ICHABOD! / GKN Admits Children to the Lord’s Supper / Resistance to “TOGETHER ON THE WAY”

ICHABOD! Such is the strange name which the wife of Phinehas, the son of Eli, gave to her newborn son. Times were bad in Israel. It was the time of transition from the period of the judges to that of the kings. Eli, who judged Israel for forty years and who was succeeded by Samuel, was weak at best. His two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were completely profane. The worship of the tabernacle was corrupted. On account of all this the Lord announced a terrible word of judgment upon Eli and his...