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Literature
Davidson, A. B., The Called of God (1902), 61.
Dods, M., The Book of Genesis (Expositor's Bible) (1888), 81.
Dykes, J. O., Abraham, the Friend of God (1883).
Lightfoot, J. B., Sermons on Special Occasions (1891), 38.
Maurice, F. D., The Patriarchs and Lawgivers of the Old Testament (1892), 77, 83.
Meyer, F. B., Abraham, or the Obedience of Faith.
Orchard, W. E., The Evolution of Old Testament Religion (1908), 31.
Robertson, F. W., Sermons, iii. (1876), 77.
Stanley, A. P., Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church, i. (1899) 1.
Whyte, A., Bible Characters: Adam to Achan (1896), 116.
No human name can vie with Abraham's for the widespread reverence which it has evoked among all races and throughout all time. The pious Jew looked forward to reposing after death in the bosom of Father Abraham. The fact of descent from him was counted by thousands sufficient to secure them a passport into heaven. Apostles so opposite as Paul and James united in commending his example to the imitation of primitive Christians, in an age which had seen the Lord Jesus Himself. The mediæval Church canonized Abraham alone among Old Testament worthies, by no decree, but by popular consent. Devout Muhammadans reverence his name as second only to that of their prophet. What was the secret of this widespread renown? It is not because he headed one of the greatest movements of the human family; nor yet because he evinced manly and intellectual vigour; nor because he possessed vast wealth. It is the remarkable nobility of his religious life that has made him the object of veneration to all generations of mankind.