Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 - Jewish Heroes and Prophets

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Beacon Lights of History, Volume II, by John Lord This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume II Author: John Lord Release Date: December 16, 2003 [eBook #10478] Language: English Character set encoding: iso-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME II*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team LORD'S LECTURES BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY. BY JOHN LORD, LL.D. AUTHOR OF "THE OLD ROMAN WORLD," "MODERN EUROPE," ETC., ETC. VOLUME II. JEWISH HEROES AND PROPHETS. CONTENTS. ABRAHAM. RELIGIOUS FAITH. Abraham the spiritual father of nations General forgetfulness of God when Abraham arose Civilization in his age Ancestors of Abram His settlement in Haran His moral courage The call of Abram His migrations The Canaanites Abram in Egypt Separation between Abram and Lot Melchizedek Abram covenants with God The mission of the Hebrews The faith of Abram Its peculiarities Trials of faith God's covenant with Abram The sacrifice of Isaac Paternal rights among Oriental nations Universality of sacrifice Had Abram a right to sacrifice Isaac?