1 Samuel 8:1-8 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.… The minister's family should be an example to all his congregation. It cannot fail to give high value to his exhortations. It did so in the case of the devoted Alleine, of whom this testimony is given, that, "as he walked about the house, he would make some spiritual use of everything that did occur; and his lips did drop as an honeycomb to all that were about him." Cotton Mather is renowned for his admirably managed family, and his children rose up to call him blessed, while his ministry was largely owned of God Philip Henry's domestic life is well known; and his son Matthew, the commentator, ascribes with gratitude his own Christian character to godly parental training. Nor are these solitary examples. Many more might easily be adduced in illustration of pious training. Eli neglected this, disobeyed the Lord, and injured his sons. (R. Steel.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.WEB: It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. |
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