30 WHERE IS THE LAMIB.'

kill a lamb or a goat and lay it on the wood, and then
burn it all together before God.
 Isaac had been wondering what they were going for.
See how he looks in his father's face. Father," he says,
" here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for
a burnt offering ?" Do you see Abraham's finger pointing
to heaven as he answers, My son, God will provide him-
self a lamb."
 They went on to the place; Abraham took the wood
and put it in order in a square pile; then he took hold of
Isaac's hands and tied them together; he lifted him up
and laid /iim upon the altar. Then Isaac knew what it
meant. God had told Abraham to offer up his son; he,
that dearly loved son, was to be the burnt offering!
 It must have been with an aching heart that Abra-
ham had taken every step of that journey, but he believed
God knew best, and that He could even raise Isaac to life
again if He chose.
 Abraham, Abraham! lay not thy hand upon thy
son; now I know that thou fearest God." How well
Abraham knew the voice that had so often spoken to him
before. The sharp knife only cut the bands that bound
the boy, he sprang from the altar and stood by his father's
side. They heard a rustling in the low bushes, and lo! a
a ram was caught there by his horns. Abraham took the
ram and offered it up instead of his son. Was not that
happy worship for both father and child ?