Absalom's Monument by J. R. Miller They took Absalom,
threw him into a big pit in the forest, and piled up a large
heap of rocks over him. During his lifetime, Absalom
had taken a pillar and erected it in the king's valley as a
monument to himself. He named the pillar after himself,
and it is called Absalom's Monument to this day. 2 Samuel chapter
18 It has been said that every man lives for a funeral. That
is, a man's funeral often tells what kind of a man he has been.
Absalom had already built a splendid monument, which he meant should
mark his grave. Instead, however, of being laid
away to rest in honour by a weeping nation beneath the shadows of
a noble monument, His mangled body was hurled in dishonour
into a pit in the forest, and covered with a large heap of
rocks. It was still true, however, that
Absalom built his own monument. His own hand dug the grave of
shame into which his body was cast. Sin's harvest is sure and
terrible. Too many young men think that
it is unmanly to be holy, true-hearted, and pure, and that a sinful life
is the manly one. We have in the story of Absalom
an illustration of the career of one who lived such a life,
and we must notice that the story is written out to its last chapter. The trouble too often is that
men do not think of what the end will be. It is appointed
for man to die once, and after that to face judgment. Hebrews 9.27 It is a terrifying
thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10.31