An archer bold in heart and hand, 3. Six sons, whose mother was Keturah. Know ye the names of the sons of Keturah? Zimran and Jokshan, Ishbak and Shuah, Madan and Midian-all chiefs in their stations, The lords of the desert, and fathers of nations. CAVE OF MACHPELAH. Abraham, though he owned no land in Canaan, was regarded as a great and honorable man, a ruler, and a prince. He had three hundred and eighteen men-servants fit to bear arms; and these with their families, and his numerous flocks and herds, formed a large en Sepulchre, hewn from a rock. campment. He dwelt many years on the plain of Mamre, at Hebron, and this appears to have been his favorite place of abode. It is supposed that his tent was placed within the shadow of a large and noted tree, of the turpentine species; for the word Mamre, Gen. 13:8, signifies the terebinth, or turpentine-tree. When Sarah died, Abraham bought the field of Machpelah, which was near his encampment. at Hebron, for a burial place. In this field was a cave, or sepulchre, hewn in the rock, in which Sarah was buried. Sarah is the only woman whose age is mentioned in Scripture. How old was she, and where did she die? What six persons were, in the course of time, laid in the sepulchre of Machpelah? GEN. 49:31 and 50: 13. JOURNEY OF ABRAHAM'S SERVANT. The wife of Isaac must be a woman of his own kindred, and not a daughter of Canaan. The Canaanites were all idolaters. Abraham therefore sends forth the oldest servant of his house with costly presents, and a train of ten camels, many days' journey eastward, into Chaldea, his native country, to the residence of his brother Nahor, to propose the marriage of Isaac with one of the daughters of his family. He arrives at the place towards evening, and reposing himself by a well of water, a little without the city, offers a silent prayer to God that the damsel, whom the divine counsels have appointed to be the wife of Isaac, may come forth with her pitcher, and draw water for the refreshment of himself and his camels. God by his providence accomplished the desire of the servant. Even while he was yet speaking in his heart, a young maiden named Rebekah came forth to draw water from the well. The circumstances of the interview corresponded exactly to the faithful servant's petition. This is a remarkable instance of an immediate and circumstantial answer to prayer. It is also a beautiful illustration of the doctrine of a special providence. Who was Rebekah? She was the daughter of Bethuel, one of the sons of Nahor. Her mother was Milcah, and her brother, Laban. Isaac and Bethuel were cousins-german. Rebekah shows great courage and decision of character. She is asked to leave her own people and her father's house, to go with strangers to a far country, which is to be her future home, and where she is to enter into new relations, in an unknown family. Yet without hesitation she says, "I will go." With suitable attendants she went forth under the care of |