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9 3have been remembered beforeGod ."' While Peter was yetspeaking about these matters theholy spirit fell upon all thosehearing the word ."1 Sam . 1 :9-28 "So Hannah roseup . . . And she was in bitternessof soul, and prayed unto Jehovah,and wept sore . And shevowed a vow, and said, 0 Jehovahof hosts, if thou wilt indeedlook on the affliction of thyhandmaid, and remember me,and not forget thy handmaid,but wilt give unto thy handmaida man-child, then I willgive him unto Jehovah all thedays of his life, and there shallno razor come upon his head . . . .And Elkanah knew Hannah hiswife ; and Jehovah rememberedher ; and it came to pass, whenthe time was come about, thatHannah conceived, and bare ason ; and she called his nameSamuel, saying, Because I haveasked him of Jehovah . . . . For thischild I prayed ; and Jehovah hathgiven me my petition which Iasked of him : therefore also Ihave granted him to Jehovah ; aslong as lie liveth he is granted toJehovah ."1 Ki . 8 :41-43 "Moreover concerningthe foreigner, that is notof thy people Israel, when he shallcome out of a far country forthy name's sake (for they shallhear of thy great name, and ofthy mighty hand, and of thineoutstretched arm) ; when he shallcome and pray toward this house ;hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace,and do according to allthat the foreigner calleth to theefor ; that all the peoples of theearth may know thy name, tofear thee, as doth thy people Israel,and that they may knowthat this house which I havebuilt is called by thy name."Examples of DedicationHeb. 10 :5-7 "Hence when hecomes into the world he says :'You did not desire sacrifice andoffering, but you prepared a bodyfor me . You did not approve ofDedicationwhole burnt-offerings and sinoffering.' Then I said, 'Look! Iam come (in the roll of the bookit is written about me) to doyour will, 0 God .'"Heb. 11 :24, 25 "By faith Moses,when grown up, refused to becalled the son of the daughterof Pharaoh, choosing to be illtreatedwith the people of Godrather than to have the temporaryenjoyment of sin ."See : Acts, chapters 2, 10 ; andHebrews, chapter 11Dedication Must Be FaithfullyCarried OutRom . 1 :31, 32 "Without understanding,false to agreements,having no natural affection, merciless. Although these know fullwell the righteous decree of God,that those practicing such thingsare deserving of death, they notonly keep on doing them butalso approve those practicingthem ."Eccl . 5 :2, 4-6 "Be not rash withthy mouth and let not thy heartbe hasty to utter anything beforeGod ; for God is in heaven,and thou upon earth : thereforelet thy words be few . When thouvowest a vow unto God, defernot to pay it ; for he hath nopleasure in fools : pay that whichthou vowest. Better is it that thoushouldest not vow than that thoushouldest vow and not pay . Suffernot thy mouth to cause thyflesh to sin ; neither say thoubefore the angel, that it was anerror : wherefore should God beangry at thy voice, and destroythe work of thy hands?"Jas . 1 :27 ; 2 :17, 24 "The form ofworship that is clean and undefiledfrom the standpoint of ourGod and Father is this : to carefor orphans and widows in theirtribulation, and to keep oneselfwithout spot from the world.""Thus, too, faith, if it does nothave works, is dead in itself . Yousee that a man is to be declaredrighteous by works, and not byfaith alone ."