The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-18
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life. Others have quarreied with their lot
I'm life, and pouted when they could not
have their way. He did not dwarf his tai
equally Jealous. whether It was tending
sheep, caring for his masters house. guard
ing the prison. or ruling Egypt: He found
enjoyment in employment. The reliable
have a relish for their work which gives
them pride to do well what they do. Only
drones need driving.
W find also in Joseph an example TO
the young IN that he was true under temp
tation. An Insecure vessel may sail a calm
Joseph was able to outride the g~ale-.for
Co Was with him Under the severcst
trial the Young are subjected TO. he never
with him was not passive. but active: II
was made manifest by conIuerinG. Fierce
ms the trial was. no temptation overlook
MN, but that God with it provided "a way
or e~scape-for God was with him.
When the appointments came. Joseph
recosnized that they were his appoint
inthts. Ills brothers lamented the evil they
brought upon the selected son. 'Grieve not!'
say The magnanimous Joseph. God sent
he will not shrink back.
lie throws hims eli on the side of right
ana truth: then, like John the BAPTIST.
reaps misrepresentation and IcJs acution at
the hands of a faithIess woman. and in
peril OF his life he is thrown into lrison-
surely this viii end all endeavor: no
hfe; no retreat from this hard lott a less
princeiy soul would have acknowledged de-
feat. and spent lite s remaining days in idle
iamentation. But Joseph. instead of bitter
cen plant at his unusual fortune. comforts
the prisoners. interprets their dreams and
assists the iailer-.and whatsoever he did
prcspered'-'for God was with him.
Joseph again Is an example in fl:al
fidelity. His beautiful and well-favored
mother died when he was only a lad: but
his father had an undivided place In his
manly heart. is your father yet alive" Is
the question he asks his brethren when
they first came TO Egypt to buy corn. Con-
siTer the care he had for this aged man;
note his plan for his welfare and his re-
moval to Egypt; see him choose the best
part of the land wherein his father should
dwell. He changed the life of Jacob from
poverty to plenty; from solitude to glad
ness; from sorrow to joy.
Sometimes in the elevation of children
the regard for their parents suffers an
eclipse. There are some who accept the
toll and the sacrifice of the aged. but are
graduation ~day-they had Just a little
rather mother had not come to ence-
ment: her opportunities. perhaps. were
quite common and her clothes are old
content to take the savings OF their parents
TO obtain a start In life. and then allow the
old folks to live in neglect while they
spend their earnings in the city-faring
mere waste of the young men in our cities
would easily satisfy the want of the
needy the wide world around.
But Joseph chiefly was a discoverer of
inGly called the dreamer The shepherds
disiiked the seer. But doing right IL not
clearly his dependence on God, his duty to
men and his destiny In the world. Though
he dreamed dreams, he still tended sheep.
He was first faithful over n few things.
then God made him ruler over many things.
In the kingdom Of grace and glory the
tried servant is the trusted servant"