The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-12
l Samuel 1911, 24-2S: !, z
Golden Text-A woman that
feareth the Lord, she shall be
pr,ir,d Proyerbt $3.50.

sanctuary scene g Shiloh SHOW
ing q mother q prayer. 9 hong
scene in the villsge % Rs-zh
where he was born, and ded.-
cation scene also e: Shiloh T-eCe
MS mother surrendered Elm Il
the perpetual service q Jeao-
yah, her song u praise tes-Ir-
. ing The cremeno.es.
Hannah's hope was reTesLef y
her supplication- The national
sanctuary was q. Shiloh II CEN
trsl Palestine where I1e Tsoer-
I nacle and Ark rad rez:ed since
Joshua's day. Hitler from the
village OF Ranza not far away
had come on their annual pill
grimage for worship one q the
most patriotic AMI spiritual Of
the Hebrew houzeLc.G. Is head
vas Elanah, perhaps Q: cte Tribe
Of Levi, a well-co-do landowner,
q man who took tine :9C spirit
ual service. who fulfilled lis
vows, lived piously in his own
{ home. came and brought MS
family regularly 20 tae na:i0na!
sanctuary where he offered
sacrifices and vorsh:ped Jeho-
van. With him were his TWO
wives: Peninnah, mother Of his
children, jealous OF MS love. and
ardent in the persecution o. her
vival: and Hannah. Of lofty soul
and humble heart, with whom
love coniugal was no adequate
substitute for love maternal. And
though here in the courts o.
Jehovah and overwhelmed By
the love OF her husband. size yet
grieved that she was childless and
this feeling received infinite ag-
gravation under the inaz:ent,
spiteful rep-oaches Of Peninnah.
Even the sanctuary i no. with
out lis sadness end is spite.
estness, beseeching MIN 20 re-
move her reproach. NOT foC her
sake alone. but :or MS glory.
For the gift OF q son she pray
ed: every Hebrew mother was
hoping that her son should ful.
I'll prophecy in the oruising OF
the serpent'z head. In keeping
with this fervent hope, and with
her bitter reproach, she made
her memorable VOW devoting the
longed-for son first to sanctuary
service. and then to a consecrat-
ed life: He should serve in the
house Of God. not for period
ike the Levites generally, but
for all his days; and ne should
De a lifelong Nazarite with no
wine 20 weaken MS powers, no
external mourning to interrupt
his work, and no razor TO mutt
late the outward pledge OF in
The Prayer. dissatisfied by
Elkanah's love, and stung By
Peninnah's nate, she sought a
spiritual refuge in the house OF
prayer. There the poured out
her soul unto the Lord in utter
humility and with intense earn
ward devotion. 4 most far
reaching VOW. to be sure; but it
shows the intensity of her feel
ings and the eagerness of her
nature to honor Jehovah.
The Answer. That her mani
fest agitation OF mind and an
guish Of soul should be attri-
buted by Eli to wine must have
been a fresh thrust in her heart:
but in quiet dignity Hannah
freed herself from the unjust sus-
picion and won the hing priests
benediction: The God of Israel
grant thee thy petition" Satisfied
then. that her prayer would be
answered she went her way, and
did eat, and her countenance was
no more sad" Back, then, to
Ramah, with its round Of duties.
but also now with its radiance of
hope: on swift wings the weeks
and the months fly by, and then !
the gates of life are opened to .
little Samuel, the child Of prayer,
destined to be the last of the
Judges, fcrerunner of the Kings.
founder Of Jewish schools, and
one of the greatest of the prop
bets.
In the village of Ramah the
infant eyes of Samuel looked into
the face Of mother whom
Wordsworth has characterized as
'the most spiritually minded wo-
man of her age" His father
rises out of ohscurity and above
the common level as a man of
unusual piety and patriotism.
His birthplace and early home
formed a suitable framework for
the picture of his life: Ramah,
the Arimathea of the Gospels;
village, where human nature is
more open and more easily stu
lied; farm life, with its nearness
to nature and incentives to in 4;
lustry: the hill country. symbol !
Of strength and natives strong /.
hold of so many great men. And ,
n this quiet village home, nestl- ]
I'd among the mountains, not ,
more than three years of the /;
Early life of Samuel were spent !
but years they NUT have been
If infinite material tenderness
md fidenity, and years on the {
BART of the child of permanent :
IMPRESS and of commanding out
ook upon the future.
In the sanctuary at Shiloh lit =
lie Samuel, true to the mothers
-ow, was dedicated to the per- :
,etual service of Jehovah. Sacri-
ice in thus giving up her son
here must have been. as every '
mother can appreciate: but there
vas also a lofty exultation which 4
'oiced itself in her song of
raise. the Magnificent of the
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