Fsaac.

THE name is a very well chosen one. It means laughter, and tells of the joy with
which the boy was welcomed: at his birth by his father and mother. No wonder they
were glad.

There is always rejoicing when a child is born into the world. Parents are glad that
God has given them another little baby, and relations and friends come and speak their
ood wishes. . .

But there was special cause for joy when Isaac was born. His parents Abram and

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Sarai had no child, and they had long ceased to hope God would give them one, for
they were both old and stricken in years—Abram was 100 years old.

We can imagine then, can we not, how great their joy must have been when God’s
promise that they should have a son came true and a little boy was given to them. What
name could be so fitting as Isaac or Laughter to call him by in the greatness of their
happiness. We are not surprised when God’s messenger told them that God would

' give them a child that they both of them laughed, Abram with joy because he believed it,

and Sarai with amusement because it seemed too good to be true. And now their hearts
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