The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, December 03, 1919, Image 7
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Tbe recoil of Abraham offering
: Isaac found lathe twenty-second chapter
of Genesis to
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tempt no man to
fJPaW Of Abraham's
W\ faith, but no
temptation to eviL
Three outstanding
? features of tills
test of faith are
found In many of God's Healings with
First, it was wholly unexpected. It
i came "after these things." "These
j things" are the events of Abraham's
life up to this point. They include his
call and his separation from his country
and his father's house; his experience
with Lot and Sodom and the defeat
of the kings; the promise that his
femily should increase and the experience
with Hagar and Ishmael; the
change of his name and the coming of
I- the promised son Isaac. It looked to
human sight as though his active life
was over and he had bnt to rest quietly
through the few years left on earth.
R looked as though his life was complete.
He may have been thinking as
Job was when he said in Job 29:18, "I
shall die in my nest." But we are reminded
that perfection is never
, reached in this life, and therefore thetraining
Is never finished. No matter
fiow far advanced in Christian experionce,
new lessens are to be learned
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to be looked for as long as we abide in
gfg the flesh.
Secondly, it was unexplained. God
did not. tell Abrahara why be was potting
this test upon him. Any explanation
would bare robbed the test of its
value. If Abraham knew just why God
asked him to offer up Isaac lie would
have seen what God saw and there
could be no proper test of faith. We
are continually asking "Why?" at
every turn in God's dealings and are
frequently in danger of disobeying God
bed&user he does not c<mdescend to
give us an answer to the "Why." We
know that ail things work together for
j good to those that love God, and this
know J edge of the ultimate issue in
||fe good should make us more and more
2 hesitant in questioning the motives of
God's dealings with us. If we knew
{/ why things are as they are, or if things
.always went in a way we could explain,
the trial of our faith, "which is
precious," would lose all value.
In the third place, It was unreasont''
' able, or so it would seem from the h?man
viewpoint Abraham was asked
to offer up his son, Isaac. Now think
who Isaac was and what he represented.
' God had declared that his promises
would center in Isaac. If anything
should happen to this boy what would
become of the promises? How could
God's word he fulfilled? If God was
not true to ms wora tae wnoie iounaatlon
of faith would be destroyed and
gfc. Abraham would be found to have followed
a false voice. It must certainly
; have seemed to be unreasonable to
Abraham, and very often God's deal
logs seem unreasonable to us. We are
so often afraid, though perhaps we do
not give the thought words, that God
Is making a mistake. In some loss of
friend or relative, or in the taking
away of some strong pillar of the
' church, wo say one to another: "This
Pis a great loss?this is irreparable."
We act and talk as though in reality
; . God was making a mistake because his
dealings and providences seem unrea- j
% sociable. But the event always proves .
the reasonableness of his actions and[
we find he has ways above our reason.
The action of Abraham under test
holds an example for us. His obedi-1
ence was prompt; no dragging of feet
as he went to do the Lord's bidding.
Potting ofT doing usually results in notj
dbing at all. It was unquestioning, j
% ?When questioning comes in, human
jfe - .reason usually triumphs over divine
H? revelation. It was unstinted. Partial
HpV obedience gives God little chance of
bestowing blessings.
Hmi. Tho sawot Af ihraham's nhpdiPTlOP !
1^-- - is to be found, I thitik, in verse 12,
where the Lord says: "Now I know
^ that thou fearest God." Abraham's
faith had received the promises and j
y now his fear obeys the precepts. Not j
y- the servile fear of the criminal afraid 1
of the vengeance of the broken law, j
Krj| but the godly reverence yielded to Je- j
hovah leading to putting him in the j
Sfe| supreme place of authority in the life.
. Abraham's fear which issued in obedi-1
once is the proof of Abraham's faith, i
An James puts it, "Faith without
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Saluda Innocents Taken in to Tune of
Several Hundred Dollars by
Wily Salesman.
Saluda Standard.
Monday afternoon an unknown
stranger came to Saluda and took
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of good Saluda money by a shrewd
and new method?so far as Saltfcla is
concerned. The fishing was good
with him, the suckers falling all over
themselves to bite. First he sold
finger rings for 50 cents each, afterwards,
returning the money paid in
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giving double their money back; then 1
he sold razors for $2.00 each, likewise 1
returning their money. Then he sold i
a number of $1 bills for 50 cents and
$5 bills for $4. ]
When ho had them baited real well ;
and the suckers were falling all over ;
themselves for a chance to take the i
hook and run under a log with it, i
he commenced selling watches at $5
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there was no talk of any refund and
those purchasing went away sadder
a.nd wiser men.
Some of Saluda's staid business
men bit like little school children,
md now if some friencL tries to sell
you a watch and chain that look like
?old, just remember that "All is not
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me unanown stranger was ta^en
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Sample after his little game had been
played, and contributed $50 to the
county's coffers for peddling without
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PASSES SOME RESOLETIONS.
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( A resolution adopted at a union
| Thanksgiving service of negro
churches in Boston on Thursday and
telegraphed to President Wilson, Attorney
General Palmier and Governor
Brough, of Arkansas, implores clefmency
for "the 11 members of our
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Elaine riots, to be executed Friday, j
according 10 press reports."
President Wilson was petitioned to
requevSt Governor Brough to grant reprieves
"pending impartial investigation"
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"to afford time re. inquire into - tin
claim that the convicted men were defending
property and legal rights."
Another resolution requested the
United States senate to- amend the
railroad bill by inserting a clause "to.
abolish that greatest violation of
democracy, the segregation of passengers
for race, as applied to interstate
travel."
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