Page 55. David, or the punishment. 2 Sam. xv. xvi. xvii. 105 56. David, or the oak-tree. 2 Sam. xviii.; xix. 1-4. 113 57. David, or the farewell. 2 Sam. xix.; 1 Kings ii. 38, 39; 1 Chron. xxviii. xxix. LINE UPON LINE. CHAPTER XL. SAMUEL, OR THE PIOUS MOTHER. 1 Samuel i. ii. 1-11.. I You have heard, my dear children, how the Israelites came into the land of Canaan. shall now tell you what happened to them in Canaan, after Joshua was dead. Do you know who was their king? God was their king. Joshua was not their king, though he used to tell them what God wished them to do. After Joshua was dead, there were other men, who told them what God wished them to do: but God was their king. Do you remember that the tabernacle was placed in Shiloh? The High-Priest lived in VOL. II. B Shiloh, that he might offer sacrifices in the tabernacle. I am now going to tell you of a highpriest, called Eli. Eli was a very good old man. A great many people used to come up every year to Shiloh, to worship God at the tabernacle. Among the people who came up to worship at the tabernacle, there was a man who had two wives. You know that people might have two wives a long while ago, though they may not have two now. One of these wives was a very good woman, and she was called Hannah: but she had no little child. The other wife was unkind and wicked: but she had a great many children. The unkind wife laughed at Hannah, and said, that God gave Hannah no child, because he did not love her. This was not true, for God loved Hannah very much. Poor Hannah used sometimes to cry, when the other wife spoke so unkindly to her. Once when Hannah had come to Shiloh, and the other wife had been laughing at her, poor Hannah went to the tabernacle, to pray |