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Bible Characters (Moses was a child of faith)

Moses was a child of faith and prayer, and displayed remarkable decision in his youthful days; so that while he was educated by Egyptian tutors in every department of science, he resisted the idolatrous influences, and adhered most firmly to the religion of his pious mother. He was honored of God by being chosen to lead the tribes of Israel, and was favored with more intimate communion with God than any other of th Lord's servants.

Samuel was born in an atmosphere of piety, and when but a child was called of God to the prophetic office. He was blessed and honored of God to the end of his days on earth. He anointed Saul and David, the first and second kings of Israel, and was the medium of communication between God and his people.

David "was but a youth" when he gave himself to the Lord, and he was raised to the throne of Israel.

Josiah, though only a child of eight years when he ascended the throne, yet continued during thirty-one years to reign and to do that which was right in the sight of the Lord (2 Kings xxii. 1, 2).

Jeremiah, though we have no definite data by which we can tell his ag when called to be a prophet, yet he must have been very young to justify him in saying, "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." He was for many years favored with Divine manifestations, and blessed with holy courage in the performance of his arduous work.

Timothy, from his childhood, was a possessor of eminent piety, and was honored of God as a faithful preacher of the gospel and a recipient of two epistles, which have been docu ments of reference to the church of Christ in general, and to young ministers in particular.

These and many others illustrate the truth recorded by Samuel, "Them that honor me I will honor; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed" (1 Sam. ii. 30).