_Then there was a famine in the days of David three years._ THE QUICKENING OF DAVID’S CONSCIENCE BY RIZPAH’S EXAMPLE Some years since it was found that many returned emigrants were ending their days in English workhouses. When the authorities inquired into the causes of this fact, they ascertained... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth._ RIZPAH: OR, RELATIVE SUFFERING We may generally see the cause of any suffering if we only go far enough. David began to enquire, and found out the cause. The demand of the Gibeonites was in harmony only with that crude, cruel, harsh age. They demand... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant._ ON DOING VALIANTLY If his master bids him perform exploits too hard for him, he draws upon the resources of omnipotence, and achieves impossibilities. Wellington sent word to his troops one night: “Cindad Rodrigo must be tak... [ Continue Reading ]