The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

SERIES NsarcA
Tie eopso In sais SECTION ct EIGHT rasrsr.
n selling TIE EirsAriehi," Rvidentls
she committee were not lcaAsrs for ths
richest ard most instructive selections ir
Genesis, hnt ne WI End eornosAiae ercr
here. The intervening strass have bsst
the death & sarsh. seoi is5--ssia 70 b
ihs cniy woman uAsss Age IS rcea1aed N
S-srture- the purchase Of the cave O.
Maehreish az Hssrun asa burial rlscg
ieharssr nxiii1 Isaac raarrirs ResssAAh
l<.sspscr xSivN Abraham dies. aged rs,
and is b1ried hy Isaac and Ish1nael rsa-
r1sel dies .. the sxe az fSs When lssaS
Was 60 years os age, jacob nna Esau hrs
born lehspsrr XIV. 1881, and that hrines
rs 70 the iasSon
g. "And TIE hcys grvwi and EsAn was
curnins herS<~. n.ka II TIE hela and
Jhcob was a plain ranz. dwelling 10 trrss. y
WAY Should the Spirit write And the
bays grew" Don't all huyz rrowf Yet
the Spsrit saw ~ 70 ~ri.s corcer4ing fssus
And the child gre~' lake q, sol AID
81 Sarrel Il Is sasa. And the chsld sam.
nei grow on, ~ And Sarnusl grew n sam.
II 90; III. 10y Tia same is wrst1sn ~
fsahe, ish1axes. Moss ana Samson Gen.
xn. :. 30; FIX. Il. 10. Judr xs.s, So,
Why fhis statement Should b rnade Of
these savsn ordinary boys and 81 Him
whose name u Wozae-tul 1T soxne one tel
WIS knows. Il IS worthy q ncte that the
Old Testament ~p1i signifies TO hecono
great Nimrcd, who buslt BABE and other
citsss ttsen. X. sgl, is t.ia only other per
sen spokea 81 Is \ mighty hunter Nesfhur
his record M. Eaa1 5 ere arsong thu best
N the r Y. nergla il Is saSd Iac,h was
a qafat. harmless perfect man.
2s = Ard Issac loved Essz, because he
did eat q his vanssoa. Int Rebskah loved
jacob So each 81 TIE parents hsd their
avurite; enc was fatheras bay and one was
mothers hoy This would not tend 10
s4see n tbs hoasehoid nor 70 lovu bsssesnu
the hSotheFs. II if WIRE wrnng In their
day. with thrir tctnpnrssiyesv little Hight.
how much srd-c to be condemned in the
light 10 which va livei Then how huirii-
iating 10 see Isaao partial 70 Esar for his
sternaeh's snkei But ii s. 90 everyday
STORY. In the church IS Philippi there
were these whose god Was .issss= belly ard
who minded earthly things fE1ha sii, Io).
And snch may be fond today.
70, and Jacch sod pottage. and Esau
carne from, tbs field, aud he was faint. z
The nrss sin Sas through something
good for fnod and pleasant 70 tbs senses
tGen. 81. o. The Lord Jesus, when He
had TASTED 20 days aud was aft4rward an
huugcretl, Yves able 10 resist thedeyil, sny-
ing, Man shall not live by bread alone,
bnt by every word teat psoceeaeth out OF
the mouth Of God fAtath Is, ,, a. he
afterward taught, Take no Thought FIR
your life what re shRA eat or what ye shall
drink. , Labor not far the meat which
perisheth, bur for that NEST which endur.
9th unto everlasting life, which The son
Of Man shall give rnto you fAfath. II, "a
John Vi. 27l.
so. And Esau said to Jacob, Feed NE.
pray thee, with that same red pottage.
for am faint. Therefore was his name
called Edofn- See the margin for the |
81 Ed1us. One Of the interesting
things IN Genesis Is 70 note words used for
the first time and trace them on through 1
Scripture. Also the origin d nations. Tie
wrgtehed origin ot the Moabites and Am (
nonites Is seen in Gen XIX. 5o-Ss, aud I
now we have The origin q the EdomiteA,
aud yoa can hardly meet them anywhere
10 Scripture without thinking OF the hunt 4
z who was 50 hungry for red pottage
ne did not know tile words Of our text
Tho life e more than meat and the body
ban raiment. nor those words OF tho
spirit, Ih= kingdom Of God is not meat
md drink, bat righteousness aud peace
md JOY in the Holy Ghost.
81. And Jacob said, Sell me this day
ny hirthrignt What n lovely brother
.hat wouldr' I give his poor, hungry, only
brother food without recompense Al, +
lecob, ynu are a poor specimen Coda
sracs % you was Wonderful, and II Is the
hin9 70 az. IL sou We see too oft our.
elves, From Detlt xxi, ~. we learn that
ne Item IA ihe osrthright was double
,ortloIa q rhe inheritance And from
lhron.sy, 2, we $50 that the bIrthright did
~ always fail e the first born, for while
tcaaean WIS tho hrst born the birthright
lecame Iosephs
% : And Esnu said. Behold. am at
no point 20 die. and what profit shall this
iriilright 90 = mcs1 Some one thinks Il
as II be said 3 How exposed Il my manner
I ltiel may a. any time be cut off. My
irfhrighr II cf kttle yaine and never aid
ir any good II Jacob thinks he can do
omething with il, lei him have Il. tSiye
- --r~ 49, r'ff1~f -ft+N tA&ti VAEADIikuII
n II may be that he was 70 faint he artu.
lly thought he would then die, for after
'ard we lind him earnestly, but vainly.
eekiug tho blessing with tears Heb. XII.
Q, 10. How many there arc who say,
What profit - It 70 serve eodf dob xxi ii.
ial. ~. 10 and arc sorry when 1t il TOO
ste. How few lay 70 heart The solemn
lords, What shall Il profit man though
Q gain the whola world and loae his own
,ul, or what shall man give In tx. ,
hange for his souli" tAgasli. xvi, e6). II
sau represents those who prefer 4 present
and are willing TO lot The III.
arc look ont for itself, while Jacob. Win
7 bis rrookednesa. thought OF thu future
y3. And Jacob said. Swesr 10 me tina
ay, And he sware unfo him. and he sold
IL hirthright unto Jacob. ia Heb. II
pcoh has honorable mention among those /,
no had faith in God, but there Il no
'oln forfaith in this transaction. Il was
'lfish and crooked and scheming. Faith
ould have said. II Cod means me 70 have
70 hirthright, lie KNOWS how 10 give IL d
} me; II not. l am content Anyhow. I
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