The Child Struck

"The child that is born shall surely die." These were the prophet's final words to the pen­itent David. He had sinned, and had sinned grievously. In the words of the prophet, he had despised the commandments of the Lord to do evil in His sight. He had killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and had taken the victim's wife to be his wife. "The child that is born shall surely die." These were the prophet's final words to the pen­itent David. He had sinned, and had sinned...