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vailed in the annals Of history.
whether sacred or profane." When
the frenzied king turned against his
| out of jealousy Jonathan proved his
friendship, as David did later. When
he was. an exile, and leader of a
driven into exile. and compelled to
| take up arms in the ranks of the
nations enemies. David remained
| loyal to Saul, refusing to take his
life when his enemys life was in his
grasp. because the king was the
! Lords annointed
| David's victory over Saul was
greater than his triumph over
Goliath: He conquered him through
! his sons, 1t filled David's heart with
| grief that has been expressed in the
! psalms. that are an autobiograph of
the poet kings life with its success,
| ished the one who confessed he had
slain Saul. the Lords annointed
| The fugitive. outcast and exile was
chosen by judah as king. 1t was
war, when through treachery on the
part of one, who had supported the
house of Saul. David came to be the
nations ruler. He recognized as
! the nation depended upon its rela-
! tion to Jehovah He captured Jeru-
1 salem and prepared TO make it not
only the capital: but the religious
center OF the nations life. While in
! the midst of his triumph when he
showed his love for Jonathan by
treating as prime" the lame son
! of his bosom friend. but 1t was in
to live up TO the ideals that ought
| to have dominated his life
While in all probability he was "a
| man after Gods own heart" because
he recognized the God-given mission
of Israel, he showed that he loved
Jehovah and longed to do His will by
his repentance over every sin he
committed. God loves a sinner and
extends to every repentant one His
offer of forgiveness. Although the
sins of David were detestable to the
Lord, who could not look with favor
upon the two foulest sins man ever
committed, yet we would not have
had that penitents psalm, the nifty
first. II he had not failed. While he
found forgiveness, yet David never
got away from being afflicted by his
sins, that have been told with deep
pathos, ethical passion and amazing
frankness." The God who gave
David salvation. offers the same pre-
ciOus gift Of grace to all men who
will repent and believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ.
David reaped what he sowed He
had humiliated woman, and his own
daughter was humiliated The broken
| hearted king saw in the tragedy that
came 10 him in the revolt of AbsalOm
the harvest of his own misdeeds
Men ought to recognize. as David did.
that repentance does not free them
from reaping the earthly conse-
quences of Gods broken laws in the
physical and spiritual life. He could
not forgive himself when he saw
Ahsalom &" wrong. One has well
said that without irreverenCe we may
see in David'S remorse over his way
ward son "a type or human picture
of the Divine Fatherhood ard OF its
unlimited forgiveness" as we hear
the broken hearted king cry out in
the nearest approach 10 a prayer for
the dead to he found in the Bible: 20,
Absalom. my son, my son; would God
could die for theei''
When the end came to the poet
king, David could hear the public pro-
claim that Solomon was his chosen
successor. Great Is Davids son be-
came, he never attained the heights
Of his father. who was shephe rd
soldier. singer, statesman and servant
of God. made possible by his empire
building the glory of Solomon's
reign. His influence has nodded the
centuries of history that have inter
| many -.sidedness OF his psalms has
brought a message to men of all
classes and creeds In their hour of
need that has filled them with cour-
age, confidence and conQuering power.