1 Samuel 10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart… He had come home from college, the minister's son. He had been a wild, harum-scarum kind of boy before he went. Many a sore heart did the minister get as the boisterous exploits of his wayward son oozed out to him from all parts of the parish. But at length he has gone to college and has come home now at the end of winter. The parish has heard of his shooting ahead of his fellows in the college classes, and they were all proud of their minister's boy. He is in the study along with his old father, but he is not receiving this time the usual parental little lecture. He is opening a tiny little case, while his father's eyes are dancing with gladness. It is the gold medal for the best student of the year, and, as the looks of the father and son meet in tenderness, the once careless lad whispers in his father's ear what brings a sob from the minister, but not a sob of sorrow: "I have got something else than the gold medal this winter. I thought I would best tell it now. I have also got the new heart." There had been a revival that winter in the city, and many of the students had been converted, and among them the gold medallist of the year, our minister's brilliant boy. (John Robertson.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. |
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