. The Bible and its . ;hence he knew how these new comers would be at-tacked by his evil neighbors, and to save them he in-vited them to his house. In the night the Sodomitesgathered round his door demanding that the visitorsbe thrust forth to them; and when Lot went out andpleaded with them, they attacked him also. At thatthe angels smote the Sodomites with blindness so theycould not find Lot nor his house, but searched about,furious and helpless. Then the angels in their wrathbade Lot call his relatives together: whatsoever thouhast in the city, bring them out of this place. Lot hast
. The Bible and its . ;hence he knew how these new comers would be at-tacked by his evil neighbors, and to save them he in-vited them to his house. In the night the Sodomitesgathered round his door demanding that the visitorsbe thrust forth to them; and when Lot went out andpleaded with them, they attacked him also. At thatthe angels smote the Sodomites with blindness so theycould not find Lot nor his house, but searched about,furious and helpless. Then the angels in their wrathbade Lot call his relatives together: whatsoever thouhast in the city, bring them out of this place. Lot hastened to warn his married daughters and their husbands; but these laughed at him. So that only his immediate household, consisting of his two unmarried daughters and his wife, prepared to flee with him. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him P/M without the citv. ^(^M. V^l^t pillar of ^alt BY JEAN BAPTISTE COROT, THE FAMOUS FRENCH NATURALISTIC PAINTER, DIED 1875. THE ORIGINAL IS IN THE DURAND RUEL COLLECTION. But his wife looked hack from behind him, andshe became a pillar of salt.—Gen., 19, 2G. THUS Lot escaped from Sodom, even as Noahhad escaped from the earlier destructioncaused by the flood. But unlike Noah, Lotfound that even his own family had grown corruptduring the days of his residence in Sodom. Theyhesitated to obey him; they halted and hung guarding angels had almost to drag them forthfrom their city of pleasure. And it came to pass,when they had brought them forth abroad, that hesaid [God said] escape for thy life; look not behindthee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to themountain, lest thou be consumed. Even as they fled, the Lords destruction fell uponall the plain. Behind them they heard a great stormand the roaring of whirlwinds. And he overthrewthose cities, and all the plain, and
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