support of David’s beloved friend, Jonathan. Saul called upon Jonathan to slay David. Then when Jonathan, in a courageous outburst, pointed out to the king that David held no evil in his heart for him, but only good, Saul descended another notch by re sorting to lies. “ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death” (1 Sam. 19:6 R.V.). And in almost the next breath, Saul attempted to pin David to the wall by hurling his spear at him with all the fury of a frustrated tyrant. The King Rejected The persecution descending from the usurper upon the throne caused the anointed king to flee, ending ulti mately in his flight to the cave of Adullam. “ David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam” (1 Sam. 22:1 R.V.). Here, in the hillside hideout, God’s anointed king is in rejection. And yet here he is joined by a company of men who see in him the fulfillment of their great need. It is interesting to see who they are: “ And when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in dis tress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men” (1 Sam. 22: 1, 2 R.V.). When we simply glance at this group it appears to be a sorry lot— every one that was in distress, in debt, and discontented. But let us do more than glance; let us give them the benefit of a closer examination. They were undoubtedly what they were because of conditions in the land. They were in distress because of the glaring weakness of Saul’s gov ernment. The governed all too fre quently reap of the bitter fruit sown by the one who governs. The weak ness that exists at the top seeps its way to the bottom, and all are touched by the deficiencies of the ruler. Let the leadership go astray, and the people are in distress. They were in debt because of bur dens imposed by an unwise king. Let inherent weakness be brought into the place that calls for strength of char acter, and invariably there is a resort to abuse of position and power. The man of true power is strong because of his restraint. But the man who lives by masquerading in the robes (Continued on Page 21) T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
THE LITTLE BLACK HORSE (Continued from Page lb)
youngsters might like to have. She is gentle and about twelve years old. No one rides her now, and you are welcome to come and get her’.” “ Daddy, when can you get her? Tomorrow? Can we all go?” “No, you’ll be in school. But I’ll borrow Mr. Runyan’s horse trailer and we’ll soon have her at home.” The next sunny afternoon, about five o’clock, the children were waiting in the front yard. “ Do you see them coming? Not yet. Oh, I wish they’d hurry!” And then they were here, Mr. Run yan, Daddy and the little black pony. What delight, what squeals and wig gles as Black Beauty stepped back out of the trailer. “ Oh Mommie, isn’t she wonderful? Daddy, isn’t she pretty? Aren’t we lucky to get her? Wasn’t that good of Mr. Case? The Lord must have sent her to us!” Babe stood close by the fence and watched as they saddled up little Beauty. Daddy jumped on and rode a bit up the road. They all had turns, each saying how fine it was to ride her. Mommie watched them, and you know what? A song kept singing in her heart! A song of happiness and praise because the dear Lord Jesus who knew and loved her nine children planned that lovely surprise for them. He filled a need and answered a prayer. with instruments of music. And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thou sands” (1 Sam. 18:6, 7 R.V.). The anger and jealousy of Saul were aroused. The popularity of David was to him as bitter gall, and forth with he began a campaign of perse cution against the anointed of the Lord. “ And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward” (1 Sam. 18:8, 9 R.V.). That the depth of his base char acter had not been reached is dis closed by his attempt to enlist the THE MEN OF ADULLAM (Continued from Page 10)
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