The New York herald., 1874-12-13

to us Examples which are worthy TO be cherished,
as ~en as blots which SHOULD be avoided. Can
sou find a nooler character than Abraham And
yet he hsd his weakness, and he showed it on the
occasion OF his visit with his wife TO the King OF
Gerar. There was Isaac, too, showing partaliy
ior one son which ne should not have shown
was Joseph in this very text showing a
want OF confidence In God, and Moses the pen
man o. sne Almighty VINO 81 brought bro Mas, qEwn Twb
These examples show US That there is no sucn
thing as perfection on eartn. II so It would be
more than earth 1t would be heaven Itself ana we
should be angels: 1t SHOWS US thai we ought 70
take high ana noble views OF liie and while adm t
see 1t we should not lean on the help OF men but
on Him above. who Is equal 10 all times ana al
on sons that are OF a personal character and
these make the application or the text we
sewu ses 10 man see m
distress OF mind and seeking guidance and aid
from some one In Ike trouble. He u proiuse IN
shown him In his hour O need and ne Processes
that such friendship can never be forgotten. But
we see also how sucn men Iool themselves and
make lools OF Others. The man Is relieved from
his embarras sments;
But are these experiences verneds No. The man
has changed because his circumstances have
changed the waves Of oblivion VIC, have washed out M
the sands OF the seashore, just as we find
here In the text the CHIEF butler remembered not
that exists between the boy and the man. How
often the early piety and training is overthrOwn
by new interests and new assoclatl0nsl The BOY
In after lie becomes Just the OF what his
parents hoped ne would be-. And II IS especially
to be noticed how this result Is accomplished.
am drawing no fanclul picture. said Mr.. Jacobs.
Have you not such cases In your minds. OF dere-
cs sons OF Israel you thosght u YOU'D a nave AYE
change come over the spirit OF the dream OF early
chldh0OdY Fortune has changed, and ne changes
with 1t. And what the text teaches Is that earbly
position works change in the heart and hence
the chief butler remembered not Joseph but for
got him. what terrible thing II ls to see man
going astray from the teachings OF his youth and
bringing the gray nalrs oil his parents, perhaps,
with sorrow TO the grave. The lesson OF the text
speaks 10 US IN our everyday lie, and you VIII
find how prosperity changes man In another case.
THE POOR MAN STANDS UP NOBLY q
to MS faith; but let his poverty be succeeded by
prosperity and let him rejoice in his condition, ne
will cry out for more and more And TO the man who
the cheI butler forgot Joseph And as 1t is In the
physical SO Is 1t In the moral world, inconsistency
10 the rule And not the exception. ana II startles
us In every step we take In lie. We are ad-
alone who ls supreme. Blessed Is the man who
trusts In the Lord, and who maketh God his con.
hdencc and reliance. In God then, must De our
trust do not mean, said the preacher, that we
would be contrary to nature. We must ADVANCE
In life, for as circumstances change we must
change with them. 1t s vain cry that things are
not as they used to be-. Ofc0urse not. tbs where
principle IS at stake that we must stand immova-
BILE; but IN all Otner things we may change. In
our fidelity to truth We must not waver l0r one
instant. We must not swerve from lofty principle.
1t Is in Gods hand TO make great and TO
strengthen. aud we must De satisfied Win HIS
care, and, ike one OF DID, be ready to say Though
he slay me, yet Will trust In him." Let US,
there. ore, beware OF trusting In man anl forget
Ing the source OF our power and OF our joy.