Excerpt from The Centennial Memorial: A Record of the Proceedings on the Occasion of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the A. R. Presbyterian Church, of Little Britain, N. Y The biblical student, however mentally phlegmatic, finds his tender est sympathies enlisted in the story of the patriarch Abraham, as he journeys in obedience to the divine command, with Isaac, to the summit of the mount, there to offer him in sacrifice; or, if he turns to the eventful life of Joseph, cast into a pit in the wilderness by his brethren whom he visited upon an errand of mercy - taken from the pit, sold into captivity, thrown into prison and forgotten there; or, if he peruses the history of Job, when visited with loss of property. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.