Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-31

brother whose presence I demandedT' =
The travellers are introduced into the
palace They are worn and bedusted
Of the way and servants come in with
basin of water 10 one hand and a
towel in the other, and kneel down be-
fore these newly arrived travellers, wash
ing off the dust of the way. The
butchers and poulterers and caterers OF
the prime minister prepare the repast
The guests are seated in small groups.
two or three at a table, the food on a
tray: all the Injuries from imperial
gardens and orchards and aquariuns
and aviaries are brought there and are
filling chalice and platter.
Now Is the time for this prime min
ister. II he has grudge against Benja-
min. to show it. Will he kill him. now
that be has him In his handsl Oh, mo-
This lord of the corncrib is seated at
his own table. and he looks over TO the
table Of his guests. and he sends por
ton to each Of them, but sends a larger
portion to Benjamin, or, as the Bible
quantity puts it, "Benjamin's mess was
five times so much as any Of theirs y
Be quick and send word back with the
swiftest camel 10 Canaan to old Jacob
that BENJAMIN Is well; 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
announced to us on that day, 'Ye shall
not see my face unless your brother be
with you ="
THIS WORLD UNDER A CURSE.
Well, my friends, this world is fam.
inc struck OF sin. 1t does not yield a
single crop Of solid satisfaction. 1t is
dying II is hunger bitten. The fact
that II does not, cannot, feed mans
heart was well illustrated In the life OF
the English comedian. All the world
honored him did everything for him
that the world could do. He was ap-
plauded IN England and applauded in
the United States He reused up ma
tions into laughter He had no equal.
And yet, although many people sup
posed him entirely happy, and that this
world was completely satiating his soul,
he sits down and writes; IL never In
my life put on a new hat that it did
not rain and ruin II. Inever went out
In a shabby coat because 1t was rain
ing and thought all who had the choice
would keep indoors that the sun did
not burst forth in its strength and bring
out with it all the butterflies of fashion
whom J knew and who knew me- /
never consented TO accept n part |
hated, ont OF kindness to another, that
did not get bissed by the public and
cut by the writer. could not take a
drive for a few minutes with Terry with
out being overturned and having my ell
bow bone broken, though my friend got
of unharmed. could not make a GOV.
enant with Arnold, which thought was
to make my fortune without making his
instead, than In an Incredible space of
time-l think thirteen months--I
earned for him twenty thousand
pounds and for myself one. am per
suaded that II were TO set up as
beggar every one In my neighborhood
would leave oT eating bread" That
was the lament of the worlds comedian
and joker. All unhappy.
The world did everything for Lord
Byron that it could do, and yet In his
last moment he asks friend to come
and sit down by him and read, as most
TO his case, the story Of
THE Bleeding Heart" Torriglano,
the sculptor, executed, after months of
care and carving, Madonna and the
Child" The royal family came in and
IL. Everybody that looked at
Il was Ia ecstacy, but one day, after all
that toll, and all that admiration, be-
cause he did not get as much compen.
sation for his work as he had expected,
he took mallet and dashed the ex-
luisite sculpture into atoms. The world
4 poor compensation. poor satisfaction,
poor solace Famine, famine, in all
he earth; not for seven years, but for
ix thousand.
But. blessed be God there Is great |
,orncrib The Lord built IT, 1t is in
mother land Il is large place. An
nigel once measured IL, and as far as ! !
IAN calculate II in our phrase, that corn.
rib Is fifteen hundred miles long and |
fifteen hundred broad and fifteen hun
lred high; and II Is full Food for all |
nations. "Oh" say the people, 1--WE
will start right away and get this sup
'ly for our soul" But stop moment;
or from the keeper Of that corncrib
here comes this word saying, "You
hall not see my face except your broth
n be with you"
In other words, there Is no such thing
is getting from heaven pardon and
omfort and eternal life, unless we
ring with us our divine brother, the
ord Jesus Christ. Coming without
iim we shall fall before we reach the
'orncrib, and our bodies shall be por
Ion for the jackals Of tho wilderness,
,ut coming with the Divine Jesus, all
he granaries OF heaven will swing open
'efore our soul, and abundance shall
,e given us We shall be invited 10 sit
n the palace Of the king aud at the
able, and while the Lord OF heaven Is
from his own table 10
'ther tables he will not forget rs, and
hen and there II will bo found that our
3eniamin's mess Is larger than all the
'thers for 80 II ought 30 be, Worthy
) the lamb that was slain, TO receive
blessing and riches and honor and
'lory and power"
WHEN Will you RKFoRMi
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