57710: The Parable Of The Old Man And The Young

<p dir="ltr"> So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,<br> And took the fire with him, and a knife.<br> And as they sojourned both of them together,<br> Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,<br> Behold the preparations, fire and iron,<br> But where the lamb, for this burnt-offering?<br> Then Arbam bound the youth with belts and straps,<br> And builded parapets and trenches there<br> And strach�d forth the knife to slay his son.<br> When lo! and Angel called him out of heaven,<br> Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,<br> Neither do anything to him, thy son.<br> Behold! Caught in a thicket by its horns,<br> A Ram. Offer the Ram of Pride instead.<br> But the old man would not so, but slew his son,<br> And half the seed of Europe, one by one.</p>