The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

Benjamin, toshow ~ Will he kill him.
now that he has Him In his hands? o.
no! This lord OF the corn-crib is seat
ed at his own table, and he looks over
TO the table Of his guests; and he sends
o portion to each of them. but sends q
larger portion to Benjamin, or, as the
Bible quantity puts it; benjamin $
mess was five times as much as any OF
theirs" Be swift and send word back
with the swiftest camel to 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 announced to us on that day:
"Ye shall not see my face unless your
brother be with you"
Well, my friends, this world is fam
ine-struck Of sin. 1t does not yield a
single crop Of solid satisfaction.
It is dying. II is hunger-bit-
ten. The fact that it does
not, can not, feed a mans heart was
well illustrated in the life OF the En-
glish comedian. All the world honored
him, did every thing for him that the
world could do. He was applauded in
England and applauded in the United
States. " He reused up nations into
laughter. He had no equal. And yet,
although many people supposed him en-
tirely happy, and that this world was
completely satiating his soul, he sits
down and writes: 81 never in my life
put on new hat that it did not rain
and ruin it. l never went out in a
shabby coat because it was raining 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 knew and who knew me.
81 never consented to accept part l
hated, out of kindness to another, that
l did not get Missed by the public and
cut by the writer. I could not take a
drive for a few minutes with Terry
without being overturned and having
my elbow-bone broken, though my
friend got off unframed. I could not
make a covenant with Arnold, which I
though was to make my fortune with
out making his instead, than in an in
credible space of time-I think thirteen
months-I earned for him e2O 900 and
for myself one. am persuaded that if
I were to set up as beggar every one
in my neighborhood would leave off
I,,ooI - That L.
of the worlds comedian and joker.
All unhappy. The world did every
thing for Lord Byron that it could do,
and yet in the last moment he asks a
friend to come and sit down by him
and read, as most appropriate to his
case, the story Of 1.-The Bleeding
Heart"
Torrigiano, the sculptor, executed,
after months of care and carving, ma
donna and the Child" The royal fam.
lily came in and admired it. Every
body that looked at it was in ecstasy;
but one day, after all that toll, and all
that admiration, because he did not get
as much compensation for his work as
he had expected, he took mallet and
dashed the exquisite sculpture into
atoms The world is poor c9tgpensa.
tioh, poor satisfaction, poor solace.
Famine, famine in all the earth, moi
for seven years, but for 5000. But,
blessed be God, there is great corn.
crib. The Lord built it. 1t is in an
other land. 1t is a large place An
angel once measured it. and as far as
can calculate it in our phrase that corn
crib is $500 miles long and $500 broad
and 1900 high, and it is full
"Oh!" say the people, 1--WE will start
right away and get this supply for oul
soul" But stop a moment, for, from
the keeper of the corn-crib there come.
this word, saying: You shall not SET
my face except your brother be will
you" In other words, there is no suci
thing as getting from Heaven pardon
and comfort and eternal life, unless
we bring with us our Divine Brother
the Lord Jesus Christ. Coming with
out Him we shall fall before we reacl
the corn.crib, and our bodies shall be
portion for the jackals Of the wilder
ness; but coming with the DIVINE
Jesus, all the granaries of Heaven vii
swing open before our soul, and abund
ance shall be given us. We shall b.
invited to sit in the palace of the Kin,
and at the table; and, while the Lore
Of Heaven is apportioning from Hi
own table to other tables. He will no
forget us; and then and there 1t will b.
found that our Benjamin's mess i
larger than all the others, for sol
ought to be. Worthy is the Lamb tina
was slain, to receive blessing, ant
riches, and honor, and glory, and pow
err" r1
l want to make three points. Ever,
frank and common.sense man will &C
knowledge himself to be q sinner
What are you going to do with you
sins? Have them pardoned, you say
How? Through the mercy of God
What do you mean by the mercy o
God? Is it the letting down of bar TO
the admission of all, without respect t
character? Be not deceived. see
soul coming up to the gate of mere.
and knocking at the corn-crib O
heavenly supply; and voice from
within says: Are you alone?" Tn
sinner replies: IAN alone" The voic
from within says: "You shall not Sc
my pardoning face unless your Divin
Brother, the Lord Jesus, be with you.
o, that is point at which so many ar
disconnected. There is no mercy iron
God except through Jesus Christ Com
ing with Him we are accepted. Comm
without Him, we are rejected.
Peter put it right in his great sermo
| before the hiph nriests when he fhnu