Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

No envy or jealousy stirred in Eli's heart. He told Samuel to
answer, "Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears."
Once more the voice came, and the child answered, "'Speak, for
Your servant hears.'"
"Then the Lord said to Samuel, 'Behold, I will do something in
Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. In that
day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his
house, from beginning to end. For I have told him that I will judge
his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons
made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. ... The iniquity
of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering
forever.'"
Samuel was filled with fear and amazement at the thought of
having received such a terrible message. In the morning he went
about his duties as usual, but with a heavy burden on his young
heart. The Lord had not commanded him to reveal the fearful
condemnation, so he remained silent. He trembled in the fear that
some question would force him to reveal the divine judgments
against the one whom he loved and reverenced. Eli was confident
that the message predicted some great calamity to him and his
house. He called Samuel and told him to relate faithfully what the
Lord had revealed. The youth obeyed, and the old man bowed in
humble submission to the dreadful sentence. "It is the Lord," he
said. "Let Him do what seems good to Him."
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