The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
REV. DR. TALMAGE,
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Discourse.
Subject: "Fuu Granariee.''

TEXT: aud Ju iah spaka unto him sayt
fnR, The man did solemnly protest unto us,
saving. YH shall not 500 my face, except your
brother be with you."-Genesis Kilt, 8.
Nothing to eatl Plenty of corn In Egypt
tut CHASTITY famine in CaEaan. The cattle
meaning IN the sta l. Men. women and
children, awfuIly white with hunger. Not
the failing Of one crop for one Simmer, but
the falling OF all the crops for seven years,
A Nation dying for lack Of hat which is so
Common Oh your table, and so little appre!
ciatei; the product OF harvest field and
grist mill and oven: the price of sweat and
anxiety and struygie-Bread' Jacob, the
father, has the last report from the flour bin,
and he finds that everything IL out; and he
says to his sons: Boys, hook up the wagons
and starr for Egypt. and get us something to
eat" The fact was, there was a great corn
crib in Egypt. The people OF Egypt have
been largely taxed In all ages, at the present
time paying between seventy and eighty per
cent. OF their products to the Government.
No wonder in that time they had a large
corncrib. and 1t was full. To that crib they
came from the regions around about-those
who were famished-some paying for the
corn In money; when the money vas ex.
hansted, paving for the corn In sheep and
Gait & and horses and camels; and when they
were exhausted, then selling their own
bodies and their families into slavery.
The morning for starting out on the cru.
SADIE for bread has arrived Jacobgets his fam.
lily up very easily. But before the elder soDs
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 BEEN In Egypt to
get corn ms they had been treated some
what roughly, the lord of the corn-crih sup
plying them with sorn, but saying at the
close of the interview, Now, you need not
ANNA ha1G harm for "a m 81, aarn ,fnIcga RON
bring something better than money-even
your younger brother Benjamin" Ali Ben
jamin thar very name was suggestive of all
tenderness. The mother had died at the
birth of that soma spirit coming and an
other spirit going-nnd the very thought OF
parting with Benjamin must AVE been II
heartbreak. The keeper of this corn-crib,
nevertheless, says to these elder sons, "There
Is no need OF your coming up here any more
for corn unless YOU can bring Benjamin,
your fathers darling" Now Jacob and his
family very much needed bread; but what a
struggle it would be to give up this son. The
OIientals are very d~emonstratite In their
grief. and | near the outwailing OF the father
as these elder son keep relteratIuy in his
ears the announcement OF the Egyptian lord,
"Ye shall not see my face unless your brother
be with you" "Why did you tell him you
had IL brother2" says the old man complain
ing and Gliding them. why, father" they
said, ''he asked us all about our family, and
we had no idea that he would make any such
demAnda upon us rs he has made" mo use OF
asking me, =" said the father, ~ can not, !
will not, give up Benjamin" The fact was
that the old maj had lost children, and when
there has been bereavement in a household,
and a child taken, 1t makes the other chill
dren iii the household more precious. So
the day for the departure was adjourned and
adjourned. Still the horrors OF the famine
andiouder moaned the cattle, and
wider open cracked the earth, and more pal
lid became the cheeks, until Jacob, in de-
spair, cried QUITO his sons, "Take BENJAMIN
and be off," The older sons tried to cheer
up their father. They said. "We have
strong arms and a stout heart. and no harm
will come 10 Benjamin. Wen see that he
gels back again. FAREWELL" said the young
men 10 the father, In a tone of assumed good
cheer. "F-a-r-s-w-el-l!" said the old man
Tor that word has more quavers In 1t when
pronounced by the aged than by the young.
Well, the bread party, the bready embassy,
up in front of the corn-crib OF Egypt.
Those corn cribs are filled with wheat and
barley and corn in the husk, for modern
travellers ia those lands, both In Canaan and
In Egypt, tell US there Is corn there CORE
with our Indian maize. Huzza.
The journey is ended. The lord OF the corn
crib, who is also the Prime Minister, comes
~ utS uCNAS -dtElNcu tEdN6I6Ts, duu /
says, Dine with me to-day. How IL your
fathef9 Is this Benjamin, the younger brother
whose presence l ~demanded?" The travellers
are Introduced into the palace. They are
worn and bedusted of the way; and servants
In with a basin Of water in one hand
a towel In the other, and kneel down be-
lore these newly arrived travellers, washing
of the lust of the way. The butchers and
pouiterers and caterers of the Prime Minister
prepare the repast. The guests are seated In
small groups. I'VE or three at a table,, the
Iood on a tray; all the Injuries from i'm
periai gardens and orchards and Rquariums
and aviar,e rs are brought there, and are ALL
Ing chalice and platter. Now is the time for
his Prime Minister, II he has a grudge
against Benjamin, to show 1t. viii he Kill
MIN now that he has him In his hands2 o,
no. This lord of the corn-crib Is seated at
his own table, and he looks over the tables
of his guests; aud he sends a portion TO each
1f them, but sends a larger portion to Ben
amin, or, as the Bible quantity puts 1t,
'Beniamin's mess was five times as much as
of theirs" Be quick and send word back
with the swiftest camel to canaan to old
Jacob. that benjamin is farinS we'll; all is
we'll; he is faring s~umptuously; the Egyptian
ord did not mean murder and death; but he
deliyerance and life when he an
to us on that day, 'Ye shall not see
my face unless your brother be with you"
Well, my friends, this world is famine
Of sin. 1t does not yield a single
crop Of solid satisfaction. 1t Is dying. 1t is
lunger-bitten. The TACT that 1t does not, can
Iot feed a mans heart was well illustrated
the life of the English comedian. All the
World honored him-did everything for him
hat the world could do. He was ~appiauded
n England and a~pplauded In the United
He ronsed up Nations into laughter.
He had no equal. And yet, although many
people supposed him entirely happy, and
hat this world WA completely satisfying his
'oul. he sits down and writes;
81 never in my life put on a new hat that
I did not rain and ruin it. l never went out
n a shabby coat because 1t wa raining and
bought all who had the choice would keep
indoors, that the sun did not come out In Its
and bring out with 1t all the butter
OF fashion whom l NEW and who knew
ne. l never consented to accept a part I
lAted out of kindness to another, that l did
lot get Kissed by the public and cut by the
writer. l could not take a drive for a few
with Terry without being overturned
Ind having my elbow broken, though my
got off unframed. l could not make
covenant with Arnold, which | thought
vas to make my fortune, without making
us instead, than In an incredibly short space
time-I think thirteen months-I earned
or him $40, 000, and TOR myself Il. lam
'ersuated that If l we're to SET up as a baker,
very one in my neighborhood would leave
fl eating bread"
That was the lament of the worlds come.
ian and joker. All unhappy. The world
Id everything for Lord Byron that it could
10, and yet in his last momen he asks a
to come and sit down by him and
ea1, as most appropriate to his case. the
tory Of THE Bleeding Heart" Torrigiano,
he sculptor, executed, after months Of care
nd carving, Madonna and the Child"
'he royal family came In and admired II.
,very0ody that looked at It was In ecstasy;
ut one day, after all that toll and all that
dnlirRtion, because he did not get as much
compensation for his work as he had ex-
ected, he took a mallet and dashed the ex-
uisite sculpture into atoms. The world Is
compensation, poor satisfaction, o
Famine, famine in all the earth;
OF for seven years, but for six thousand.
blessed be God, there Is q great corn
rib. The Lord built It. 1t Is In another
md. It is a large place. An angel once
Ieasured it. and as far as | can calculate 1t
! one phrase, that corn-crib ia 1850 miles
ing aud 1900 miles broad, and $500 high;
nd 1t is full. Food for all nations. ON
Az the people, I'VE will start right away
nd get a supply for our soul" But stop a
loment; for from the Keeper Of that corn
rib there comes this word, saying, lyon
hail not sse- My face except your brother