The Close of Saul’s Reign
By Editor
The readings of the first part of the week cover the remainder of the book of Samuel, with the exception of chapters 17, 18, and 20-28 inclusive. We have not omitted these because the narrative is not interesting and the lessons important. However, the great main lines of history are covered without them in the readings which we have. To the real Bible student these are important, as throwing floods of light and new suggestions on the way. But for our shorter course we omit them, as we do the entire book of 2 Samuel, because it is in the main embraced in Chronicles. One comes with a great degree of sadness to the close of the reign of King Saul, which might have been so different. And one reads with continual admiration the course which David pursued as Saul sought to slay him, against whom David had never lifted his hand, but to whom he had ever been loyal. It would seem as if all our readers could learn from the striking lesson of this week that it is safe to commit our cause into the hands of God.