. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . s done when a man was made a high-priest ; and the same thing was done when he wasmade a king. And God was pleased with Saul, andgave him a new heart; but as yet none but these twoknew that Saul was to be King of the Jews. Sam-u-el spoke to the chil-dren of Is-ra-el andtold them once more all that the Lord had done forthem, how he had brought them out of the land of Samuel, the Man of Goa. 157 E-gypt, and set them free from their foes, and yetthey would not serve the Lord, but cried out for akin
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . s done when a man was made a high-priest ; and the same thing was done when he wasmade a king. And God was pleased with Saul, andgave him a new heart; but as yet none but these twoknew that Saul was to be King of the Jews. Sam-u-el spoke to the chil-dren of Is-ra-el andtold them once more all that the Lord had done forthem, how he had brought them out of the land of Samuel, the Man of Goa. 157 E-gypt, and set them free from their foes, and yetthey would not serve the Lord, but cried out for aking. So he bade them all go up to Miz-peh thatthe Lord might choose them a king. And theLord choseSaul. Butwhenthe men wentto seek for him,they could notfind him. Andthe Lord said,He hath hid inthe midst of thestuff. And theyran and broughthim out, and hewas so tall thatall the rest hadto look up tohim. And Sam-u-el said, Thisis he whom the Lord hath sent to rule thee. Thereis none like him, as thou canst see. And they all cried out, God save the king!Then Sam-u-el told them what they were to do,. SAUL IN HIS HID-ING PLACE. 158 History of the Old Testament. and how the king was to rule, and wrote it down ina book. When Saul had been king for two years, he setout with his son, Jon-a-than, to fight the a great host went with them. And the Phil-is-tines had more men than they could count. Andwhen the Jews saw the strength of their foes, theywere in great fear, and ran and hid in caves and pits,or fled to the high hills where the rocks would screenthem. So there were but few left to go out withSaul, and they shook with dread. And Saul came to Gil-gal, where he was to meetSam-u-el, but he was not there. Sam-u-el had toldhim to wait for him, and he would tell him what hewas to do. But at the end of a week Saul had the fleshbrought to him and laid on the stone, and he set fireto it, that the flame might rise to God and bringpeace to the land. And as soon as Saul had do
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