hings in that city. It might have been possible,-who knows?-that if Abraham had entreated God once more, and asked Him to spare the city if even one righWhat a remarkable story is that of Abraham’s standing before God repeating his intercessions for the wicked city of Sodom, the home of his nephew Lot, doomed by God’s decision to destroy it! Sodom’s fate was for a while stayed by Abraham’s praying, and was almost entirely relieved by the humility and insistence of the praying of this man who believed strongly in prayer and who knew how to pray. No other recourse was opened to Abraham to save Sodom but prayer.

Perhaps the failure to ultimately rescue Sodom from her doom of destruction was due to Abraham’s optimistic view of the spiritual condition of things in that city. It might have been possible,-who knows?-that if Abraham had entreated God once more, and asked Him to spare the city if even one right

omed by God’s decision to destroy it! Sodom’s fate was for a while stayed by Abraham’s praying, and was almost entirely relieved by the humility and insistence of the praying of this man who believed strongly in prayer and who knew how to pray. No other recourse was opened to Abraham to save Sodom but prayer.

Perhaps the failure to ultimately rescue Sodom from her doom of destruction was due to Abraham’s optimistic view of the spiritual condition of things in that city. It might have been possible,-who knows?-that if Abraham had entreated God once more, and asked Him to spare the city if even one righ

tence of the praying of this man who believed strongly in prayer and who knew how to pray. No other recourse was opened to Abraham to save Sodom but prayer.

Perhaps the failure to ultimately rescue Sodom from her doom of destruction was due to Abraham’s optimistic view of the spiritual condition of things in that city. It might have been possible,-who knows?-that if Abraham had entreated God once more, and asked Him to spare the city if even one righ

er.

Perhaps the failure to ultimately rescue Sodom from her doom of destruction was due to Abraham’s optimistic view of the spiritual condition of things in that city. It might have been possible,-who knows?-that if Abraham had entreated God once more, and asked Him to spare the city if even one righ

hings in that city. It might have been possible,-who knows?-that if Abraham had entreated God once more, and asked Him to spare the city if even one righteous man was found there, for Lot’s sake, He might have heeded Abraham’s request.

Note another instance in the life of Abraham as showing how he was a man of prayer and had power with God. Abraham had journeyed to and was staying awhile in Gerar. Fearing that Abimelech might kill him and take Sarah his wife to his own lustful uses, he deceived Abimelech by claiming that Sarah was his sister.

God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and warned him not to touch Sarah, telling him that she was the wife of Abraham, and not his sister. Then He said unto Abimelech, “Now restore therefore the man his wife;