The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-27


My mind has been drawn out upon
line Of thought suggested by the
great famine In Russia, and the large
hearted generosity of the good people
Of our neighboring city, Philadelphia,
who, with q lavishness commensurate
only with their philanthropy, have
poured out Of their pockets and store
houses such bountiful supply of the
substantial necessaries of life. and
with that wonderful swiftness that
present dire want and distress always
demands. they have gathered together
thIrty-three hundred tons OF food, and
on one OF their own steamships too,
and have started it upon Its long and
perilous voyage across the great ocean,
and praying to Him whom even the
winds and the sea obey" that this
precious cargo OF life-giving and life
sustaining food may be safely carried,
and swiftly and judiciously emptied
into the laps Of starving men, women
and children on the famine stricken
shores Of Russia.
And to make sure that their mis-
sion OF mercy shall not be miscarried,
five OF her formost men have braved
the ocean's dangers, to see well to the
| matter that this mountain of precious
! food SO heartily given, shall really
and positively find its way into the
mouths of their starving fellow-man.
Well may Philadelphia be called 1.-THE
City of Brotherly love-" may God bless
her as city,and may God bless all her
dear people who have SO quickly an
swered to the waiting call of Their
starving fellow-man FRONT far of
shores, and made haste to shower up
ON them a bountitul supply OF the
necessaIies OF life. May lie who
plants his footsteps in the sea, and
ride upon the Storm guide safely the
honored steamer Indiana through all
the rough waves, fierce storms OF the
Atlantic, and protect and keep safe
her precious cargo, and also guide
and protect those noble men, who
have left their homes and fresides, to
minister to their distressed brothers
in far Off Russia. May God bless also
the poor and starving Russians. to
whom these aims are being sent; may
their men, may their women, may
their children be well supplied. may
they eat and be satisfied.
Now, without any round about in
PRODUCTION, We wish to direct the read
ers attention to the plain text, And
the famine was over all the face of the
earth. MARK well the language OF the in.
spired writer, "over all the face of the
earth, mot u part of it, but over all of it,
and only in the store houses of Egypt
was there corn. And when the people
were without food, and starving, they
cried unto Pharaoh, the King, and he
said unto them GO unto Joseph, "who
by the authority of the King was made
solo dispenser of the whole food sup.
plyo the whole earth. For onl Y was
there corn in, Egypt" The people
could not steal il, for | presume that
such an immense quantity OF corn
must have been locked up and we'll
guarded. The people could not get it
from the King. for he had appointed
another TO see to the manner OF its
distribution among them, and his posi-
tive command to all was for them to
go unto Joseph" The people could
not get it from any one under Joseph.
from any of tho men who may have
Jhose corn-houses, but they must posi-
lively, and only go to Joseph So
you see that Joseph alone must have
of necessity been the only one In all
the earth who carried the keys OF
these immense store-hOuSes of food.
But we'll MS they may have been guard
ed, and narrow as seemed the way for
all these people to get food. only one
way--only through this one man JOS
eph.
Yet the narrative does not show that
single man was excluded from buy
ing corn in Egypt, if he only obeyed
the command OF the king, Go unto
Joseph"
Another thought about the corn
supply of Egypt is, it was full sup
ply, an abundant and marvellous sup
ply. And Joseph gathered corn as
the sand of the sea, very much, until
he left numbering; for it was without
number"
And so far as we can see from the
narrative, it was a supply fully and
positively and completely sufficient to
satisfy the hunger OF every man. wo-
man and child, not only in Egypt. but
in all the lands over all the face of
the earth.'' From II careful reading of
the inspired narrative, wo dedlct
these conclusions: There was a real
positive famine extending over all
the face of the earth" God said So
There was no food, oulyin Egypt. God
said So. There was king over Egypt
who had authotlty and who owned
all. and the only food there was ION
tho face of all the carth.p God said So
There was but one man appointed by
the king who had authority to distrib-
ute this food and who had wisdom
enough to grapp.e with the moment
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