Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-10-18
LESSON OF A RESCUE.
REV. DIR. TALMAGE breaches ON THE
SACRIFICE or ABRAHAM.

REV Or. TALMAGE breaches ON TIL
SACRIFICE or ABRAHAM.
'The Lamb of God who Takes Array tn
Sins OF the v'oridg-A Remarkably Pow
orfuI and Clear Eible story-Abrahan
and Isaac.
NEW YORK Oct. 13.-In his sermon fol
today Roy. DR.. IaimGgc chose for his
subject Ahraham's supreme trial Of faith
and the angelic rescue ~ Isaac from be-
Ing offered By his father as "a sacrifice The
text vas Genesis xii, 4 "Tohold the Gso
and the wood, hut where is the lambg"
Hero arc Abraham and Isaao the ono a
kind, old gracious. aflccti0nate father,
/ the other brave ohcdent, religious son.
! From his bronzed appearance you can tell
that this son has been much in tho fields,
and from his shaggy dress you know that
he has blen watching tho herds The
mountain air has painted his check rubl-
cund. He is 20 or 25 or as some sup
pose, 33 years Of age, nevertheless n boy,
considering the length Of life to which
people lived in those times and tho fact
that o son never IS anything but a boy TO
father. ] remember that my father used
to como into the house whom the children
were homo ON some fcstal occasion and
say, where are tho boysg" although "the
boys were 25 and 80 and 30 years of age,
So this Isaac is only boy TO Abraham,
and this fathers heart is in him. 1t Is
Isaac here and Isaac there. II there is any
festivity around tho fathers tent, IslaG
must enjoy it, 1t Is Isaac's walk and
Isaac's apparel and Isaacs manners and
Isaac's prospects and Isaac's prosperity
/ The fathers heartstrings are all wrapped
around that boy, and wrapped again, I'M |
/ I'll nine-tenths Of the old mans life is In |
| Isaac. can just imagine how lovingly |
and proudly he looked at his only son.
A Burnt Offering.
Well, the dear old man had borro a
great deal Of trouble, and it had loft its
mark upon him. In hioruglyphics OF wrin-
kle the story was written from forehead to
chin. But now his trouble seems all gone
and we are glad that he is very soon to
rest forever. If tho old man shall get de
crepit, Isaac is strong enough to wait Oh
him. If the father gets dim of eyesight,
Isaac will lead him by the hand. If the
father become destitute Isaac viii earn
him bread, How glad We arc that the
ship that has been in such a stormy sea is
coming at last into the harbor. Are you
not reioicud that glorious old Abraham is
thunderboltl From that clear eastern sky
there drops into that fathers toni voice
with an announcements enough TO turn
black hair white and TO stun tlio patriarch
into instant annihilation. God said,
"Abraham" The old man answered, {
Hero I am" God said TO him, "T.ko /
thy son, thy only son Isaac, whom thou !
lowest, and get theo into the land of Moriah [
and offer him therc rs n burnt Offering" {
In other words, shay him, cut his body in d
to fragments, put the fragments on tho t
wood, set fro TO tho wood and let Isaac's v
body be consumed to ashes. il
"Canni5alisml Murdcr" says some Il
one. Not so, said Abraham. I hear Il
him solilOquizc: Here is the hoy on whom /,
l have depended. Oh, how I loved biml
He was givon in answer to prayer, and
now must l surrender him? o Isaac, my -.
sonl Isaac, how shall 1 part with your ',
But, then, it is always safer TO do as God 81
asks mo to. have been in dark places be- a =,
,0ro, and God got mo out. l viii implicit =,
" do rs God has told me, although it is T..
very dark. 1 can't sec my way, but 1 4,
know God makes no mistakes, and to him Il =,
commit myself and my darling son. - =
Early in TIE morning there is a stir ~
iround Abrahalns tent. beast Of bur- y
Ion is fed and saddled. Abraham makes =.
10 disclosure Of the awful secret At tho -
lreali of day he says: "COme, come Isauc, ~
get upl We arc going off on IA two o. ~
hree days journey" / hear the ak hew- II,
ng and splitting amid the wood until tho "a
ticks are made the right length and the W.
light thickness. and then they are fas- " "
oned on the beast Of burden. They pass ~
n--there arc four of thcm-A braham, the Nv Nv
lther; Isaac, the son, and two servants. ~
s,fr l.. . I.,
p into his fathers face and saying: ia -
Ter, what is the matter? Are you not t a.
'ell? Has anything happenedg Are you vi u,
red? Lean ON my arm" Then, turning va
round to the servants tho son says, "Ah, NJ NJ
.ther is getting old, and he has had trou- -,
10 enough in other days to kill him" ~ ~
The Day of the Tragedy. -
The third morning has come and 1t Is o Js
10 day of the tragedy. The two servants ~;
g Lett the beast of burden, while Abra- ~,
IN and his son Isaac, as was the custom 80
good people in those times, went up on -.
&c hill to sacrifice TO the Lord. The wood IL
taken off the beasts back and put on -
aac's back. Abraham has in one hand a -
N of Goals or a lamp, and in the other a ~.
arp, keen knife. Here arc all tho apph- ,r.o'
ICES FOR sacrifice, yOu say. No there is to,
10 thing wanting-thoro is no victim n -
pigeon, or hotter or lamb. Isaac, not c,,,
lowing that he is to be the victim, looks ~.
into his fathers face and asks ques- -, t.;i
~ Wi'lcn mus, i,l' cu' M, Sie ol man 70 you
Iy son Isaac, here ! am. The son 81,
"a, "Behold the fire and tho wood, but y
lere is the lambg the fathers lip 800
ivcrcd, and his heart tainted and his III,
ees knocked together and his ontiro 7 ~
iy, mind and soul SILVER in sickening ne
guish rs he struggles to gain oquipoise, cvc,
no does not want to break down. And 40 :
N he looks into his sons face, with a sf,i
lusand rushing tcndernesses, and says, cre,
ly son, God will provide himself a ST.
lb. !" IN, snIt
The twain arc now at the foot of the uWl
J, the place which is to be famous for mi
st transccndcnt occurrence. They gath s,,,I
some stones Out of the field ana build ,bo
altar or feet high. Then they take sid
S wood OF Isaac's back and sprinkle it th,,
r the stones, so as to holp and invite tbro
flame. The altar Is d0nc-it is all on
To- Isaac has helped to build It, With fiat
father he has discussed whether the nm
Of tho table is oven and whether the n -,
ID is properly prepared Then there is ,ver'
luse. The SON looks around To see if arm,
re is net sHme living animal that can glori
tti4N HHAAANANA AbA AAAt DAAtAAA4Es
'aham tries to choke down his fatherly
ings and suppress his grief, in order Isahi
{ ho may break to his son tho terrific Oh Il
IS that he is to DO the yigaim.
Ia Isaac never looked moro beautiful n,
d on that day to his fnthor. Az the old sno,,
ran his cmaciAted fingers through his mad,
S hair he said to himself; "IIow shall lion
vo him ups What viii his mother say fbinl
~ come back without my boyg only
Ight he would hayo been the comfort If q
~ declining days. I thought he would foarf
, been tho hope Of ages TO come Beau Ills
aud loving and yet to die under my one
hand. o God is there not some 9th vary.
lcritlce that will dor Take my life and and
q hisl Pour out my blood and s,yo from,
C for his mother and the world" But and
was an inward struggle The father laces
rolls his feelings and looks into his sun
S face and says, Isaac, must Itoll you neo,sV