that one portion of the race should be doomed to servitude; and that
portion, as we shall see further on, are from those of heathenish de-
gradation and devil-worship.
    What is claimed from Noah's prophesy is that this purpose of
God revealed at the very origin of the present human race furnishes
a clue to the interpretation of the subsequent revelations of His will
both in His Word and in the history of His providence as revealed
in His Holy Word. And then in Genesis 12: 16 we find these
words: "And he (Pharoah) entreated Abram well for her (Sarah's)
sake, and he (Abram) had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-
servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels." So this
Abraham, a large slave-owner, was chosen by Jehovah for the earth-
ly head of his Church, and God made a covenant with this slave-
owner. In the 20: 14, "Abimeleck took sheep and oxen, and men-
servants, and women-servants and gave them unto Abraham." We
find in the 14: 14: "And when Abraham heard that his brother
was taken captive he armed his trained servants born in his own
house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan."
Then again read in the 24: 34, 35: "And he said, I am Abraham's
servant, and the Lord hath blessed my master greatly and he has
become great, and He hath given him flocks and herds and silver
and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and
asses." And if you will read all of this chapter you can but be
convinced, if you are not already, that Abraham, this greatly favor-
ed man of God, was a large slave-owner. It is just as true of Job,
as we see from Job 1: 15, 16, 17. "And the Sabeans fell upon them
and took them away; yea they have slain the servants with the edge
of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee" While he
was yet speaking there came also another and said, "the fire of God is
fallen from Heaven and hath burned up the sheep and servants and
consumed them, and I only am escaped alone to tell thee." While yet
speaking there came another also, and said, "The Chaldeans made
out three bands and fell upon the camels and have carried them away,
yea, and slain the servants with the edge of his sword, and I only
am escaped alone to tell thee." And then when Job was in the depths
of his afflictions, see the 31: 13: "If I did despise the cause of my
man-servant or maid-servant when they contended with me." With-
out producing any further testimony there can be no more doubt of
Job's having been an extensive slave-owner than there is of Abra-
ham; and after Job's affliction when he returned again to prosperity
and affluence he owned more slaves than he had owned before, as
see 42: 10. "And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he



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