Telegram-herald., 1891-08-31
THE CORNCRIB OF EGYPT.
40 AcMirTAhcE TO COOS BOUNTY
UNLESS CHRIST 60 WITH YOU.

uNAk95 CHRIST 90 WITH YOU.
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HsooxLys. Aug so.-Ths esblsd vsperss
of m-agsr harvssts In Europe, aud the
meE4oay eErne vast crops Of rtpering grain
which DIR. TalmAge saw during his recent
tour in thu west. have com5in<d Co turn
his thoughts back tot shat patriarchal time
when al the world sent to Egypt To buy
corn and 10 suggest q Gospel lesson. His
text is Genesis xiii, 8. ssYs shall not see
my face. except your brotkes be with you"
This summer, having crossed eighteen Of
the United states-norti,. south, east and
west-I have Co report the nightiesG har-
vests that this country or any other coun-
try ever rsaped. II the grain eamblsrs
do not somehow wreck these harvests We
are about TO enter upon the grandest scene
of prosperity that America has ever wit
messed But while this Il so in our own
country. ON the other aide 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
pray God that the contrast between
eur prosperity ae6 THAR want may not be
sr >haSp, ~ tbs ixnds rSis.red - ty c,y
sext- Tksfe MAS nothing 20 eat. Plsxsy
OF corn "a Egypt. but ghaHlJ famine in
Canaan. The cattle moaning In the STALL
Men, women and children awfully white
IL - - -
for one summer, bat the failing OF all the
crops for seven years A nation dying tor
lack Of that which is so common on your
table and so little appreciated; the prod
uct Of harvest field and grist mill and
oven; the price Of sweat and anxiety and
ssrsgsse-t--adl Js1ob the father las sssss
last report from the -four bin. and he finds
that everything Is out, and he says TO his
sons. Boys, hook up tho wagons and start
for Egypt and get us something 70 eat"
The fact was there was a great corncrib
In Egypt. Tho people of Egypt have been
largely taxed in all ages. at the present
time paying between 70 and so per cent. of
their products 10 the government. No
wonder in that time they had large corn
crib. and IL was full. To that crib they
came from the regions round sbout-those
who were fanished-some paying for corn
In money; when the money was exhausted,
paying for the corn in sheep and cattle and
horses and eamels. and when they were
exhausted. then selling their own bodies
and their families into slavery.
THE SORROW OF JACOB.
The morning for starting ont on the
crusade for bread has 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. aad
they had been treated somewhat yorghly,
the lord Of the corncrib supplying them
with corn, but saying at the Close OF the
interview. Now, you need not come back
here for any moro corn unless you bring
something better than money-even your
younger brother Benjamin"
Ahl Benjsmin-that very name was sug-
gestive Of all tenderness. The mother had
died at the birth OF that soma spirit COM
ing and another spirit going-and the very
thoneht Of parting with Benjamin must
have been . heart break. The keeper Of
this corncrib, nevertheless, says to these
older sons. There II no need Of your ccm-
ing here any moro for corn unless you
bring Benjamin. your fathers darling" ("
Now. Jacob and his family very much
needed bread. but what . struggle it would
be-to give up this son. Tho orientals are
very demonstrative In their grief, and !
hear the outwailing Of the father as these
older sons keep reiterating in his ears the
announcement Of the Egyptian lord, "Ye
shall not sec my face unless your brother
be with you" "Why did you tell them
you had brothsrg' said the old man,
complaining and chiding them. "Why,
father" they said, ''he asked US all about
our family. and we had no idea he would
make any such demand upon Ms a. be has
made" mo use Of asking mo-" said the
father, II cannot. I viii not. give up Ben
jamin."
The fact was that the old man had Lost
children; and when there has been bereave-
rnent in household. and child taken. It
makes the other children in tho household
more precious. SO the day for departure
was adjourned and adjourned and ad-
journed- Still the horrors Of tho famine
increased, and louder mosnsd the cattle
and wider open cracked the earth and
more pallid became tho cheeks. until
Jacob. in despair, cried out to his sons.
"Take Benjamin and be on" The older
sons tried TO cheer mp their father. They
said: I'VE have strong arms and . stout
heart. and no harm viii come TO BENJAMIN.
Well see that he Rets back again" Fare
wellT' said the young men to the father, In
. tone of assumed good cheer. ''T-a-T-e-
we'll r. said the old man, for that word
has more quavers in il when pronounced
BY the aged than by the young.
Well. the bread party-the bread embassy
drives up In front of the eorncrib Of Egypt.
These corncribs are filled with wheat and
barley and corn In the husk, for those who
that there il corn thsrs CORES bonding with
our Indian maize. Huxxai tho Journey is
ended. The lord OF the corncrib. who II also
the prime minister. comes down to these
srrived travellers. and says: 'Dine with mo
today. How u your fatherf II this Ben
jamin. the younger brother, whose pres
snce demandedi" The travellers ere In
sroduced into the palaca. They are worn
and bedussed Of the way, and servants
come in with . basin of water In one hand
and towel In the other, and kncsl down
before these newly arrived travellers, wash
Ing or the dust Of the way. The butchers
and poulterers and caterers Of the prime
minister prepare the repase
The guests are seated in small groups,
two or three &C table, the food on tray;
al the luxuries from imperial gardens and
orchards and ssquariums and aviaries arc
brought thers. and are filing chalics and
platter. Now Is the time for this prime
minister II he has = grudEs AGAINST Benja-
min TO show it. VIII he kill him. now
that he has him Ia his hAndss Oh, mol
This lord Ct tae corncrib il seated at his
own table. and he looks over 60 the tabls
Of his guests, and he sends portion to
each Of them. but sends larger portion TO