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THE KING'S
RECALL
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STORV BY THE "HIGHWAY
AND BYWAY" PREACHER
lCnijiiKlit,lvo7,l) in Aiilhor, W,H. KIni.)
Scripture Authority: 2 Samuel
chapter 10.
8ERMONETTE.
"Why speak ye not a word of
bringing the king back?" Sad
that the king has been forced to
flee; but sadder still is It that i
the people are slow to bring him ;
back.
What a picture we have here
of the human heart and Its re
latlone to its Lord and King,
Jesus Christ.
The alluring voice of self-indulgence
and sin speaks in the
ear and it steals away our
hoarts from loyalty to the true
King.
The next step In the down
ward course Is open rebellion
against tho rule of the true and
rightful King.
Tfie king is driven forth. One
cannot rend the chapter re
counting David's departure from
Jerusalem without an over
whelming sense of the sadness
and shame of it all. But how
infinitely more tragic and sad
is it when the King of kings and
Lord of lords la forced to flee
from the rebellious heart!
And when the fires of sin
have burned themselves out and
the heart fcclc Its desolation
and loss, what reproach It is
that there la no move to bring
the King back and reestablish
him upon the throne!
The King cannot come except
by invitation. He may not be
far away. Nay, Scripture giveth
the King's own words:
''Behold, I stand at the door
and knock," he snyo. He waits
on tho threshold. The heart
must say: "Come In."
Think of what Jerusalem was
without its king. The palace
of cedar deserted, and the
city without a ruler to whom
they could turn for advice and
help.
Think of the human heart
without its King. The temple
which God has created as his
own peculiar dwelling place
empty, or worse, occupied by
self, and the whole life drifting
.without the innGtcr hand of the
Pilot to steer clear of the rocks
and the shallows upon which so
many lives are shipwrecked.
Let us go, then, atoncc and
call back our King.
How many times dally are
we forced to do this very thing?
Neglect, or conduct that is
worse, drives forth the King,
and we must turn and invite
jhlm again to enter, in order that
we may sup with him and he
with us.
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THE STORY.
NOT until aftov the news or the death
of Absalom and tho utter fulluro
of tho rebolllon which had nt tho Ilrat
boon manured so brilliantly and suc
cessfully did the people of Israel and
Jiuluh realize tho enormity of their
wrong doing. Then they wondered
how thoy caulil have been so easily led
iiBtray, urn contortion tiroao among
the people, each charging tho othor
with responsibility lor the" misstep.
They Baw now how vain and ambitious
a follow tho man Absalom had been;
how llttlo of real worth there was to
bo found In him, and thoy saw alBO
BEFORE THEY WERE HATCHED.
This Young Lady Proceeded to Count
Her Chickens.
Perhaps sho read tho statoment
mado by tho department of agrlculturo
that tho value or tho eggs liild by tho
bona of tho United States In a yoar
would bo enough to pay off tho nation
al debt, or, anyway, sho "just thought
it up," but, anyway, this pretty llttlo
Baltimore girl was convinced that bIio
had overythlng all fixed. .Sho has
been engaged to a very nice young
follow for some tlmo, but to moBt poo
pie the amount of his present salary
would appear an Insurmountable ob
stacle to matrimony. This was tho
view of hor fathor, but when expressed
sho met it with a happy smile.
"Oh, I have thought that all out,"
sho declared.
"You have, eh?'f papa asked, know
ing something of his daughter's busi
ness abilities.
"Yes. And it was bo easy," sho
bubbled. "I wus passing the market
the othor day, and I saw a' dear llttlo
polku-dotted hen for only 60 cents,
;iH never before the sterling (iiiailtlos
if their aged king, und appreciated
iiow mticb was owing to him for the
nation's grentness and prosperity.
During those days of ditrknoHB, and
doubt, and uncertainty, momory was
busy, and the people recalled David's
mighty deeds, from tho llrbt encounter
with the giant Goliath to the many
brilliant campaigns, through which he
had led his nrmloH. When had tho
nation had audi a deliverer as David
hail boon? When had they ever had
such a leader as David, since the time
of Mosoh and Joshua? Whore wns
there a ruler In all the nations about
so faithful to his people, und so loyal
to God? Ho had kept the nation free
from IdolatrouB practices of the na
tions about. He had organized and
solidified tho nation as a whole as It
had never been before. Ho had made
the name of iBraol to bo honored and
feared among tho nations about.
And with tho reaction which bctrnn j
In the nation following tho collapse
of Absalom's rebellion the memory or
all these things swept over thd minds
of tho people, and tho question aroso
on every hnnd:
"What Hhall bo done?"
The king had been driven forth.
What was now to be done.? Shame at
their dlsloyulty, and anxiety over tho
consequences of their wrong doing
gave rise to wraugllngs and dluputings
among themselves, and added to the
confusion or the situation.
Some there were perverse and re
bellious spirits who set themselves to
plotting further mischief. Absalom
was dead, to bo sure, but the spirit
of Absalom Btlll was at work In their
hearts and far from longing for tho re
turn of King David, they secretly sot
thenisolvcB to further Insurrection. The
king wns old, and could not be with
them many years longer. He had
lost his grip on things. Ho had been
driven out of the royal city. Why
again saddlo tho aged king upon
them? Let, him remain in exile.
They would seek out another who
should rule.
This new conspiracy was strongest
among certain or the trlbos of Ben
jamin, prominent among whom was
Sheba, tho son or Hichrl. But nmong
nil tho tribes of Israel there were mal
contonlB, who wore only waiting the
call of a leader to make fresh rupturo
in tho nation.
Such was tho chaotic slate or tho
nation while the old und Borrow-strlck-en
king remained at Mnhannlni. And
If in tho henrts of the people tho mem
ory of David's greatness and goodness
and power came crowding, Into his
heart there came likewise tho mem
ory of othor days. Now that the first
poignant grief over the death or Ab
salom was passed and ho had tlmo to
contemplate his state and think on
what tho loss or the nation and tho
royal city meant to him, a deeper,
more crushing sorrow camo upon him
Jerusalem, the holy city of God, the
plnco where with Joy ho had set up
tho tabornuclo of tho Lord and whlth
or ho had brought the ark of the cov
enant of the Lord.
When first he camo upon tho strong
hold years boforo while It wus still In
the hands of tho enemy tho Inspiration
had como to him to conquer It for the
Lord. What a glorious sltuatipn for
tho city which should become in" a pe-
cullnr sciiBe the habitation of tho
Lord, he had thought. And so in the
strength of the Lord and at the peril
of his life he had ascended by almost
superhuman offort tho precipitous
walls and 'liad after a florco hand-to
hand conflict subdued tho city.
And because of what that city had
cost him, and because of what it had
become. In his thought and ambitious
ho longed with an Intense longing to
bo back there onco more. It was In
that city ho had planned and purposed
to build the Lord a splendid temple,
but God hnd sntd him nay, and hud
given him the promlso that his sou
should build the Lord a house. And
this, thought of the future hud made
bright tho late years of his life as
ho had set about gathering materlnl
which would be used In the construe
and I bought her. I read In a poultry
paper that a hon will raise 20 chicks
In a season. Well, next year wo'U
havo 21 hens, and so, of course,
there'll bo 120 chicks tho next year,
and 8,400 tho next, and 108,000 tho
noxf, and It.ftGO.OOO tho next. And just
seo what that amounts to why, sell
ing them at fiO cents each would glvo
us $1,500,000 In ,llvo years, and that
won't ho so long to wait for that
much." Harper's Weekly.
A Purpose for the Change.
"I thought that mirror in your bed
room had a black framo," said hor
visitor. "Didn't It?"
"It. did," sho replied, "but you bco, It
Isn't mine. It belongs to some peoplo
In tho next flat, who usked me to
keep it Tor them until Septoinboiy and
so I havo painted the Traino light bluo
to match my bedroom, and, too, so
thoy won't know tt Is theirs when thoy
como back."
Feign that Joy you do not rool, quit
hunting for tho bruised spots of llfo
and look for tho best. Tho world will
put on a different guise if you do.
Hon of such a temple as ho longed to
see built.
Hut now ho was an oxllo from his
beloved city. Wore his dreams for
tho 'future o tho city never to bo
rt.nllzed? Was he never more to
dwell there? Thus In sorrow and
doubt he waited. But no word came
from his people looking to his re
turn. But one day a delegation came to
Mahanalm from the northern tribes,
bringing words of good cheer to tho
king and urging his return.
"While thou art absent, Sheba, tho
son of Blchrl, and others are busy
striving to cause further troublo,"
they said. "Come with us, and we
will establish thy kingdom."
"But how can. I return," David cried
to his confidential advisers, after he
had dlsmlssod tho delegation, "whllo
the people of Judah, mine own breth
ren, and while Jerusalem, tho holy
city, speaks no word of Invitation?"
So this proved n great sorrow to
David that no word had yet come to
him from Jerusalem, and Uiobo who
served near to the king dlscornlng the
grief of his heart over this thing, sent
messengers uccretly to Zadok and Abi
athar, tho priests at Jerusalem, say
ing:
"Speak unto the elders of Judah,
saying. Why nro ye the last to bring
tho king back to his house? Seeing
tho speech of all Israel Is como to the
king, oven to his house. Ye are his
brethren, ye are his bones and his
flesh: whereforo then nro ye tho last
to bring back the king?"
Now when this word was repeated
in the ears of tho elders by Zadok and
Abinthnr, after they had summoned
them Into their presence, deep sorrow
seized their hearts that they had so
forgotten and neglected their king.
"Why," they said, "we had feared
his anger, and thought that he would
return bid. to punish us for our dis
loyalty." "Nay, but thou hast misjudged our
king, for his heart Is towards his peo
ple and Jerusalem, continually."
"Yea, and the tribes to the north
Tlnvo been first to send word to the
king beseeching his return. How
over, if thou shalt send speedily and
nsk tho king to return ho will for
give thy neglect and return with joy
to his land," urged the priests.
"Then we will send at once," thoy
all . exclaimed. "For our city and
our land is desolate without Its king."
So they sent this word unto tho
king:
"Return thou and all thy servants."
And the king returned, and came
to Jordan. And Judah came to Gllgal
to go to meet the king, to conduct tho
king over Jordnn.
The Lesson. '
A writer says that when ho was a
lad tho standaul of gentlemaullness
wns Impressed upon him by his father
not with a strap In a way that he
never forgot. They wore walking in
the country, and as they reached a
stile a worklngman, who was on the
other side before them, and had tho
right of crossing first, stood aside un
til they had passd. Tho boy, thought
less, after tho fashion or his kind, got
over first, saying never a word. Then
his rather got over and said, "Thank
you" to tho man. Turning to his son
ho said: "You did not thank tho man
who stood aside for you." "But he
isn't a gentleman," answered the lad.
"Porhaps not," was his father's crush
ing rebuke, "but I want you to be."
Will Test Foundations.
The doan and chapter of St. Paul's
cathedral, London, acting under tho
advlcosof Mervyn E. Macartney, con
sulting onglneor, aro about to apply a
practical test, ot tho ' safety of the
cathedral. Metal disks will be placed
In the nUlars In tho crypt and other
parts of tho building, and by accurate
measurement It will bo possible to
come to a definite conclusion ns to
whether the foundations and supports
are stable or not.
Kept.
A man keeps bad company,
company keeps tho man.
Good
Watches Baked and Frozen.
"I will be with you In a moment, I
miiBt finish baking this batch of
watches first."
Tho speaker was a jowolor. He
said, as ho worked:
"1 suppose you are surprised at tho
Idea ol' watch lathing. I will explain.
The machluory of a watch 1b dellcato;
yet It must woj-k tho same In winter
ns In summer, the samo in Russia as
In Cairo, tho samo in tho Sahara as
In Iceland. Th$ro Is only ono way to
accomplish this. The watch must bo
regulated to heut. and cold.
"I am regulating theso watches to
heat. Afterward in a refrigerator I
will regulate them to cold. Tlfon,
when thoy go out. In tho world thoy
won't dlfgraco themselves In any
climate.
"Chronometers must be regulated
more carefully than watches.
' " " ,
Sea Furnishes Living to Many,
lit Norway und Sweden !5C persons
out of every thousand live by seafar
ing. Tho next host uvorago In UiIb
particular Is hi England, whoro thoro
aro 17 iu ovcry thousand.
THE DEATH OF
SAMSON
Sunday School Lesnon tor Dec. 1, 1907
Spsclslly Prepared for This Paper
LICSSON TKXT.-JudKen 16:21-111. Mom
ory vuruex iS-30.
GOLDEN TKXT.--". strong In tho
Lord, and the power ot His might."
Hph. fi:10.
TIMIO.-n. C. 111G-10!W. During the last
part of the period of the JudgeB, the
40 years of tho Philistine oppression of
West- Israel, 1134-101(1, and contemporary
with tlio first 20 years of Samuel.
PLAC1C.-If wc make Jerusalem and
Hebron centers from which to measure,
Xorab, tho birthplace of SaniBon, will he
14 miles vest of Jerusalem; tho valley
of Sorek, two miles farther west; Tlm
nath, four miles south of Zorali; nAd
Ashdod, 1!0 miles further west near the
sea. Hebron In L'O miles south of Jeru
salem, and Gaza Ilfi ..lllcs directly west.
Seo colored map. The tribe of Dan bor
dered on the north of Judah and west of
Benjamin, the Hue running through Je
rusalem cast and west.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Samson Stories. It scorns
strange, at first sight, that three chap
ters of the Bible should be given to
the story of such a man as Samson
great, strong, jovial, good-natured,
ready to fight, equally ready to play
rough Jokes and titter witty sayings,
with an animal nature overshadowing
the spiritual. It is still more strange
that In tho roll-call of heroes of tho
faith In the eleventh chapter of He
brows, SaniBon should be named with
Abraham, Gideon, and David, among
thoBe "who through faith subdued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, ob
tained promises, stopped the mouths
of Hons."
Samson and His Characteristics.
1. The name Samson is derived from
the Hebrew word for "sun," and
means "sunny" or "sun-hero." He was
born at Zorah iu the more southern
of the two settlements of tho tribe or
Dan, on tho borders of Judah, M
miles west or Jerusalem. Ills father's
name was Manoah. .
2. Kven before his birth his mis
sion was announced. He was to bo
ono who should "begin to save Israel
out of tho hand or the Philistines,"
and to this end was to be consecrated
to God (Judges 111). It is a great
thing Tor any person to bo so endowed
and so trained as to havo a definite
mission In this world. Only partially
did Samson fulfill his ideal, but" the
presence of it Influenced his whole
lire.
3. The consecration or Samson was
through tho Nazhite vow, which re
quired (Num. 0: 2-6) total abstinence
from grapes, wine, and all intoxicat
ing liquors; that the hair should go
uncut; and that all contamination
with dead bodies be avoided. It was
usually a temporary vow, but Samson
and John tho Haptlst wore perpetual
Nazlrltes. The meaning of the vow
was probably "entire consecration to
God."
It Is to be noted that, according to
the record, Samson, with all his oth
or fallings, yet kept sacred the con
ditions of this vow. On the keeping
of the vow his strength and prowess
depended.
4. The first and most effective of
the endowments of Samson for his
mission wns his great strength,
which, in genoral, he used 4o deliver
his nation from the power of the op
pressor, although not always in tho
wisest way.
Fi. A second special endowment of
Samson was his sense of humor, his
Impulsive practical Joking, puns, and
riddles. These were an advantage to
him even In his effortB to overcome
the Philistine oppressors.
G. "He was a born fighter. He
knew his strength and loved to use
It. Nothing stirred him like the joy
of a battle, unless, indeed, the sweet
rowards of victory, Its spoils and
pleasures. Such mon commonly de
generate Into mercenary brutes, fight
ing hero and there, on whichever side
inclination may be strongest or per
sonal advantage greatest." Rev. Ira
S. Dodd.
But It was not so In the case of
Samson.
7. His weakness was very great.
His spiritual nature was not highly
developed. He was not a leader or
organizer of men. Ho did his work
alone, and not by massing the nation
against tho oppressor. Ho was Infect
ed with tho loose morals of lils heath
en neighbors. These were a hind
rance to his mission, and brought Mm
to blindness, slavery, and an untimely
death.
8. Ilut In tho main ho was firmly
on tho Bide of God's people and tho
fulfillment of his mission. Ho never
broke his Nazirlto vows. Ho was a
total abstinence man to tho end. "To
appreciate tho faith of Samson It Ib
necessary to understand tho tempta
tions and difficulties in face of which
tho performed his task. ... If
.Samson had cared only for Uio satis
faction of his courBO and solllsl Im
pulses, tho road to that infamous fame
would have been wide open. Hut
read his story. You will seo that ho
always fought on one side, tho un
popular, tho dangerous, tho appar
ently hftpoloss side.
Celery and Cream Cheese Salad.
Mash a ten-cent crecm cheese and
work with a spoon, adding a llttlo
cream, until smooth. Mix with a half
cup flno chopped, crispy celery, season
with salt and make into llttlo balls.
Put half ofnn English walnut on each
sido of tho balls, arrange on lettuce
leaves, pour over a Fronch dressing
and dust with paprika.
Cream Cheese with Red Peppers.
Cream cheese, by tho way, is one
of tho most popular factors this fall
in tho salad courses. Ono of the now
eBt ways of serving it is in combina
tion with tho little canned Spanish
peppers. Chop tho poppers fine, add
to the cheese with salt to season, mix
well, form Into dainty balls and serve
pa letuoc leaves.
Be Polite.
Every lovely, kindly grace Is worth
cultivating and will add much to your
happiness and usefulness when you
aro older. A rude, Ill-mannered per
son is shunned and disliked in every
circle, and unless tho opposlto habits
are formed In early life thoy are sel
dom formed at all.
Want Women on Juries.
A movement Is being mado In cer
tain quarters In France to bring about
the representation of women on the
juries. It long has been felt that to
try women for crime beforo a court
where the Jury Is composed entirely
of men is an unnatural and unfair
proceeding.
Why Robins Are Loved.
The belief that If a robin find a
dead body it will at least cover the
face with moss, and the immortal
fairy story of Robin Redbreast's min
istry to tho poor little Babes in the
Wood, havo secured tho protection of
the whole robin race.
Need Better Transportation.
Grapes which sell for only a cent a
pound In ono of the southern prov
inces of Brazil, bring 20 or even 25
cents a pound In Rio do Janeiro. The
lack of good facilities for transporta
tion accounts for much of the dif
ference. s Musical South Africa.
One of the greatest markets In the
world for musical instruments Is
South Africa, which spends on an
average $1,000,000 a year, about $500,
000 of which goes In pianos.
Ancient Superstition.
In tho days of Caesar, unless hard
pressed, tho Germans wcorld not en
gage in battle beforo the full moon,
knowing that If they did so they would
bo defeated.
Dally Thought.
The preservation of health is a
duty. Few seem conscious that thoro
is such a thing as physical morality.
Herbert Spencer.
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