2 Samuel 16:17
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
I. This inquiry rebukes all merely exclamatory loyalty.
II. It rebukes all cheap loyalty.
III. It calls us sharply to practical loyalty.
Parker, Fountain,April 21st, 1881.
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