The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
lesson In the international series
for August -. iDus Abraham
aud Ismnc.

THE LESSON TE*'r
tGenesis 22:i-li)
| 4 And IL came % pass after these thlrgs.
| that God did tempt Abraham, and SAID un-
| 10 han. Abraham. and he said. Behold, mere
am
? And He said. Take now thy son, thine
only son Isaac. whom thou lowest ana go
| thee into the land OF Moriah; ard oner MN
there Tor a burnt Offering upon one OF Inc
mountains which l Will tell thee OF.
! 3 And Abraham rose up early IN the
morning and saGdled his ass, and took TWO
Of his young men with him. and Isaac ms
con. and ciave the wood for the burnt Of
| fering and rose up. and went unto the
place OF which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lfted
| up his eyes and saw the place afar on.
| 6 And Abraham said unto his young men.
Abide We here with the ass; and and the
lad Will so yonder and worship. and come
| again 10 YOU.
:. And Abraham took the wood OF the
burnt Offering. and laid Il upon Isaac his
son; ana he took the fire In his hand. and
knife. and they went both OF them to-
| gethcr.
| Z. And Isaac snake unto Abraham his
| father, and said. My father: and he said,
| Here am l. my son. And he said. Behold
the fire and the wood but where is the
lamb for a burnt offerngs
!. And Abraham said. My SON. God VIII
provide Himself lamb for burnt Offer
ing; so they went both OF them together.
9. And they came TO the place which God
had told him OF. and Abraham built an
altar there, and laid the wood In order and
bound Isaac his son. and laid him on the
altar upon the wood.
10. And Abraham stretched forth his
hand. and took the knife TO Stay his son.
II. And the angel of the Lord called unto
him out of Heaven. and said. Abraham.
Abraham and he said Here am T.
J.. And He said, Lay not thine hand upon
the lad, neither do thou any thing unto
him; for now l know that thou fearest q Cd.
seeing thou hast not withheld thy son.
.hine only son from me.
10. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and
! looked. and behold, behind him a ram
caught In a thicket by his horns; and Abrs-
ham went and took the ram and offered hi m
up for a burnt Offering In the stead Of his
son.
H. And Abraham called the name Of that
place Jehovah ireh: as II Is said TO this
day. In the mount Of the Lord It shall be
seen.
GOLDEN TENT.-ny faith Abraham,
when he was tried. offered up Isaac
Heb. 1li17.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Continuing he story OF Genesis, eao
chapters 20. 81 and ~. The story of
chief interest and conveying the mos
important teaching is that which cen
.crs in the lesson text proper.
Birth Of Isaac.-Isaac means laugh
ter" and the name was given because
Sarah had Knocked inwardly at the
promise Gs:1e. 13) and because her
delight in the birth OF her son was so
great.
Hagar and Shmael.-Is hmael's con-
duct AT the time Of the feast wa prob
ably not only irreverent, but made
Sarah fear that his influence over
Isaac would be bad. Abraham did
what he could to make the sending
away less harsh than il otherwise
would have been. Ishmael was not
the child of promise but was born
after the flesh" (Gal. 4:o3.) How
sharply God drew the line between
that which is Of the spiritual and
that which is of the flesh.
Abraham and bimelech.-Chapter
90 is probably misplaced in the chrome
logical order, ms a woman over 90 years
old would scarcely have such charms
as to endanger her husbands life.
Abraham's sin at Gerar was even
worse than that he had committed in
Egypt.
The Offering Of Isaac.-There is an
instructive feeling among men that
they ought to offer the best they have
TO their gods; and they have nothing
The proving. rather than the tempt
ing. of Abraham was based upon this
feeling, which no doubt the patriarch
shared. Its purpose was to develop
the character of both Abraham and
Isaac. not merely though chiefly in the
matter of confiding obedience to God
but also in correcting his understand
ing Of the nature of God and His re-
quirements. Abraham sacrificed Isaac
in what he did as truly as though he
had actually pnt him to death. FIR I'M
Beersheba TO Mount Moriah. where
| afterwards Solomon's temple was
built, was about 60 miles. The subjec-
| ton Of the son to the father in the
patriarchal household was so com.
plete that Isaac would not think Of
contending with his father even for
his life. The words Of verse ~ do n OF
OF course hint that God did not know
Abraham's heart without putting him
70 the outward test. But an outward
test often strengthens the inner pur-
pose. Abraham had given up kindred,
home, ease, that he might do Gods
will; but il did not follow from that
that he would give up even the child
on whose life the fulfillment Of Gods
promise depended. 1t seems prepos.
ferrous TO think that God intended the
sacrifice. or that lie should have
| judged Abraham's faith insufficient
unless he was willing 10 kill his boy.
Abraham may have interpreted Gods
voice to him in the light Of the prac-
tice OF his day. The command not to
STAY the lad was the most significant
thing in the whole transaction. The
provision Of wild ram for the offer.
ing was an indication that God de.