Notes of a sermon preached by the Rev. C. E. Darwent la Union Church on Sunday, March 6, SuIMEL THE sriteEUL.
Text—II Samuel XVI. 5-6.
"And Shimei cast stones at Davi:
I that religion paints human oatare in too luridly dark colours when it states that the heart is " des-berately wicked." Bat how can anyone object to this account of human oatare in the face of such a specimen as this hi on the stage of histes incarnation of the odious spirit of spite-It is only our knowledge of ourselves and the spiteful things we are capable of that prevent us denying that ho was a man at all. King David i down la the very lowest depths of in flight from his capital rebellious son Absalom, Could any map touch x lower depth of misery than that?" And David was also tasting what we all know is the bitterest cup " man can drink; he knew fault, for the matter punished for that sin. And it was at this moment when the heart-brkeo King was fleeing, that this wretched creature Shimei ran along the slope of the valley carsiog Ds stones at him in impotent rage. was all David could do to prevent Al hai, Joab's brother, going and punishing thoslanderer by cutting hiv malign ant head off. What a moral abomipation is this spiteful Sbimei! Don't make excuses for him because we are told that be was "of the house of Saal all ready enough to find that we commit ourselves. of Sanl's baure gare Shia Would not have been king in
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