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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?


Supreme test of his faith


His obedience to God


His righteousness


Supremacy of religious faith


Abraham's defects


The most favored of mortals


The boons he bestowed



JOSEPH.

ISRAEL IN EGYPT.

Early days of Joseph


Envy of his brethren


Sale of Joseph


Its providential results


Fortunes of Joseph in Egypt


The imprisonment of Joseph


Favor with the king


Joseph prime minister


The Shepherd kings


The service of Joseph to the king


Famine in Egypt


Power of Pharaoh


Power of the priests


Character of the priests


Knowledge of the priests


Teachings of the priests


Egyptian gods


Antiquity of sacrifices


Civilization of Egypt


Initiation of Joseph in Egyptian knowledge


Austerity to his brethren


Grief of Jacob


Severity of the famine in Canaan


Jacob allows the departure of Benjamin


Joseph's partiality to Benjamin


His continued austerity to his brethren


Joseph at length reveals himself


The kindness of Pharaoh


Israel in Egypt


Prosperity of the Israelites


Old age of Jacob


His blessing to Joseph's sons


Jacob's predictions


Death of Jacob


Death of Joseph


Character of Joseph


Condition of the Israelites in Egypt


Rameses the Great


Acquisitions of the Israelites in Egypt


Influence of Egyptian civilization on the Israelites



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