The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-03-07
ISAAC A LOVER
OF PEACE
Sunday School Lesson for March 10, 1907
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LESSON TEXT - Genesis qsI2.s
Memory verses. l6 and H.
GOLDEN TEXT Blessed are the
peacemakers. tor they shall be called the
children Of God. d."-Matt SO
TIME According to time given In
Bible margins Isaac was born about
1896 u and died i7l6 y G. at the age
Of $50 years
PLACE Born In Beershcba. he spen,
most or his life in the south, including
such places as Hebron. Bcersheba,
Gerar. Beer-Tahai Rot.
SCRIPTURAL X E f. r. n f e s.
Prophesies and promises concerning
Isaac Gen. II 7l6-2i. lS.lO-l4. 2l.l2; 8.2-5
u. Ex 2.i3: Chron i6 i6. Rom 81:
Gal 42S
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Long, Simple Life OF Peace
VS. 1925 Isaac lived with his father
In the great yencampment Of THE
Oaks" near Hebron. till Abraham s
death. u G. 1921 He inherited his
'ather's property and position. and
continued tho same kind of life as a
farmer chieftain
Moving towards the well of Lahai
roi. THE we'll Of the Living Ono that
'ceth Me" George Adam Smith and
henderson in Hastings Bible Diction
lry place II about so miles south land
little sonthwesD of Beersheba. on
ne Of the caravan routes to Egypt.
lore II was that Ishmaels mother
'aGar found a resting place and a
fountain OF water after her hopeless
wandorings in the desert
Alexander Whyte thinks that Isaac
was attracted to this place. and pitch.
cd his tent toward Beerlahai-roi, he.
canse he had heard from his nurse
Hagar's lips her wonderful story OF
his place. Isaac could never walk
'ound that well. or sit down beside IT,
Dr drink out of It. but his tears would
come fast for poor, ill-used Iagar and
1oor. outcast Ishmael, till he wished
again that he had never been born
'ather than that they should both he
1ntcast from their proper home on
his account" and here God visited
isaac also"
%. The Lord Appeared Unto Him.
In what way we know not. but prob
ably as in other appearances to his
people. THE God of Abraham" God
is not the God of the dead. hut of the
living" Therefore he is assured
that Abraham is not lost by death
nor Gods covenant with him lost"
Fear not" AS a man OF peace. IN.
willing to strive or fight. he may have
feared that his enemies would take
advantage of his good disposition, and
iniure him. God forbds him 10 have
no fear so long as he is serving God
and doing right. He is assured against
any doubts or fears he may have had,
or any feeling of unworthiness from
his having so different n career from
his father, that the covenant with
Nhra' am with all its blessings. Is
continued to him. the son and heir
The Man OF Peace.-The only wav
20 overcome evil Is with good Pun
ing up weeds never, alone, makes =
GOOD Garden II is true that so long
os lhrrc Is evil in the world there viii
No conflict and commotion
Pcacemaking docs not mean that
we arc not TO oppose that which is
wrong or disturb the quiet of corrup
ton and crime Nothing is scttled
~ il Is settled right There can bc
10 peace To the wicked Our first
lutv thcreforeois, at any cost. of dis
iurbance, to get things where peace is
possible
Character Study Of lsaac.--There
lrc' two kinds of men useful as exam.
Dles'
First There are those who do he.
roic things, great, grand and visihly
who are ideals set before MS.
mostly far, far beyond our hope of at
aiming. bnt yet visible Illustrations
If spiritual greatness and hcrolsm.
without which every life and the
whole world would he poor indeed.
Second. There are those who live
,ur common, everyday life with such
robleness. such sweet and holy snirit.
loing everything from the highest mo.
ives, living" as Starr King once
'aid, "all the bcatitudes daily" that
hey are a perpetual inspiration to
rs every day of our lives. They tonch |
>ur character rot in special emer- |
yencies, but in eve~v act Of every day
Jesus Christ embodies both qualities
lis coming To save. his death on the |
ross. and. In sense, all between !
we're the utmost heights of heroism I
md selfsacrifice Bat his daily life |
vas. in many ways like that of the or.
linary man brought M to the perfect
deal. And this kind of life. touching |
'ur daily needs and cares and duties |
vas essential 10 our best welfare.
Now, Isaac was an example of daily |
living, such as belongs to us, filled |
With the spirit which should pervade,
inspire, and elevate our daily lives
lis life was uneventful almost mo-
lotonous He has been called "the
Wordsworth of the Old Testament
We find In him those refined, sensi-
i've, pleasant, passive virtues which