The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-14
ISAAC SAVED ON THE ALTAR.
1T REMINDS TALMAGE OF THE
SACRIFICE ON CALVARY.

Jesus the only son Of GOd-One
saved and the other Allowed 10
Die TO save SinRers-Isnac Will
lag Sacrifice Type of Christ n
willing Sacrifice.
New York. oct 1S.-In his sermon for
to-day. Rev. DR.. Talmage chose for his
subject Abraham's supreme trial Of faith
and angelic rescue Of Isaac from being
offered by his father as a sacrifice. The
text was Gen. 20; Behold the FIRE and
the wood. but where is the lamb?'
Here are Abraham and Isaac. the one
q kind. old. gracious, afectionate father
the other "a brave, obedient. religious
son. From his bronzed appearance you
can tell that this son has been much in
the fields. and from his shaggy dress you
know that he has been watching the
herds The mountain air has painted his
cheek rubicund. He is twenty, or twenty
five. or. as some suppose, thirty-three
years OF age; nevertheless boy, con-
sidering the length Of life to which peo-
pie lived in those times and the fact that
a son never is anything but boy TO a
father remember that my father used
10 come into the house when the children
were home on some festal occasion. and
the boys" were twenty-five, and thirty,
and thirty-five years Of age. So this Isaac
is only a boy to Abraham, and this IA
Tiers heart is in him. 1t is Isaac here
and Isaac there. If there is any festiv-
ity around the fathers tent, Isaac must
enjoy it, 1t is Isaacs walk. and Isaac's
apparel. and Isaac's manners, and
Isaac's prospects, and Isaae's prosperity.
all
ped around that boy and wrapped
again, until nine-tenths of the old
mans life is in Isaac l can just imagine
how lovingly and proudly he looked at his
only son.
great deal of trouble, and it had left its
mark upon him. In hieroglyphlcs OF
wrinkle the story was written from lore
head TO chin. But now his trouble seems
all gone, and we are glad that ne Is very
soon 10 rest forever. II the OLD man
shall get decrepit, Isaac is strong enough
eyesighL Isaac will lead him by the
hand. II the father become destitute,
Isaac will earn him bread. How glad We
are that the ship that has been in such a
stormy sea. is coming at last into the
harbor. Are you not rejoiced that glo-
troublesi No! no! A thunderbolt!
From that clear eastern sky there drops
into that fathers tent voice with an an
white, and to stun the patriarch INTO IN
slant annihilation. God said: Abra-
ham, The old man answered: Here
am" God said to him: Take thy son,
thy only son Isaac, whom thou lowest,
and get thee into the land of Moriah, and
offer him there as. a burnt oherlng. IN
other words, slay him; cut his body into
fragments; put the fragments on the
wood set fire to the wood, and let Isaac
body be consumed to ashes.
"Cannibalism Murders" says some one.
mot So" said Abraham l hear him
sOlilOquze: Here is the boy on whom
1 have depended. on, how l loved NM
He was given in answer TO prayer, and
now must l surrender him? . Isaac, my
son! Isaac, how shall l part with you!
But then il is always safer TO do as God
asks me 10; 1 have been in dark places
before, and God got me out. L Wall I'M
plcity do as God has told me, although
il is very dark. / can't see my way put
l know God makes no mistakes, ana 10
him 1 commit myself and my DARING
Early in the morning there is a stir
around Abrahams tent. A beast of bur
den is fed and saddled. Abraham makes
break of day he says: Come, come, isaac,
get up We are going OF on a TWO or
three days journey" i hear the ak new
ing and splitting amid the wood, until the
sticks are made the right length and the
right thickness, and then they are fastened
on the beast of burden. They pass on
there are four of them-Abraham, the
father; Isaac, the son. and two servants.
Going along the road, l see Isaac loklng
up into his fathers face, and saying;
Father, what is the matter? Are you not
Welt Has anything happened? Are you
tired? Lean on my arm" Then, turning
around to the servants, the son says:
"Ah father is getting old, and he has had
trouble enough in other days TO kill HIM"
The third morning has come, and It Is
the day of the tragedy. The two servants
are left with the beast of burden. while
Abraham and his son Isaac, as was the
custom of good people in those times,
went up on the Hill to sacrifice to the
Lord. The wood is taken off the beasts
back. and put on Isaac's back Abraham
has in one hand pan of Goals OF lamp.
and in the other a sharp, keen knire.
Here are all the appliances for sacrifice,
you say. No, there is one thing wanting;
there is no victim-no pigeon, or heifer, or
lamb, Isaac, not knowing that he is to be
The victim, looks up into his fathers face,
and asks question which must have cut
the old man to the bone: MY father!
The father said: MY son, Isaac, here I
am" The son said Behold the fire and
the wood, but where is the lamb?" The
fathers lip quiVered, and his heart faint
ed, and his knees knocked together and
his entire body, mind and soul shivered
IN sickening anguish as he struggles TO
gain equipoise; for he does not want to
break down And then he looks into his
sons face, with a thousand rushing ten
qernesseS; and says: My son, God viii
provide himself a lamb"
The twain are now at the foot of the
hill, the place which is to be famous for a
ganler some stones out of the field, and
build an altar of three or four feet high
Then they take this wood off Isaac's
back and sprinkle it over the stores, so
as to help and invite the flame. The al
tar is done-it is all done. Isaac has
helped to build it, With his father he
has discussed whether the top of the ia
BILE is even, and whether the wood is
properly prepared. Then there is a
pause. The son looks around to see if
there is not some living animal that can
be caught and butchered for the Offering.
Abraham tries to choke down his father
~ feelings and suppress his grief in or
der that he may break to his son the ter
rife news that he is to be the victim.
Ali Isaac never looked more beautiful
than on that day to his father. As the
old man ran his emaciated fingers
through his sons hair, he said to him
self: How shall l give him up? What
will his mother say when I come back
without my boy2 l thought he would
have been the comfort of my declining
days. 1 thought he would have been
the hope of ages to come. Beautiful and
loving, and yet TO die under my own
hand. Oh, Cod is there not some other
sacrifice that will do2 Take my life, and
spare hisi Pour out my blood and save
Isaac for his mother and the world" But
this was an inward struggle. The father
controls his feelings, and looks into his
sons face and says Isaac, must l tell
you alp His son said: Yes, father, l
thought you had something on your
mind. tell it" The father said. MY