...Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, my father : and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering." What force is there in this tender address and this simple question of Isaac ! " The heart alone can...

...simplicity and affectionate tenderness, stands unrivalled and alone. " My father! here am I my son; behold the fire and the wood ! but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering ? My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering!" What mutual kindness ! What meekness...

...Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, my father: and he said , here lam my son . And he said, behold the fire and the wood ; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? " Has another mortal dramatist ever represented a parent in a situation more truly...

...took the fire in his hand, and a knife. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father, behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering. And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an altar there,...

...a knife; and thus they both proceeded. Isaac, now seeing him intent on sacrifice, said, "My father, behold the fire and the wood,' but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering ?" Had the heart of Abraham been made of flint, possibly he might have borne this; but when we consider...

...father, and said, " My father :" and he said, " Here '• am I, my son." And he said, " Be" hold the fire and the wood : but where " is the lamb for a burnt-offering ?" And Abraham said, " My son, (g) God " will provide himself (h) a lamb for a " burnt-offering :" so they went both of them together....

...old age. It mast have been trying to his feelings, when Isaac, in the simplicity of his soul, said, " Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ?" How pious the answer of the venerable father ! " My son, God will provide himself...

...the lad, asked in the simplicity of bis heart, without knowing that he himself was to be the victim, Behold the fire and the wood ; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ? — This would seem to be more than human nature could bear. But the shock which it...

...the lad, asked in the simplicity of his heart, without knowing that he himself was to be the victim, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ? — This would seem to be more than human nature could bear. But tne shock which it...

...all those preparations made, and no proper animal near, asks this pertinent question, " My father, behold the fire and the wood ; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" Sure, this endearing speech, which discovered such a knowledge of religion, and such...