The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-02
THE CORN CRIB OF EGYPT.
Rev. DR.. Talmage breaches Har-
vest Time Sermon.
He Tells How tho world Il sFamIne-struck
OF Sin and Dying Of Hunger-Christ
Can Furnish the Only substan-
M tiai Food.

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for his text Genesis xiii, 8, "Ye shall
not see my face except your brother be
with you" The sermon follows:
This summer, having crossed eighteen
Of the United States, north, south, east
and west, I have TO report the mightiest
harvests that this country or any other
country ever reaped. II the grain
gamblers do not somehow wreck these
harvests, we are about to enter upon
the grandest scene of prosperity that
America has ever witnessed. But while
this Is SO in our own country, on the
other side Of the Atlantic there are ma
tions threatened with famine, and the
most dismal cry that is ever heard will,
fear, be uttered, the cry for bread l
pray God that the contrast between our
prosperity and their want may not be as
sharp as in the lands referred TO by my
text There was nothing to eat Plenty
Of cern in Egypt, but ghastly famine in
Canaan. The cattle moaning in the
stall Men, women and children awful
y white with hunger. Not the failing
Of one crop for one summer, but the
falling Of all the crops for seven years.
A nation dying for lack of that which
Is 50 common on your table, and SO lit
tie appreciated; the product Of harvest
field, and grist mill and oven; the price
Of sweat, and anxiety, and struggle
Breadl Jacob, the father, has the last
report from the -four bin, and he finds
that ateverything is out, and he says to
his sons: "Boys, hook up the wagons
and start for Egypt, and get us some
thing to eat" The fact was, there was
great corn crib in Egypt The people
OF Egypt have been largely taxed in all
ages, at the present time paying be-
tween IS and so per cent. of their prod
nee TO the government. No wonder in
that time they had large corn-crib, and
II was full. To that crib they came
from the regions round about-those
who were famished-some paying for
corn In money; when the money was
exhausted, paying for the corn in sheep
and cattle, and horses and camels; and
when they were exhausted, then selling
their own bodies and their families into
slavery.
The morning FOR starting out on the
crusade for bread had arrived Jacob
gets his family up very early But be-
fore the elder sons start they say some
thing that makes him tremble with emo
hon from head TO foot, and burst into
tears The fact was that the elder sons
had once before been in Egypt TO get
corn, and they had been treated some
what roughly, the lord of the corn-crib
Supplying them with corn, but saying
Ct the close Of the interview: Nov.
You need not come back here for any
more corn unless you bring something
better than money--even your younger
brother benjamin" Ahl Benjamin
that very name was suggestive Of all
tenderness. The mother had died at
the birth OF that soma spirit coming
and another spirit going-and the very
thought Of parting with Benjamin must
have been a heart-break. The keeper
Of this corn-crib, nevertheless says 70
these older sons: 'There is no need OF
your coming here any more for corn un-
lass you bring Benjamin, your fathers
darling" Now Jacob and his family
very much needed bread; but what q
struggle II would be TO give up this son.
The Orientals are very demonstrative in
their grief, and hear the outwailing OF
the father as these older sons keep reit
Grating in his ears the announcement Of
the Egyptian lord, "Ye shall not see my
face unless your brother be with you. >
"why did you tell them that you had !
brother?p said the old man, complain
ing and chiding them. "Why, father, :
thew said, ne asked us all about oui
family, and we had no idea he woult
make any such demand upon us as h,
has made" mo use of asking me,
said the father, 81 can not will no
give up Benjamin" The fact was tha
the old man had lost childrent ans
when there had been bereavement II
the household, and child taken, 1
makes the other children In the house
hold more precious. So the day Of de
partnre was adjourned, and adjourned
and adjourned. Still the horrors Of tn
famine increased, and louder moane.
the cattle, and wider open cracked tn
earth, and more pallid became tn
cheeks, until Jacob, In despair, cried ou
10 his sons: take BENJAMIN and b
off," The older sons tried 10 cheer nj
their father. They said: I'VE hav
strong arms and a stout heart, and n