The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-09-10
THE CORNCkIB OF EGYPT.
NO AOMlTTANCi TO GODS BOUNTY
UNLESS CHRIST GO WITH you,

Aho ra''ihe lhht Was Sore In All l.autl tls
The Condition Imposed That Beri.-
min should Go into E.,pt with His
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IA Type OF Christ
BROOKLYN, Au!. 3U.-Thc cabled
reports OF mLj3cr tnlvcsls in Europe,
and tho memory of the vast crops of
ripenlng grain which DR., Talmage saw
during his recent tour in the west, have
combined TO turn his thoughts back to
that patriarctal time when all the world
sent 70 Egypt to buy corn and to suy-
Sest IL Gospel lesson. Ills text is Gen
esis :>liii, 3, Yc shall not see my face,
except your brother be with you.''
This summer, having crossed eiy ,ttcn
of tho United stat, s-uprth, south. east
and wcst-l haze 10 report the mi.h:icst
harVcsts that this country or any other
country ever reaprd. If tho grain gam
bicrs do not somehow wreck these har-
vests We are abvIlt to enter upou the
SrandcsL scene OF prosperity that Amer
lea has ever witnessed But while this
Is SO in our oWn country. on tie other
side OF tic Atlantic llrrr are nations
threatened with famine, and the most
dismal cry lHat is ever heard will. |
lear, he utter, l--thc cry for bread.
may Got that the contrast between
our prospcrit, and ther want NAV not
he as sl,;rpa~ in the lands referred to by
my text. There was nothing to eat
Plenty of CON in Egypt, but uhas,ly
famine IN Cnmsan. Tie cattle moauinu
in the stat. Men, women and children
awiully white with hunger. Not the
failing OF Que crop for one summer. but
the ialin" O! all the crops for seven
years. y nation dying for lack of that
which is SO common on Your table and
so little appreciated; the product of har-
vest field and grst mill and oven; the
price OF sweat and anxiety and STRUGGLE
bread! Jacob the father has the last
report from the flour bin, and he finds
that everything is out, and he says to
his sons. "Bo,s. hook up the wagons
and start for Egypt and yet us some
thing TO cat"
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 70 and
80 per cent. Of their products to the
government. No wonder in that time
they had a large corncrlo, and it was
full. TO that crib they came from the
regions round abCut-thosc who were
iamished--sCme paying for corn in
money; when the money was exhausted,
paying for the corn i'll sheep and cattle
and horses and camels, and when they
were exhausted, then selln. their sn
bodies and their families into slavery.
TIE SORROW OF JACOB.
The morning. iCr starting out on the
crusade for Tread has arrived. Jacob
gets his family III very early. But be
fore the elder SONS start they say some-
thing that maHes him trcmblc with emo
ton from head to foot and burst into
tears. The iact vas 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 tn, IN with corn, but say
ing at lie close Of the interview, Nov,
you need not come back here for any
more corn unless you bring something
better than mOne!-evcn your younger
brother Benjamin."
All! benjamin very name was
suggestive Of i'll tenderness. The mo-
thcr had died at the birth of that sOn-a
spirit coming aud another spirit going
and the very thought Of parting with
The keeper OF tins cOrncrib, ncverthe-
less, says to these older sons, "Thcrc
is no need OF your coming here any
more for corn unless you bring Beuia-
min, your fathers darling.' Now,
Jacob and his lamly very much needed
bread. but What struggle it would be
To give up this son. The orientals are
very dcmonstratiVc in their grict, and
hear thCIoutwallny OF the father as these
older sons keep reitcrating in his cars
the announcements OF the Egyptian lord.
"Ic shall net see my face unless your
brother be with Nou." ''Why did You
tell them you had brother?" said the
old man, complaining and chiding them
''Why, iathcr," they said, ''he asked us
all about our family, and we had no idea
he would make any such demand upon
us as he has madr.' NO use OF ask
ing me-" SAID tn" father, Il cannot, l
will not. give np Bcnjamin."
The fact wa, that the old man had lost
children; and whcn there has been be-
reaVemenL in household, and Il child