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's

Hosp i' ality

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gladly and loyally, can not wait for duties to seek him out, nor discharge only those obligations imposed upon him by He must be fully conscious of that the ties of kinship. which, we have learned, Judaism teaches, relationship, larger And he must children of God. all the of the brotherhood

be eager to perform

all

the duties of this larger brotherhood,

Abraham's Oak to

fellowmen

serve his

in

at

Mamre

every w^ay possible.

Not only

must he discharge those duties which seek him out, but he

must himself search out all possible forms of service, and when he finds them he must run eagerly to meet them.

Whoever can God.

How

One

not stand this

did

Abraham

test,

can be no true servant of

stand this test?

day, while sitting at the door of his tent,

Abraham

saw three strangers coming towards him, dusty and footsore. It was just at noon, when the sun is hottest, and, in