The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

turned Samuel away, but the third tint
that God called the old priest wal
aroused to the meaning of the voice and
told Samuel how he should answer ant
what he should do II again the voice
should call. God grant that self may
be reused to the consciousness OF God
and when He calls again the soul may
be bid to say Speak, Lord, for Thy
servant heareth."
e ELF rules In the body temple. Coo
y wants self to surrender and to lei
His spirit control. Self as the high
priest of the life Is unresponsive tt
Gods will and Gods leading. Self seek
eth it's own qualification, Its ambi
ton, its W plans, and is jealous of ii
rights. 1t rules, and proposes to lie
1t is not willing to surrender to GOO
Old Eli in the temple must make room
for the OUNCE man. And when at last
he opened the way for Samuel to meet
God and hear His voice and receive His
message, it was that God might deliver
His judgment upon Eli and Ellis house
for sin and m~isrule. When self at last
is brought to the point of recognizing
Gods voice and bids the soul respond
to Gods call, it means that self is al
last ready to step to Gods judgment
bar and receive sentence. 1t was Gods
plan that Samuel should fill the place
of Eli, and it is His plan, His blessed
plan, that the soul should occupy the
place of self. Self is under judgment
1t is to be destroyed. AS Gods WORD
puts it, the old man is to be crucified,
with the affections and lusts," in order
that the soul may expand to the in.
filling Of God and occupy the body tenn
Pile; in order that the new man, the
new creation in Christ Jesus, may come
to the fullness of the stature of a son
Of God. Self is the present occupant
of the body temple that is to be judged
and removed, while the soul is to be
quickened by the touch of God and ap-
pointed to fill the high priestly office,
1t is not pleasant fo> n to contem-
plate the giving up OF self in order that
God may be formed IN him, except as
we view it from Gods standpoint. With
all the awful judgment before him, Ell
could say: ut is the Lord; let Him dc
what seemeth Him good" And so can
we say, as we hear the judgment of God
against self and the will of the flesh.
T HERE are three things in the atti-
tude of Samuel which we wish tc
specially emphasize: First, he was
awakened; second, he was stirred to
seek, and, third, he was patient to wait
Had he had the spirit Of some people
when the voice of God at last pierces
the heavy ears and wakes them to con-
seriousness, he would have listened for
a moment or two in Impotence and then
would have turned over for "a little
more sleep and a little more slumber."
But the voice of God aroused him, and
he was thoroughly awake and anxious
to hear and obey. He did not know
God in a personal way. Goo had never
spoken to him with distinct voice. All,
how many there are who are in the same
spiritual condition. But God speaks,
and the voice is heard, and the evidence
is furnished in the case of Samuel by
his s%pringing out or bed and seeking
the voice, and in the case of the soul in
it's search after the voice that has
spoken. Bed was no longer the place
for Samuel, and the present place OF
Indifference is not the place for the
soul to abide. The voice has called.
You are in p~erpleXity and doubt. You
know not what it all means. But the
voice has called, and your duty is tc
spring from the place of Indifference to
that of active search. And che that
seeketh fndeth." You will come to
know clearly as Samuel did that it is
God that has been calling, and then it
is your part to patiently wait in faith
until God speaks again, SO that you
may answer in obedience and faith:
Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth."
Such must be the attitude Of the soul if
it would come to know God and hear
Him speak. Awake, oh soul, to thy
need! Seek that you may find! Pa
tiently wait hat God may speak to your
soul His revelation!
e AMUEL, as he listened that night to
= the revelation of God, discovered
three things, and every soul as he re-
ceives the revelation of God through
the Holy Spirit has a like experience.
Samuel found a new relationship with