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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 223

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"the  memorial  stone,"  213
and  called  it  Ebenezer,  saying,  "  Hitherto  hath  the
Lord  helped  us,"
As  the  occasion,  so  the  place  is  memorable.  It
was  conspicuous  in  location,  as  its  very  name  indi-
cates. Mizpeh,  i,  e.  Watch-tower,  occupied  an  ele-
vated site,  the  highest  eminence  in  the  landscape
near  Jerusalem  ;  and  if  rightly  identified  with
"  Nehi-Samuel,"  was,  according  to  an  apocryphal
writer,  within  sight  of  the  holy  city.  A  city  of
Benjamin,  it  was  likewise  famed  in  sacred  history
as  Israel's  central  gathering  place  ;  where  Samuel
sacrificed  and  judged  ;  where  Saul  was  designated
King  ;  and  is  noted  in  profane  history  as  the  spot  on
which  "  King  Richard  buried  his  face  in  his  armor,
and  exclaimed,  '  Oh  !  Lord  God,  I  pray  I  may  never
enter  thy  holy  city,  if  so  be  that  I  may  not  rescue  it
from  the  hands  of  thine  enemies,'  "•••■
It  was  here,  then,  in  this  most  remarkable  and
prominent  place,  Samuel  lifted  the  memorial  pillar,
alike  a  history  and  a,  phophecy  ;  a  record  of  p)(ist,  a
prediction  of  future,  deliverances.
And  surely,  brethren,  in  our  history  we  have  every
reason  for  lifting  the  monumental  stone,  and  in  this
public  place,  as  a  memorial  of  God's  gracious  favors
which  have  crowned  the  years  just  past,  and  as  a
pro})hecy  of  similar  interposition  during  the  new  year
we  enter  upon  to-day,  fraught   as  it  is  with  so  many
*  See  Stanley's  Sinai  and  Palestine,  p.  213.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0223. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 223. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n227/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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