The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

WAS hikHff thAH any VI tHc people from
his shoulders and upward
"a Aud Samuel sale 70 an the people.
See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen,
that there ia none like him among all the
peopief And all the people shouted, and
said; God save the king
u Then Samuel told the people the mnn-
ners Of the kingdom, and wrote Il IN a
book, and LAID Ii ~ before the Lord. And
samuel sent ali the people away. every
nun to his house
% And Saul also went home 20 Giheah,
and there wen; with him band OF men.
whose hearts God had touched
=, But the children or btilai said. How
shall this man save usg And they desplsed
him, and brought him no presents But
he held bis peace.
GOLDEN TExT.-The Lord ~ our
hinEi lie viii save us.--Isa. 33r22.
JTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Sauls meeting with Samuel. i Sam. 9.i-A
Saul anotntod king ...........i sam. g..5-lo:s.
saul changed man..........i sam. lo;9-i6.
Shui made kink.........s...s..l Sam i0.ll--i.
TlMk.-The eleventh century u G. The
sxact date "a uncertain
PLACE -Mizpch, supposed 70 be a hill
town four miles north of Jerusalem and
about Two miles south OF Ramah, where
Samuel lived
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
saufs Meeting with Samuel.--The
whole story Of the selection Of Saul
70 be king Of Israel would. on o cas-
ual reading, appear TO be a series Of
mere casual happenings, and chance
certainly does enter into the episode.
but no more, we venture TO think,
than In the lives we all lead. II Is to
be carefully borne In mind, however,
that chance. while u may come upon
MS by surprise. Is not an accident in
the Divine economy, but a part Of
the plan Of Providence. That Is 10
say that In our partial knowledge, or
almost total ignorance, there Is such
a thing a. chance, but looked at from
the other viewpoint. that OF Divine
omniseience and omnipotener, what
we call chance l. precisely and mi
nutely ordered. Now. il chanced that
saul was oif on search fer his fathers
asses, which had wandered from
their accustomed haunfs. Ii also
ehaneed thai his search was III vain
II chanced that by the time saul
concluded Il useless to seek longer
they were not very far from the
town IN which Samuel i'sed. and. fur
Their, that sanl's servant remembered
that the man " God might direct
them. That Is the human side. Now.
from the Divine side il seems that
God told Samuel that he was to meet
a. certain specified time a man
like Saul. who was 10 be anolnted
by Samuel as king II the Jews. Much
70 saul's surprise upon meeting the
prophet. the latter outdid the former
in the Difference shown the other.
Indeed Saul was not treated a. the
stranger that he was. but ~ the king
he was 10 be. Then. after this I'M
usual and unexpected hospitality.
Samuel lalf the young Brniaminite
that he wns the chosen II God TO be
the king of israel
Saul Amounted King. - The next
day samuel had some further con-
versation with saul. and then accom-
panied him o little way on his Jour
ney Walking thus cut ~ 4he vi.
iage. Samuel requested Saul to send
his servant On before. that they
might he alone Thiswas done. and then
oil was taken 5s the prophet and poured
over the head II the future King. and
solemn kiss sealed the ceremony
saul wns then told that the Spirit ~
the Lord should come upon him. and
that he should ke AZ least for a time.
a. one of the prophets
Saul Changed Man.--lf is record.
ed that no sooner was Saul alone
again than God gave him another
heart" Hnd when On his homewnrd
way he met a company ~ prophets
the spirit Of God came upon him.
and he prophesied among them" This
was m evidence Of the hcw heart.
because Saul among the prophets 80
impressed the people. who evidently
were not unfamiliar with his past
life, that Il became q saying among
themi is Saul also among The prcph.
ets?"
Saul Made King IN due Il le sam.
ncl called the people together to Miz.
peh e. formally select q king. Then
wns publicly given the warning Sam.
mel hal been instructed by God 70
give against feiecting the God who
bad brought them OUT of Egypt aud
had saved them 20 often when the
nation was IN danger aud putting IN
His place y king