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Memory verses. 10 and II
GOLDEN TENT.-"B Blessed are the
oeacemakers. for they shall be called the
children Of God Matt SO.
TfME.-According 20 time given in
Bible margins Isaac was born about
81 $50 years
PLACE-Born in Beersheha. he spent
most OF his life in the south, including
such places as Hebron. Beersheoa.
Serar. Beer-Lahai-Roi
SCRIPTURAL REFER y c f s.
Prophesies and promises concerning
isaac. Gen 1861. lS.i0-is: q -, -6'2-5.
a. Elk S2ls. l Chron. 1916. Rom. 49,
Gal as
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
A Long. Simple Life Of Peace
VS.. 1925. Isaac lived with his father
In the great encampment of The
Oaks" near Hebron. till Abraham
death. n. c. 1921 lie inherited his
fathers property and position. and
continued the same kind Of life as a
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 il about so miles south (and
a little southwest OF Beersheba. on
one OF the caravan routes TO Egypt.
Here II was that Ishmaefs mother
Hagar found a resting place and a
fountain OF water after her hopeless
vanderings in the desert.
Alexander Whyte thinks that Isaac
was attracted TO this place and pitch
ed his tent toward Beerlahairoi. be-
cause he had heard from his nurse
Hagar's lips her wonderful story Of
this place Isaac could never walk
round that wei. or sit down beside II,
or drink out OF II. but his tears would
come fast for poor. ill-used Hagar and
poor. outcast Ishma,l. 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.
b what way we know not, but prob
ably as in other appearances 20 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. un-
willing TO strive or fight. he may have
feared that his enemies would take
advantage Of his good disposition. and
injure him God sorbids 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.
or 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. II is true that so long
as there is evil in the world there will
be conflict and connection.
Peacemaking does not mean tha.
we are not to oppose that which is
wrong or disturb the quiet of corrup-
ton and crime. Nothing is settled
till II Is settled right There can be
no peace 10 the wicked Our first
duty. therefore. is. az any cost. of dis
turbance 10 get things where peace il
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 herolsm.
without which every life and the
whole world would be poor indeed
Second There are those who live
our common. everyday life with such
nobIeness. 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 10
ne every day Of our lives. They touch
our character. not in special emer-
gcncies. hut in every act Of every day
Jesus AnTlSl eNlDDnleh DOtH QUALITIES
His coming 20 save. his death on the
cross. and. in a sense. all between
were the utmost heights OF heroism
| and seli-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 was an example OF daily
living such as belongs TO us. filed
with the spirit which should pervade.
inspire. and elevate our daily lives
! His life was uneventful. almost mo-
notonous He has been called the
Wordsworth OF the Old Testament"
We find In him those refined. sensI
tive. pleasant. passive virtues which
make tender and helpful, the home re-
lat.ons. and which arc the grace OF all
social intercourse"
Practical Points.
VIC are az; 10 underestimate the
value Of commonplace. uneventfu.