Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-04-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL is.

| Ca ooCouu.,,,r,, Ia, tbc Rcv H.
NJ stearhs'
o. Sand IL came to mass when Joseph
was coma rnto bis bretbren that they
ttrinped .Josenh ont of his coat" Being
| ,ant bv bie father be want forth cheerfullv
| to 600 IL II was veil with his brethren. but
| whom they cav him canning they determin-
| ri To Iii hin, (verses II. IA. 1920. How
suggestive Of the LEWIS hatred of Jesus,
their brother who came seeking their wei.
fare (NJstb xxi. 3s: xvii. ~ They stripped
! Him To mock Him. and when crucified
narted His Garments among them Math.
| vxvii oe "a,
| "a "a od tbev took him and cast him in
! to n nit and thc n;t ,,as emntv. there was
no water in IT, COMPARE yech tx. II and
| contrast the mirv nit in which Jeremiah
wss mt Tier xxxviii g. The sinners de-
liverancp from sin il COMPARED to being
taken from horrible nit and mirv clay al-l
| having his feet nlaced on q rock GPs xl. o.
25 "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
Haman sat down TO drink CEsth. iii. 15l
When they crucified Jesus. it is said that
"Sittinp down. they watched Him there"
(NIath xvii. 36 The question of .Jere-
miab concerning the sorrows of Jerusalem.
as il nothing to Won. all We that PASS bvg''
| 1.a,, / 1ol sbould come home to all who
are Indifferent to the sufferiugs of Jesus
26 And Judah said unto his bret bren
| What nroft is il if we slay orr brother and
conceal his bloody" This same Judah long
afterward became surety for .Josephs broth
err BENJAMIN Gen. xiii, 0; xiv, 81, 33). 1t
was from him that the Messiah, the great
deliverer. came in the fullness of time Il
Chrou. " .; Heb. vii, IA They might con
ceal .Joseph's blood from his father but
like Abels it would CRY TO God Gen. iv. l0).
81 Come and let us sell him to the Ish-
! maelites. and let not our hand be upon him
for he is our brother and our flesh. And
his brethren were content" Thus Judah
saved his brot her from death and his breth-
rem from actual blOodshed See how OF =
can influence a number, One with God can
chase A thousand tDeut. xxi. 3O).
%. and they drew and lifted up Josepn
out of the pit and sold Joseph to the ISL
maelites for twenty pieces Of silver, and they
| brought Joseph into Exvpt" Thirty pieces
of silver was aftcrward in Israel the value
of slave (Ex. xxi. 80. This was the price
at which they vnlued Xechariah. the pronb.
ct, and for this amount Judas sold his
saviour Czech. XII. IL: Matb. XVI. l5). Some
/ j.
est trifles-that is. they do not care what
becomes of Him or His cause. if only tbey
can be rratifed.
% And Reuben returned unto the nit
and behold ,Joscnh was not i'm the nit md
he rent his clothes" II was Renhen yvbo
first persunded the other brothers not To
kill Joseph. but to cast him into a mt
thinking that he might. unobserved ret
him ont and rps,ore him tn his father (versns
81 22) Reuben was the oldest of all the
brot hers he and .Judnb being both sons of
I eab U;en xix 90 AL He had - be,rt to
gave his brother blt not the mower ia de-.
liver him from those who hated him Ha
was evidently absent when .Iosenh vae sold
80 "And he returned to his bret hren and
said This child is not and / vhitber sh,,tl
oos'' Thesame nhrase is ,lsed concerning
the absent in chaptrr xiii. 10. 36. and ,Jer'
XXI. - What a contrast IN that plorious
nane of Jehovah II am lex iii lai
Whether in thu, bodv mr. ont of the body II
we are only identified with Christ we can
never he said not to he for He is ,our lif,.
and bec,use He lives we live LTohn viv 10,
The anguish Of Joseph's soul as he besoupht
his brot bers not to sell him * snokeu of i'm
cbanter viii ~
Al "Aud they took .Iosenh's coot md
killed n kid of the yoats. and dinnod tina
cont In the hlool Since he dav that Adj.
am sipned il has been sorrow and SUFFERING
and death all along the line. and will he
till n. shall come again who. when lie first
came bore our griefs and carried our ,or.
rows. and in HIS own body bore our sins on
the tree lisa. lii, 4; Pet. ii. "a. While the
blood of "A Kid staincd Jo,eph's coat il wa,
Jesus own blood that soiled His garments
even the blood from that poor. scourged
back and thorn crowned head Bllt the
day comes when His enemies blood shall
stain His raiment lisa. lii. 3. A.
30 And they sent the coat of many
colors, and they brought it to their fat he,
and said This have we found; know now
, whether il be thy sons coat or no." jacob
| was truly their father after the flesh. hut
they were making it very plain that they
r like their descendants long afterward. had
another father. even he who is the father OF
, all liars and murerers John viii. a..
IS. And he knew i. and said, 1t is nv
sons coat; an evil beast hat h ,levoured him