Milford chronicle., 1896-04-17
THE LIFE OF JOSEPH.
REV. DR.. TALMAeE SHOWS IT TO Be
FULL or PRACTICAL LESSONS.

1t illustrates the Fact That You Cannot
Keep n Good Man Down and That the
world Is Compelled to Honor Christian
Character.
WASHINGTON, April 1s.-Tho sermon OF
Rev. DIR. Talmngo today is full of stirring
and practical lessons for all. Washington
has many men who like tho hero Of the
texts, started from almost nothing and
rose TO high place. The texts chosen were'
Genesis xxxvii se, They drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph TO
the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces OF silver.
Genesis xiv, 20, "He is governor over all
the land of Egypt"
You cannot keep good man down.
God has decreed for him II certain point OF
elevation He will bring him TO that
though it cost him thousand worlds. You
sometimes find men fearful they will not
be properly appreciated. Every man comes
to be valued st just what no is worth. You
cannot write him up, and you cannot write
him down. These facts are powerfully IL
Illustrated In my subject. 1t would be an
insult to suppose that you were not all
familiar with tho lifo of Joseph-how his
Jealous brothers threw him into pit, but
seeing a caravan of Arabian merchants
trudging along ON their camels, with
spices and gums that loaded tho air with
aroma, sold their brother to these mer-
chants, who carried him down into Egypt;
Joseph there sold to Potiphar, a man OF
influence and Office; how by JOseph's in
tegrity he raised himself to high position
in the realm until under tho false charge
of a vile wretch, he was hurled into the
penitentiary; how in prison he command
ed respect and confidence; how by the in
depreciation of Pharaoh's dream he was
freed and became the chief man in the
realm, tho Bismarck Of his century; how
in the time of famine Joseph had the con-
troll of a magnificent stOrehouso which he
had filled during seven years of plentyi
how when bis brothers. who had thrown
him into the pit and sold him into captiY-
ity, applied for corn he sent them home
with the beast Of burden borne down I'M
der the heft Of the corn sacks; how the
sin against their brother which had so
long been hidden came out ut last and was
returned by that brothers forgiveness and
kindness, the only revenge he took.
You see, in the first place. that the
world is compelled to honor Christian
character. Potiphar was only man Of
the world, yet Joseph rose in his estima-
ton until all tho affairs Of that great
house were committed to his charge.
From his servant no honor or confidence
was withheld When Joseph was in prison,
he soon won tho heart of the keeper, and,
though placed thoro for being a scoundrel,
he soon convinced the jailer that he was
an innocent and trustworthy man, and,
released from close confinement, he became
general superintendent of prison affairs.
Wherever Joseph was placed, whether a
servant in the house of Potiphar or pris-
oner in the penitentiary, Ee became the
first man everywhere and isan illustration
of the truth lay down-that the world is
compelled to honor Christian character.
There are those who affect to despise re-
lieious life. They speak OF it as a system
of phlehotumy by which tho man is bled
of all his courage and nobility. They say
he has bemcaned himself. They pretend
to have no more confidence in him since
his conversion than before his conversion.
But all this is hypocrisy. There is a great
deal of hypocrisy in the church, and there
is a great deal of hypocrisy outside the
church. 1t is impossible for any man not
TO admire ard eonfide ina man who shows
that he has really become Il child of God
and is what he processes to be. You cannot
despiso a son of tho Lord God Almighty.
OF course wo have no admiration for the
sham of religion.
II.