Here, I. Samuel gives them a short account of the late revolution, and of the present posture of their government, by way of preface to what he had further to say to them, 1 Sam. 12:1 , 2 . 1. For his own part, he had spent his days in their service; he began betimes to be useful among them, and had continued long so: “ I have walked before you , as a guide to direct you, as a shepherd that leads ...