...exclaimed, with the wisdom of the warrior, " Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to iight with him ; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth." But David, with the higher wisdom of the saint, and with an admirable modesty befitting the situation...

...no use for him to try. David then told the king, that once, when he was keeping his father's sheep, there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of his flock, and he went after the lion, and took the lamb out of his mouth ; and when the lion flew...

...that it is His own cause, the cause of His people. Tell me not of the difference between us, that I am but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth : that the staff of his spear is like a weaver's beam, and that his spear's head weighs six hundred...

...c.26.5. q or, battle army, or, nf f"jrf U.Ju.13. 15 i »s 1 SAMUEL.— CHAP. XVIII. Jonathan ioves David. 9 Alwiloin eourtahwll] her, anr conccalclh lt« juirpoic. -JS At i «h«p-*Ji«imiifi, frc"n his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a...

...with any hope of succeeding in the conflict. He avowed his fears, and added the reason for them ; " thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth." David was not to be daunted by any considerations of this kind. He was well aware, indeed, of the vastly...

...to fight with him : for Ihnti art hut a youth, and he a man of war from his youlh. 34 And David Raid 43 -printed by C.J. Clay, at the University Press D " swarest un n Bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered...

...with any hope of succeeding in the conflict. He avowed his fears, and added the reason for them : " Thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth." David was not to be daunted by any considerations of this kind. He was well aware indeed of the vastly...

...champion of (as I think) the opposers of our Church's doctrine. But this is no personal contest. I am but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth, and therefore had it been a question of individual capability or power, I should have declined the unequal...

...Sau!. Let no man's heart fail because of him : thy servant will go and fight with thit Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against...David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's slurp, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock : and I went out after him,...

...will go and fight with this Philistine. Here again discouragement was thrown in his way. Saul said, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine, to...but a youth ; and he a man of war from his youth. But, even at this early period, David had learned to strengthen himself in his God ; and felt, as he...