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Show HE THAT HATH EARS, LET HIM HEAR. Continued. Now. the Lord God caused the famine to wax sore in the land of Ur, insomuch that Haran, my brother, bro-ther, died, but Terah, my father, yet lived in the land of Ur, of the1 Chaldees. And it came to pass that I, Abraham, tookSarai to wife andNehor, my brother, took Milcah v to wife, who were the daughters or Haran. Now the Lord had said unto me, Abraham, get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. Therefore I left the land of Ur, of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and I took Lot, my brother's broth-er's son and his wife, and Saraimy wife, and also my father followed after me, unto the land which we denominated Haran. And the famine abated; and my father tarried tar-ried in Haran and dwelt there, as thore were many flocks in Haran; and my father turned again unto bMbbbbHbbbbbLbHIbbHhbIbbbSbbI his idolatry, thereforo he continued in Haran. But I, Abraham, and Lot, my brother's son, prayed unto the Lord and the Lord appeared unto me, and said unto me, arise, and take Lot with thee, for I have purposed to beo,r my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy- seed after thee for an everlasting possession, posses-sion, when they hearken to my voice. For I am the Lord thy God ; I dwell in heaven, the earth is my footstool; I stretch my hand over the sea, and it obeys my voice; I cause the wind and the fire to be my chariot; I say to the mountains depart hence, and behold they are taken away by a whirlwind, in an instant, suddenly. My name is Jehovah, and I know the end from the beginning, therefore my hand shall be over thee, and li will make. of thee a great nation, and I will" bless thee above measure, and make, thy name great among all nations, and thou shalt be a blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear this ministry and priesthood unto all nations, and I will bless them through thy name ; for as many as receive this Gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed, and shall rise up and bless thee, as their father; and I will bless them thafc bless thee, and curse them that curse thee." The Magian religion will be commenced com-menced in our next. |