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1 Samuel 10
Self-respect and Companionship
1 Samuel 10:12
The popular interpretation of Saul among the prophets is that Saul had taken a step up. The truth 1 Samuel 10:17-27
Dr. W. G. Blaikie remarks on the fact that Saul hid himself and could not be found: "We do not think the worse of him for this, but rather the better. It is one of the many favourable traits that we find at the outset of his kingly career.... Many of the best ministers of Christ have had this feeling when they were called to the Christian ministry. Gregory Nazianzen actually fled to the wilderness after his ordination, and Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in the civil office which he held, tried to turn the people from their choice even by acts of cruelty and severity, after they had called on him to become their bishop."
References.—X:24.—J. Richardson, A Sermon Preached in Camden Church, No. viii. X:26.—J. Burns, Sketches of Sermons on Special Occasions, p153.
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