The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-28

place Of5worship was made which could
Ibe moved This was called the taber-
! nacle 1t had number of divisions
made of heavy curtains Modelled ar
4 ter this movable temple was the great
lone made by Solomon and all others at
i ter. When the people We're lat rest in
tthe Promised Land the seat of worship
was at Shiloh, but no magnificent tenn
pie was provided. Over the worship
! there was a High Prizes" and at the
time we are now to consider the high
priest was named Eli. Us
1t was the custom for the faithful
Jews to visit the temple once each year,
| certainly. In pursuance or this GUS
tom a worthy Jewess named Hannah
came one day. 1t was .her deep desire
| to be the mother of a. SOM and while
at, the, temple she was SO earnest in
prayer Tor this gift from God THAT Eli
noted it, and made known wish that
her petition be granted. Some years afS
ter a woman and q child a fine boy
came to the temple and it was recalled
to his mind, the incident, of the woman
so earnest in prayer The woman was
Hannah, and tho lad her son whom she
had named Samuel. 1t appears that she
had promised God in her prayer that If
she had a boy she would give over his
life to things connected with His wOr-
ship and she was about to redeem her
promise.
Hannah, the mother of Samuel
brought him to the temple at Shiloh
with intention ofsleaving him there for
all time. Note the sacrifice that must
have been made unless there was the
higher feeling of satisfaction over doing
right, keeping her vow; and lastly the
JOY Of having son who was an honor
to her all his life. Each year she came
with presents for the beloved son, and
particularly she made for him coat.
What joy there must have been in the
making. Dwell for moment on the
thoughts the loving mother had while
making this coat and indeed In all her
waking hours. The boys. and girls lit
tie know, out in life at college and bus
mess, of the thousands of times their
names come to the lips and heart of
their father and mother. How terrible
1itfis when there is no pride and salts
faction with each recurring recollection
of the absent one, but rather sorrow
fear Of wrong doing, anxiety for the
boys and girls best welfare. Mi "a.
IN the special verses for this Siesso11
there lis told Of a scene inside the teni.
pie one night when Eli. and Samuel
were asleep. The lad was awakened by
what he thought call from Eli and
fhastened to do him service. The high
priest told the boy that he had NOT call
ed him. When the lad came for 4 third
.time,tthe aged Eli understood that lit
tie Samuel was being called by a mes
senger from Jehovah. He told Samuel
to make reply Speak Lord, for thy
servant heareth." When called for the
fourth time Samuel made reply as he
had been instructed and was thereupon
told what should occur. in the future as
to Eli. 1t is sorrowful to tell, that al
though Eli was himself good man, he
had wicked sons, and that he was so
indulgent fathef that he had not
made a genuine effort to bring his boys
up to worship Jehovah. Because of
this weakness and in punishment for
the same, God told Samuel that Eli
should.lose his position as high priest
and be deeply Inundated. All this
came to pass in due time.
This lesson brings up for discussion
the government of children, how they
should be taught to-, love God and, His
holy bible, and the place of the child
in bible religion. Itqs my feeling that
a child should be taught that COD loves
him even better >than his father and
mother, and that it is his duty and pleas