first obedience, and God will supply the blessing. Our constant question as a Christian should be ‘‘How can I obey and please God perfectly?’’ The next new beginning we have is in the appointment of kings in Israel. In the story of Saul, we have the most solemn warning as to the need of exact and entire obedience in the one whom God is to trust as ruler of His people. Saul had been commanded by Samuel to wait seven days for him to come and sacrifice and to show Saul what to do (1 Samuel 10:8). When