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REFLECTION. {.
A Pleasant, Interesting. aud InstrsstES
Lesson. n where It May he Foan1dE
A Learned aud Concise Review u tAlS
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Discard In Jacobs Family.
The lesson for Sunday, April 8, may
he found i'll Gen. 81: lii.
INTRODUCTORY.
JOseDh: A now name in the record Of
the race, and IL new beginning OF days.
Geikie, IN his sHOurs with the Biblc.~
has we'll said: "The return of Jacob to
Canaan was tho first great step toward
the formation Of u Hebrew people.
Hitherto there had been only individ-
uals OF the race, but with the family Of
Jacob 1t branched into numerous heads
OF the future tribes of Israel. The
formal and solemn acceptance of the
traditional faith of Abraham by these
at Bethel, determined henceforlh, the
history of Israel as identified with the
perEctuation and spread among man
kind of the great doctrine of the unity.
of God and of the high standard of life
which was known as tho way of Jeho-
YAH" And now in u strange wa this
people is to be carried down t, Egypt,
there to work out the divine behests.
Joseph is, unwittingly, to be the John
the Baptist o. lorerunner of this great
uAovCl1OuO. EOt lISS Weeks HOW WE VIII
deal with his wonderful life.
POINTS IN TIL LESSON.
And Jacob dwelt in the land where's
in his father wa u STRANGER" The lam
Euage rewards closer study. Literally,
his father tarriod as q sojourncr. He
established himself in Canaan: he
made it mis- home. In other words, Ja-
cob dwelt as Il citizen where his father
dwelt as a transient transient, ut
least, in tho estimation of thcss around
about.
"These are the generations of Jacob
is q little obscure. One would naturally
expect to have the namss of Jacobs
sons follow. Instead we have tho MAI.
rative of their doinss. And this Is
really what is meant. Pool gives it,
the events or occurrences which hap
psned to Jacob and his issue" Andshe
instances the story of Noah at Gen. 8:
y ("generations"l. also of Moses and
Aaron at Numbers B: l. Moses here
turns from the account Of Esau's pcs
terity to that of the chosen fanny. /,
The lexicon gives for u rendition Qsthe
word here translated generations"
family-history.
And Joseph brought unit, his father
their evil reports" better. tho evil re-
port Of them lsee Revision,. or, even
more lit orally, tho rumor OF their bad
ness. 1t was probably current in the
places which they frequented and
Joseph did not act the part of a mere
tattler or ~tale-bearer, but rather of q
repeater of what was the common talk
among tho people. Possibly, too, he
may have been dispatched with the
special GRAND to bring his father tid-
ings: The, Douay says he accused his
brothers OF "a most wicked crime"
They could not speak ~peaceably un-
to him." is, literally, they were not
Peace was the ealutation of friends.
They SO hated him that they could not
render him the ordinary salutations of
good fellowship and courtesy. So, far
had their anger and jealousy pf
ceeded.
HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
We have in Joseph's life q pr
lesson of Gods providence.
the maj OF destiny. Who
,ase boy into a pit would Have wa,
cut such mighty results} But here,
again mans extremity is Gods oppor-s
tunity: Or rather mans straits ara.
Gods nlargements. Look back ove,.
your own lives. Has there not been
many q Joseph expo: icnce there? Re.
count them.
@God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform. IS
He plants his footsteps in the sen
And rides above the storm.
@Blind unbelicf is sure to err
And scan his works in vain; 5
God is his own interpreter.
And he will make it l.lafn.n
The lesson which the International
Committee have particularly chosen
to emphasize in this portion of Jos eph's
life is that of conflict, the warning of
opposite natures. Let us find here
then some suggestions as to how to
conduct ourself in this life SO as to win
the best %conquests. There is a way of
living which, while it necessarily
means conflict with the world, signifies
alliance with God and assured triumph
Christian warrior. PelOubet sugges-
lively names the case of DR.. Parkhurst 4
in New York as q noteworthy instance
OF the warfare that must arise when
private integrity takes it's stand against
public iniquitv. So always, as DIR. A. \
J. Gordon intimates, the plumb line
throws all other lines into open dis
t%ortion. And yet 4if God be for us,
who is he that is against us?:" M
Unity of sentiment and the spirit IN.
mutual fo%rbearance should be cultiv( Il
ted in order to avoid discord. The1sE
is no better way to produce this th} B
to have it said, and truly. 4One is yoI 4
Master, even Christ, and all We d fE;
BRETHREN" or in other words, asubaa (
ting yourselves one to another in e
fear OF Cod" This is understood toAsN'
the motive OF the Boys Brigade, VIII
might possibly engender the bell
ent spirit. On the contrary. a
ourselves know from s1me slighs,.
perience, the opposite is the rel 2as
Saws Mr.. Deming: @We give
military drill not to set them to Il
ing, but to keep them from fight
Obedience to authority ought soert,s