Sharp County record., 1891-09-24
EGTPTg CORN CRIB.
rev. T.. UaTVi irrr aimzG8 DeiiVaraa
HARVEST Discourse.
a GoEnei Lesson from the story 0f .TaEeph
"a EgTpt--rSus 0ur Mediator In SEE
curing tha Bread ot Ever
Iasriug Life.

ne T1therrup 11 our l0uurtuI harvest
was delivered by Rev. T. DeWirc Tai
mage in the BROOKLYN TaBeruacLe. from
the text.
Ea shall not see my flca ezcent r1ur.
brother 1s with v0u--tzrnisi5 ElaL.A
This summer. having crossed eighteen
Of the United States north south. east
Ind west, T. have 70 report the mlrhresL
harvests that this country or any other
ever reaped. If the Grain gamblers do
not somehow wreck these harvests. we
ara about tJ enter upon the grauUesr
scene OF. prosperity that America has
ever Witnessed Iut while this is so IN
our 1wr country. on the other side of
the Atlantic there are nations threat
sued with famine. and the most dismal
cry that Is sver. heard will I fear be uU-
tered. he cry for bread. I pray rod
that the contrast between our 0r0s-
DerItv and their want nav not
Sc aS 5aaEn zE z the .aaas ratarrad
To- 0v my text There WAS nothing -0
"ahta ae.AhAN ..A ...fLaA ..Aaa
chastity tamine in Canaan. The cat
tie moauinrtu the stall Men women
and children lvfu.Iv white with luu-
rer. Not the failing of one cr0D for
one summer, but the failing of llIthe
crons for seven wears. A nation diving
for lack of that which is so common on
voCr table. and so little appreciated;
the pr0ductof harvest field, and rrIst-
MILL and oven. the price of sweat and
anxiety, and 5trurgie-oread. Jacob.
the father, has the asst report from
the -four bin. and he finds that everv-
thing IS ont. and he saws to- mis-
SONS. Bows. hook I'D the wagons
and start TOR Egypt. and ret rs
something TO eat The tact was.
there was q great c0ru-crIb in Egypt.
The people of Egypt have been largely
taxed IN all ages. at the present time
paving between seventy and eightvpef'
per cent. of their products TO the gov
erumeut. No w0nderin that time they
had a large c0ru-crIb. and it was full
To that CRIB they came from the re-
TIons round LDOut-thOse whb were
famished-some paying for corn in
money, when hemonev WAS exhaust
ed. paying for the corn In sheep and
cattle, and horses and cameis: and
when they were exhausted. then sell
ling their own bodies and their families
into slavery,
The morning for starting ont on the
crusade for bread has arrived. Jacob
gets his family NJ verv early, But be-
fore the elder sons start they saw some
thing that makes him tremble with
emotion from head 30 foot, and burst
into tears. The fact was that these
elder sons had once before been ia
Egypt to ret corn and they had been
treated somewhat roughly the .or1 of
the corH-er'sA- ~ss4spl wing them with corn.- I
but saving at the close of the interview:
''Now You need not come back here
for anv more corn unless you bring
something better than mouev-eveu
yOur Younger brother BENJAMIN.
Ahl Beuiamin-that very name was
suggestive Of all tenderness.
The mother had died at the birth
of that sou--a spirit coming and au-
other spirit going and the very thought
of parting with Benjamin must have
been % heart-brralI. The keeper of The
coru-crib. nevertheless, says TO these
elder sons. There is no need of your
coming here any more for corn unless
Won bring BENJAMIN, your father
darling. Now Jacob and his family
verv much needed bread: but what l
strurrie IL would be- I0 give No this
son. The 1rieutals re very demon
5trativa n their rrlet and J. hear the
outwailiur of the father as these
older sons leen -eiteratnr u
his ears the announcement oil
the Egyptian .ord 'ye shall not
ser nv face unless v0ur brother be with
v0u' Why did vou tell them vlu had
% brother9" said the old man, complain
ing and ehidiur them. "Whv father
thev said. che asked MS all about 1ur
family. and we had no .dea he would
make auv such demand upou 1s ls Ie
has made 'No use of asking me-
said the father. " L can not . will not
give up benjamin. The fact was hat
the old man had lost a1i,droH. and
when there has been bereavement .U 20
household and % child taken makes
the other children u the household
| moro precious. So the iav for Ia.
/ parture was adjourned. and adjourned,
and adjourned. still the horrors 1i
| the famine increased, and luder
maaned the cattle. and vIder 1Hpu
cracked the earth. and morn 1aliid be-.
| came the cheeks until duc0b dpsnair
eried ont to his sous Take BENJAMIN
and be OF The older SONS tried .o
checrup their father They aid. 'We
| have strong arms and % stout heart.
and no harm viii come t0 BENJAMIN.
/ Won sec that Ia gets back again.
FAREWELL said the young non .a fhe
/ father, in % tone 0t assumed good rlprr.
| 'F-a.r-c-w-c.i.l .' said the old man. ir
that word has moro luivcrg u DO whom
/ pronounced by the Igcd Than by che
| young,
Wcll, The bread nartv-fbe bread en-.
bassv-drivcs mp u 'front.' of thc corn.
rrih of Egypt THESE r1rucrus uc
/ allied with wheat Iud barley aud corn
.u the huslS, Tor those VINO uayp Juv.