Show THE BO BOOK BOA Jt OP OF f ABRAHAM f l lii Ge eu e i h I i fl DER ER Oi oi O 6 i r OI DS J fl P Jl r mt early life Ufe f ita Url Human Hum tJ t The pewees which led bed Abraham to lease Oh Confirmatory J tes I Joshua JOI Josephw fhe book wook of Judith etc eto G 4 the ii J Jt of i Abrahams Abraham's li Ji li ev e v y y td kadd iasa d in in the 0 0 Gea fascia eta m tw t at t l e dw llio pl pI c w f I Ur Hr df 41 the here the thep h married his pia rail rai where also also his brother Bar Har Hard Harand a t d ed erf t After these three ft It is re res c e Terah Torah his father t took ok a ap p of o the and and- moved t liar wh where he dwelt the the thed thed d 4 Y I xio teath huh but tn the cause S St I t at dais icHi to tp Wt re val are u act g yaTh 8 thI chapter apter t Li e a 4 of M t In Lo Abraham braham t tt thee thy and I fr Qa oA toy thy kindred etc ate Oldie Nt the he isone why i sI Q gave aye him that ci e ar hot g ep of ote en hinted at The lik of t h Abra-h Abra- Abra b many int reaU g ta do-ta t L MI this point i to th en hy Mett and nel 11 a the file t details tb i supplied are Insistent with the condition c o 01 f n iQ 14 Egypt and Chaldea d at that tt a Ja Jail f in n litany nany r res respects e ings o 0 d the and sayings o me me liVing U Ti te In later ages it now t bUi- bUi W tai prove Abraham br sta states in in the second rr r W into to which has v f 1 i j that bik fathers had hadIt It Hi fig ff tb tt tear ir r righteousness m the lie holy coil w I l Lord ord their God Clod had Unto U t the wor wor- s 8 pt p dt f tb gods of th the heathens beat ens I th t r d hearts to of of Ute the tIft tb n in ia of up Ui l their ti tiU U th ft dumb In Lu the next 1 sit para para graphiC it it is Written Now o at this ti ae a it was the e custom of the priest riest of Pharaoh Oh b tile e king of Egypt to o fie 0 er OT up the which f had en built In IA d of oi Chaldea tot tH the Be offering Ofte iD unto onto n fa these strange gods i men in n n woman and AXLl L A 1 l l A on onA onA A Abraham tri write g A And rt It came to topa topa pa that the priests laid violence D might slay clay mea me aKo fl II w J a Anti And as Ute the J lifted d up their hands upon me offer oBer me up and take a ay y my nay I ad-I ft lifted d up my rhy m myce fie ce the he L td m my mj y 1 od dud dudL n 1 L I ed and b ara 1 Bd t r ee With's Ja fI t l n of the and Bud the the- angel angel- of f his rese s odd d b bl l hie and me- me my my bands barnds and hl his hie oie was 1 Hi f Al Abraham behold my my Bame is Ie Je Jehovah l-e- l leho Jeh hovah ho h and I f have heard h rd ghee and fh have e come come down tb to deliver d er kee and nd t to t take take- thee thee- they wAy a fore thy LOTTIE J I 1 i Al Mj honse e all al thy kinsfolk t onto Into 1 to a land that tb v t riot not of this be- be bee e canoe ve t d awe godf front e the god t f Ik J h and ef of L nd of Mid fi c eb and the g god K a aAd the he god ot Pha- Pha I t hf If g 0 i Y ht I am co d wn to- to tob he b nt J and and to toi i him Who rho tiM bat M up his i hand band against fi th ib the A t ham my mys s nw sin do take taJ tate away by liro Jj Te re the truthfulness of the al above ve m t we ought to be bb to aM Hlo to bring testimony le in far fa- far fa vi bt r four 0 I 1 hJ b was was d in h Egypt EI t a nd pt in A s 8 day d y t tJ J n ld That t M braham hA s facers w hat at he he j pet pet- pe J 4 f feu llA W C P 11 lie be pp t r ld w U y That Go rp bat Abra-bat ira ira- ra- ra ha bae to leave ve et b bi his I r rs r's house bad bw turned their hearts away away om 6 Him Jt m toot to wor wor- worship ship chip of goda If the above points point ean can be plOVeR el by ether testimony than that of the Bo Book BoolE of ol we strong streng evidence evidence- iden tb the to tl re record re- re record record cord is correct corr et this this and Jd J Jve d ve eve ve have haye taken a very verN de de decided ci Jed step tep p r a l t the e 1 e jU y of f l the th e en Work Foys JG eft tt ij is 18 very vary improbable flay aJ al aJ absurd urd to imagine Jo lain his Js limited range of p Dt historical know know- ledge knowledge pouf J pv v produced a work pt pf that would be e work d- d caily correct ad wor work been I a a forgery J Jt t that at is had h At fi tb t th Joseph the probabilities are a el g that he would a have e el rhade le l e sods some blunders lunder w which h could could lv have ye been n de- de dete de detected te tea 4 a aad II d tire 0 e JQ p u a affa I from rom eg g t proven a ti u of JI b JM he 8 we a av ve b show to 8 OW tb t tahani I sacr wre pre ered i of t b heathen i f ay ore e pj ar- ar arly ly 1 In lIlt j eP Pe asks it A was as fc P ll Rf Rf r rk r who j i 09 op wr l tire mentioned d bY the m I I o we tTO all make beb- beb one gestation as asi asi i E so 80 jai other hJ h tori n ancient tI nt and modern as al his bla au authorities that babke to Hi quoting it we call upon them to become becom our also aMo It Is to takes Irom IIIi III J ph andi andis as follows It is den evi-den vl- vl d n from Ian oho gl 10 hi- hi to Plutarch and aDd Porphyry ty that t such ch human sacrifices Were m re ff quent g both in u and Eg Egand and t that t lp long g aft after r the days d ys oJ of Abraham Ks I Sir John Ma ia bam a 4 d Bishop have hav fully piOT d nays thain that in other ther ther ply DOtin oV Egypt pt thi thie C purpose m ce continued eo coat d long lon after B ba- ba We nj m ay here bel draw hAW attention att to the statement sta fit that this tbt cruel practice tice t did pot not in Egypt after Abt day cray owing w doubt not DOt in after ter b her bOWn b WD to the g t til h en that t that t pain arch j In life Ille with Pha- Pha Pharaoh ancl a jf bJ in tn favor of a amere amore amere more mere peR WY pf t serving b heaven aven r b t Abrahams Abraham's Abrahams Abraham's fth fattier r W were dolt though the book of I Geoe Genesis ear carries no such sach inferences as alao lee t Abraham was com y J Jehovah to leave his hie fathers father's ss s because of thin this icola- icola idolatry try fa bl the extracts extracts We tutu turn to 0 the the b the book b k of J Judith odith of the t Apocrypha Chaps v venes 6 to 9 n it i Is b fibre r presented that when the in i boats bosts ot of the King of Niney h were er approaching the land landof of Is 1 th commanding general ge made some enquiries iries with regard to the be hist tt of of its people Then the captain c pi q of vail ail the SODS cons of Ammon Am t tf In f ii answer ta to his inquiries lee fee replied di i This i people are tue des descended des des- es- es 4 of 91 the DI and they heretofore W Me Pia be because th tIey y-wo y woo la lanot not follow t the e gp pf of t their er fathers fa lI rs which were the d tuft left l t the Way of of th r and worshipped the God Goa of heaven heaveD the w so O they cast ct th them JP out from frona f om the face fa of their gods gos s and t they fl ed d into bito Mesopotamia mia m and sojourned r l d th there there e many days da f From From the the- above it is i i very evi- evi evident evi evident dent that the facts relating to the c call of Abraham ham were sot Mot only well known to tp the Hebrews but buc t to the people of ot the surrounding na nl na- na nations nations also ateo As was WM one in high among the sons of Ammo J his hie worde under the he peculiar circumstances es in which tb they Were uttered ted would w carry great weight and if it unauthorized Ii t with severe criticism an and p S contradiction u on But th JolI lOB oa is la et bet at rest by the Words of a 8 greater than Joshua the tile valiant God God- fe fearing ri Jeader eadel of Israel Ieri t shortly before t gathered the pee pee- pepI pI pie t her herY li a e d in their f j it Y eaf tige p the tU tl Lori had dofie fo fo them It ItIs ItIs Itis Is writt tat t tf Jo shua aid gaId alt aU me people Tl s eaith aith th the ford nord God of T Israel rael Your fathers dw dwelt ott on the he other eida kie of the II d in f MI 01 time erio Mi tit th father of Abraham A aM the 1 th r of of- bot r other God And I took t year lath father Abrat iW from rein tt tam Other side elde of the dria Mm MIr all 11 th tl nd d of u ad multi multi- awn No Now t they fote fear t the hA Lord did and erve him in if tW and and- iB in triM andr and u t aWay away the gods K which r f 1 a erea on 00 the tibe Other diber side ride of f the flood and aDd i t nt serve ye 18 the Lord And if it seem evil unto yo you yon to serve the Lord choose ye this day whom ye will serve whether the your fathers served that were ids n the other side of the flood on 01 gada of the in whose lend ye dwell but as for me and J lY house bouse we will win serve the Lord Further evidence than this thia we deem f as here we have havethe event the end of all controversy even t o e word of th the Lord on the matr mat mat- r We We cannot prove directly from t e writings writing of any authors at our aI that an atte attempt l t was made to tb take Abrahams Abraham's life fife for righteous righteous- righteousness righteous righteous-Bess ness Bess sake but we can show from t the ie e Antiquities of ot Josephus that lie e was wee maltreated for that cause his bis historian after referring to the 4 doctrines j taU taught ht by Abrah Abraham re- re re reding ding God writes for 2 for W ich when heit the he un ad other people of f Mesa Meso p a tumult against bi hits hite he be bet t ou t fit to leave that tha country d at a the c and nd and by the as u assistance as- as ass s ance nee or of God lod he came he-came came and nd lived i the landof 8 u U chap iii Ott if t Joshua J eb p Ate T v 2 eO t 1 tJ t Joshua JOI US clan v T 1415 To lb be 6 continued I |