_TWO ROYAL PRINCES—A CONTRAST_
‘The young man Absalom.’
2 Samuel 18:1
‘Jonathan, the son of Saul.’
1 Samuel 19:1
It may impress the lesson of warning from the story of Absalom if we
contrast it with that of Jonathan, all the more that in things outward
the two were so much alike, while in chara... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.’_
‘The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate
and wept.’
2 Samuel 18:33
We cannot enlarge upon this scene without injuring its matchless
pathos. Let us leave David _ in ‘the chamber over the gate_,’ to a
sorrow too sacred for mere words.
I. TH... [ Continue Reading ]