The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11

%, And It came to pass when Joseph
was come unto his brethren that they
stripped Joseph out of his coat" Being
sent by his father, he went forth cheer
fully 70 see if IL was well with his breth-
rem, but when they saw him coming they
determined to kill him oversees Is. A.
1920. How suggestive of the Jews ha-
tired Of Jesus, their brother who came
seeking their welfare (Iath. xxi IS;
xvii ID. They stripped Him to mock
Him, and when cruciied parted His gar
ments among them Math. xvii. %. $50.
"a. And they took him and cast him
into a pit. and the pit was empty; there
was no water in it," Compare Zech. iX,
II, and contrast the miry pit in which
jeremiah was put der. xxXviii. g. The
sinners deliverance from sin is compared
to being taken from horrible pit and
miry clay and having his feet placed on
rock ops. Il. p.
>. And they sat down TO eat bread "
When the decree had gone forth to Kill
all the Jews. it is written that the king
and Hannah sat down To drink (Esth.
Ill, l3). When they cruciiied Jesus. il is
said that Sitting down, they watched
Him there (Math xvii. 36). The cues
ton OF jeremiah concerning the sorrows
of Jerusalem, rs it nothing To- you, all
ye that pass by?' Clam. i. 12) should
come home to all who are Indifferent to
the sufferings of Jesus.
% And Judah said unto his brethren,
What profit is IL if we slay our brother
and conceal his bloOd?" This same Judah
long afterward became surety for Jo-
seph's brother Benjamin Gen xiii g,
xiv, 80, 33). 1t was from him that the
Messiah, the great deliverer, came In the
fullness of time q Chron. V, ?; Heb. vii,
I'D. They might conceal Joseph's blood
from his father, but ike Abers it would
cry TO God Gen. iv, 10).
p. Come and let Us sell him 10 the
Ishmaelites. and let not our hand be
upon him; for he is our brother and our
flesh. And his brethren We're content"
Thus Judah saved his brother from
death and his brethren from actual
bloodshsd. See how one can influence a
number! one with God can chase a
thousand (Deut. xxi, 500.
Is And they drew and lifted up
Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph
10 the lshmaeltes for twenty pieces of
silver. and they brought Joseph 10
Egypt" Thirty pieces of silver was
afterward in Israel the value of slave
QlX. xxi, y. This was the price at
and for this amount Judas sold his
savior Czech. Vi, L; Math. XVI, 15).
Some people today seem TO sell Jesus
for the veriest trifles-that is, they do
not care what becomes Of Him or His
cause if only they can be gTatified
%. "Ard Reuben returned unto the pit
and, behold Joseph was not in the pit,
and he rent his clothes" &c was
Reuben who first persuaded tn other
brothers not 10 kin Joseph, but TO cast
him into pit. thinking that he might,
unobserved get him out and restore him
"a, p 1,..s, fr-rr-1c bnr wa
the Oldest of all the brothers, he and
Judah being both Of Leah Gen. xxx, 81,
80. He had heart 20 save his brother,
but not the power 10 deliver him from
those who hated him. He was evidently
absent when Joseph was sold
80. And he returned TO his brethren
and said, the child is not, and I, whittier
shall / go?" The same phrase is used
concerning the absent in chapter Xiii, IS
36. and Jer. XXI, -. What contrast
i'm that glorious name of Jehovah, II
am GrX iii I'D Whether in the body
identified with Christ, we can never be
said not to be- for He is our life, and
because He lives we live John xiv, 49,.
The anguish of Joseph's soul as he o.
sought his brothers not to sell him is
spoken of in chapter xiii, q.
81. And they took Joseph's coat. and
killed a kid Of the goats, and dipped
the coat in the blood" since the day
that Adam sinned it has been sorrow
and suffering and death all along the
line. and viii be till He shall come again
who. when He first came. bore our griefs
and carried our sorrows and IN His
own body bore our sins on the tree
asa. iii, 4; ] Pet. ii, 20. While the
blood of a kid stained Joseph'S coat ii
was Jesus's own blood that soiled His
garments. even the blood from the poor,
scourged back and thorn crowned head.
.Fsrf ga.
blood shall stain His raiment Qsa. Iii,
3. -.
90. And they sent the coat Of many
colors. and they brought II to their
father and said. This have we found;
know now whether il be thy sons coat
or no." Jacob was truly their father
after the flesh, but they We're making
il very plain that they like the descend
ants long afterward. had another father,
even he who is the father of all liars
and murderers Gohn viii. 4D.
80. And he knew * and said, It is my
sons coat; an evil beast hath deVoured
him: Joseph is without doubt rent in
pieces" There was no chemical analy-
sis To prove that the blood on that coat
was not human; there was no son honest
enough TO tell the facts in the case, and
so Jacob must be allowed 10 think that
his much loved son was actually slain
and for twenty years he believed the
Same Cxliv. 2Sj. What an evil beast is
envy and hatred, true children Of the
roaring lion q Pet. V, 3!
"a. And Jacob rent his clothes, and
put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mOurned for his son many days" What
ever we SOW we reap. Jacob had sOwn
the wind and was reaping the whirl-
wind Gal Vi, = Hos. wifi. ~ He had
cruelty deceived his father and lied TO
him Chapter xvii, pa and now he was
reaping a terrible harvest This princi-
pie of retributtcn is seen continually and
enough Of il to make all but the most
hardened believe that God means what
He says.
30. And all his sons and all his
daughters rose up to comfort him, but
he refused TO be comforted, and he
said. For 7 will go down into the grave
unto my son mourning; thus his father
wept for him" How many daughters
Jacob had we are not told. One. Dinah,
is mentioned by name (xx1liv, -. We
can understand how they might sin
cerely try to comfort their father. but
how these lying sons could comfort him
is somewhat Of a mystery. He is surely
to be pitied. for he had not the light
which we have upon the future. He
looked into the grave; we look up and
know that "to die is gain, ito depart
and be with Christ IS far better" Phil.
l. q, 20.
SO. And the Midanites sold him into