Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-09-24
RSF. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE NOTED DEvISE'S SUNDAY
SERMON

TE7+. ''A6s Ju Ian srase unto him saw.
bC. 10" man did soennly protest INTO ns
saying. Ye shall not sea nv face, cxcep, yous
brother DO with you. ."-Genesis xliii.. 8.
Nothing to eat. Plenty OF corn IN E,yp..
but Ghastly famine in Canaan. The ca,,la
meaning IN tho stall. Men, women md
children. awiully white with hunger. No,
!h !he :ainnG G OF one crop for one sq qsa,ner, but
the milling OF oil the crops for seven wears.
A Nation dying for lack Of ,ha, which Is 30
common on your table. and So little appre-
eated; the product Of harvest field and
grfst mill and oven: the prica Of sweat aad
anxiety and strusSle-Bread' Jacob, the
father, has the last report from the -four bin.
and he finds that every, hing Il out; and he
says TO his sons: boys. hook up tho wagons
and start for Egypt. and get us somethins,o
ea. The fact was. there was great corn
crlo IN Egypt. The people OF Egypt have
been largely taxed in all ages at the present
ume paving between seventy and eighty per
cent OF their products to the Government.
No wonder In that time they hal a large
corncrib. and 1t was full To that crib they
came from the regions around abou,-those
VINO We're famished-some paving for the
corn in money: when the money was ex-
hauste'i, paving for the corn in sheep and
catt g and horses and camels: and when they
We're exhausted. then selling their own
bodies and their families into slavery
- ''t'AhtHS lol StAEtlDE OUT on ina era.
sado !or bread has arrived. Jacob gets his fam
lily MP very easily. But before the elder soas
start they say something that makes him
tremt 10 with emotion from head TO foot AMI
burst into tears. The fact was that thass
elder sons had once before been in E-ypt 70
get corn and they han been treated some
what roughly, the lord OF the corn-crih sup
plying them with corn. but saving Mt the
close OF tho interview. Now, you need not
come back hero for any more corn unless YOU
DyinG something better than monev-"ven
your younger brother benjamin" All, Ben
jamtn-that very name was suggestive OF all
tenderness. The mother had died ut the
birth OF that soma spirit coming and an
other spirit Soing-and the very thought OF
parting with Benjamin must have been
hearbreak. The keeper Of this corn-crtb,
nevertheless. says to these elder sons "Thero
Is no need OF your coming up here any more
Tor corn unless Won can bring Din arhin ,
| your fathers darling" Now Jacob and his
family very much needed bread; but whit q
struggle 1t would be to give up this son. The
| O1ientals are very Genonstrative In their
grief. and l hear the outwailing OF the father
as these elder sons keep relterntlnV in his
ears the announcement OF the Egyptian lord
''Ye shall not see my face unless your brother
be with you" "Why did yon tell him You
had brother?" says the old man complain
ing and chiding them. why. father" they
| said, che asked Us all about our family and
We had no idea that he would make any such
| demand upon US rs he has made" ''No use OF
asking me-" said the father. II can not,
will not, give up Ben jamin-" The fact was
that toe old man hnd lost children, and when
| there has been bereavement In q household,
and a child taken, 1t makes the other chill
dren In the household more precious. 50
the day for the departure was adjourned and
adjourned Still the horrors OF the famine
increased. and louder moaned the cattle, and
wider open cracked the earth, and more pal
lid became the cheeks, until Jacob, In de-
spair cried out 70 his sons. take Benjamin
and be off, The older sons tried to cheer
up their father. They said: eve have
, strong arms and q stout heart and no harm
Will come 10 Benjamin. We'll see that he
gets back again. Farewel,' said the young
men to the father, in q tone OF assumed good
| cheer. "F-a-r-e-w -e-l-l.' said the old man
for that word has more quAvers In It when
pronounced by the aged than by the young.
Well. the bread party. the bready nbassy,
drives up In front ofthe corn-crib OF Egypt.
Those corn-cribs are filled with wheat aud
barley and corn In the husk, for modern
travellers In those lands, both Rn Canaan and
u Egypt tell US there Is corn there CORE
,pondtng with our Indian maize Huzza!
The journey Is ended. The lord Of the com
crib, who is also the Prime Minister. comes
down TO these newly-arrived travellers, and
,ays. "Dine with me to->iay. How Is your
'ather2ls this Benjamin, the Younger brother
whose presence demandedI' The travellers
are introduced into the palace. They are
worn and bedusted Of the wayI and servants
come In with basin OF water In one hand
and a towel in the other, and kneei down be-
lore these newly arrived travellers, washing
Oh the Just OF the way. The butchers and
>oulterers and caterers OF the Prime Ministc,
prepare the repast. The guests are seated Ia
,mall groups, two or three at q table, tbs
aI the luYtYiRz from
oertai gardens and orchards and aIuariums
and aviar.es are brought there. and are fil.
Ing chaice and platter. Now Is the time fox
:his Prime Minister. II he has grudSe
against Ben jamin. TO show II. Will he XII
6im, now that he has him Ia his handsl O.
40. This lord OF the corn-crib is seated al
bis own table. and he looks over the tables
! 81 his guests: and he seuds portion 70 each
81 them, but sends larger portion 70 Ben
iarnin, or, "a tie Bible quantity puts II
"Benjaalia's mess was five times as much a;
any OF theirs" Ee quick and send worl bach
with tho swiftest camel 70 Canaan 10 Old
Jacob. that "Deniarnin IS farms we'll; all 1.
veil; he Is taring sUUptuously; the Egyptia,
ord did NOT mean murder and death; but he
meant deayerance and life when he An
bounced to us on that day, 'Ye shall not 50
nv face unless your brother be With yo1-
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struck O. sin. Il does EOt yield = s.ng
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