World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-04-20
TIL, PROMISES
TOAHRAHAM
AND HIS SEED
GAl,s3: As. "a. GEN
13, 16 Is. 5
~ M. RoBEhrs
continued from Inst wetk.

comm unlcHllon % WIS s""aeN'' ~ 2
cached the place wherythe oath oi
tho coyeupn, ,>,eccordsd. ! hope
we have not forgotten orr FreS- !.
ions lesson on this euhiecf, Now
the prImls Of Gen. IL; ] -: o.
came covenant Us soon as Aura
hau ala what God required o.
him. That this laGd prolnls ~as u
uurt OF this covenant, yot not
clearly understood by Abraham, 10
evident, from Paul's statement
lhut be vas after ,o'rtccivcIi t3r
40 inheritance, and that be ODE, cd
lno, knowing whittier he went.
(Hcb IL ~.
As soon rs be reached the land
God appeared unto him. and sad
.nnto Thy seed will give tins
4 land" (Gen -. ". When we
remember that ho was then 20
wears Old, and bis wife who were
Ff5 gears old: was barren, "" may
realize bow improbable, such u
4 promls might have appeared, even
II Gcd bad promised 10 make OF
him great uulou, be that as "
may W. find ,bat after God had
repeated this same promis Gen. Is;
HIS. andingain ~ lhesl5 CHI. I
.ty,r. Abrabam itqu!res, Lord
God wberory shalt know ihui |
9 shall inherit ~
Now i, may be well for us TO
remember. that like many other
y r.ntemen,s nf Genesis; thul Inns
/ prnnis. VAS repeated several dit'
ierent times: yet II was me same
uruu,s by the same God, and M
10 the same people. Where'o
\ God, willing. more hbuL dan''y
? lthsn .ppcarf necessary. I" she"
Y ruto mo heirs ot promo lnt
y immnslbiluy Of hil coanscl ta'a'
' cnn!irmad it by in oath ho' y,
Two lm,nutabIr lilre''trnp'e
things. in which II w.s 'Mp",s'"''
" Tor tiod 10 lie, we might nVs i
~ strong consolation, who have he'
~" ior refuge 10 lay hold Upon III
80 hope set before hs. (sb. w.. .I i8i
w. Tie mex, place w4sfof-'4'sr~l u"
~ prqm.s-,mcn'lonehgs - va
"v Lch Here God slses el'snmt'slol
" asu sign seas, or token OF "
covenant already made,
49,, Beginning with the 4.h' ve
God saws. Behold my covenant
With ,hee.n In Tho 1th. and 81
- verses, i, is mentioned as IN eyt
I'M. lasting covenant, and that NC ~
!. was to DO given for and ever'as''
hos possession.
~, From 10 to ii verses c'rc"u
,cen sion is instituted. Oh Tie strens
,.rs q, which, we rcud, "ln Tho ~
M same day Was Abraham c'rrnm'
no, cd aud lsh-ma-el his son Ara
!, llv he men Of his house, horn 10
orcd house. aId bought with money
M ,he.>elranger. (Gontiles). "
!, i c;,enmcised with him (y
,.o,n. a6 an Tho number OF Gent
I'M I'M we're c,rcumciscd that day
j, M, stated hit whcr we rcmen
nevada, raore Than l3 year before
nl,;es I'm, there were 81 men cap
4nnr az dong servis.in The Army,
MN, we're born Ia -hls house y
;,tnll lt) We feel sure there
v.rv lenrpe number inclu
lance those bought with money.
...ra b,his circumcision WAS 70 !
49, /, ihr,r flesh ior "a seal 81 ~
Death lasting covenant Sden. -
+, w,,i Ram 4 40 so now We
r,r IRAN Abraham 10 his son lisa
,aa. I, $50 il We arc ahlo TO liud any
), es,;nn ZION of This promised land
Goa And HE Lori appeared
cxnos Ihi,n aud said, gonot down
d ,riulyl Egypt, dwell IN the land w
"a spn hu,l tell thee Of. Solonrn y
idenl. Hand, sndI viii "a withthee
breath ! will bless ,heci Tor unto
heart ana unto thy seoa, ! VIII ~
I'd pro. these ccontr'es; and WV p
ofchar. tho oath which swor'
81 uur Abraham thy i,her.
Il II be viii give unto Thy seed, all
~, ooe countries; aud il NY seed q