CHAPTER VIII.
_ REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL._
1 Samuel 7:1.
WITH the men of Bethshemesh the presence of the ark had become the
same terror as it had been successively at Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron.
Instead of the savour of life to life, it had proved a savour of death
to death. Instead of a chief cornerst... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER IX.
_ NATIONAL DELIVERANCE--THE PHILISTINES SUBDUED._
1 Samuel 7:10.
IT must have been with feelings very different from those of their
last encounter, when the ark of God was carried into the battle, that
the host of Israel now faced the Philistine army near Mizpeh. Then
they had only the... [ Continue Reading ]