The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-19

the NO 9lS, hIs ltS c1Q0@cd AOIHs 4tS'eu:.t
and entao.!ed in the OrustTcod and coHId
not &c: loose, and Abraham seizes It gladly
a21 quickly unlo 3*ens I<l"c fro:. Inc ALTAR,
ms 15e run ca h: ,laca. sets the lamp ua-
t,er me hrushwoo5 q the 2i.;--, an! as the
sens, smoke o. the sacrifice begins &c rise
Ffe blood rolls down the sides eT the alta.
and arons Kissing into the fire, aud I hear
lbs words, t.Behold tbs Lamb Of God Who
!ekas away ths sins Of the world.'
vii. what are you going to get out OF
Iris? There is an aged minister cf the Cos
ncl. He says: IT Ishould get cut Of It thar
when God tells YOU to do thing, whether it
seems reasonable tc you or Tot. 90 ahead
and do IL Here Abraham couldn't have
been mistaken. Goa didn't tspeak soindistlnct-
H. that it YES not certain whether he called
sarah or Abinelech or somebody else. bu!
11Ih divine articulation. divine iatonation.
divine emphasis, he said, 'ApraSamn Abra-
ham rushed b!indiy ahead to 10 h!a duty.
knowing that things would come out rlSat'
Likewise do 50 yOurse!Te-. There IS niys-
;erv Of YOUR lie. Taare is some bu.dea YOU
have to carry. You don't know why Cod
has pct i on 3ou. There IS some perseou-
lien, some trial, AID you don't know why
Goa allows it, There is {. work for you to
10. and yol have not enough grace. you
think, to 10 i. Do as E.brahan di.i, A9-
vance and DO your whole duty. Be villa;
10 give I'd Isaac, and perhaps you will not
have to give Up anything. JchoTah-iire!l'
tho Lord vii! provide capital lesson
This old minister gives us.
Gut vonder in this house is IN acel
woman. the light Of heaven il her face she
Is hall way through the door. She has her
hand On the pearl Ct the gate. Mother. what
woul,lyou get out Of this subject? "Oh,"
she saws n would learn that it is il the last
n:nch that Gol ,1nl2s to tho relief. You gee,
;he ai!a1 was ready, and Isaac was fastened
~ il. and tho knife was lifted. and just at
he last moment God broke il and stopped
proceedings. 50 i has been in my life OF
seventy years. Why. Sir. there was 3 time
when the -four vas al! ont q the house. ard
set the table Ct rocn and had nothing 10
put On il. but five minutes OF I o'clock Z Loaf
os bread came. The Lord will provide. Ny
son was very sick. and said: Dear Lord,
YOU don't mean to take him away from
me. do you? Please, Lord, don't take
hin. away, Why, there are nsish shbors
who have TIRES and four sons. This IS my
oniy SOD. This IS ny Isaac. Lord. yon
went take him away from ne, viii You?
But saw he was getting worse a2l worse
all the time, and turned round and prayed.
unit! after eThile felt submissive and
could say, 'Thv TtIl, Q Lord. be done" The
doctors gave him up, and We all gave him
I'D. And, az was the custom IN those times.
We lad made the grave clothes, and We were
whispering about the last exercises, when
locked ard saw some perspirstion en- hls
brow, showing that the fever had broEen,
and BE spoke to Us 50 naturally that Ere"
he was going to get we'll. He did get veil;
and nv son Isaac. whom thought Tas 60
ing to be slain and consumed Of disease. was
loosened from that altar. And, bless yout
s2u!s. that's been so for seventy years: and
Z nv voice we're not so weak. and II could
see better, I could preach to you younger
people sern1oD. for though Ican'tsee nue1
T can see this-Thenever you get into q
tough Dlace and y3ur heart is breaking, II
YOU viii look q little farther into the Wcods,
vou will see. caught in the branches. a SUP
stitute and deliveranee. Ny son. God VII!
provide Himself a lamb =
Thank YOU, mother, for that short sermon.
rcould preach loac2; 20 YOU for minute or
.Wo and say. never do you fear! wish had
half as good 4 hopo Of heaven as you have.
Do not fear mother. Whatever happens. no
harm will ever happen to you. | was gong
IN long flight Of stairs and 7 saw an aged
woman. very decrepit and with q cane,
creepirr on up. Sno made but very little
progress, and I felt very exubera1t. "Ed I
said to her. "Why, mother, that IS no way to
so UPSTAIRS and threw my arms around
her and I carried hec Up and nut her down
on the landing at the top o. the stairs. She
said: 'Tha1k you, thank you. / am very
thankful" O mother, when you get through
this Hia's work ard YOU want to go upstairs
and rest in the good place that God has pro-
yided tor you. you Will not have to climb up,
YOU will not have to crawl up painfully. Tho
two arms that we're stretched On the cross
will be flung around you, and you Will be
hoisted with 4 glorious lift beyond ell weari-
ness and all struggle Nay the God Of Abra-
ham and Isaac be with you until you see the
Lamb on the hiltops.
Now, that aged minister has made sug-
eesticn, and this aged woman has maize a
Succession. Twill make suggestion: Isaac
going 10 the hill makes ne think Of ths
great sacrifice. Isaac. the only son OF Abra-
IAN. Jesus, the only son Of God. On those
two 'onlys'' 7 build fearful emphasis. 0
Isaac, 9 Jesus. But this last sacrifice was
g more tremendous one. When the knife
was lifted over Galway there was no voice
that cried Stop and no hand arrested it..
Sharp, keen and tremendous it cur down
through nerve and artery until tho blood
SPRAYED the faces Of the executioncrs, and
the midday SUN dropped q veil Of cloud over
its face because it could not endure the
spectacle, 0 Isaac Of Mount Mor!ae:
Jesus If 2Iount Calvary. Better could God
have thrown away into annlal!atlo4M "a NOV
sand worlds than to have sacrihed His only
Son. II WIS not one Of the ten so1s: It was
His onir Son Ii He lad not given up Him,
yc, and T would have perished. God SO
loved The world that He gave His only" /
stop there. not .ecaus2 hare forgotten tne
nuotatior. but because I want to think
God 20 Lived tha world that He gave His
OILY i,egotton Son that whosoeyer bellevctl
in Fla, should not perish. hut have everlast.
in. lie" t;r+at God. break my heart at the
thought Of that sacrifice. Isaac the only,
typical Of Jesus the only.
You see Isaac going un the hi;! and carry.
ing the wood. o Abraham. why rot take
the load of the boy: /; IL j. :ri0c t. die SO
soon. why not make his i;lsT honrS easy?
Abraham knew TIA. in carrying that wood
uD Mount +l"rial Is:l.: was IT, b. Il syr.bol
Of Christ c;;rryiu:; hi r.yn cross up Calvary
do not klioT how nav, that cr'',= WAS
whether il Wis made Q: OAK Or acacia Or LIE.
banon cc,l;.r. ISnppose il may ilav, weighed
100 OF 200 or 800 p3"I.i-. In"- Wa The light
est part vi tn; h&TGvN. All Ii" sins al sor-
rows nf the ;Tr.!, !r;'ct wound around that
cross. The h":t nf Uu". ~" h+;t Il two
worldS-earth AID he'll w.ya Oh Ills ;:borl-
ders. o Is;ilc. carrying !ta woC&l O. ,acrifce
ur Monnt Nnriah. O .!rSu-: cHrryiNcc the
wood OF sacrifice Gp 2Iouat Calvary. the
azonies cf earth AMI h";l wrapped around
that cross. shall u:vcr SO the hravy load
on Isaac's back that saat! not think Of the
crushing loal On CArigt's tac;a. For whom
that load? For vi. Fox ynu. For me.
For lue. Would that all TIC t2ar> That We
have ever wcrt over rTr sorrow> haI been
saved untilth morning. artl that We might
now porc rhenl ont Oh tic IacarG:cA back
and feet and heart - tn" son ii I'D.
You say: ';Ir this voJL= lGi.u wa twenty
or thirty years u a3c. why lid not ile resist2
Why was j: rot Isaac binding Abraham. in
stead of Abraham hn';inc Isaac? The mus
Gle IL Isann.s ~, NlS Il ron fhaR Tho