the little city was astir with expectation and hope, from three different sides Saul launched his army upon the sleeping hosts. Panic-stricken, they sprang to their feet; hardly awake, and dazed with the clamour of the battle-cries, they were unable to resist the onset of the men of Israel; and the rout was so complete that, by the noontide, two men were not left together. It was a wonderful victory and an auspicious beginning for the new reign. Would you not win such a victory over the sin of the