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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VIII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 25.


DRY Verses, 11-13-Golden Text, Heb ri,
IT, Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns.
!. "And it came to pass after these
! things that God did tempt Abraham and
said unto Him, Abraham. And he said,
Behold here | ann In due time the
| promised son was given and was named
Isaac as God had commanded CXvii, 19).
Abraham was now living ut Beersheba in
! the extreme SOUTH and Isaac had grown
| to hoyhood when this proving Or. W or
trying came upon him. Consider how God
proved Israel (Deut. viii, 3, 100. These are
| .he trials that are precious and in which
! We are by grace to rejoice tIas. !, =, II;
| Pet i. =. Abraham's "l}chOld me"
| lmargiu) is the same word used Ivy SAM
uci and Isaiah Il sam. iii, 4; lisa. vi, -. .
.. "And lie said, Take now thy son,
| thine Only son Isaac, whom thou lowest,
and get thee into the land of MOrjah and
offer him there for u burnt Offering upon
one of the mountains which | will tell thee
Of If Abraham heart conferred in Isaac,
then this would crush him, but if in God,
| who gave Isaac. then he would see God
and still live. Heb. ri, 11-le, tells the story.
The ability of God is the resting place.
I m. V.
the Lord afterward appeared to David.
and there solomon built the temple III
Chron. iii. II.
3 "And Abraham rose up early in the
morning and .addlcd his ass and took two
! of his Young men with him and Isaac, his
son. and went unto the place of which God
had told him - Here is the PROMPT ODE
dience of faith Trials are Gods vote of
confidence in us and are our opportunities
for manifestinp Christ. Abraham's life
was from one trial to another. lesser ones
urrparing for greater. and from one scpa-
ration TO another until he was scparated
from earth TO heaven. there to rest and
wait for the complete fuliillment of ever,
promise in Gods good time.
4 "Thcn on the third day Abraham
lifted up his ewes and saw the place afar
OIL " II was ON this same dav that he re
ccivcd him from the dead in u figure, and
from the third dav of the creation story
when the land rose up out of the waters
and became covered with grass. herbs and
trees-the third dav seems to speak of
resurrection. Think of Jonah and the
Lord Jesus The third day marriage in
Cana nIohn ii. ~. Suggesting another
when all ctus Of water service shall he
changed to the wine of the kingdom at the
marriage OF the Lamb See also Hos vi, =
D. And Abraham said unto his young
men. Abide We her. with the ass. and
and the lad will 90 wonder and WORSHIP
and come again to YOU. - See his faith
he and the lad will come again. That i,
true Worship which carries with it an
obedience that costs something. David
said he would not offer unto the ord that
which cost him nothing III sam. xiv
2N. but David's was nothing as compared
with this. and what is this when compared
with God giving his only belotteng
Is. "And Abraham took the wood of tn,
burnt Offering and laid it upon Isaac. hi,
. son. and he took The fire in his hand an,
a knife. and they went, both of them to
pether., This father and son were perfect
lv unreed verse x and Amos iii ~ CIV,
upon this picture until it becomes real {,
} Won. and Won can enter somewhat into thei
feelings. Then look forever on that othe
son beariuo His cross whom if Dlea.ef
His Father 10 brui,e for our sakcs lisa
, Iii. 1O1
:. .tAnd Isaac spake unto Abraham. hi
father and said. NV father. And he said
l Here am I. nv son. And he said. Behol,
, .hc fir, and fine wood lint where is H.
lamb for = burnt offprinpsn What n swor,
+ 90 tho fothcr'. beart' What grace 10 eu
, able him tn answer ms he does in the mex
, verse, Was even. u father brought so nea
G 20 fine heart of God os This fathcry
: s UAnd Ahrobam said. NV son. 60,
e will nrovide himself u lamb for - buru
G offering So they went both of them To
G ,,atbc, ;, And lie has nrovided the cost
y lest i'm the universe. even His own Son
/, If whom John tbe Baptist said. "Behol,
the Lamb of God, IJohn i. 29). and whom
i the beloved John saw in glory "a LAM