From the earliest dawn of intellect she had taught her son to love and reverence God and to regard himself as the Lord’s. By every familiar object surrounding him she had sought to lead his thoughts up to the Creator. When separated from her child, the faithful mother’s solicitude did not cease. Every day he was the subject of her prayers. Every year she made, with her own hands, a robe of service for him; and as she went up with her husband to worship at Shiloh, she gave the child this reminder of her love. Every fiber of the little garment had been woven with a prayer that he might be pure, noble, and true. She did not ask for her son worldly greatness, but she earnestly pleaded that he might attain that greatness which Heaven values–that he might honor God and bless his fellow men. – Patriarchs and Prophets

Hannah’s Sunshine:

1. She taught her son to love and reverence God.

2. She taught him that he belonged to God.

3. Everything in her home was to lead Samuel to thoughts of God, our Creator.

4. She prayed for him night and day that he would be pure, noble, and true.

5. She made him a coat of service as a reminder of her love.