Excerpt from Sermons, Vol. 3 David in the dumps just to state it plainly, and without too fine a point upon it. Does not this bring him near to us, who are so often dull, and dispirited, and discouraged? Let us learn from David here. Notice, first of all: David said this in his heart. Watch, as David ought to' have watched. Watch against the tendency to brood over your troubles, and say sad things to yourself, in your heart. It would be a much better plan sometimes to say them out loud. I know that from this very place I have discouraged the spreading of doubt; and have said, and would repeat, If you have got doubts, keep them to yourself. But that depends upon what kind of doubt it is. In an hour like this it would have done David good (and it will do you good, my discouraged brother and sister) to have expressed to some friend, in actual word and shape, that dull, heart less, despairing thought that lay ou his heart like a lump of lead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.