The Bible and its story.. (1908) (14576508228)

Identifier: bibleitsstory58horn (find matches) Title: The Bible and its story.. Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed Subjects: Bible Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: rn. She was ahundred and seven and twenty when she diedat Hebron or Mamre, perhaps beneath the shadeof Abrahams old oak. Her husband, who had appar-ently been away in the southland with his flocks,came to mourn for her. He was still a wanderingstranger in this land of Canaan, possessed of no set-tled home. So from the friendly people of Hebronhe purchased land enough for a burial place for himand his family, to belong to his heirs forever. Hispurchase was a single field containing a little groveor orchard surrounding a cave, the cave of Machpelah.This was all the ground that Abraham ever person-ally owned in the land which the Lord had promisedshould belong wholly to his descendants. Here in sadness and solemnity was Sarah buried;and the cave is shown us to this day. The Mahome-tan possessors of the Holy Land have built a mosqueabove it, treasuring the spot as one of their mostsacred shrines. Very few Christians are now per-mitted, as a special honor, to peer into the gloomysepulchre. Text Appearing After Image: 3Cf)e appointeb Wilt FROM THE LANDSCAPE SERIES BY SCHIRMER. Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and thedaughters of the men of the city come out to drawwater.—Gen., ^4> 1^- ARAH was dead, and Abraham himself wasgrown very feeble. He wished, before he toopassed away, to see Isaac wedded. Yet hefeared that if Isaac chose a woman of the Canaanites,the young man might be led astray by her from theworship of the true God. Therefore Abraham senthis head servant or steward, Eliezer, back to Haran,in Syria, the city where Abraham and his brother hadseparated in their wanderings. He knew that hisbrother had prospered, and hoped that among hisbrothers descendants the Lord might point out afitting and religious mate for Isaac. So Eliezer made the long and weary journey toHaran. At length, toward the close of the last ex-hausting day of travel, he reached the outskirts of thecity, where he seated himself with his tired camelsand attendants by a well-side. He knew not howto go about hi Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.