. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . He had great herds ofsheep, and cam-els, and ox-en and ass-es, and largefields for them to roam in, and a host of men to carefor them. So that he was a great man once more. And God gave him ten chil-dren: sev-en boysand three girls. And when these girls grew up,there were no maids in all the land so fair as they inface and form. And Job had great peace of mind,and dwelt at his ease for long, long years; and whenhe died he was an old, old man. CHAPTER XII. SAMUEL, THE CHILD OF GOD. There was a ma
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . He had great herds ofsheep, and cam-els, and ox-en and ass-es, and largefields for them to roam in, and a host of men to carefor them. So that he was a great man once more. And God gave him ten chil-dren: sev-en boysand three girls. And when these girls grew up,there were no maids in all the land so fair as they inface and form. And Job had great peace of mind,and dwelt at his ease for long, long years; and whenhe died he was an old, old man. CHAPTER XII. SAMUEL, THE CHILD OF GOD. There was a man of Is-ra-el who went up eachyear from the town ofRa-mah to a place calledShi-loh to pay his vowsto the Lord of his wife, whosename was Han-nah,went with him. Themans name was El-ka-nah. E-li was the high-priest at that time, andas he sat in the Lordshouse he saw Han-nahon her knees with hereyes full of tears. And he spoke to herin a kind voice, and said:May God grant theewhat thou dost ask ofhim. And Han-nah was glad at the high-priestswords, for she had asked God to give her a SAM-U-EL. Y. F. B.—10 (145) 146 History of the Old Testament. And the Lord gave Han-nah a son, and shecalled his name Sam-u-el, which means Asked ofthe Lord. Sam-u-el was quite young when Han-nah tookhim up to the house of the Lord at Shi-loh. Andwhen they brought the child to E-li, Han-nah said,I am the wo-man that stood by thee here and prayedto the Lord. For this child did I pray, and theLord heard me and gave me what I asked for. SoI have brought him to the Lord; so long as he livesshall he be the child of God. For this was the vowshe made if God would give her a son. And Sam-u-el was left to stay with E-li in theLords house. Now E-li had two sons, and they were priests inthe Lords house. But they were not fit for theplace, for they were bad men, and broke Gods by their sins they kept men from the house ofthe Lord. But Sam-u-el, though a young child, did what wasright and
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