The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-08

bride OF the picture AHu tHe i.'aii WIN
whether the Lord had made his journey
| prosperous or not And it came to pass,
as the camels had done drinking, that the
| man took golden earring OF half shekel
| weight. and two bracelets for her hands
of ten shekels weight of gold; and said,
+! Whose daughter art thou: se.l me, pray
+, thee; is there room in thy fathers house
! for us to lodge in? And she said unto
\ him, / am the daughter, OF Bethuei the
son OF Micah, which she bare uato Major.
| She said moreover unto him, We have
| both straw and provelder enough and
room to lodge il. And the man bowed
down his head and woTsliped tee Lord"
Genesis "a: 2l-26.
The next incident is the wooing and the
departure. The old servant tells his story.
makes his appeal, and the text Is spoken,
wilt thou go with this man? And she
said, will go" Genesis "a: IS. And the
camel train is moving once more, the lam
ly of Rebekah watching until the Ia; last
camel is lost to view in the distance. The
tourney is uneventful, but the end of ii is
more than striking. "And Isaac went out
to mediate in the field at eventide;, and
he lifted W his eyes, and saw, and, behold,
the cemels were coming. And Rebekah
lifted up her eyes, and when she saw
Isaac she lighted Of the camel. For she
had said unto the servant, What man IS
| this that walketh IL the field to meet us!
And the servant had said, 1t is my master;
therefore she took a veil and covered her
se.f. And the servant told Isaac all things
| that he had done. And Isaac brought her
unto his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he
| loved her, and Isaac was comforted after
| his mothers death" Genesis "a: 63-67.
!.
Here is lesson of divine providence;
Hear Abraham when. he says, The Lord
God OF heaven which took merfrom my
| fathers house, and from the land of my
kindred, and which spake unto me, and
| that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy
seed will l give this land; He shall send
His angel before thee, and thou shalt
| take a wife unto my son from thence:
Genesis, "a: 7. We think of this as Old
Testament history simply; We hear God
saying. "As 1 was with Moses l will be
| with thee" and we say certainly, but not
| with myself. Why it is we always think
of Gods care OF the patriarchs as mira
cles, without its counterpart is in our own
| lives, when God is our Father, everything
| in our life is precious to Him, and the
! very hairs of our head are numbered? He
| is tee God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
| and He is your God. The angel OF the
| Lord is still living. We have grown world
| ly wise and speak OF impressions, convlc-
| tions, condolences, impulses. when all the
time it is the angel of the Lord speaking
to U.s. Have You noticed that there were
| two servants, ore winged one In the ar
| and the other in charge OF the camels. 1t
| is always so. 1t is by this double ministry
| that providences are confirmed. All
through life we see it; in the conversion
of men, in things common and IN things
unusual You say, 81 feel a strong i'm
| pulse to do certain thing" II Is the an.
gel OF the Lord troubling the stagnation OF
Your heart You say ehat l am impressed
| that | ought to do thus and so, when 1t
is the finger of God writing His purpose
on your soul. These are but the heavenly
ministers of Jehovah. Look around you
ard you will find some opportunity Tor
service fitting into youI. impulse or con-
! yiction, and that which yesterday You
wondered at as a coincidence tills you
with the spirit of worship to-day as you
say, THE Lord was in this place and
| knew it not" Life without a religious
| Interpretation is little less than trag-
eiy." while life thus viewed may have
many twists and turns, but ends In heaven.
| H.
find here good picture of real service.
| When Eleazar was leaving Abraham ne
said, "Peradventure, the woman will not
| be willing to follow me unto this land;
must | needs bring thy son again ~, unto the
| land from whence thou camest? And
| Abraham said unto him, Beware, thou,
| that thou bring not my son thither again.
| The Lord God Of heaven, which took me
| from nv fathers house, and from the land
of my kindred, and which spake unto me,
\ and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy
seed will | give this land; He shall send
his angel before thee, and thou shalt take
a wife unto my son from thence. And If
| the woman will not be willing to follow
thee then thou shalt be clear from TINS
my oath; only bring not my son thther
| again" Genesis "a: 5-S.
1t is the same figure that we have OF
| the watchman upon the walls. Both OF
! these appeal strongly to US. We are not
| free from responsibility until we have tried
| at least to win every soul over whom we
| have an influence for Christ. / cannot con-
vert even the smallest child, nor can you,
| but I can try to tell them what l have
been commissioned to say, for l am my
| brothers keeper. Oh, for the intense de-
| sire to do our Masters will that Eieazar
| had. His camels are cared for, he has
entered the house of Bethuel., He is
| meat prepared for his feast appeals to
| his weakness, but hear him say, "And
there was set meat before him to eat;
but he said, will not eat, until l have
told mine errand. And he said, speak
| on" Genesis "a: SO. Is not this like
Paul on his missionary journey. I'm
| journeyings often, in perils of waters, In
| perils of robbers, in perils by. mine own
comtrymen, in perils by the heathen,, In
perils in the city, in perils in the wilder
ness, in peris in the sea, IN perils among
| false brethren; in WEAKNESS and painful,
ness, in watchings often, in hunger and
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and
| nakedness." Corinthians IL: 1927. And
is it not like Jesus Himself, when He is