Abraham (1)

In the centuries preceding the call of Abraham, the Lord, so it was pointed out in our previous essay, had been engaged in working in His people by means of the events which He had caused to transpire, that aptitude of mind and heart necessitated by a more distinct reve­lation of the scheme of redemption. The proper suscept­ibility having been worked, the Lord directs a call to the aforesaid patriarch to the effect that He get him out of his country, and from his kindred, and from his father's...