The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-03-08
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ISAAC A LOVER
OF PEACE
Sunday School Ls,,on for March 10. 1907
Specially prepared for this paper.

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Memory verses IS and H.
GOLDEN TEXT.-"Blessed are the
peacemakers. for they shall be called the
children Of God. Matt. So
TGME.-According to time given In
Bible margins Isaac was born about
1896 b. C.. and died 17l6 b. c. at the age
Of $50 years
PLACE.-Born In Beersheba. he spent
most Of his life In the south, Including
such places as Hebron, Beersheba'
Gerar. BeerLahai-Roi.
sCRIPTURAL REFER c f s.
Prophesies and promises concerning
Isaac. Gen. i716-H: ls.i0-ii: H.l2: 25:2-5.
q: Ex. 32i3: l Chron. 1915; Rom s5'
Gal f.2S.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
A Long, Simple Life Of Peace
VS.. 1926. Isaac lived with his father
in the great encampment OF The
Oaks" near Hebron. till Abraham's
death. B. c. 1921. lie inherited his
fathers property and position, and
continued the same kind of life as
farmer chieftain.
Moving towards the well OF Lahai-
roi, THE well OF the Living One that
Seeth Me" George Adam Smith and
Henderson in Hastings Bible Diction-
airy place it about so miles south land
a little southwesD Of Beersheba. on
one Of the caravan routes to Egypt.
Here 1t was that Ishmae's mother
Hagar found a resting place and
fountain Of water after her hopeless
wanderings in the desert
Alexander Whyte thinks that Isaac
was attracted to this place. and pitch
ed his tent toward Beerlahai-roi, be
cause he had heard from his nurse
Hagar's lips her wonderful story of
this place. Isaac could never walk
round that well, OF sit down beside It,
or drink out Of It, but his tears would
come fast for poor, ill-used Hagar and
poor. outcast Ishmael. till he wished
again that he had never been born
rather than that they should both be
outcast from their proper home on
his account" and here God visited
Isaac also"
"a. 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, but 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
injure him. God forbids him to 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,
OF any feeling Of unworthiness from
his having so different a career from
his father, that the covenant with
Abraham, with all its blessings, is
continued to him, the son and heir.
The Man OF Peace.-The only way |
to overcome evil is with good. Pull |
ing up weeds never, alone. makes a |
good garden. 1t is true that so long |
as there is evil in the world there will
be conflict and commotion.
Peacemaking does not mean that
we are not to oppose that which is
wrong or disturb the quiet Of corrup
ton and crime. Nothing is settled
till It is settled right There can be
no peace TO the wicked Our first
duty, therefore, is. at any cost, Of dis
turbance. to get things where peace is
possible.
Character Study Of Isaac.-There
are two kinds OF men useful as exam
pies:
First. There are those who do he
roic things, great, grand. and visibly
glorious, who are ideals set before us
mostly far, far beyond our hope Of at
tanning. but yet visible illustrations
OF spiritual greatness and heroism
without which every life and the
whole world would be poor indeed.
Second. There are those who live
our common, everyday life with such
such sweet and holy spirit,
doing everything from the highest mo-
tives, living" as Starr King once
said, "all the beattudes daily" that
they are a perpetual inspiration TO
us every day Of our lives. They touch
our character, not in special emer
gencies, but in every act Of every day.
Jesus Christ embodles both qualities.
His coming to save, his death on the
cross, and, in a sense, all between
we're the utmost heights Of heroism
and self-sacrifce But his daily life
was, in many ways, like that of the or
binary man brought up to the perfect
IDEAL. And this kind Of life. touching
our daily needs and cares and duties.
was essential to 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
His life was uneventful, almost mo-
lotonous. He has been called the
of the Old Testament"
We find in him those refined, sensi-
i've. pleasant passive virtues which
make tender and helpful the home re-
atoms. and which are the grace Of all
social intercourse"
Practical Points.
We are apt to underestimate the
'alue OF commonplace. uneventful
ives. On the contrary we should
thank God for putting some very or.
llnary. commonplace men in his gal
cry Of Scripture portraits"
The unseen powers Of the world are
ar mightier than the visible mani.
estations Of power we see around us.
n a single drop Of water there is
Electricity enough to kill a man.
The great battles Of life, the Mara.
hons, the Waterloos, the Gettysburgs.
re often fought on the silent battle
elds Of the heart