Hagar and Ishmael

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I suppose most of my readers have read of Hagar and Ishmael (Gen. 21:12-2112And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. 19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. (Genesis 21:12‑21)), or at least have heard about them in the Sunday school. There are different lessons for us in this case, but there is only one I want to bring before you, and that is in connection with how God watched over them, supplied their needs, and purposed that a ration would come from Ishmael, which i.ere called Ishmaelites.
It is good for us ever to remember that God is in everything, and He. is and will work out His wise purposes, and the end is ever with blessing. You may find many difficulties arise in your circumstances, even when you are quite young, but may you remember how God undertook for these two. There is a verse of Scripture in the New Testament that I want you to learn by heart,
Why should I ever careful be,
Since such a God is mine?
He watches o’er rue night and day,
And tells me, “Thou art Mine.”
ML 08/23/1942