It used to make him terribly
sick, but he was too much of a coward not to do it. Some boys take up
smoking and drinking and swearing for the same reason. Any boy who does
that sort of thing is a coward.
ABRAHAM'S GUEST
You have all heard of Abraham, who went out from his home in Ur of the
Chaldees to find God. And you remember how he dwelt in tents, and had
hundreds of cattle. And you know how good he was to his nephew, Lot.
There is a story told about Abraham which you will not find in the
Bible. Abraham received into his tent one day an aged traveler. After he
had invited the traveler to dine with him at his sunset meal, Abraham
went out to offer up his evening sacrifice to God. But the traveler
would not join him in prayer and thanksgiving. Abraham was angry because
of the old man's lack of religion, and drove him from his tent.
Later in the evening the angel of the Lord appeared to Abraham and asked
him why he had driven out the old man. Abraham replied:
"Lord, he refused to acknowledge Thee!"
The Lord replied: "What! I have borne with this old man for eighty
years, and you could not bear with him for two days!" After that, so the
story goes, Abraham helped everyone who came along, no matter what his
religious belief might be.
That is a good story for boys and girls to remember when they feel that
they cannot forgive someone who has done them a wrong.
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