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DAVID’S CONFLICT WITH THE GIANT OF GATH.

“David said, Moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion,
and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.”
—!, Samuel xvit., 37.

Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
Stand in His strength alone;

The arm of flesh will fail you;
Ye dare not trust your own:

Put on the Christian’s armour,
And watching unto prayer,

Where duty calls, or danger,
Be never wanting there.

Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor’s song;
To him that overcometh
A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of Glory
Shall reign eternally.
—G. Duffield.

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still
waters.

“He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s
sake.

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

“ Thou prepareth a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou annoint-
est my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will
dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.’"—Psalms xxitt.

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