The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-18
REV. DR.. TALMAGE..
THE NOTED DEvINE's SUNDAY
SERMON

Ing, The man did solemnly protest unto us,
saying. Ye shall not SEQ my face, except your
brother be with you. Genesis kill, 8.
Nothing to eat Plenty of corn In Egypt,
but ghastly famine In Canaan. The cattle
meaning in the stall. Men, women and
children, awfully white with hunger. Not
the failing OF one crop for one summer, but
the failing OF all the crops for seven years.
A Nation dying for lack Of that which Is so
common on your table, and so little appre-
ciated; the product OF harvest field and
grist mill and oven: the price OF sweat and
anxiety and struggle-Breadi Jacob, the
father, has the last report from the flour BIN,
and he finds that everything is out; and he
says to his sons: "Boys, hook up the wagons
and start for Egypt. and get us something to
eat" Tho fact was, thcre was a great corn
crib in Egypt. The people OF Egypt havo
been largely taxed in all ages. at the present
tune paying between seventy and eighty per
cent. OF their products to the Government.
| No wonder in that time they had large
corncrib. and 1t was full. To that crib they
! came from the regions around about-those
| who were famished-some paying for tho
| corn In money; when the money was OK
! hausted, paying for the corn in sheep and
| catt g and horses and camels; and when they
were exhausted, then selling their own
| bodies aud their families into slavery.
| The morning for starting ont on the cru
sade for breadh arrived. Jacob gets his fam
| lily up very easily. But before the elder sons
| start they say something that makes him
| tremtle with emotion from head to foot. and
| burst into tears. The fact was that these
| elder sons had once before hesn in Egypt to
| get corn and thoy hau been treated some-
what roughly. the lord OF the corn-crih sup
plying them with corn. but saying ut the
| close of the interview. Now, You need not
| come bnck hero for any more corn unl"Ss YOU
| bring something better than money--cvcn
| your Younger brother Benjamin" All! Ben
| jamin-that very name WIS suggestive o! all
tenderness. The mother had died ut the
L., 4, . ,,tef NN>t,,
other spirit goinS-and the very thought OF
| parting with Benjamin must have been
! heartbreas. The keeper OF this corn-crih.
| nevertheless. says to these elder sons, There
! is no need of your coming up here any more
| for corn unless YOU can bring B"mj jamin.
| your fathers darling" Now Jacob and his
| family very much needed bread: but what
| struggle it would be to give up this son. Tho
Oiientals are very demonstrativo in their
! grief, and hear the outwatlirS OF the father
| rs these elder sons keep reitcratlug in his
ears the announcement of the Egyptian lord.
''Ie shall not scomy face unless your brother
be with you." "Why did you tell him You
had brothcri" says the old man complain
ing ami chiding them. 'Why, father" they
| sail, "he 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 Benjamin" The fact was
that the old man had lost children. and when
! there has been bereavement in a household,
| and child taken. it makes the other chill
dren in the household more precious 50
! the day for the departure WAS adjourne,! and
! adjourned. still the horrors Of thu famine
Increased. and louder moancd the cattle, and
wider open cracked the earth, and more pal
lid became the cheeks. until Jacob. in de-
| spair, cried out to his sons. Take Ben njamin
and be or" The older sous tried to cheer
| up their father. They suid 1--WE have
strong arms AMI II stout heart. and no harm
will come to Benjamin. Well see that he
gets back again. FAREWELL" said the young
men to the father, in n tone Of assumed good
cheer. "F-a-r-c-w-e.l-l!" said the old man.
| for that word has moro quavers in 1t when
pronounced by the aged than by the young.
Well, the bread party, the broadly embassy.
drives up in front ofthe corn-crib OF Egypt.
| Those corn-cribs are filed with wheat aud
| barley and corn in the husk, for modern
travellers In those lands, both in Canaan and
in Egypt, tell us there is corn there corre-
| Spondtng with our Indian maize. HuZza
| The journey is ended. The lord of the corn
| crib who is also the Prime Minister, comes
down to these newly-arrived travellers, and
| says. Dine with mo to-day. How is your
father?ls this Ben jamin, the younger brother
whose presence demandedt" The travellers
| are introduced into the palace. They are
worn and bedusted of the way; aud servants
| come i'll with a basin OF water in one hand
| and towel in the other and kneel down be-
fore these newly arrived travellers, washing
of the lust Of the way. The butchers and
| poultcrers and caterers Of the Prime Minister
prepare the rcpast. The guests are seated in
! small groups, two or three at Il table, tho
| food on tray; all the luxuries from iuI-
| perial gardens and orchards and aluurums
| and aviaries are brought there. and are I'LL
! ing chalicc and platter. Now is the time for
! this Prime Minister, il he has a grudgc
against Benjamin. to show It. Will he kill
! him. now that he has him in his hands? O.
no. This lord Of the corn-"rb is seated at
! his own table. and he looks over the table.
OF his guests; and he sends portion to each
! OF them, but sends larger portion to Ben
| jamin, or, rs the Biblo quantity puts H.
"Eenjamins mess was five times "a much IA
| any of theirs" Be quick and send word back
J with the swiftest camel to Canaan to old
| Jacob. that Ben jamin is farinS well; ali Is
well; he Is fnring ngsumptuously; ;hc Egyptian
| lord did not mean murder and death; but he
meant deiverancc and life when he an
nounced to us on that day. 'Ye shall not see
my face unless your brother be with you"
Well, nv friends, this world is famine
| struck OF sin. II does not yield n single
! crop Of solid satisfaction. 1t is dying. 1t Is
hunger r-bittcn. The fact that il does not can
| not feed mans heart was we'll illustrated
! in the life of the English comedian. All the
! world honored him--lid everything for him
! that the world could do. He was applaudod
! in England and applauded in the United
! States. He reused ur Nations into laughter
He had no equal. And yet. although many
! people supposed him entirely happy. and
! that this world was completely satisfying his
! soul. he sits down and writes:
II never in my life put on new hat that
| II did not rain and ruin II. / never went out
In shabby coat because It was raining and
| thought all who had the choice would keep
| indoors, TINT the sun did not come out in its
strength and bring out with it all the butter
| ilies OF fashion whom knew and who knew
| me. l never consented to accept part /
hated out Of Kindness to anc ther that did
not get hissed by the public and cut by the
writer. could not take drive for few
minutes with Terry without being overturned
and having my elbow broken, though my
| TREND got off unharmed. l could not mike
n covenant with Arnold. which thought
was to make my fortune. without making
his instead, than In an Incredibly short space