...495. For the Opening of the Year. SM Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shcn, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.— 1. SAM. vii. 12. LET hearts and tongues unite, And loud thanksgivmg raise ; 'Tis duty mingled with...

..." well doing to put to silence the ignorance of " foolish men." SERMON XVI.' I SAMUEL VII. 12. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and...Ebenezer; saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. FROM the calling of Abraham to the time of Samuel, the Lord had shewn peculiar favours of inestimable...

...acknowledge, that strength hath been given — help hath been vouchsafed, just as did Samuel, when he " took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen,...Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us" (I Sam, vii. 12). We say it is a great privilege thus to be indulged ; to look back upon the journey...

...be glory for ever. Amen " (Rom. xi. 36). Thanks, eternal thanks, to His ever-adorable name! " Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and...it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped tu," Beloved, these words suggest three leading thoughts. I. The OCCASION on. which this stone was...

...out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it fEben-ezer, say- tThatii.?** ing, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. <*.!». i. p' 13 ^ So the Philistines...

...went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it'Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. . * E2 PRAYER OF SAMUELi '*v im marl* .t:lrio:Mr.ri...

...Philistines, and smote lii.'iu. until they came under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel took astone, and set it beween ouse, and all that he had he put ioto his hand. he LORD helped as. 13 H So the Philistines were subdued, and hey came DO more into the coast of Israel...

...them, until they fame under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Siren, LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemi 13 H So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel : and the hand...

...THE MERCIES OF GOD CONSIDERED. " then Samutltook a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Sken ; ana called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us."— I Samuel Tii. 12. To observe the way of God, is ever the duty and the delight of all those who have...

...discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. SAMUEL'S GRATEFUL MEMORIAL. 1 SAM. vii. 12. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and...Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. IN THE GREAT EXTREMITY OF THE PEOPLE OF JABESH-GILEAD. 1 SAM. xi. 1—5. Then Nahash the Ammonite came...