The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01

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God had spoken to him, but his rev.
erent regard for his father and his ia
theirs God restrained him from question
ing him as to tho experiences Of the aft
ernoon, and why he was PROSTATE be-
fore the altar.
Silently Abraham rose to his feet,
and as he did SO his eyes fell upon
the little lamb which still lay bound
upon the altar. Quickly glancing up
at Isaac, and noting the questioning
look in his eyes as he, too, saw the
lamb and the wood carefully laid for
the sacrifice, he said:
The Lord hath required better sac
rifice!"
And STOPPING down Abraham took the
knife which had slipped from his hand
earlier in the afternoon, and cutting
the thongs which bound the patient crea-
ture, rubbed its stiffened limbs, and then,
placing 1t on the ground, let 1t go.
Tomorrow morning, my son, we will
go to the land Of Moriah, to a place
the Lord will show us, to offer up a
burnt Offering to the, Lord there" said
Abraham, as they walked slowly home
ward.
Isaac understood not the full import
of his fathers words, but he felt the
deep fervor, and the intense pathos OF
his fathers voice, and as his father drew
him TO himself in tender embrace, his
heart stirred with devout longing to
be in close fellowship and sympathy
with him in this new call to worship
and service. Returning his fathers
pressure, he said, earnestly:
"All that God hath said unto thee, do!
Thy God is my God! Let me worship
and serve Him with thee!"
Yea, that thou wilt, my son, for 1t
is the only way of blessing" responded
the father with Cody fervor which
sought to stifie and still the agony of
his breaking heart.
No other word was spoken, and the
young man as he walked by his fathers
side pondered deeply over all these
things. They found Sarah waiting i'm
patiently their coming in the tent door,
and to her questions as to what had de-
tanned him. Abraham returned reluct-
ant reply. A new conflict was raging
within his heart. Could he tell her
all? He had been SO deeply absorbed
In Gods command and of Isaac's part
therein that he had not taken any
thought as to what explanation he
should make his wife, or how much he
should tell her of what God had said
to him. She noted his evident confu-
sion and pressed him eagerly for an
swer.
But could he tell her? Could he tell
her? With great effort to control his
feelings and hide from her the great
sacrifice which God had called upon him
to make, he related to her the incidents
hSd spoken to him and had called him
to offer burnt offering upon a noun
tain in the land of Moriah. He told
her all, save that Isaac, their only be-
gotten and well-beloved son, was the
Offering which God required.
WELL she exclaimed, somewhat i'm
patiently, when lie had concluded, Il
you, such confusion and reluctance in
the telling of 1t. Should not God call
you to worship Him in the land where
we sojourned SO many years, and where
Gods messengers renewed the promise
CT the coming of our son Isaac?"
She paused to take breath after her
rapid speech. and then continued, little
realizing what, her words meant:
God has marvelously prospered us,
the son of promise is with us to-day to
comfort our hearts, and Eli all the fu-
ture with the brightness of hope, and
should we withhold anytI ng from Him
of all that He has given us? Nay. 60
serve thy God whittier He has called
thee, and let Isaac go with thee tina.
he too may be one with thee in wor-
ship!'
Abraham bowed his head in assent
to his wife's words, but spake not. and
Isaac, who had listened to his moth
er's speech with sympathetic approval.
turned and left the tent. saying to
himself:
II will get things in n adiness, that
We may get started early in the morn
ing"
He sought out Eliezer his counsel
lor In all plans, for the faithful serv-
ant of his father had guarded and
cared for him from the time he was
old enough 10 toddle out among the
flocks and herds. He told him of his
fathers experience of the afternoon,
and Of the call to worship God on a
mountain in the Land of Moriah, and
then planned with him for the trip.
"Jerah. who came in but to-day. is
a devout soul, and shall go with us,
and am minded to take the young
man Aram, for he has often spoken
of desire to have part In our serv-
ice of sacrifice"
"And the lamb?" questioned Eliezer,
"have you selected 1t to take with
your"
81 was going to ask you to go with
me and help me choose the likeliest
one In the fock," eagerly rejoined
Isaac.
And suiting the action TO the words.
he took the older man by the arm and
together they walked out into the
beautiful moonlit night. and went
hither and thither among the gentle