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which is symbolized by all the relatives of nature.” What a home Samuel Mills came from. His mother declared she, had consecrated him, while yet unborn, to the service of God as a missionary. As a result not only came the great Mis sionary Board, but/the American Bible Society, United Foreign Missionary Society and African School. A great impulse was also given to all Domestic Missions, to the Colonization Society, and the general cause of benevolences on both Hemispheres. Such homes are the result of right unions and then their output is rivers of blessing. The Scripture selection on this les son is so incomplete that it is impossi ble to treat the strong points of this beautiful story by the usual verse. method. We are there- COMMENT fore giving a summary FROM MANY of the twenty-fourth SOURCES chapter as given by Dr. I. M. Haldeman in his splendid book “ How to Study the Bible,” a book that every Bible student would do well to read. (Biola Book Room, $1). Abraham is a type of God, the Father. Abraham,has in his house an elder servant who is the administrator of _all that he has. The name of this servant is Eliezer, which signified “ the help of the Lord.” As Abraham’s help, he was Abraham’s energy and manifest ing power. The help, the energy, the executive power of the Godhead is the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor. 12:11. Eliezer is strictly a type of the Holy Spirit. Abraham enters into solemn coven ant with Eliezer (v. 2-3). As they set forth the Father and the Spirit, it is a type of a covenant between the Father and the Spirit, in the realm and region of the Godhead. Eliezer covenants to go forth and seek a wife for the Father’s son. (v.9). The Spirit, as one of the divine persons
This was not the case with Isaac and Rebekah. Theii* union was more like the poet wrote: “ The world well tried, the sweetest thing in life, Is the unclouded welcome of a wife.” —Willis. In these days of so much lightness regarding marriage, it is well to remem ber the words of Wm. Penn, “ Never marry but for love, but see that thou lovest what is lovely.” “ Oh, how many torrents lie in the small circle of a wed ding ring.” “ Matrimony is the high sea for which no compass has yet been Invented.” Only the compass of a sur rendered will to the will of God. “ For wedlocks a savage, sad, famil iar state, Where folks are very apt to scold or hate.” / The Italians have a proverb “ In buy ing houses and taking a wife, shut your eyes and commend yourself to God.” A Happy Home. Southy said, “ A man may be cheerful and contented in celi bacy, but I do not think he can ever be happy, it is an unnatural state, and the best feelings of his nature are never called into action.’V “ Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason', and indeed all the sweets of life.” Addison. A Union Of The Greatest Service. What is a greater blessing than a home where love reigns? Would that Rebe- kah’S deceit had never entered Isaac’s home. It cost the loss of their Jacob for twenty-one years. Mr. Chapin has said, “ It is a mis take to consider marriage merely as a scheme of happiness. It is a bond of service. It is the most ancient form of social ministration which God has ordained for all human beings, and
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