_Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah._ THE REPROACH OF THE ENEMY Dr. Maclaren is specially emphatic in connecting Psalms 7:1 with this part of David’s history, and indicates its value in helping us to understand the rapid vacillations is Saul’s behaviour. 1. It is headed Shiggaion... [ Continue Reading ]
_Saul lay sleeping within the trench._ THE DANGER OF SPIRITUAL LETHARGY The circumstances of Saul, and the manner in which he was treated by David, may have a warning voice to unbelievers, careless, thoughtless, and slumbering in their sins. The King of Israel was bound to David by every tie of gra... [ Continue Reading ]
_Destroy him not._ VENGEANCE LEFT WITH HIM TO WHOM IT BELONGS Our attention has been called to the fact that the first great victory achieved by David was over his own spirit. As we pursue his history, we are glad to find that his first triumph of this noblest kind was not his last. His cruel and i... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have played the fool._ PLAYING THE FOOL The greatest and most difficult problem which the Church of God has had to face in all ages, and has had to try and solve is this--how to prevent men and women playing the fool. Thank God all down history there have been those who were bold enough to put o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then said Saul, I have sinned._ SAUL’S SECOND RECONCILIATION When a man like Saul has wept, and spoken words so morally noble, it is but fair to credit him with sincerity and permanence. At the time of his reconciliation he meant every word he said. Yet in a brief period we find Saul going down t... [ Continue Reading ]