Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-11-01

] D. - \ nd Samuel SAID, Gather all Israel
to Nrizrcb. and will nrov for Won unto
/ tt,o and y, Aft,.tLo do,th or 1,r ord liz
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s','S 'i'o arN W''io' ''o ii'''i'' lii'S i'''''
'"N'h r'I''"IH'u J." ''''ir country ScN'h
months, but 1t brought such trouble upon
/ them that they were glad to get rid of it,
| and so sent it homo on a new cart drawn
nv two mill, cows and accompanicd bv n
trespnss Offering (chnptcr vi. lO.1o) The
mon of Bcth-shcmcsh were clad to see the
/ ark npain. hut trnnsur,~scd Nv lookinu
into if. and over 5O. 600 pcrishcd. The man
of kirinth- icnrim hen came and fetched nm
the ark of the Lord and if abode in the
house of Abinadnb i'm the hill for 20 vcnrs
/ cvcrse ~. If WAS some time during those
20 wears that Samuel urged the people to
nut AWAY all their idols. turn to the Lord
with ali their heart and serve Him only.
and he would pray for thcm.
6. "And they gathered together to Miz-
pch and drew water and poured it out be-
fore the Lord" The name Nizrc." ia
found lust seven times in this chaptcr
and inst 1t times in .Jcr. XII and XII
Its significance is seen. i'm Gen. xxi. 40.
10 be that of God Judging or watching be-
tween pcoplc-tiod as a witness. The wa
ter poured out rcproscntcd their utter hclp.
lcssncss and true pcnitcncc: they were us
water poured upon the ground which
could not he gathered up again III sam.
xiv. 1D. Samuel lived before God and
sought To lead the people so to do.
r .'Thc children of Israel were afraid of
/ the phili,tiur, Ii troubles satan when
/ he sees thcpcoplcuf God giving thcmsrlV YES
to pruvcr and fasting. He seems to under
stand that such conduct means some def
/ mite business with God and some sure re-
suits; hence the philistincs are stirred TO
action bv Israel, conduct. But Israel had
no cause to fear and would not have feared
/ had they bur remembered the Lords unst
DEALINGS on their behalf i'm Euvpt. ana the
WILDERNESS. and i'm the davs of thr iudno,
To he afraid Of man is to forget God Gsa
Ii. IL. $50.
5. "Cca.c not to cry unto the Lord our
God for us. that He will save II, out of the
hand of the Phiii,tinr.." PERHAPS they
Thought Of the successful plcnding- of
Nose. ON hrlulf of thc pcoplc tNum. xiv.
l9. 2m. and believed That the cflcctuul
fcrvcnt PRAYER of "a righteous man nvailcth
much CIn-. s.. IO. In PS. l. Is. il is
written: "Call upon Mcin the d..- of truu-
bile. will d,li4cr thee. and tluu shalt
glorify Me-" I'm / Thc,,. V. 17.I Pei. v.
5. we arc to pray without cra~iuy and hc
sober and >igilunt.
.. Samuel cried unto the Lord for
Israel and the Lord heard him The
margin SAYS "nnswcrcd him" The burnt
7 offering spul,cor The merit. of the nrrnt
sacrifice Of which all sacrifice, were typ-
ical whose merits alone can avail any
thing. 1t also spoke of whole hearted sur
render to God IL, fully shown forth in Lev.
i and Rom. xii. /. ,. Samuel in a measure
represented both prophet. priest and kim.
The king rules in Righteousness. the
prophet is for God to the people and the
priest i, for the people before God. On en-
couragcmcntS in PRAYER see Mark XII %.
"a; | John V, 10.
10. The Lord Numbered with u great
thunder on that day upon the Philistinc
and discounted them" The Philistincs
drew near to battle while Samuel was hav-
inc dealings with God in the mattcr of the
burnt offering. That was IA poor time for
them to touch the people of God when they
were accepted before Him in the Offering
G.cv. i. ~. Believers are ALWAYS "accrpt.
ed in the Beloved" (Eph. i, 81. and who
ever touches them touches Him. Thunder
is the voice of God. as in Ps. xxx. 3. 4
Job NXXyii. >: John xii. IS When II,
speaks. none can stand before Him. Just
two words from Jesus sent the soldier,
who came to take Him falling backward
10 the ground CIohn xviii. 3D.
II. And the men of Israel went ont Of
MiHrch and pursued the phili>tinr, and
~mutc thcIn" When David went forth in
the name of the Lord of Hosts. the God ul
the armies of Israel. hc prevailed over tl,
Phili~iinc with 10 SLING ana with "a ,iur,
Il sam. xvii. 5u. When the children o
Judah relied uuon the Lord God of thrn
fathers. .pr.,..flpd over their rurlni,.
Oil Chron. xiii. l~). "Forthc ewes of th,
Lord rum to and fro thronshnut tine Who'll,
earth To show Himself strong ON behalf u
them whose heart j, perfect Onr whole on
ouicD toward Him" III Chrnn. xvi co.
T. 'Thrn Samuel took "A STONE and sci
it between Mllpchand ~hcn and calirdth,
name of il Ehcuczrr Ghc stone of helm
saving. "Hithcrto hath the Lord bclpro
lis. g" The name .Ebenczrr'' is fnund onl,
in chapters iy, l. and v /. and here. In TN,
two former places il is associated with In,
victory of the Philistines but here will
their defeat. The Philistines tritImphct
because Israel relied upon the ark and moi
upon the Lord (chanter iv n but nov