Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-04-25
LIFE OF JOSEPH.
DIR. TALMAGE,s SUNDAY THEME
God Has Decreed for Good Men a Ger
: tain Point Of Elevation.

. > tNa4:ttt nF~I' a. -jjI : - - y u '''L
has decreed for hin. \ certain ugiGt 81 ti-Fa-
ton. He will bring hin +, tn.. ttfou-4 )
COSY Hin n Thousand worlds. E.ai soTett .r-
find men fearful tsey viii Dac ." .t-apa-tv
appre lated. Every man CONES 10 IL W aett
at just what be i worth. You caNE1. write
him up. a,;d YOU cannot write MIN down.
These facts are powerfully il!r7trated in sav
subject. II woull +" al in-ult 10 suppose
that YOU were no: all ia niIjar witn thu life OF
Joseph-tow hi- Jealous brothers tarer hf3r
into Il pit. but seeing Il caravan 81 Arauian
merchants trui-in- along "n Their clutels.
with spice- and gums tina: loaded the NJ
with aroma. >oHi :heir brother 10 -he-e E.er-
chants, who carried him down into EGr,it:
Joseph there sold 70 potipha-. = m&:i -of N
fuence and "fire; how ~ Jnseph's inteG-
ritv he raised himself to high position III the
realm until. under the false charge 81 u vile
wretch. lie was hurled into the pauitentiarv:
how in rsson he commanded respect and
confdcn e; how by the interpretation If
Thar1Oh's dream he was fteet and became
the chez man in the REALM. the BisTarcE ii
his century: how in the time q famine jos
eph had the control of II magiihccnt stora-
house. which he bad filled during seven
years Of plenty; how when his brothers. who
had thrown him into the ri. and sold him
into captivity. applied COR corn he sent fnem
home With :he beasts Of burden borne down
under the belt Of the corn sacks: how tle
sin against their brother. which had So long
'CNA 'i''A 4 u, ''iGli' oHl a. l. tI 4 wa -
turned By that brothers forgiveness and
! kinine-s. the Onl. revenge he took
You Sc. in the first place. FIAT TIE world
is compelled 70 honor Christian character.
Pot.ihar was only II man Of the word, vet
Joseph ro=e in his estimation until al
the affairs OF that great honse were COM
mitted to his charge. From his servant no
honor or confidence was withheld. When
joseph was in prison, he soon wcn tho heat
OF the keeper. and though placed there for
being "A IN ral. he soon convinced the
caller that he was an innocent ani trust
worthy MIN. and released from clos. con
hnement he became general superintendent
OF prison affairs. Wherever Joseph WIS
placed. whether Il servant in the house Of
Potiphar, or a prisoner i'll the lenitantiary,
he became the first man everywhere, an1 Is
an illustration OF thc truth ] lay down, tia
the world il compelled to honor Christian
character. There are those who aft .ct to
desp!Ss Il religious life. Tley speak Of it
as n system of palebotonv by which the man
is bled OF all his courage and nobility. They
say he has bemeancd himself. They pretend
to have no more confidence in him since his
conversion than before his conversion. Bug
all thi, is hypocrisy. There is 4 great deal
of hypocrisy in the church. aud there is u
Erea: deal Of hypocrisy outside the church.
1T Is impossible for any man NOT 10 admire
and confihe in a nan who shows that he has
reall, become Il child Of God aud is what he
processes 10 De. you cdu1bC GtSt.Sc II son
Of tie Lord God Almighty. OF course we
have no admiration for the shame OF religion.
was Ut a place a few hours after the rEt-
fans had S0ne into the rail train and &C.
man3ed that the passengers throw ED their
arms, and then these rlfrians teOk the pocket
books. auI satan comes aud suggests to IL
man thai he throw up his arms in hvpocrit-
ical prayer and pretension. ard then steals
his soul. Fog the mere pretension of relig-
ion We have adherence. Redwald. the
king. after baptism. had al altar OF Chris
tian sacrifice and an altar for sacrifice to
devils. and there are many men now at
tempting the same thing-half q heart for
God and half Il heart for the woriI-and it
is Il dead failure, and it is a caricatUre OF re-
ligiOn. and the only successful assault ever
made on christianity is the Inconsistency OF
its professors. You may nave IA contempt for
pretensiOn to religion. but when you behold
ma exc4llency Of Jesus Christ come out IN
tie life OF Que OF HIS disciples. all that there
IS GO III and nob'e ia your Soli rises no into
admiration, and YOU cannot help il. Though
that man be as far beneath YOU IN estate as
he Egvl.ian slave of whom we are dis
coursinG was beneath Iii, rulers. by an ire
voc DE law OF your nature. Pctilhar and
Pharaoh will alway IS esteem Joseph.
When EudoXia, the empress. threatened
Chrysostom with death. he made the reply.
"Tell the empress | fear nothing but sin
Such a scene as that compels the admiration
OF the world. There was something IN
Ayrirpa aud Felix which demanded their re-
spec' for Paul. the reps1 against government.
doubt not they would willingly have yield
I'll their Office ard dignity FOR Il thousandtl
X or THAI true heroism which beaned in
the eye and beat III the heart Of that uncon-
,uel&ble apostle. Pau! did not cover before
Felix: Feli< covered before Paul. The inf
De! and wuylitinS are compelle to honor IL
their hearts. although they may nOt euioSiZ'
Tith the. Fps. Il Christian firm N per>ecu-
tan. chttT'u! in poverty. triSttnl Ill losses.
triumphant il death. | lini Christian mel
IN III professions and occupations. aud Fms
hem Us. I'd and hcnored and successful
ucEi E.c- a'lrk Oberlin alieviatinG i.noranct
and distress: Howard passing from dungeon
TO la-arett" with heahnS for the body
and soul; Elizabeth Fry going To the profit
aacE Of Ncw,atc prison 70 shake lts obdUr
ect - de angel came 70 the PRISON Il
pic.ip,i. driving Oxen The doors and saap
ling lcU> the rna i. as well as the lives .
thousands Of followers - Jesus Who nay,
ct,Nt.d themselves 10 the TEMPORAL an,
spiritual welfare Of the rae are noEuMent'
OF tie Christian religion thu. shall 10
cruz He while the world lasts. \ man SAT-
u nc III the cars: "What i religion: JudS
! * from the character vi many professors .
religion 1 DO not al l;ire religion | said
NOV. suppose we went TO m artist in IN
city Of Rome. and while in his gallery asked
hilI. " AZ IL lLt Ii u htAtib f3th
he take Il out in a low alley and show Us
i, ere 4, uh OF Il pre.ender at paintings. .
So. ne take Us down into the corridor
:AI show lis the ~I;ulens. aud the h~aphaels
apI thr Michael Ar5"los? When We aske
hiHr. WAT 18th art of painting? lie woul
,,oiut % the worAs Of these great master
ani Ky. That is painting Now. you Pre-
1cse 20 find the there caricature OF religion
10 sees = tel tha> which is the mere prefer
: 10. - a aoiT life. and you cali that reiiGt0I
.uoiA. yoi q ire splendid rnen and wo'ne
whom this ro>TNi has blessed a2d lifted an
c~rowaet. Look ~ the masterpieces 81 dlvln
artce IL You wan TO know what religion IS.
+ W. learn also from this story Of JOSEF
M. result of persecution i elevau0.
had n NJ heen for his relDg soldlnto Ign
: in ~ 6a.s ~ his Caiicic1s brothers IN
!, hi false In risonneut taseph never Won
Is ilav. become gove.uor Everybody accep
the promise. Is aS,el are they that ara re
= s.cutel for righteousness sake. iorthetrs
the kingdom of heaven. bu. tteE i" L
rea!l1tth. fiac, that this principle app!iaS
Wo-.ffv e. we'll as spiritual success. =
\ fr}.e Il = departments. Men rls- to his
ofieial .,ttions through misrepresentation
rlbli. ata>e i, all thar >one q our puo!
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