Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1915 — Page 6
THE FAITH OF ONE PERSECUTED
1 Samuel 19.— Man t. Saul’s Jealousy of David—Attempts to Injure Him—Frequent Deliverances Superhuman—Satan, Our Great Enemy, Seeks Our Injury—Devotion to God and Righteousness Secures Us Deliverance —Why Such Experiences Are Permitted of God. ,r Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be I v safe.’’—Proverbs 29:25. '■ ARS with the Philistines confl fl I tinning, David was made a regular soldier, with command over a regiment and closely in touch with King Saul. Victory came wherever David was engaged, and King Saul saw the people’s admiration turned from himself to David. The sentiment reached a climax when, on the return from a victory, the women came forth singing, “Saul hath slain his thousands, But David his tens of thousands!” Jealousy took full possession of the king, and thenceforth his one purpose seems to have been to destroy David. It was a secret withheld from him that David was already anointed to be his successor. He merely knew that Samuel the Prophet had told him that in consequence of his failure to carry out
the Divine instructions regarding the Amalekites, the kingdom would be taken from him and his family and given to another. Jealousy is the bitter fruit of selfishness. It unbalances reason, extinguishes happiness, and subjects its possessor to horrible melancholy. It is.
the most terrible, and the most foolish, manifestation of selfishness. Everyone recognizing it in himself should seek victory through vigilance and prayer.
J* Saul’s Jealousy Was Crafty. When under control of jealousy, King Saul is described as having an evil spirit from the Lord—more properly, an evil spirit opposite from the Lord’s Spirit of kindness, justice, love. Sometimes David could soothe him by skilful playing on a harp; yet he knew the king’s treacherous mood, and on two occasions Saul from throwing at hfm a Javelin.
Intent upon drawing him into a quarrel, the king promised David his elder daughter to~wife, and then gave her to another. David, however, discreetly commented that he was neither of a sufficiently noble family nor financially able to expect such honors. Another trap was to betroth to him the king’s younger daughter, Michal. David again told of his unworthlness and his lack of wealth, whereupon Saul stipulated that her dowry should be the evidence of the killing of a hundred Philistines. No doubt he hoped that David would lose his life; but instead. David killed twice the number and received Saul’s daughter. Finally the king told Jonathan and his courtiers that David must die. Jonathan’s sentiment was as loving and brotherly as his father’s was cruel, jealous, selfish. It was Jonathan who would lose by David’s 1 attainment of the throne. Hence the love of Jonathan has become a proverb.
Jonathan interceded with his father for David. The plea was successful. David again became a member of the royal household, but only for a time. The king was not without noble sentiments, but they were not deep enough to control his life. He was under control of a selfish spirit, which is opposite from the Spirit of God. Ere long, in a jealous fit the king threw his javelin with deadly aim; but David quickly dodged it David went to his room; but a guard had been stationed there. Instructed that upon coming forth he was to be killed. His wife assisted him to escape by letting him down out of a window. Two Hundred Lives For a Wife. Let us now inquire how David’s course in killing two hundred human beings for a wife squares with the principles of justice, which the Bible everywhere maintains. First, we must
David Escaping Saul.
■was justly inflicted upon Father Adam because of his wilful sin; and that his family die because the seeds of death are in us from our birth. From this viewpoint, ours is a world of convicts under death-sentence. This accounts for God's permitting various death-dealing circumstances to control —famine, pestilences, cyclones, etc. When we come to see that the’ same God who Justly condemned all through one man’s disobedience has made provision for the justification of all through Christ’s obedience unto death, we see things in a new light. David must be judged by the Law under which his nation was placed at Mount Sinai. The Israelites were in-
formed that the Canaanites had allowed their cup of iniquity to come to the full, and that Israel was given that entire land. David, therefore, was carrying out the Divine instruction.
Saul Throwing Javelin.
have in mind the difference between being a Jew under the Law Covenant and being a Christian under the headship of Christ. Second, we must remember that the Bible teaches that the penalty of sin is death—not torment after death; that this penalty
SWALLOWED ALARM CLOCK.
The Hungry Shark Did Some Circus Stunts When It Went Off. Passengers arriving by the transatlantic liners bring strange stories not all of which are based on the war. But it seems that the war has had the effect, by lessening the transatlantic, passenger traffic, , and particularly by removing all the German liners from the paths of the sea, to reduce t*fie sharks to a state bordering. starvation, the condition of the unfortunate marine ■monsters has produced the following weird tale, which is contributed to the Office Window: “The other day a shark, sometimes known as the pirate of the ocean, was swimming peacefully along while following in the wake of a ship. As usual, he was hungry. His reputation for voracity was well deserved, although he had not gone as far in his indiscrimination as to food as some of the sharks who figure in the records have gone, Still, he had eaten, with unsatisfied hunger, all he could get of the refuse thrown from the ship. “A brother shark had eaten, with out content, a bag of cinders, which the sailors had purposely thrown overboard. Other sharks in the school had eaten at. various times the following items, viz.: A lady’s work box, discarded ship’s papers, baskets, shavings, cordage, ducks, hens, buffalo hides and a tin cannis ter filled with coins, not to expand the menu unduly. “The shark about which this item principally concerned, however, had eschewed ail of these articles and was, in consequence, still hungry.
“Suddenly an idea occurred to one of the sailors on board the followed ship. This sailor had a wellfounded antipathy for all sharks in general, and for this one who was so near in particular. He finally determined to try a new method of scaring the shark away. With this end in view he procured an alarm clock, which he carefully wound and set to go off in 20 minutes. Then the sailor tied the clock to a rope and dropped it overboard. The shark instantly swallowed if. “The rhythmic ticking of the clock seemed to be soothing to the sea scavenger, but when the alarm went off he was really and truly scared. The shark manifested this in various ways. He first stood on his hind legs; this is, of course, his tail, and then turned somersaults. Nothing he could do, however, served to stop the clock. The influx of the sea water swallowed by the shark in his vain efforts to accomplish this, seemed only to wind up the clock and to insure its continued running. If the shark’s face could have been seen by the clock it might have been stopped, but as it happened, it was, indeed, a sad case for the shark, who was apprehensive that the clock might be an Infernal machine. The great fish finally took refuge in flight, meanwhile lashing the water furiously with his tail and registering other signs of disapproval. The pilot fish accompanied him. “Several weeks afterwards this same shark • was captured by the same ship. When the monster was drawn on deck by the triumphant crew the clock was still running and keeping excellent time. The alarm went off five minutes afterwards.’’ The office window seems to be expected by its informant to believe this story, but the reader is under no such obligation.—New York Mail.
The American County.
There is very little uniformity in the size or characteristics of the American county. It means something entirely different from the English country, which will average 1,0 00 square miles and a population of 300,000. The smallest county in the United States is Bristol county, Rhode Island, which covers 25 square miles. The largest is Custer county, Montana, which embraces 20,4 9 0 square miles. The smallest in population is, or was 10 years ago, Brown county, Texas, which had lour inhabitants. The largest is New York county, which contains between two and three millions. Before Nevada was made a State it was Nevada county of the Utah Territory, covering 100,000 square miles. There is no question that in a number of states counties might be much fewer than they are with advantage tp everybody concerned, unless perhaps the office holders. We can make this statement because in proportion to population Massachusetts has a less number than any other state, and except for topographical conditions they would be fewer still. —Boston Transcript.
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C. M. McCONNELL, Vice-President. 1). O. THOMI’SON, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette, Indiana, this l-tii day of March, 1914. Renewed Jan. 18, 1915. Void after Jan. 1, 1916. Jack High Roller will make the season of 1915 at my farm, % mile west of Pleasant Ridge, at sls to insure colt to stand and suck. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible shotli any occur. LON COLTON, Owner. MAGELLAN d’ HONDZOCHT. Sound Pl RE BRED Stallion NO. 3153. ■ (Laws of Indiana 1913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Stallion Megellan d’Hondzocht, No. 5636 American, Vol XVII, P. 543 Foreign. Owned by North Union Belgian Horse Co., postoffice, Rensselaer, Ind., R. F. D. 2., county Jasper, described as follows: Color and marks: Bay, star in forehead. Breed, Belgian. Foaled in the year April 7, 1908, has been examined in the office of the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board and it is hereby certified that the said stallion is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses Stud Book. The above stallion has been exam-
ined by Johan Hansson, Rensselaer, Ind., a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. CHARLES W. HICKMAX, President. C. M. McCONNELL, Vice-President. D. O. THOMPSON, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette, Ind., this 31st day of March, 1914. . Renewed February 23, 1915. Void after January 1, 1916. Magellan was foaled April 7, 1908, and was imported from Belgium Feb. 6, 1911, by the Maywood •Stock Farm Importing Co., of Indianapolis, Ind. He has good bone and action and will weigh 1900 pounds. Magellan is owned by the North Union Belgian Horse Co., and will make the season of 1915 at the farm of Paul Schultz, 2"% miles east and 2 % miles north of Parr, 4 miles east and y 2 mile south of Fair Oaks, 1% miles west and H/ 2 miles north of Aix, 4 miles sou't.h “of Virgie on main gravel road, at sls to insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with mare or moving from county, fee becomes due and payable at once. Care will be taken to preveict accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur: PAUL SCHULTZ, Keeper. Phene 953-M. Rensselaer, R-2.
BONILLIANT Sound PURE BRED Stallion. No. 1554. (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of the stallion Bonilliant No. 27158, owend by Lon Colton, Rensselaer, Ind., described as follows: Color and marks: Red roan. Breed: French draft, foaled in the ■year June 20, 1907, has been examined in the office of the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion is of Pure Breeding and is registered in the National Register of French Draft Horses Stud Book. The above named stallion has been examined by Dr. George G. Doctor, Wolcott, Indiana, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. CHARLES W. HICKMAN, President. C. M. McCONNELL, Vice-President. D O; THOMPSON, Secretary. Bonilliant will make the season of 1915 at my residence % mile west of Pleasant Ridge. Terms—sl2.so to insure colt to stand and suck. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but will not be responsible should any occur LON COLTON, Owner. Subscribe for The Democrat.