The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-09-18

aquarinms and aviaries are brouph
tnere, and are filling chalice and plat
ter. Now Is the time for this nrim,
1 minister, If he has a grudge agains
Ben1amin, to show it, viii he xii
him, now that he has him in his hands.
oh,-no! This lord of the corn-cril
IS seated at his own table anG
! ne looks over to the tables of his
guests; and he sends portion to each
OF them, but sends a larger portion tc
ben1amin, or, as the Bible quantity
. puts it: "Benjamin's mess was five
tlres as much as any of theirs. Be
I 0llck and send word back with the
swlftest camel to Canaan to old Jacob.
that benjamin is well; all is well;
ne IS faring sumptuously; the Egyp-
tldn lord did not mean murder and
death; but he meant deliverance and
lie when he announced to us OIL that
day; 'Ye shall not see my face until
your brother be with you.'"
Well, my friends. this world Is fam
lne-struck of sin. 1t does not yield a
single crop of solid satisfaction. 1t is
dying. 1t is hunger-stricken The
fact that it does not, can not feed a
mans heart was well illustrated in
the life OF the English comedian. All
the world honored him-did every
thing for him that the world could do.
lie was applauded in England and ap-
planded in the United States. He
mad no equal. And yet, although
many people supposed him entirely
happy, and that this world was COM
pleteiy satisfying his soul, he sits
| down and writes:
never in my life put on new hat
that it did not rain and ruin il. IL
never went out in a shabby coat be-
cause it was raining and thought all
who had the choice would keep in
doors, that the sun did not come out
in its strength and bring out with it
all the butterflies of fashion whom l |
knew ard who knew me. never con- !
scented to acceptsa part hated out of |
kindness to another, that | did not |
get Missed by the public and cut |
by the writer l could not take |
a drive for few minutes with Terry |
without being overturned and having
my elbow broken, though my friend
got Off unframed. could not make a
covenant with Arnold, which thought
was to make my fortune, without max
ing his instead, than in an incredibly
short space of time-I think 10 months
u earned for him Ego, 200 pounds, and
for myself 81. | am persuaded that if
l were to set up as baker every one
in my neighborhood would leave off
eating bread"
That was the lament of the worlds
comedian andjolker. All unhappy. The
world did everything for Lord Bryan
that it could do, and yet in his last mo-
ment he asks friend to come and sit
town by him and read, as most appro-
pirate to his case, the story of 1.-THE
Heart" Torrigiano, the | i
sculptor, executed, after months of i
care and carving, Madonna and the t
1hild. The royal family came in and
ldmired it. Everybody that looked t
It it was in an ecstasy; but one S
lay, after all that toll and t
IL that admiration, because he did u
lot get as much compensation for his t
york as he had expected, he took e
nallet and dashed the exquisite il
culpture into atoms. The world is 0
oor compensation, poor satisfaction, +
oor solace Famine, famine in all the t
arth; not for seven years, but for Q
900. But, blessed be God, there v
; great corn crib. The Lord L
uilt it. 1t is in another land a
is large place. An angel once t
leasured it, and, as far as can cal t.
llate it in one phrase, that corn crib k
1900 miles long and 1,s0O miles 81
road and 1,5oo miles high; and it is tt
i'll. Food for all nations. ''Oh!'' say o.
lie people, ''we will start right away W
nd get this supply for our soul" But j.
OPP moment; for from the keeper of j,
lat corn-crib there comes this word, IL
wing: You shall not see my face 81
scept your brother be with YOU" In So
her words, there is no such thing as b.
sting from Heaven pardon and COM m
ut and eternal life unless we bring re
it'll us our Divine brother, the Lord l.
'sus Christ. Coming without Him,
g shall fall before we reach the OF
I'm crib, and our bodies shall | 81
portion for the jackals of the m
lderness; but, coming with the d. 10
ne Jesus, all the granaries of Heaven til
Il swing open before our soul and II
undance shall be given us. We tn
all be invited to sit in the palace of fe
e King and at the table; and while m
e Lord of Heaven is apportioning II
,m His own table to other tables, He gi
II not forget us; and then and there pa
will be found that our Benjamin's sp
SIS is larger than all the others, for or
it ought to be. Worthy is the TO
NIB that was slain. to receive bless M
: and riches and honor and glory and tw
wer,' In,