The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-29

Isaac. He was q very remarkable man
in his place. Il takes all kinds to
make a world. as saith the old adage.
and very much need there has ever
been for the lsaacs He was 2 model
of poised personality. lie was no talk
err His disposition was TO withdraw
or delay instead of rushing In.
Isaac belonged to. II ne did not be-
gin the imperturbable. passive. com.
placent class of mankind. From the
high tempered intense, touchy and On
multuous he was separated by depths
or heights of nature insurmouutabl
Isaac in our age would be a pietst
a Quaker.
Benefit Of lsaao's Example.
As outlined in scripture, Isaac
should be helpful TO us when faced
with troublesome turns I'm our bust
ness. social and domestic life He had
his share Of troubles. Some into which
he got himself involved and others
in which circumstances involved him.
He had a great father. Abraham
and gracious mother. Sarah and the
inestimable value of such a hirthrght
as his cannot be stated In any terms of
languaGe. lt has been my privilege
TO share ia, or at least iuOiS Un. at the
induction Of hundreds of young men
TO the Christian ministry And it is
no overesumate when I say there was
not per cent of them who attributed
their conversion to Christ and their
choice Of the sacred calling to any
thilg so much as to their mothers
influence.
Thrice blessed is the child whose
father and mother are not in mere
nominal way, but in a thorough going
fashion devoted disciples Of Jesus
Christ Not few can say, as know
one who says My father left me no
fortune in silver and gold, but had he
left me million and no example of
outright Christian character could
not have revered his memory as I do
now In the mysteries of life chill
dren from the same parents develop
diametrically opposite character; so it
was with Isaac and Ishmael. and If
asked to explain the why of Il our
only prudent reply is: Nobody knows
more than you and ], and we know just
nothing at all about IL. But this Is
"A common occurrence that the one Isaac
Offsets by his excellences as many
Ishmaels as there may happen to be.
Read Genesis XIV, IA: And Of all
the six children Abraham had by
Keturah there was not one who ap-
preached Isaac, the first born of
Sarah"
His Calm Self Control.
Reading on in his biography, Isaac,
at the age OF 40, married Rebekah
Genesis XIV, 2O) and there began
his fullgrown manhood and that was
characterized all through by a calm
self control worth considering When
yet he was a lad and his father, Abra-
ham, was leading him Genesis xiii
in a blind way 10 some unknown al
tar, the young man might naturally
have evinced an inquisitive, il not a
teasing, curiosity to know whittier
they were going and what sacrifice
was to be offered up. But he did not
break silence with more than one ques
tion, Where is the lamb for a burn
And when his father re
piled, THE Lord will provide" Isaac
was satisfied. His subjective and
submissive nature was satisfied to
wait
Finds Help in prayer.
So also when he reached manhood
g camc into tha estate Of his depart
ed father ana had married Rebekah
and had no children, and It seemed
as If there might be none, Isanc acted
very different from the course his own
father Abraham adopted Abraham
became impatient in his childless es-,
tate. aud the Hagar episode followed
But Isaac 90 fun tranquility and trust
"a Gol gave himself Go prayer ana his
family line fruitful and fateful fore
with began Twin boys were born
10 Rehekah and him, and with them
came some of the searching trials OF
Isaaos life.
Whea Abraham died Genesis XIV,
81 he beqneathed an he had TO Isaac
except some small favois TO the sons
Of bis concubine, Keturah rhcn
Isaac became vastly rich IN Gerar, the
city where be dwelt His prosperity
awakened the envy OF his neighbors
as such has ever been apt to do
Genesis xvi, l4l and ended in the