St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-03
REV. DIR. TALNAGE,
THE BROOkLYN DTVINE'S sun.
DAY SERMON,
Subject: "The Corncrib of Egypt"


I the United States, North, South, East anc
. West, | have TO report the mirhtiest her
vests that this country Or any Othel
country ever reaoel, II the grain gam
+ biers DO not somehow wreck these bar
Vests,T'e are about to enter upon the gran J.
eso scene of prosperity that America has
ever witnessed Rut while this is 50 in or
own country, on the ether side of the At.
lan(ic there are nations threatened with
famine, aud the most dismal CIV that is
ever heard VIII l fear be uttered, the cry
for bread. | pray God that the contra ST
between our prosperity and their want may
not be as sharp as in the lands referred to
~ my text There was nothing to eat.
Plenty OF corn in Egypt, but g'astly a,1-
me IN Canaan. The cattle moaning in the
Sal. M3n, women and children awfu'Iv
white with hunger. Not the falling OF one
crop tor ore summer, hut the failing Of all
Ihe crops Tor seven wears. A nation diving
Tor lack Of TINT which is so common on your
table, an 50 little appreciated; the pro u:s
OF harvest field, and glist-nll, ana oven: the
price OF sweat, and anxiety, AMI strllg gle
Bread Jacob the father has the last
report from the tlour-bin, and he fms
that everything is out: and Eo
saws to his so1s: Boys, hook up the wa
ons and start for Ezyyt, and get us some
thIng to eat" The act was. there was a
great corn crib in Egypt The paonIe Of
Egypt nave been laroe.r taxed i'll all azes
at the present time paving between sew
ehty anu eighty per cent. OF their ducts
to the government. No wonder in that
time th5y had a large corn crib and
it was full. To that crib they cana from
the regions roun ahout-th0se who W ra
1amlshed-some paying for corn in money;
When The money was eXhaustc /, paying fox.
the corn in sheep and cattle and horses and
canles; and when they We're exhausted. then
selling their owl bodies and their families
| into slavery
q m ,r-rf fy, r+,
| SADIE for bread had arrived Jacob gets his
family up very early. But before tie elder
| sons start they say something that mal1es
! him trem5le with emotion from head to
| loot, and burst into tears. The fact was
| that these elder sons hat once before i)a,,l
| III Egypt to get corn. AMI they Ia b.oD
treated somewhat rou9 IDLY. tie lori Of the
corn supplying them with corn but say
ing at the close Of the interview. Vow,
YOU need not come back here for any
more cora unless yOu bring something
better tan money-ovau your Younger
brother Benjamin. All! Renja,nin-that
very name was suggestive of al tenderness.
Ire mother had died at the birth of tbs son
3 spirit coming and another spirit going |
and tie very thought Of parting with |
IenJamln '1ust have been heart-breas. |
Inc Keeper OF this c0rn-cliA nevertheless,
says to these Cl ,er SONS: 'Ihera is no npa{ |
OF your comm here any more Tor corn IN |
less Eou bring Benjamin, your fathers dar-
ling Now Jacob and his family vprv
much needed bread; but what a strucgie
It would be to give up this s5n. The
orienials are very administrative in their
grief, and hear the utwailing OF the father
as these Older ones keep raiterltn- in his
ears tne announcement of the Egyptian
lord, ~ Shall not see nv fs &c unless y0vJ
brother be with you" "Nhy Gii you tell
them you h2l a brotherf' said the oil
man, complaining and Gliding them.
TO hn,
all ABOUT our family, and we had no iIea
ne would make any such demarri upon us
as he has made.' NO use Of as;p. lnep
said the father, Il cannot, | will not, give
up benjamin" The fact was that the old
man had lost children; and when there has
bee bereavement in a household ana a |
child taken, it makes the other children in
the household more precious. So the day
Tor departure adjourned, and aijCurnei
and adjourned. Still the horrors of the
famine increased, and louder m0aned the
cattle. and wider open cracked the earth
ana more pallid became the chee.S until
jacob, in despair cried out 10 his sons,
lake Benja ami be off, The older
sons tried to cheer up their father They
SAID: I'VE have strong arms and q stout
heart, and no harm will cone to Beniam'n.
Wen see that he gets back again" Fare
Welt said the young man to the father, III
a tone OF assumed good cheer. ''F-a-r-e-
W-2-l-l? said the Old man; for that word has
more queverS in it when pronounced b4- the
aged than by tlo young.
Well, the brea party-tha bread embassy
drives up in front Of the corn-crib Of
Egypt. These cCrn-criUs are filled VITA
wheat, and barley, and corn in the husz
for those who have Travelled in Canaan and
Egypt know that there is corn there CORE
spending with orr Indian maize Huzza,
the journey is ended. The LORD of
the corn-crb Woo IS also the prime minis
ter, comes down to these arrived travellers,
and says: 'Dine with me today. How is
your father? Is this Benjamin. the Younger I
brother whose presence 'iemln iai?' the '
raVe,ers are introduced INTO Tao palace !
They are worn and be,:lstel Of the way;
and servants come in with basin ,
II water in one hand and a towe! l.
n the other, and knael down before
heso newly-arrivei travellers. washing Off c
ne dust Of the way. The butchers and ;
and caterers OF the prime min /
Ster prepare the repaSt. The guests are q
eatel in small groups, two OF tl:e, at a ;
able, the food on tray; all the luxuriet !,
rom imperial gardens, AMI orchards. AMI b
cquarums, and ayiaries are brought VI
here, and are films caalico and platter. n
low IS the time for this prime minister if Il
e has a grudge against Benjamin, to show n
:. " i'll he kill him, now that he has him in j
is hands? Ga, mol This lord of the corn n
rib is seated at his own table ana he Iooas 81
II
portion to each Of them, but sends II!
rger portion to Benjamin, o.. as 6!
le Bible quantity puts it: ''Benja- o:
ms mess Was five times as nue. as any u
Theirs Be quick AMI send word back al
18th the swiftest cimel to Canaan to cid II
acob, that ''Bcnjamin is well; all is we'll, II
2 is faring sumptncIsly; the Egyptian lord IL
ID not mean murder and death but he N
cant deliverance and life when he an. az
2unced to uson that cay: 'Ye sh2ll not see y
y ace unless your brother be with you" dS
Well my friends this world is famine III
rIck OF sin. 1t dos not yield a single o.
OPP of solid satisfaction. It is dying. 1t OF
hunger-bitten. The fact that it does ttia
Vt, cannot, feed a mans heart was we'll 10
ustrated in the lite OF the English con- ne
ian All the world horored him-lid "a
-erything for him that the world could Ia
J. He was appaudeI in England and an
,plauded in the United States. He reused
!, nations into laughter. lie had no l 1l
ua!. And, yet although many people tr
pposod him entirely happy, and that Is
is world was completely satiating his ~ ~
Ill, he sits down and writes: 81 never VI
my life put or new hat that it did not S1
in and ruin it. I never went out in a al
abby coat beca use it was raining and az
ought all who had the choice woIII keep ca
doors, that the sun did not burst forth a." 49,
its strength and bring out with it all the ~,
tteraies OF fashion whom l knew and NV NV
10 knew me. [ never consented to &C. f9
1t part hated, out Of kindness to an w w,
Ter, that I dill rot get Kissed by tho :c ,T
bic and cut by the writer. [ could not I ln
,e a drive for few minutes with Terry ;,,f
-hout being overturned and having my +
ow-bone broken, though my friend got osi
unharmed. I could not make a cove %
Mt with Arnold, which 1 thought was to t ~.
Ike my fortune without making his in 49, -"
~, l,l ca, So, for ,,, wit
anty thousand pounds, and for myself WI WI,
!. | am persuaded that il [ were to set up so'.
4 beggar, everyone il my neighborhood -.
uId leave off eating kl.ealn That was - -