Now, Abram not only loved God but he believed that God knew what was the best for him, and that God would do just what he promised. So Abram did leave his country and his relatives and friends. “By faith Abram when he was called, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” Taking his wife, his nephew, his flocks, and servants, he started from Haran, and God led him down into the land of Canaan, the very land to which Terah had intended to go when he left Ur. No doubt, as Abram journeyed he kept saying to himself as he entered a new part of the country, “I wonder if this is the land where the Lord wants me to live.” But as no sign was given, he kept on until he came to Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and there he found that he had reached the land to which the Lord had called him to go. Let us read from the Bible just what happened there (Genesis 12:6, 7). The Canaanites were heathen people, and on all sides Abram saw idols and idol worship. But he knew something far better than that, and as he journeyed through the land he built altars to the true God and offered sacrifices wherever he pitched his tents. In all this Abram was earning a name for himself, though he did not know it. He loved God so much that he listened for his voice. When God spoke he obeyed gladly; and he showed his love by praise and prayer and worship. Would you like to know the name that Abram earned? It is one that has been given to him through the thousands of years since he lived, and it is the most beautiful name that anyone could ever have. He is called “The Friend of God.” PUPIL’S BOOK FOR WORK AND STUDY Ask the children if they would like to see the place in the Bible where Abram is called the friend of God, and help them to find James 2:23. Then show them the first line on page 25 of the work book on which they are to write the last four words of that verse. LESSON 9 THE CORRELATED LESSON