- from bloodgulilncss. o
uod, thuu Ood ~ my salvation:
Ana my tongue shall sing aloud ~
thy righteousness.
u q Lord. open thou my llps:
Ana my mouth shall show fU,h thy
pfaise.
10 For thou dellshtcst no, In sacrifice:
elsc would I give Il;
Thou hast no pleasure IN burntof'
ferlng.
II rhe sacrifices Of God are broken
spirit:
4 broken and n contrilc heart. q
God. thou wilt not dcspisc.
INTRODUCTION
This l"sson most appropriately rol
luws the last. We saw IN that how sor
row cOnlca after sin. In David's life
~ In TINT ~ all men. the lines " lihi
md shade lie near together. Tho story
reveals this 90 do the Psalms. II H. I'M
possible Ia understand the great and
versatile and thoroughly human chnr.
acter az David without reading tho
Psalms. That he wrote very many ~
them Ia clearly established. and IN these
he stands disclosed M man Of high
poetic genius, ~ profound religious feel
Ing. ~ deep emotional nature, Of vivid
ahd quick impulssa. ~ powerful con
tr1sis We sr a man cruel and Vet
r,'ntle. religious aud VT conrclouR u
s"ilorablv sinful Feeling and atiinn we
n, the same tlnc Weaknesses " whirh
ne was terribly ashamed. Nv this rar,i'
cular Psalm grnuinc anT centric
feeling ui soul appalled, and shnmcd
by ~ own failure and sin finds i'm.
mortal oppression. There In No gocd
reason 60 doubt that the Palm was
called forth by the Erl'f perhaps very
fresh. ~ IN rRIatcst faul and sin of
which David was guilty.
LESSON NOTES
Plea Tor Pardon psalm 81: iGl With.
out definite alluslon ut the beginning,
the plea for pardon of his sin comes
out. The roval penltent throws himself
upon thr mercy of God. H. had no other
plea. lie recognizes that God II infinite
In mercy. and prays that the multitude
az Gods tender mercics may be the
MEASURE of the divine blottlng out 81
hls transgrcsslon. In the second verse
the reference In moro specific. The
pSsln,ist continues 60 pray that he may
10 thoroughly cleinsed from his In
iauity and vim. Here the expression "
IN the singular He knows'that only God
can make him clean again--not his own
will. hut divine grace In the third verse
David acknowledges his MANY sins. aud
then thinking perhaps of the specific
taHr. says. "My sin II ever before me. y"
Wherever he looked he saw the hlut 81
that sin. hc couldn't get u away from
his minds eye. Tho wonderful acknowl
tdgment proceeds. and In verse I he
ftcoenisrs how hateful the sin was IN
the sIeh, ~ Gci himself. lie Hnvs
Against thee. thee only have I slnncd"
Certainly he had sinncd against him
seif. against the victims ~ hts fault.
agninat his people who l"okcd up To
him ~ leader. In fact. against every
Hood and proper man and thing Vet 80
intense was hts realization az his fault
tina, u seemed Ia him Ia hay" been
against Gud alone Indeed. all the other
relations were summed up IN this every
wrong Ia fcllowman and every hurt of
ourselves n n ain against God
David proceeds Co clarity this point
az view by adding that IN such rct.
ignition az sin by the sinner. God. when
he speaks against sin should br shown
IN be IN the tight. and when he con-
demns Sln his Judgment should lie
clcirly justified. Thus man II without
excuse before the Judgment of God
In the NTH verse David Acknowledges
his sinful nature ~ a heritage. even
from his mother. lie states this ~
lamrniahlc fact TINT we ore sinners
not say this ~ an excuse fur his sin.
Quito the contrary. The fact that W.
are born sinners docs not make us any
the lcas responsible foi the sins that
VIC choose a. commit In the sixth verse
David states that God desires sincerity
IN the inner conscience: aud then comes
the first ray ~ hope. that Nv his inner
soul God by his grace would make him
lean wisdom
Longing for Renewal Psalm 81; ,.itn.
G. ~. SpurEeon TREASURY ~ David.
Vol. n, rage i5sl says; purge me with
hysrDp sprinkle the atoninc blood upon
me with the appointed means. Give me
the rrallty which legal ceremonies sym.
boilye. Nothing hut blood can take away
my blood.strains. nothing hut tho
strongest publication can avail to
cleanse nc. Let the sin.offcring purg"
my sin. Let him who was appointed To
atone. execute his sacred office on mc:
for none can nerd u more than !. The
10 sragr may he rad NJ the voice ~
faith AZ well NJ q prayer. and 80 "
runs-Thou viii purge me with hyS.
SOP. and shall be- clean Foul AZ ] am,
there IN such power In the divine pro-
initiation, that my sin shah vanish quite
away. Like the lepcr upon whom the
priest has performed the cleansing rites.
! shall he again admitted into the as
semhly uf thy people aud allowed o.
share In the privileges of the tru' L.
rael; while On thy sight also. thiutKh
Jesus my Lord I shall he accepted
Wash me let q not merely be In type
that I ann eiean bu; by n real spirit
ual publication which shall renlove the
pollutlon of my nature. let the sane.
iif,inR ~ well rs the parioninr pro-