The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-18
NUMBER 13.

mother and home, and then lifting the gilt.
,ering weapon for the plunge OF the death
yroke-hls muscles knitting for the work
The hand begin. to descen I. II fla Il, Not
IN the heart Of Isaac, but on the arm OF
God, who arrests the stroke, making the
yiIderhess quake with the cry, 'Abraham.
Abraham. lay not thy hand upon the lad,
nor do him any harm!'
What is this sound back in the woods? II
s a cracking as Of tree branches. 4 bleating
md a struggle. Go. Abraham, and see what
L is. Oh, 1t was a ram that, going through
he woods, has its crooked horns fastened
md entangled in the brushwoOd and could
aot get loose, and Abraham SEXES 1T gladly
md quickly unloosens Isaac from the altar,
PUTS fine ram on his place, sets the lamp un-
Ter the brushwood of the altar, and as the
Tense smoke Of the sacrifice begins to rise
he blood rolls down the sides of the altar
md drops Kissing into the fire, ans | hear
he words, "Behold the Lamb OF God who
axes away the sins of the world
Well. what are you going to get out Oh
his? There Is an aged minister Of the Cos
pei. He says: 81 should get out OF it TINT
yhen God tells YOU to do n thing. whether 1t
eems reasonable to you or not. 60 ahead
MI do it. Here Abraham couldn't have
| zen mistaken. God didn't speak soindistincG
! V that it was not certain whether hecalleG
iarah or Abimelerh or somebody else. but
Nlth flNtlA' '@'-
iivine emphasis. he said, 'Abrahamn Abra-
| lam rushed blindly ahead 10 10 his duty,
J moving that things would come out right.
Likewise do so yourselves. There is a mys.
cry of your life. There is some, burden you
lave to carry. You don't know why GOD
las put it on you. There is some persecu'
ion, some trial, ard you don't know why
Sod allows if. There is a work for you to
10, and you have not enough grace, you
hink, to do it. Do as Abraham did, Adj
| 'ance and do your whole duty. Be willing
o give up Isaac, and PERHAPS you Will not
lave to give mp anything. 'Jehovah-jireh
the Lord will provide" A capital lesson
his old minister gives US,
Out yonder in this house is nm AGED
woman, the light Of heaven in her lace. She
5 half way through the door. She has her
land on the pearl OF the gate. Mother. what
would you get out OF this subject? on
The saws. 81 would learn that it is in the last
I pinch that God comes to the relief. Yon see,
The nltar was ready, and Isaac was fastened
IN it. and the knife was lifted. and just at
he last moment God broke in and stopped
proceedings. So it has been in my life Of
seventy years. Why. sir, there was n time
Then the flour was all out OF the house. and
set the table at noon and had nothing to
| put on it, but five minutes of l o'clock a LOAF
IF bread came. The Lord will provide. My
ION was very sick, and l said: Dear Lord,
Iou don't mean TO take him away from
ne. do you? Please. Lord, don't take
him away. Why, there are %neighbors
| Who have three and four sons. This is my
only son. This is my Isaac. Lord. you
won't taEe him way from me, will You2'
tut l saw he was GETTING worse AMI worse
all the time, aut | turned round and prayed,
until after awhile l felt submissive, and ]
rould say, THY will. 0 Lord. be done! The
doctors gave him up, and We all gave him
mp. And, as was the custom in those times,
t-4 Ind mn la fhp Urn W tstafNnE md W. lrprg
whispering about the last exercises, when ]
looked and l saw some Precipitation on his
brow. showing that the fever had broken,
and he spoke to us 50 naturally that [ knew
he was going to get well. He did get well,
and my son Isaac, whom thought was go
ing to ba slain and consumed OF disease, was
loosened from thai altar. AND, bless YOU
souls, THAT'S been so Tor seventy years, and
If my voice We're not 50 weak, and il could
see better, l could preach to you younger
people a sermon, for though lcRntsee much
/ can see this-whenevcr you get into 8
tough place and your heart is breaking, Il
you will look Il little farther into the woods
You will see, caught in the branches, a sub.
stitute and Il deliverance. My son. God will
provide Himself alamb.'
Thank you. mother, for that short sermon.
I could preach back to You for a minute Of
two and say, never do you fear. l wish l had
half as good a hope Of heaven as you have.
Do not fear, mother. Whatever happens. nc
| harm will ever happen to you. l was going
ND a long flight of stairs and | saw an aged
rOma1. very decrepit and with a cane,
Neep on up. She made but very little
kro e., and / felt very eXuberant, and ]
Iaii her, "Why, mother, that is no way to
, 20 UPSTAIRS" and l threw my arms around
her and | carried her up and put her down
on the landing at the top of the stairs. She
said: "Thank you, thank you. l am very
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