. The training of the Chosen people. of Israel responds to his voice. There isthat in him which touches something deeper in thesoul of the nation than its disloyalties, and the better 64 Old Testament History nature of Israel again asserts itself and becomes as-cendant. It is no wonder that the prophets saw inthese partial redemptions of Israel through Gods giftof a man the promise of the Messiah. Chapter 19. The New Epoch for Israel 65 CHAPTER XIX. THE NEW EPOCH FOR Sam. 7 : 3—10 : 16. The character of Samuel emerges from the dark andtroublous times of the judges as the one hopeful i
. The training of the Chosen people. of Israel responds to his voice. There isthat in him which touches something deeper in thesoul of the nation than its disloyalties, and the better 64 Old Testament History nature of Israel again asserts itself and becomes as-cendant. It is no wonder that the prophets saw inthese partial redemptions of Israel through Gods giftof a man the promise of the Messiah. Chapter 19. The New Epoch for Israel 65 CHAPTER XIX. THE NEW EPOCH FOR Sam. 7 : 3—10 : 16. The character of Samuel emerges from the dark andtroublous times of the judges as the one hopeful in-dication in the life of the nation. His career marksa new epoch with such distinctness that later writersassociated his work even with that of Moses. Jere-miah represents Jehovah as putting Samuel in thesame rank as Moses: Then said Jehovah unto me,Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet mymind would not be toward this people (Jer. 15: 1).We are now to look at the principal features thatmarked the inception of the new Ramah, the Home of Samuel. First there was the fresh and vital appeal of Sam-uel to the moral consciousness of Israel. Thingswere in a desperate way. The dominance of the Phil-istines in Canaan was almost complete. Doubtless theso-called practical man could have suggested muchmore sensible expedients for rallying the people tohold their own against the Philistines than preachingand prayer and a renewal of allegiance to would have said that what Israel needed was acompromise of differences between the tribes, bettershields and spears and bows and a more rigorous mil- 66 Old Testament History itary drill. But Samuel, with his profound insightinto the facts of human nature and the order of thedivine government, saw that the main cause of the de-cline in national vigor and success was moral, andthat any real change must come from a quickenedzeal for righteousness. He saw that the great needwas for the tribes to rise above their sectional quar
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