1 Samuel 12:2 And now, behold, the king walks before you: and I am old and gray headed; and, behold, my sons are with you… The only life that bears being looked back upon is a life of Christian devotion and effort. It shows fairer when seen in the strange cross lights that come when we stand on the boundary of two worlds — with "the white radiance of eternity" beginning to master the vulgar oil lamps of earth — than when seen by these alone. (A. Maclaren, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. |
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