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sunday august 3rd samlkl jllmle aud prophet goldeu text- prepare your hearts unto the lord aud serve him only 1 sam 73 tlie leon as a whole gods notable have never been hoinouse plants sheltered from the blasts many of them receiv ed their training in environments which make one wonder how they ever tetained their normal reeiti tude and preserved their faith we think of moses in the court of egvpt and daniel in the court of babylon one would think that the case of samuel would be dilter- ent since he was brought up in the house of the lord but even here the influence was none too good for a growing boy eh in deed seems to have been a good and kindly man but he was weak and exercised no discipline upon his sons hophni and phihehas who polluted the priesthood with their greed their overbearing ways ami their immoral practices xo doubt they did all in their power to corrupt the youthful samuel for such men are never satisfied to sin alone but samuel like daniel after him purposed in his heart that he would not defile him self and by the grace of god he maintained his purity and inte grity despite his environment and so became a fit instrument in gods hand to lead the nation through one of its sharpest trials and most acute crises there can be no doubt that the great factor in moses adherence to the ways of the lord was the in fluence of his mother jochebed who was hired by the egyptian princess to be nursemaid to the child and surely retained her con tact with her son through all his growing years so the prayers and piety of hannah were certain ly accountable under god for the steadfastness of samuel one so conceived in prayer so dedicated to god could not but be a man of god verse by verse 1 sam 7 11 these verses must not be left out of the lesson for they tell us the occasion of sam uels breaking in upon the life of the nation as its recognized leader twenty years had passed since the sad events of chapters 4 to 6 and still the philistines oppressed the children of israel after this long discipline the hearts of the peo ple began to turn to the lord v 2 and samuel seized the oppor tunity to call them to allout re pentance with assurance that god would intervene on their behalf v 3 the result was a national repentance and revival v 4 verse 5 gather all israel to mizpeh and i will pray for you a solemn assembly in a time of national crisis mdzpeh in the territory of benjamin was on samuels circuit v 16 verse g drew water and pour ed it out before the lord and fasted we have sinned com pare davids action in 2 samuel 23 16 see also 2 samuel 14 14 for the possible symbolism it was part of their fast it was a day of general confession and of afflicting their souls verse 7 the lords of the phili stines up against israel the children of israel were afraid of the philistines so the prayers doubtless interpreted the gather ing as being for miliary purposes instead of religious when we begin doing serious business with god the enemy will be on hand to oppose no wonder israel was afraid they had long felt the weight of the oppressor but see romans 831 verse 8 cease not to cry unto the lord our god for us they were in a chastened humbled state of heart and knew that de liverance could come only from god verse 9 and samuel took a sucking lamb a burntoffering and the lord heard him samuel apparently acted as priest as well as judge a burnt offering represents that which is wholly acceptable to god and so makes propitiation so christ is our burnt offering the prayer is accepted on the ground of the sac rifice verse 10 the philistines drew near to battle the lord thundered and they were smitten before israel let us take our stand on the ground of cal vary and the enemy shall not stand before us the thunder was the lords audible answer to samuels prayer and the panic of the philistines the effective answ er israel went out against an already defeated foe verse 11 and the men of israel pursued the philistines and smote them they followed up their advantage so the sorrow ful confessions of the morning gave place to the shouts of victory verse 12 ebenezer hith erto hath the lord helped us ebenezer means ihe stone of help that is the stone which test ifies to the help of god it is good to raise up a memorial of gods signal blessings forget not all his benefits the china inland mission adopted ebenezer as half of its motto the other half being jehovahjireh an expres sion of trust for the future verse 13 and the hand of the lord was against the philistines all the days of samuei samuel was not a military leader but his intercessions prevailed with god we need more than prowess on the field we need power with god verse 14 and the cities were restored to israel so long as these stronghold were in the hands of the philistines israel was we give vantage ground to sin in our lives verse 15 and samuel judged israel all the days of his life apparently saul did not assume the duties of the judge when he became king verse 16 and he went from year to year in circuit doubtless at stated times he made the circuit so making easier the administra tion of justice verse 17 ramach for there was his house and there he built an altar the altar of god was at the very heart of samuels life the heart of the lesson josephus says that samuel at the time of his call was twelve years old the record does not show that he assumed leadership immediately on the death of eli although before this and after the lords revelation to him in the tabernacle it is said that all israel from dan even to beersheba knew that samuel was established to be a prophet of the lord and the lord appeared again in shiloh for the lord revealed himself to samuel in shiloh by the word of the lord and the word of samuel came to all israel 1 sam 320 to 41 after the capture of the ark and its return the people lament ed after the lord and here sam uel appears again in the record we can well believe that this stir ring in israel was an answer to his own yearning prayers his pro phetic voice now rings through the land in a call to repentance the fires of revival sweep the nation and in the flames the heathen altars and images are consumed such a movement called for national recognition and confirma tion so the great assembly was called at mizpeh confession of sin with fasting and humiliation was the order of the day with samuel directing and meeting out judg ment the philistian overlords could not overlook such an assem bly they suspected insurrection and it was a splendid opportunity to teach the stubborn israelites a lesson but they did not reckon on a man of prayer and a sacrifice acceptable to god and a people turned back to god and god turn ed back to his people the lord spoke in the thunder it was a word of assurance to israel and a word of terror to the army of the philistines while panic gripped the foe israel surged for ward strong in the lord not only was israels territory freed but philistian strongholds fell to the possession of 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