The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-09

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Hannah's prayer was answered and
she with Jehovah tha her
son should be His for divine service
all his life. Multitudes of men are
in h gospel ministry today because
their mothers dedicated them in child
hood. 1t impartS new Sanctity to
motherhood to train her child for
God and country. This high serv-
ice exalts life and calls forth the |
noblest passions. 1t was only yester-
day that a father told me that he
had given two of his sons to the army |
Of one Of the nations now at war and |
the younger to the deadly artillery.
He said, I'VE believe it is a sacred |
cause"
TIT Child in Church..
The beautiful picture Of the child
Samuel ministering in the tabernacle
is loved by artists and stOry-telIers
and teachers and childhood. 1t is an
obvious reminder for our own day
that the child should mean church.
Youths fair flowers are a better tenn
poral Offering than bullocks or goats
or doves. Surely God would rather
hear the childish voices Of praise
raised in His house than the trained
notes Of high-salaried choirs. Great
Britain has inaugurated "a Children
At Church" Movement. America
IL lAI4ldl Ills DIS NOIk
in the old Shiloh tabernacle for the
child Samuel; errandS to run for Eli.
the priest, and a daily routine Of
small tasks to be fulfilled. Nothing is
so useful in a house or an institution
as a small boy of the right sort.
Fitting about the outer courts Of
the tabernacle we again see Samuel
in his linen ephod. Every stitch
testified to a mothers low and pride.
Year by year the parents came up to
Shiloh to sacrifice. The child in the
tabernacle belonged to Hannah and
l Elkanah and to Jehovah in partner
: ship. "And the child Samuel grew
on. and increased in favor both with
: Jehovah and also with men," That
record was later written almost liter
s ally Of nothe Child. who became
l the worlds Minister and Saviour.
n The Voice In The Night.
The climax Of the story of the
child is told best in the words of the
Book itself:
unto Jehovah before Eli. And thu
word of Jehovah was precious il
those days; there was no frequen
o vision. And it came to pass at tina
is time, when Eli was laid down in hi
d place. (now his eyes had begun t.
le a dim, SO that he could not see,
IS and the lamp Of God was not We
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20 to sleep, in the temple Of Jehovah
n where the ark Of God was; that Je
to hovah called Samuel: and he sal
Of Here am I. And he raj unto Ell
:" and said, Here am I; for thou calleds
Is me. And he said, I called not: II
i down again: And he went and la
is down.. And Jehovah called We
Id again, Samuel. And Samuel aros
al and went to Eli, and said. Here al
IN L; for thou calledst me. And he at
SO swered. I called not, my son: lie dow
An again. Now Samuel did not yet knO'
he Jehovah, neither was h word Of j.
d. hovah yet revealed unto him. An
es Jehovah called Samue again the thir
time. And he arose and went to 81
of and said. Here am I: for thou called
me. And Eli perceived that Jehova
had called the child. Therefore E
said unto Samuel, Go. lie down: ar
n it shall be if He call thee. thou sha
or say. Speak. jehovah: for Thy serva'
no neareth. So Samuel went and Il
cd down in his place.
"And Jehovah came, and stoo
WIS n called as at other times, Samu'
lat Samuel. Then Samuel said, Spea
in for Thy servant heareth. And J
yer hovah said to Samuel. Behold. I W
do a thing in Israel at which DO
len the ears Of every one that heare
ge. it shall Jingle. In that day I W
nd perform against Eli all that I ha
at spoken concerning his house, fro
Of the beginning unto the end. FOr
me have told him that I will judge
ely house for ever, for the iniquity viii
he knew. because his sons did bri
ers a curse upon themselves. and he l
strained them not. And therefore
ted ave sworn unto the house of I
be- that the iniauity of Ellis house sh
ave not be expiated with sacrifice I
vel offering for ever.
AXE And Samuel lay until the MOI
ing. and opened the doors OF t
house Of Jehovah. And Samuel fear
'cy- to show Eli the vision. Then cal
hen Samuel and said, samuel my s.
cry And he said. Here am l. And
7er- said, What is the thing that Jehov
tier hath spoken unto thee? I pray tn
hide il not from me: God do SO