ISAAC AND REBECCA.


 REBECCA'S mother and brother said, Wilt thou go
with this man ?" She answered, I will go." They sent
with her a woman named Deborah, who had always
waited on her and used to be her nurse when she was a
child, and also some other maid-servants, and they quickly
made all things ready for the journey.
 With kisses and blessings and parting prayers, per-
haps with tears, they bade Rebecca good-by, for the
daughter and sister was leaving her old home, and her
father's care, and her mother's watchful eye to go to a
new, strange home. She was going to be the wife of a
man she had never seen; but he was a servant of God,
and it seemed as if God had called her to go, and she was
willing. They all stood ready before the tent; the camels
knelt, Rebecca was lifted to the cushioned seat where
she was to ride, Deborah and Eliezer were near to Re-
becca, and so they all started on their way.
 It was a long journey over hills and plains, and
through some groves of great oak-trees. The sun had
set on the last day, and shadows of evening gathered,
when Eliezer told Rebecca they were almost there, and