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"CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD, AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN THEE."-Ps. lv. 22.

HERE we have expressed, in very plain and simple language, the confidence of a man of God. It was the confidence of David in David's God. But there is nothing about it peculiar to the King of Israel. It has been the experience of countless thousands, both before and since his days. Life's trials have been lightened, and even its very deepest sorrows lit up with peace and joy, for those who have entered into the meaning of what is conveyed in the words of the text. The humblest and weakest believer may make it all his own. The only secret connected with it is this: that those who desire to experience the strength and consolation which David knew under sorrow must be careful to exercise David's faith.

The words are not those of mere religious theory. They are, like so many of the exhortations contained in Holy Scripture, not only words of Divine inspiration, given as a matter of doctrine, but they contain the inspired expression of actual and realised experience. They are the words of one who knew so well what sorrow was. Indeed, they fell from a heart-broken man. But not that alone; they came,

not only from a bitter experience of sorrow, but also from the equally real experience of rest under the heavy blow.

Let us refer to the circumstances under which the Psalm was written. It is generally agreed that it was connected with one of the heaviest sorrows of David's life. The history is given in 2 Samuel xv. His well-beloved son Absalom was in rebellion against him, seeking to dethrone him and reign in his stead.

Everything around looked very black for the King; Absalom had won the heart of the men of Israel from his father by fair promises and unbecoming flattery. They were prepared to support the rebellious son. And more than this, one of David's special friends, the well-trusted counsellor, Ahitophel, whose advice he was accustomed to regard as "the oracle of God" (2 Sam. xvi. 23), had openly forsaken him, and was in alliance with Absalom. Such opposition was too much for the king. He could make no stand against it. Nothing remained for him but to seek safety in flight. Very touching is the description of his departure from Jerusalem, and it should be carefully read in connection with the Psalm.

It was under such circumstances as these that faith in God so marvellously upheld him. He gave perhaps the most convincing proof that it was possible for him to give, that his faith and hope were both alike fixed so simply and yet so confidently upon the living God.

Let us see what it was. It appears that Zadok and Abiathar remained faithful to his cause, and shared with him his exile. Before leaving the city, they had secured the Ark of God and carried it with them. This was the outward sign of Jehovah's presence with His people; and it was a rallying point round which, at any time, the men of Israel might have gathered. It was, so far as human calculations go, a positive advantage to have had it. The possessor of

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