The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-03-08
ISAAC LOVER
OF PEACE

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Memory verses. is and II.
GOLDEN TExT.-"Blessed are fhsj
pe~acemakers, for they shall be called the
children Of God Matt. SO.
TIME.-According to time given In,
Bible margins Isaac was born about
1896 II. c. and died ZIG b. c. at the age
of $50 years.
PLACE.-Born in Beersheba, he spent
most OF his life In the south, Including
such places az Hebron, B~eersheba,i
Gerar. ~Beer-Lahai-RoI.
sCRIPTURAL c s.
Prophesies and promises concerning
Isaac: Gen. ~17:16-21; %1s:1o-14; 21:12; 8:2IS.
"a; En-. s213; 1 chron. 1916; Rom. s.7;l
Gal. 4:2s. i.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
A Long, Simple Life Of Peace
VS.. 1926. Isaac lived with his father
in the great encampment OF Tho
Oaks heal Hebron, till Abraham's
death, B. c. 1921. He inherited his
fathers property and position. and
continued the same kind of life as a
farmer chieftain.
Moving towards the well Of Lahai-
roi, 1.-The well of the Living One that
Seeth Me-" George Adam Smith ana
Henderson in Hastings Bible Diction-
| airy place 1t about so miles south land
a little southwest) of Beersheba, on
one OF the caravan routes to Egypt
Here 1t was that Ishmaers mother
Hagar found a resting place and a
fountain of water after her hopeless
%wanderings in the desert
Alexander Whyte thinks that Isaac
was attracted to this place. inc 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, or sit down beside 1t,
or drink out of 1t, but his tears would
come fast for poor, ill-used Hagar and
poor, outcast Ishmael, till he wished
again tina. he had never been born
rather than that they should both be
outcast from their proper home on
his account" n 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. 1.-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.
l hui 1OQ . NONChdhL Win AAh ~
Fear not" AS a man of peace, I'M
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 Peaee.-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 1t 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 l~saac.-There
are two kinds of men useful as
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 n 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
n~obleness, such sweet and holy spirit,
doing everything from the highest mo-
rtives, living" as Starr King once
said, "all the beatitudes 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 embodies both qualities.
His coming to ave, his death on the
cross, and. in a sense, all between
were the utmost heights Of heroism
and ~self-sacrifice. 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 vas An example of daily
living. such as belongs to Is. flied
with the spirit which should pervade.
inspire. and elevate our daily lives.
His life was uneventful, almost mo-
notonous. He has been called tho
Wordsworth of the Old Testament"
We find in him those refined. sensi-
tive, pleasant. passive virtues which
make tender and helpful the home re-
~lations. and which are the grace of all
social intercourse"
Practical Points.