Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-09-11
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINES SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: 1.-THE Corncrib of Egypt. 3"

This summer, having crossed eighteen Of
the United States, North. South, East and
West, l have 70 report the mightiest har-
vests that this country or any other
country ever reaped. If the grain gam
blers do not somehow wreck these har-
vests we are about to enter upon the grand
est scene of prosperity that America he's
ever witnessed. But while this is so in our
own country, on the other side Of the At
lantic there are nations 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 corn in Egypt. but CHASTITY fam
inc in Canaan The cattle moaning in the
stall Men, women and children avfuly
white with hunger. Not the failing of one
crop for one summer, but the failing of all
the crops for seven years. A nation dying
for lack of that which Is so common on your
table, AMI so little appreciated the product
of harvest field, and grist-mill, and oven; the
price of sweat, and anxiety, and struggle
Bread! Jacob the father has the last
report from the four~bin, and he finds
that everything :.p is out out; and nd ,.o he
ons 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 between sew
enty and eighty per cent. of their products
time they had a large corn crib, and
it 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 cru
SADIE for bread had arrived. Jacob gets his
family up very early. But before the elder
sons start they say something that makes
him tremble with emotion from head to
foot, and burst into tears. The fact was
that these elder sons had once before been
in Egypt to get corn, and they had been
treated somewhat roughly. the lord OF the
corn-crib supplying them with corn, but say
ing at the close of the interview: "Now,
you need not come back here for any
more corn unless you bring something
better than mOney-even your younger
brother Ben jamin." All! Ben jamn-that
very name was suggestive of all tenderness
The mother had died at the birth of ths t son
"a spirit coming and another spirit going
and the very thought of parting with
Benjamin must have been a heart-break
Tie keeper of this cOrn-crib, nevertheless,
says to these older sons: There is no need
of your coming here any more for corn I'M
less YOU bring Benjamin, your fathers dar-
ling" Now Jacob and his family very
much needed bread; but what struggle
it 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 ones keep reiterating in his
ears the announcement of the Egyptian
lord, ''Ye shall not see my fs ce unless your
brother be with you" why did you tell
them you had a brotherg' said the old
man, complaining and Gliding them.
nv Foil np1 cold cl-nA
a. about our family, and we had no idea
he would make any such demand upon us
as he has made" mo use of asking me-"
said the father, 81 cannot, | will not, give
up Benjamin." The fact was that the old
man had lost children; and when there has
been bereavement in household, and
child taken, It makes the other children in
the household more precious. So the day
for departure adjourned, and adjourned,
and adjourned, Still the horrors of the
cattle, and wider open cracked the earth,
and more palLd became the cheeks, until
jacob, in despair, cried out to his sons,
''Take Benz min and be Off" The older
sons tried to cheer up their father They
said: 1--WE have strong arms and stout
heart, and no harm will come to Benjamin.
Wen see that he gets back again" Fare
welln said the young man to the father, in
tone OF assumed good cheer. Fare
w-e-l-i"' said the old man; for that word has
more IuaverS IN 1t when pronounced by the
aged than by the young.
Well, the bread party-the bread embassy
drives up in front of the corn-crib of
Egypt. These corn-cribs are filled with
wheat, and barley, and corn in the husk,
for those who have travelled in Canaan and
Egypt know that there is{corn there CORE
spending with our Indian maize Huzzai
the journey is ended. The lord OF
the corn-crin, VINO is also the prime minis
ter, comes down to these arrived travellers,
and says: "Dne with me to-day. How is
your father? Is this Benz the younger
brother whose presence demanded? The
traveiers are introduced into the palace.
They are worn and beduSted of the way;
and servants come in with basin
Of water in one hand and a towel
in the other, and kneel down before
these newly-arrivei travellers, washing off
pOulterers, and caterers of the prime min
lister prepare the repast. The guests are
seated In small groups, two or three at
table, the food on tray; all the luxurieS
from imperial gardens and orchards, and
acquarlums, and aviarles are brought
there and are filing chalice and platter.
Now is the time for this prime minister, if
he has a grudge against Benjamin, to show
1t. Will he kill him, now that he has him in
his hands? Oh mol This lord of the corn
crib is seated at his own table and he looks
ever to. the table of his guests; and he sends
larger portion to Benjamin, or as
the Bible quantity puts it: "Benja-
minis mess was five times as mucl as any
OF theirs" Be quick and send word back
with the swiftest camel to Canaan to old
Jacob, that - Benjamin is we'll all is we'll
he is faring sumptuously ; the Egyptian lord
did not mean murder and death but he
meant deliverance and life when he an
nounced to Us on that day We shall not see
my face unless your brother be with you"
Well, my friends, this world is famine
struck OF sin. 1t does not.yield a single
crop of solid satisfaction. It is dying. 1t