DISCOURSE: 288 SAMUEL’S SUCCESSFUL INTERCESSION 1 Samuel 7:8. _And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the Lord:... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 289 MEMORIALS OF GOD’S GOODNESS 1 Samuel 7:12._ Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us._ THERE is in the generality of men a very culpable inattention to the ways of Providence. A variety... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 291 SAMUEL’S JUDICIAL CHARACTER 1 Samuel 7:15. _And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged... [ Continue Reading ]