His countrymen had remained too long there; he would dare and do,
therefore ran into the lines of the Philistines. Is it not too true that
we stay in our entrenchments too long? Why should we not carry the war
into the enemy's country? WESLEY and his fellow-labourers would not have
had the success they had, if they had not, like David, run towards the
enemy. It was time, for the sake of his country's prestige, that he ran
with his face towards the foe. Shall we not imitate him, and dare
something for God? Saul's army had too often showed their backs to the
enemy. When a man runs towards his foe, he looks bigger every stride,
while if he runs away, he looks less, and becomes more contemptible the
more active he is!