Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-08-22

: from the New York Independent
= NOTES. Wilt thou mourn for Souz?-
9 The national period of mourning for 3
Head person was varied. Generally it was
seven days. q Sam. XXI, 13). But il
the case of Jacob it was seventy, of Aaron
and Moses thirty. Samuel mOurned moi
for Saul dead as to the body, but for the
Saul whose heart had left the Lord Such
mourning was not limited to days. Yet
r 10 give up to it excessively when its OBJ
: ect had finally rejected and been rejected
: pf God, is denOunced.-HOTn lOith oil.
q Polished horns are not uncommon to-
lay. Their uses are about the same as in
he time of Samuel, for drinking and car
D ying ointments. This oil was specially
mixed for such honorable occasions. 1t
. consisted of oil of olives mingled with
.myrrh, cassia, cinnamon, and sweet Gala
'mus.-Lf Saul hear 1T he 1CiU Kill me-
r1t would be high treason to anOint an
eOther person king. Saul would be JUST
fed before the people in having Samuel
killed. Their feud was already far ad-
Saul would not need much prov
tOcation, during one of his dark moods, to
give this fatal cOmmand-And he sane
tilted JeSse.-The necessary publication
preceding such an act of devotion was
quite complicated. Samuel superintend-
ed these rites as far as the family of Jesse
was Youngest, and behold
he keepeth the Sheep-In old times, as in
ours, the hardest work fell upon the
youngest. Yet this duty required strength,
courage and great presence of mind
David was about eighteen years old now.
-Ruddy and 1OithGL beautiful cOat1l-
te1aG1lce.-He was of that peculiar type of
beauty much priced in country where
the majority were dark-skinned. His
complexion was more ruddy ethan ru-
bies" His hair was red or golden and he
was "fair of eyes," which is the literal
translation of the last clause above quot
ed (See margin of Revised Version.)
INSTRUCTION. was natural that
Samuel should grieve for him whom he
had first anointed king, and for whom he
had sacrificed so much. Yet events will
not halt for single individual any more
than a mighty anthem with a thousand
voices because one has mistaken to pitch.
He who is out of tune with God and his
purposes is left behind or crushed to
powder as the redemptive march moves
ON. No man doOms righteous cause by
dissent or fight; he merely obliterates
himself.
Profane history, as well as sacred, is
full of instances of great men who were
raised up from the most obscure places
Born in ignorance Of their fate, it has
beckoned them on. David was a shep-
herd. Many a Roman Emperor was born
remote from the purple. America is
illustration of the high pOssibil
tiles of modest birth. Each one must
guard his manhood, his purity, and his
high ideal, so that by his fitness God will
give him call to do some responsible
work. God calls no one who is not spirit
ually fit to do great work in his king
dom.
The habit of sanctincation before ap
the Lord was one worthy of a
longer life. We say our prayers in per-
functOry way when the word of anger is
just on our lips. 1t Is impossible to lay
down rules for publication and prepara-
ton to be practiced before meeting God;
but every one needs his special course of
"Peaceably am come to sacrifice un to
the Lord That is q good motto for
every one that comes to church. The
daily newspapers seem to gloat with sat
over every account of hot
action inside of the sacred walls
Not week elapses but we hear of
factions fighting within the Church. The
most reputable, aristOcratic and con-
churches can recall quarrel, of
which the conclusive rounds were fought
in front of the altar itself One such dis