A personal presence, not a mere voice or impression on Samuel’s mind, is distinctly indicated here. (Revelation 1:1;[Reference Revelati…

And the Lord came, and stood.—Then before the boy, as he lay and waited for the voice, came something, and it stood befo…

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli.

And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no ope…

And the Lord came, and stood
At the place where Samuel lay; either there was, as Kimchi, a form before his eyes in t…

The call that Divine grace intends to make effectual will be repeated until it succeeds, until we heed the call. Eli, perceiving that it was the vo…