Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-07-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson In the international serieA
for July -. I0OI-God Call.
Abraham.
prepared by III. g. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT,

prepared by III. g. Lenington1
THE LESSON TEXT.
Genesis l2I-S)
1. Now the Lord had said unto Abram.
Set thee out OF thy country. and from thy
fathers house. unto d land that will
shew thee:
2. And L will make OF thee a great ma
Ion. and will bless thee. and make thy
| name great; and thou shalt be blessing.
!. And / Will bless them that bless thee.
and curse him that curseth thee: and In
thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed.
Z. So Abram departed. as the Lord had
spoken unto him: and Lot went with him;
| and Abram was seventy and five years old
| when he departed out OF h6cEn.
D And Abram took sarai. his wife, and
Lot his brothers son. and all their sub
stance that they had gathered and the
souls that they had gotten in Haran: and
they went forth TO go into the land of
came.
6. And Abram passed through the land
unto the place of Sichem. unto the plain OF
Moreh- And the Canaanite was then In the
land.
z. And the Lord appeared unto Abram
and said. Unto thy seed Will 1 give this
land: and there builded he an altar unto
the Lord. who appeared unto him.
3. And he removed from thence unto a
mountain on the east of Bethel. and
pitched his tent. having Bethel on the
west. and Hal on the east: and there he
builded an altar unto the Lord, and called
upon the name OF the Lord.
9. And Abram journeyed. going on stiu
toward the south.
GOLDEN TENT will bIes. thee.
and make thy name great; and thou
shalt be blessing.-Gen. 1872.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Two stories come up for considera-
tlon in connection with this lesson,
and they are embraced in the eleventh
and twelfth chapters of Genesis. Read
the whole Of both chapters. The two
stories are:
The Confusion OF Tongues. Genesis IL
Inc can OF Abraham. ............ Genesis II
The Confusion of Tongues. - The
Hood, according to Ussher's biblical
chronology occurred in the year 234S
u. {. The population at this time
again began to increase through the
families of Noah's three sons, and as
the population increased a new civili-
cation was gradually taking the place
of the old. Before the food there was
anarchy. after the food began the
reign of law. Not law as we under
stand it to-day. Patriarchal govern
ment came into being, that is the head
of each family or group of families be-
gan to exercise control over and COM
mand the obedience of his progeny and
servants in all the affairs that per-
tanned TO social life. He became the
Judge in case of disputes, and exercised
generally the functions of ruler and
of Judge. For 100 years these people
spoke one language. But they be-
came too numerous to live longer in
one community, so they separated,
some going to the east. some to the
west, others to the north. and many
to the south. The immediate cause
OF this great migration lay in great
project which was on foot near the
present site of Babylon. The people
had begun to fear another food. A
tower that would reach to Heaven
seemed plausible way of preventing
any wholesale destruction of life.
They had begun to forget the promise
of God. So God Himself took a part
in the work. and about that same time
II happened that the discovery was
made that they could no longer under
stand what one said to another. OF
course IT. was impossible to 90 on
with the great undertaking when gen-
eral intercommunicatio was denied
them, so gradually the work was
dropped and the people separated. H.
is said that to-day there are over =. 900
languages spoken, and that all are
traceable back to less than 800 leading
languages. The confusion Of tongues
has always been going on and will con-
tinue to GO on as long as people will
In IT
with the plans of God. Contrast the
day of Pentecost with the day OF
confusion Of tongues On the day of
Pentecost the disciples of Jesus be-
came brothers with all the world. and
were understood by each nearer i'm his
own tongue.
The Call of Abraham Genesis 1910
details the account of the call of Abra.
ham. This may be said to he the first
great call recorded in the Bible. 1t
reminds us of the call Of Moses lit
tie later. of the call of Samuel. Of the
call OF David. Of Jeremiah and
Isaiah, 81 Matthew and Saul
PauD. Every man receives Di-
vine call. but these referred to have
been especially notable in that they
were Of national or international inn
port. The call Of Abraham meant the
beginning Of nation. and. through
this nation in the person Of Jesus
Christ, the salvation of the world.
abraham was "a religious man. man
81 God. Ills heart was so nearly right
that God could say: Twill bless them
that bless thee. and curse Kim chat
curscth thee" He was "a man so pure
iu heart that the Lord appeared unto
him (Gen. 12:O. Cr was the holy city
Of the Chaldeaus. 1t was an idolafrous
CITY. worshiping many gods. VI the
truth were Goo be pcrpetuatcd among
men. the men who saw the truth would
have to give IT a better environment
into which go grow. Abraham was
wDr-hiper Of The true God br how'd