612 fiance, he offered to meet the giant. His oldest brother was displeased at his presumption and rebuked him. When his offer was reported to Saul, and the king was told of his conquest of the lion and the bear, he reluctantly con sented that David should act as the champion of Israel. The contest was not so unequal as it seemed. David was fleet of foot and fearless and the un wieldy giant taken by surprise at the unexpected attack was completely at his mercy. TUESDAY, June 29. 1 Saul. 17:12-19. A Lad of Israel. The family of Jesse consisted of eight sons and two daughters. David was the youngest child. There was so great a difference between his age and those of some of the older ones, that the sons of his sister Zeruiah seem to have been brought up as boys along with him and were through life associated with him and not always to his advantage. Jesse has been characterized as a sort of a country squire with not many thoughts heyond his sheep. Probably he thought little of his youngest' son, who was such a quiet, thoughtful, pious lad that he would rather make hymns and sing them than to pursue those arts by which his elder brothers were seeking to push their way in the world. When he was hastily summoned from the field at the behest of the prophet, we can- see him bounding in with his shepherd’s crook in his hand, his face flushed with the haste wth which he had obeyed his father’s call, his auburn hair flowing in the breeze and a light flashing from his dark eyes. We can picture his hash ful surprise as he felt the holy oil suf fuse his head and saw it flow down even to the skirts of his garments. WEDNESDAY, June 30. 1 Sam. 17:20- si. David in Camp. Following his victory over Goliath,
THE K I N G ’ S B U S I NE S S David was introduced to the associations of court life to complete his prepara tion for his future dignity. His valor on this occasion led to his being at tached to the royal retinue until the in sane jealousy of Saul compelled his de parture. After this came the succession of events which both displayed and de veloped his own character and culmi nated in his elevation to the throne to which he had been anointed. The prophet of God had plainly told Saul in the day of his sin that the Lord had rent the kingdom from him and given it to one that was better than he. In David he saw the marks of such a man. The secret of David’s strength was his trust in God and his Divinely given dis cretion. He executed every trust with exacting faithfulness and the Lord was with him. DID JESUS MEAN IT? If the call of Jesus and the commis sion of Jesus means what it seems to mean on its face; if we are to interpret it as we would any other statement; if Christ was enough of a logician to state an idea clearly, we must assume that it is the first obligation of discipleship to press the claims of Christ on others. It is not our obligation to save people, but to place the plan of salvation be fore them. They .must know the real issue of the Gospel, must have the facts pressed upon their attention or we shall be guilty of high treason to our Lord.-
He who teaches the Word of God is never a scholar. He is always a stu dent.
Are ;9ou on tkeway to Heaven and yet perfectly content to go tKere alone? W kat about $our neighbor?
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