Back in the twelfth chapter of Genesis we read that the Lord had said unto Abram, “Get thee out from thy kindred and from thy father’s house unto a land that I will shew thee.” Abram obeyed partly, inasmuch as he left his fathers house and went out, but he did not leave all his kindred. He took his brother’s son Lot with him. It would have been better had he obeyed fully, for Lot was the cause of much trouble later on. This call of Abram has been used as a symbol of God’s