The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-01-25

ADram 5 motber was probably dead when be
left Ur. since no mention is made of her in
naming the group whogwent to Haran.
GEN, 12;rB+9.
SUBJECT: THE CFLL OF ABgAM.
great turning point in history was the
Call of Abram. 1t took place A. NJ 2033 or
3. G. 1921. The year of Christ's birth is Fl xed
at 1904 A. NJ. Deduct from this 2053 A. NJ, and
We have the interval between the Call and the
coming of Jesus TO Bethlehem. We see this
event happened Just about midway between the
creation Of the first Adam and the incarnation
Of the second Adam. (For dates see !: 3. g. g.
II 10. Is, 81, %. %; 1855 IL: 10, ~ IA. l6, ID,
90 %, Pa Thus we get 1873 A. NJ. the date
of the birth of Abrams father, Terab. Then
II: A shows the age Of Abram when he left
Haran. He probably did this directly after
the decease of his father who was POS years of
age at death. If he were 205 when his son
Abram was IS. then he must have been 100
years old when Abram was born. Add 1872 to
1873 and we have zoos A. NJ az the date of
Abrams birth. This would be 1895 b. c.
Then God appeared to Abram to make the def.
mite Call when Abram was rs years of age
02: A. 1t is evident he set out at once for
Canaan. Add as to 2008 and we have 2063
A H. or 1921 b. G., as the date of the Call heard
by Abram just before his migration The
former lesson related to the Flood and was
dated A. NJ. 1856. Hence we pass over AT
years ne tdll WAS 1871 ID. ". IL IS
1894 A. ID. Add 1921 and 1894 and We have
1915. Hence the Call was made to Abram
nearly 1000 years ago.
The principal events between the Deluge and
Abrams Call were: l. Gods covenant with
Noah to the effect the world would not again
be destroyed by water, promise which was to
be as true as the rainbow's certain appearance
under certain circumstances; and, g The
building OF the tower of Babel, and the con-
sequent dispersion of the people resulting from
the different languages into which they were
divided. The last event happened about 1876
A, ~. or about 200 years before Abrams Call.
being about midway of the Flood and Call of
1871.
Abram IN Ur and Haran.
Abram was born in Ur and lived there till
he was 20 years old. There he married Sarai.
Qscah, IL: 29) who was as is thought his
neice, a sister of Lot. Ur was in northern
Mesopotomia, nine miles east of the Euphra rates
and about 20 north of Haran 1t is the same
as the classic Odessa. Other names are Orfah
Oorfah, and Calliehoe. This Or is the one
which has generally been considered the carly
home of Abram. There is another Ur which
goodly number of eminent mon think to have
been Abrams birthplace. 1t is about six miles
west of the Euphrates, and only about l25
from the Persian Gulf. Either Ur can be reached
by water from the United States by leaving
any OF our seaports, as, e. g., Boston or New |
ork, crossing the Atlantic, entering the Glib |
raitar, sailing the entire length of the Medi- |
terranean, going through she Suez canal into |
the Red Sea, and SO out into the Indian Ocean. |
up the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates River. |
When Abram was ee:scofe-and-t ten years old |
his father, Terah, then 200 years of age, took
him and his wife, Sarah and his nephew, Lot, |
setting out to go to Canaan.o (15:7) 1t would |
seem the Call first came to Abrams father, and |
he set out with his three, associates; or the |
Call may have co'"" TO 4 BRAN, and the father |
may have set out ,.itf his SON. st. Stephen |
tells us, The God oftgiOry appeared unto our |
father Abraham when be was in Mesopotamia,
before he dwelt in GhaTran." tAets 7:2
Compare Gen., 1870 Then Abram left for
Haran tsame as Charran1. stopping there on
the way to Canaan Until the decease of his
father. 1t was possibly the old age or physical
feebleness Of his parent that caused him to
make stay at Haran for five years. (Acts, 7:
3, A. We have reason to believe God selected |
Abram as being man noted'for good Judgment,
reputed for honesty, and specially marked as
given to righteousness. For some reason the
party stopped at Haran. III: 81 In efv |
years Terah died, aged 205 years (32) Abram,
Sarai, and Lot were left. The Call was remem-
bered. or else God renewed it. Q2: IL
Abram and Canaan.
The land for which they were bound was
Canaan, known also as the Promised Land |
Holy Land, Palestine, bounded on the north
by Syria, south by Arabia, east by Moab, west
by the Mediterranean. The territory promised
to the Abramic race is defined in 15 1921. It
reached way east to the Euphrates, southwest
to the Nile. Possession was dependent on con-
quest, and this in turn depended on the faith
aud courage OF the Israel!tes. David and Solo.