...describe it to Samuel, or what he believed to be Samuel, risen at his call from the spiritworld : ' I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war...prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee' (1 Sam. xxviii. 15). Samuel's reply did not abate his terror, but increased it tenfold ; for ' Saul...

...a girding of sackcloth ; and burning instead of beauty."* It is then that we shall cry with Saul, " I am sore distressed, for the Philistines make war...and answereth me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams."f Good it is for us that He is not clean gone for ever, but will turn again lest we perish....

...disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make \var against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth...that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Whorefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is...

...And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted mo, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, I am soro distressed ; for the Philistines make war against...have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto mo what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing tho Lord is departed...

...And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted...that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is...

...the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up 1 And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the...that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is...

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...complaint than that he utters to Samuel ? What a desolate heart was that which prompted the words, — I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war...more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore have I called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do ! But what can the spirit of...

...his voice touched with the profoundest sadness and helplessness : " I am sore distressed, O Samuel ! for the Philistines make war against me, and God is...prophets nor by dreams ; therefore, I have called tkee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do !" Then the voice of the form within the...

...And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted...that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is...