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Title: True stories for little people..
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Richmond, E. J. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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in Sodom ?How did the men of Sodom treat the angelswho went to warn Lot ?What did the angels do ?What did they then do ?Did all of Lots family escape with him ?What came to Lots wife ?Why had Lot chosen Sodom for his home ?Is it safe to choose wicked associates ? 24 TKUE STORIES FBOM THE BOOK. CHAPTER VII.THE LAMB WHICH WAS NOT SLAIN. Ax old man, bowed with the burden of griefand care ; his only son, a beautiful boy; two ser-vants, an ass, and wood for a sacrihce. This picture was seen in the land of Judea,nearly four thousand years ago. Millions havelooked upon it since with wonder and awe. Thesoul of the picture, that which we cannot see,was the burden which the old man bore. He hadheard the voice of God calling, — Abraham ! Abraham ! And he had answered, as was his wont, — Here am I.^ . Then he heard, — Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac,whom thou lovest, and get thee into the landof jVIoriah ; and offer him there for a burntoffering upon one of the mountains which I will
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Isaac Rescued by the Angel. THE LAMB AVHICH WAS NOT SLAIN. 2o tell thee of.^^ And, without a word^ the old manhad prepared for his journey, which had nowlasted three days. God had given to him this son, and had givenhim great promises for him. How noiv can theyhe fulfilled? The old man did not ask thisquestion. He simply obeyed God. He said tohis servants, — ^ Abide you here with the ass; and I andthe lad will go yonder and worship, and comeagain to you. Then he gave the wood to his son, and tookthe fire and a knife, and they went on to-gether. And Isaac said to his father, — Behold the fire and the wood; but whereis the lamb ? God will provide Himself a lamb, the oldman said; and he knew that the innocent boywas the lamb which God had commanded himto sacrifice. When they had come to the place, the oldman built an altar, and ^^ laid the wood inorder. Then he bound his son, and laid him 2(3 TRUE STORIES FKOM THE BOOK. upon the wood. And lie lifted his hand to strike;but then he hea

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