...himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, lam sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war against...by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayst make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thon ask of me, seeing...

...that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face lo the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said lo Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up...for the Philistines make war against me, and God is deparled from me, and answereth me no more, neither by proptels, nor by drenms : therefore I have called...

...And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted...thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do."* It will be observed that it is nowhere stated or intimated herein that Saul actually saw Samuel, as...

...And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted...by dreams ; therefore I have called thee, that thou mayeft make known unto me what I shall do."* It will be observed that it is nowhere stated or intimated...

...was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself." And he said to Samuel, " I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war...that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do." Then said Samuel, "Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is...

...unto him."1 Saul, king of Israel, bears witness to the same, as he confesses in his dire extremity, " I am sore distressed, for the Philistines make war...and answereth me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams,"2 • Samson, in the estrangement of his spirit from the Lord, could tell how dark the woe...

...-bowed himself. And •Samuel said unto Saul, " Why hast thou -disquieted me, to •bring me up P" And Saul answered, " I am sore distressed, for the...that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do ?" Then said Samuel, " Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and...

...And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. d the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them...man changes of raiment ; but to Benjamin he gave t y prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I...

...seemed hopeless, and trace it in the character of a reckless " miscreant dealing with the devil ? ' I am sore distressed ; for " ' the Philistines make...dreams ; therefore I have called thee that thou mayest A " ' make known unto me what I shall do V The unhappy king " asked nothing of the woman but that she...

...that believe to the saving of the soul." XVII. SAUL. 1 SAMOEL, chap, xxviii., part of 15th verse. " And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the...answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams." AFFECTING indeed are these words : they open to us agony of soul deep and fearful This forms the chief...