...be the successful candidates ; these would be our popular leaders ; and they would be followed by " every .one that was in distress, and every one that...was in debt, and every one that was discontented." * It is even now contended for by many, that members ought not to use tht-ir own judgement, but to...

...to which David escaped after Achish king of Gath had let him go, believing him to be mad. And here " every one that was in distress, and every one that...themselves unto him ; and he became a captain over them " (1 Sam. xxii. 2). In a similar limestone cleft near here, in the vale of Etham, Samson took shelter...

...precisely the followers who attached themselves to the good King David at the cave of Adullam ; videlicet, every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, which the vulgate renders bitter of soul ; and doubtless," he said, " they will prove mighty men of...

...Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one...: and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my...

...diftrefs, and every one that iuas in debt, and every one tbji I0i«difcontented, gathered themfelves unto him ; and he became a captain over them : and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he faid unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my...

...is not needful here; but I beg to observe, David had his followers, who are thus described : — " ' And every one that was in distress, and every one...; and there were with him about four hundred men.' , " I do not think, when it is considered of what David's followers were composed, that it derogates...

...were the men who have always been found ready to embark in desperate designs, — ' every one that is in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented.' Talleyrand bas said that hope is the counterpoise of discontent ; with more truth may it be said to...

...£>* every one that wot f discontented, ga- tH«bM«rr thered themselves unto him; and he be- rf came • *• * * 24 1 And Joseph said unto his bre- Lr«.' thren, I die 3 T And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and...

...hundred wretches. " Every one that was in distress, 1 1 Sam. vi. 19. ' Ib. xiii. 19, 20. 3 Ib. xi. 6. and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him."1 This was a man alter God's own heart ; so the first thing he does is to assassinate a farmer,...

...My band is, perhaps, now, somewhat like that which David entertained in the cave of Adullam, when ' every one that was in distress, and every one that...themselves unto him ; and he became a captain over them.' * Yet remember, that with such men he conquered the Philistines, and baffled the malignant vengeance...