_And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God._ SAUL BROUGHT TO SAMUEL God’s Providence is a wonderful scheme; a web of many threads, woven with marvellous skill. The meeting of two convicts in an Egyptian prison is a vital link in the chain of events that makes Joseph gover... [ Continue Reading ]
_Go seek the asses._ THE LOST ASSES Though God gave the Israelites their own way, when they would not be convinced of their error, it was not till the very last--not until He had allowed them a further opportunity of reviewing their course. Sometimes arguments which have failed to convince amidst t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Saul, a choice young man._ THE CHOICE YOUNG MAN 1. The first thing to notice about young Saul is his fine physique. Do not despise a fine physique. Plato calls it “a privilege of nature”; Homer, “a glorious gift of the Deity”; and Ovid, “a favour bestowed by the gods.” Has it never struck you how... [ Continue Reading ]
_The people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice._ RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES There is a striking resemblance between the outlines of the Mosaic, and of the Christian Church. Each arose upon a Divine basis. Each had its form of imitation and symbolic rites. Each had its three... [ Continue Reading ]
_It came to pass about the spring of the day._ THE SPRING OF THE DAY “The time was to the day what spring is to the year. The diurnal revolution of the earth round its own axis corresponds with the annual revolution of the earth round the sun, and the different periods of the day--morning, noon and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bid the servant pass on before us._ SAMUEL AND THE YOUNG MAN SAUL This was Samuel’s third interview with this goodly young man. This time he spoke to him with great closeness of personal application, sending the servant out of the way that he might say things to him which nobody else might hear.... [ Continue Reading ]