The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-11

legendary rock of sacrifice to visit
OTIS 10 the Mosque of Omar. father
ana son repaired, three DAYS tourney
from Hebron, their home. Even the
WOOD was prepared for the s~acri6cjal
ire, and the deadly knife unraisad
"nen the angel of the Lord ~erpos
The sacrifice has been made ia
spirit, and the flowing of blood count
ed Tor nauSht. God had ready a ram
III the thlcket for the
mat test became Abraham's tes-
tmony. All through the religious
history OF the three great faiths, Ju-
dalSfn, Christianity, and Islam. the
testimony Of Abraham's faith has
heartened and inspired believers. The
eleventh chapter Of Hebrews rings
with 1t. Abraham believed God. and
1T was ed to him for righteous
ness On Mt. Moriah, his mount OF
sacrifice, the father of those full of
faith reached the apex Of his life:
even as Christ, his greatest Son, prov
ed his sovereignty and aviourhood
On the neighboring mount of sacri-
flee called Calvary.
A dear old woman once said to me,
Il used to wonder when it was that
Abraham saw Christ'S day and was
glad. One morning while l was wash |
ing the Breakfast dishes, I b%ethought
me OF It, 1t was when he offered I'D
lsaac- That act of sacrifice made
him understand the Christ spirit. He
then became closest to God. who Of
fered up His only Son."
A Heritage For a Son.
Britain may set aside great sums
OF money for Explorer Scotts family,
but what heritage to the hero's boy
can equal the memory OF his fathers
great name? If some of us were
more careful to b~equeathe the know.-
edge of heroic and holy lives to our
sons If Un11!6 mAtfnr IittJo hor mo
money we leave for them. Abraham
7 gave to isaac an inheritance of faith.
He att eSted his belief in the supreme
reality of spiritual values. Abraham
) is the worlds most famous ancestor,
[ because he was such a man of faith
that God could use him for the max
{ ing OF a nation. His life message,
2 handed down to Isaac and all the gen.
eratiOnS since, was, "I4avN faith in
Cod
4 The famous author, Ian Maclaren
p (JOhn WatSon) analyses the case Of
Abraham in a way that applies it to
every reader:
ITO emerge from the physical and
s enter into the spiritual sphere is an
t immense advance and a tremendous
risk. Any one who shifts the center
q of his own life from the world which
is seen to the world which is unseen
); deserves to be called a believer. Abra-
1dll1 was las HID III IL
e dared to make his venture and to cast
himself on God. He discovered the
2. new world Of the Soul, and is to this
le day the faother Of the faithful"
- Upon the white sea sand
There sat a pilgrim band.
l. Telling the losses which their lives
l. had Known,
st While evening waned away
From breezy cliff and bay,
Is And the strong tides went out will
eS weary moan.
Re One spake with quivering lip
A. OF a fair freighted ship,
N With all his household, to the dee
is gone down.
But m had a wilder woe,
* For a fair face long
is Lost in the darker depths of a grea
TT town.
in Some talked of vanished gold,
,ir Some Of proud hOnors told,
n Some spake of friends that wer
their trust nc more;
ar And one Of a green grave,
mt Beside a foreign wave,
at. That made him sit so lonely on tn
shore.
be But when their tales were done,
There spake among the none,
in A stranger, seeming from all sol
mt row free.
RS "Sad losses have We met,
ry. But mine is heavier yet,
ar For a believing heart hath gon
of from me-"
ct, "Alas!" these pilgrims said,
For the living and the dead,
as For fortunes cruelty, for love
IN sur cross.
Ost For the wreck OF land and sea,
i'm But however it came to thee
aid Thine, stranger, is LIES last an
heaviest loss"
ny. FRANCES Brown.
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he EVE SEhMONS.
Life n religion are one Or neat1f
be is anything.-George Macdonald.