Editorial by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Feb 8, 1906

Editorial

By Editor

Explanations

WHEN Saul was reproved by the prophet Samuel for disobeying the counsel of the Lord, he made his course perfectly clear by an explanation. He had obeyed the command of the Lord, but certain circumstances over which he had no control had given to his conduct the appearance of disobedience. This was, perhaps, unfortunate, but it could all be satisfactorily adjusted if Samuel would only be willing to accept an explanation in lieu of obedience. The apparent evidences of disobedience were due to the course of the people with whom Saul was associated, rather than to any failure on his part to heed the voice of the Lord. Saul’s ability to make such an explanation as would shift the responsibility for taking a course to gratify his own ambition upon those who were the mere tools of that ambition has not perished from the earth.