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17 out of the ground the stones, or the bricks, or whatever other material these nations wrote on (for they had not paper as we have), and translates the writing for us, we often have to rub our heads before we can make out what is meant. These nations seem to have loved to speak of themselves in such a high-flown, pompous way that we can hardly understand at times what they wrote, even when turned into English. This is not so with the Jews. Their early history is clearly written, and they are the only ancient people of whom this can be said. If you will open your Bibles to the twenty-fourth chapter of Genesis, in which we are told of the meeting of Isaac and Rebekah, you will know what I mean by clear and simple writing. It is a beautiful story, and how sweetly told! I have always loved Isaac. He seems so gentle. We never speak of Isaac without thinking of his father, Abraham, and his son, Jacob. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; how

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