_And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife_ FORESTALLING GOD’S APPOINTED TIME I. THIS MAY BE THE TEMPTATION OF THOSE WHO YET HAVE FAITH IN GOD. II. SUCH A COURSE APPEARS TO HAVE... [ Continue Reading ]
_When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyed_ THE EVILS OF ABOLISHING SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS I. THOSE WHO ARE SUDDENLY RAISED IN THE SOCIAL SCALE ARE TEMPTED TO PRIDE AND INSOLENCE. II. THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE ABOLISHING OF SUCH DISTINCTIONS ARE THE FIRST TO C... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou?_ PROVIDENCE AND THE OUTCAST I. PROVIDENCE FINDS THE OUTCAST AND MISERABLE. 1. There are occasions in human life when the providence of God specially manifests itself. 2. Providence finds us for a purpose of mercy. 3. Providence is minute in its care and... [ Continue Reading ]
_He will be a wild man_ THE NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE ARABS FORETOLD I. THESE WORDS CONTAIN NOT A MERE CONTINGENT PROMISE, BUT A SPECIFIC PREDICTION OF FUTURE EVENTS. A bare announcement of what would be the physical, moral, and social condition of the person or persons to whom the passage refers.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou God seest me_ THE RETROSPECT OF A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE Hagar had heard the voice of the Lord, and had distinct evidence of His providential care and regard. I. THAT IT IS A REVELATION OF GOD. “She called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me.” The doctrine of a general P... [ Continue Reading ]