. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . as she raised hereyes she saw a well of wa-ter, and she ran to it andgave her son a drink and he was soon strong andwell once more. And God was kind to Ish-ma-el, and he grew,and made his home in the woods, and came to havegreat skill with the bow. Now it was Gods wish to try the faith of A-bra-ham to him. And he told him to take his son, I-saac, and goto the land of Mo-riah, and lay him on the al-tar hewas to build on one of the mounts there. It wasnot a hard task to kill a lamb, and to burn it
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . as she raised hereyes she saw a well of wa-ter, and she ran to it andgave her son a drink and he was soon strong andwell once more. And God was kind to Ish-ma-el, and he grew,and made his home in the woods, and came to havegreat skill with the bow. Now it was Gods wish to try the faith of A-bra-ham to him. And he told him to take his son, I-saac, and goto the land of Mo-riah, and lay him on the al-tar hewas to build on one of the mounts there. It wasnot a hard task to kill a lamb, and to burn it so thatthe smoke of it should rise up to God, like praisefrom the hearts of men. But how could A-bra-hamtake his own dear son, I-saac, and lay him on thewood, and let him be burnt up like a lamb ? Yet God told him to do it, and A-bra-ham knewthat it was safe for him to do as God said. So he rose the next day and took two of hisyoung men with him, and I-saac his son, and cut thewood the right length, and set out for the mount ofwhich God had told him. And as they drew near the place he took the. 62 History of the Old Testament. wood from the ass and laid it on I-saacs back, andtook the fire in his hand and a knife, and the twowent up the mount. Now I-saac did not know what the Lord hadtold A-braham to do, nor why his fa-ther took himup to the mount. And he said, Here is the fire andthe wood, but where is the lamb? And A-bra-ham said, My son, God will give usthe lamb we need. And when they came to the place, A-bra-hampiled up the stones and put the wood on them, andbound I-saac and laid him on the wood. Then he drew forth the knife to kill his just then a voice from the sky cried out, A-bra-ham ! A-bra-ham! And A-bra-ham said, Here am I. And the Lord told him to do no harm to I-saac,for now he knew that A-bra-ham loved him, since hewould not spare his own dear son if it was Godswish that he should give him up. And as A-bra-ham turned his head he saw a ramthat was caught
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