. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . ra-ham bade them sit down and rest, and letsome wa-ter be brought that they might wash theirfeet. No one in those days wore such shoes as areworn now. Some went bare-foot, and some worejust a sole tied to the foot with strings, which didnot keep off the dust and dirt as our shoes do. So when one came in from a long walk the firstthing he did was to bathe his feet, as that gave restand ease, and when guests came the bowl wasbrought for their use. Abraham : the Man of Faith. 57 And A-bra-ham broug
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . ra-ham bade them sit down and rest, and letsome wa-ter be brought that they might wash theirfeet. No one in those days wore such shoes as areworn now. Some went bare-foot, and some worejust a sole tied to the foot with strings, which didnot keep off the dust and dirt as our shoes do. So when one came in from a long walk the firstthing he did was to bathe his feet, as that gave restand ease, and when guests came the bowl wasbrought for their use. Abraham : the Man of Faith. 57 And A-bra-ham brought them food to eat, andstood by to wait on them; and when they had hadtheir fill, wentwith them toshow them theway. In thosedays the Lordcame down onthe earth andspoke with men,and it is thoughtthat one of thesethree was theLord, and thetwo with himwere an-gels. And theLord toldA-bra-ham thathe meant to burnSod-om and Go-mor-rah for thesins of thosewho dwelt there. This made A-bra-ham sad, and hesaid there might be a few good men there, and hebegged the Lord to spare the towns for their THE AN-GELS VIS-IT, 58 History of the Old Testament. The Lord said he would do so if ten good mencould be found there. And the Lord left A-bra-ham and he went backto his tent. At the close of the day, Lot sat in thegate of Sod-om and two an-gels came there. And assoon as Lot saw them he rose up to meet them andbowed down with his face to the ground. Then these an-gels told Lot to take out of Sod-om all those who were dear to him, and flee in greathaste, as the Lord meant to set the place on fire. They were told not to look back, but while ontheir way Lots wife turned her head, which was asign that her heart was in Sod-om, and she diedwhere she stood, and turned to salt. But Lot and his two girls reached Zo-ar at dawnof the next day. Then the Lord rained fire on Sod-om and Go-mor-rah, and they were burnt up in fierceflame, with all that lived there, and all that grew outof the ground. In
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