Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Samuel 12:6-8

"And Samuel said unto the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers. When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place." — 1 Samuel 12:6-8 (ASV)

A remembrance of past mercies is very profitable to us. National mercies ought not to be forgotten, and personal favors should always be fresh in our memory. Alas! the old proverb is all too true: "Bread that is eaten is soon forgotten." So it is, even with the bread which God gives us; we eat it, yet soon forget the hand that fed us. Let it not be so with us.