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  Morning, August 20 Go To Evening Reading “The sweet psalmist of Israel.” —2 Samuel 23:1 Among all the saints whose lives are recorded in Holy Writ, David possesses an experience of the most striking, varied, and instructive character. In his history, we encounter trials and temptations, and in the experiences that are not for other saints of ancient times, and hence he is all the more suggestive a type of our Lord. David knew the trials of all ranks and conditions of men. Kings have their troubles, and David wore a crown: the peasant has his cares, and David handled a shepherd’s crook: the wanderer has many hardships, and David abode in the caves of Engedi: the captain has his difficulties, and David found the sons of Zeruiah too hard for him. The psalmist was also tried by his friends; his counselor, Ahithophel, forsook him, saying, “He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel against me.” His worst foes were they of his own household: his children were his most...

  Morning, August 19 Go To Evening Reading “He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord.” —Micah 5:4 Christ’s reign in his Church is that of a shepherd-king . He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock; he commands and receives obedience, but it is the willing obedience of the well-cared-for sheep, rendered joyfully to their beloved Shepherd, whose voice they know so well. He rules by the force of love and the energy of goodness. His reign is practical in its character . It is said, “He shall stand and feed .” The great Head of the Church is actively engaged in providing for his people. He does not sit down upon the throne in an empty state, or hold a sceptre without wielding it in government. No, he stands and feeds. The expression “feed,” in the original, is like an analogous one in the Greek, which means to shepherdize, to do everything expected of a shepherd: to guide, to watch, to preserve, to rest...

  Morning, August 18 Go To Evening Reading “Strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.” —Jeremiah 51:51 In this account, the faces of the Lord’s people were covered with shame, for it was a terrible thing that men should intrude into the Holy Place reserved for the priests alone. Everywhere around us, we see cause for sorrow. How many ungodly men are now being educated with the view of entering into the ministry! What a crying sin is that solemn lie by which our whole population is nominally comprehended in a National Church! How fearful it is that ordinances should be pressed upon the unconverted, and that among the more enlightened churches of our land there should be such laxity of discipline. If the thousands who will read this portion shall all take this matter before the Lord Jesus this day, he will interfere and avert the evil which else will come upon his Church. To adulterate the Church is to pollute a well, to pour water upon fire, to sow a ferti...