Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11

and brought up in the country could
preach sermon like this of DR. Talmage
1t is a pastoral and full Of scenes from
country life The text is Genesis xiii, 8:
And Judah sp;.ke unto him saying, The
man did solcmnly protest unto us, saying,
Ye shall net see my face, except your
brother be with you.
Nothing to eatl Plenty of corn in Egypt,
but CHASTITY famine in Canaan. The cat
tie moaning in the stall Men, women
and children nwfully white with hunger.
Not the failing Of one crop for one sum-
iuer, 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 appreciated; the product Of
harvest field and gristmill and oven; the
price of sweat and anxiety and struggle
brendl Jacob, the father, has the last re-
port 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 rs something to cat. Tho
fact was there was IL great corncrfb In
Egypt The people Of Egypt have been
largely taxed in all ages, at the present
time paying between 20 and so per cent Of
their products to the government No
wonder in that time they had IL large corn
crib, and it 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 was ex-
hausted, paying for the corn in sheep and
cattle and horses and camels, ard when
they were exhausted, then selling their
own bodies and their families into slavery.
The Start For Bread.
The mornirg for starting out on the
crusade for bread has arrived Jacob gets
his family up very carly. But before the
elder sons start they say something that
makes him tremble with emotion from
head to foot ard burst into tears. The fact
was that these elder Sons had once before
been in Egypt to get corn, ard they had
been treated somewhat roughly, the lord
of the cOrncrib supplying them with corn,
but saying at the close of the interview,
Now, YOU need not come back here for
any more corn unless you bring something
better than moncy-even your younger
brother benjamin" All, Benjamin-that
very name was suggestive Of oil tendeFs
ness The mother had died ut the birth OF
that sOn--a spirit coming and another
spirit going-ard the yery'thought of part
ing with Benjamin must have been a
heartbreak. The keeper of this cOrncrib,
nevertheless. says to these elder sons,
fThere is no reed Of your coming up here
any more fer corn unless you can bring
Benjamin, your fathers darling" Now
Jacob ard his family very much needed
bread, but " hat struggle it would be to
give uD his son The orientuls are very
demonstrative in their grief, and I hear
the outwailing Of the father az these elder
sons keep rctcrating in his ears the au.
nOuncement OF the Egyptian lord, "Ye
shall not see my face unless your brother
be with you. " why did you tell him you
had brotherg' says the old man, com
plaining and Gliding them why, ia
thor" they said, "he asked us all about
our family, ard we hcd 10 idea that he
Ypuld make any such demand upon us as
he has made ," .No use Of asking me,H
said the father. II cannot viii not, give
up Benjamin The fact was that the old
man had lost children and when there has
been bereavement in II household and
child taken it makes the other children in
the household more precious. So the
day for departure was adjourned ana adj
journcd and adjourned
Still the horrors Of the famine increased,
and louder moaned the cattle and wider
open cracked the earth and more pallid
became the checks, until Jacob, in despair,
cried out to his sons Take Benjamin
and be OFF, The older SONS tried to cheer
up theiP father. They said; Eve have
strong arms and a stout heart, and no
harm wiz come to Benjamin. Wen sea
that he gets back again, 'FareweliP'
snid the young men to the father, in a tone
of assumed good cheer. 'F-a-r-e-w-e-l-ll"
said the old man. For that word has more
quavers in it when pronounced by the aged
than by the Young