...And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even...to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." I do not read further, because we are already acquainted with the main facts that follow. I refer to...

...And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the' plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even...and eastward, and westward : for all the land which Hfcui seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." I do not read further, because we are...

...of the promise after Lot's separation from him (Gen. xiii. 14,15):"And the Lord said unto Abraham, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now...thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." And again, ch. xvii. 7, 8 (on the occasion of the changing of his name from " Abram" to " Abraham," ie...

...call. In the next chapter we find that when Lot had separated from him, the Lord said unto Abram " Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where...seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever Arise, walk through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto...

...so doing ; for the Lord appeared unto Abram, -who had made so munificent a sacrifice, and said unto him, " Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place...land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever." Abram had given up his temporal right, and God repeats to him the pledge of an...

...so doing ; for the Lord appeared unto Abram, who had made so munificent a sacrifice, and said unto him, " Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place...land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever." Abram had given up his temporal right, and God repeats to him the pledge of an...

...Christ, all things are yours. Like Abraham on the mount, you may then hear the Divine voice say to you, "Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where...the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it for ever." 28 Then endeavour to fix it in your mind that the value of Time is so very great that it...

...zone, and is bounded by the two great oceans of the world. Our grant is like that of the patriarch : "Lift up, now, thine eyes, and look from the place...land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever." Flying from intolerance and persecution for the religious and political opinions...

...from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee." — Gen. xii. 1. " And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated...northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward." — Gen. xiii. 14. " After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear...

...thee, and curse them that curse thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. . . . Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where...And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. . . . Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them ; and He said unto...