I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 1 Samuel 3:13. Eli was a good man, pure in morals; but he has too indulgent.
A Dangerous Example
They hearkened not unto the voice of their father. 1 Samuel 2:25. Eli was priest and judge in Israel. He held the highest and most responsible positions among the people of God. As a man divinely chosen for the sacred
She Kept Her Promise
I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life. 1 Samuel 1:11. Elkanah, a Levite of Mount Ephraim, was a man of wealth and influence, and one who loved and feared the Lord. His wife, Hannah,
God Remembered
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, Remember me. Judges 16:28 In suffering and humiliation, a sport for the Philistines, Samson learned more of his own weakness than he had ever known before; and his afflictions
A Sure Crop
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Proverbs 1:10. Samson in his peril had the same source of strength as had Joseph. He could choose the right or the wrong as he pleased. But instead of taking hold
This is the Secret
And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. Judges 16:20. Day by day Delilah urged him, until “his soul was vexed unto death;” yet a subtle power kept him by her side. Overcome at last, Samson made
Mighty Weakling
He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:5. God’s promise that through Samson He would “begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines” was fulfilled; but how dark and terrible