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Excerpt from Discourses on Several Subjects, Vol. 2 But to form a true estimate of Abraham's faith and sub mission, it is necessary to take one circumstance more into the account - the tender scene which passed between the father and son, as they walked together to the place of sacrifice. Isaac, loaded with the wood, seeing the knife and fire in his father's hands, said, Behold, my father, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-o 'ering P God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering, replied the heart-rent father. So much has Moses recorded - The scene he has not described. Feel it every parent must; but what imagination can do justice to the emotions of nature, the agonies of piety, the rendings of affection, which tore the heart of Abra ham whtle he informed his son, that he himsel was the lamb which God had provided for a burnt-offering? We may figure the scene to ourselves, but it cannot be de scribed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."