The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-10-24
HE NEWsIIERALD LsBoRo THURSDAY dEfoBER ~ 1901
VHs SUNDAY SCHOOL,


~ A-- 49,
Prepared oy n. c. Leh,ngton.l
THE LESSON THxT. saE
(Qenesis SHELLY
Then JosSph could NOT refrain himself
before All them that stood by him: and
he cried Cause every man 10 10 out from
me. And there atoed no man with him,
while Joeeph( fnads himself known unto
hfs brethren .TE W HG.
q And he west aioud: ana the Egyptians
and the house az PA nah heard. y
g. And Joseph ANi0 unto lhis brethren. I
am Joseph: doth INV father vet five? And
his brethren could not answer him; for
they were troubled at his presence
L. And Joseph said unto his brethren,
Come near to me. pray you. And they
sams sa near. And ne eaid, ! am Joseph your
s Now thereforp no not erieyeS' nor an.
CRY with yourselves. that ye sold me hither;
lor GOO ola SEND me oefore you to preserve
For ,ha.o ,vo ,..r. ,o,, enc ,.u,r.
been in the land: and vet there are Ave
years. In the which there shall neither be
ear'hs nor @ harvest
serve You a poster,ty in the earth. and to
save your lives by great deliverance.
so now II was not you that sent me
father ~ pharaoh ana e Ia.a iard maui nf ai, e,s
house, and ruler Throughout all the land
OF Egypt.
.sv nase na,o ,,, ye, sna go up 10 my ia.her, ana
God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come
down unto me, tarry not;
,osben and thou sb.i, ha ~ ,ne ursn ,anu o oi
thou, and thy children, and thy children's
children, and thy focks, and thy herds, and
al y, 'has ,n9u ,u nasti s..,,,
there are Ave years Of famine: lest thou
and thy household, and all that thou hast,
come 10 poverty.
.vI nn, ox.rcnm. .n," nH' '.,s,, "ves'oms .'., Oh
Rom. I2,2I.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The story of the meeting between
Joseph and his brothers in Egypt is
one of the quaintest in all Bible his
ory. 1t has a mingling of humor and
pathos that is truly unique. We see in
dreams OF authority. 1t inaugurates,
100, the story OF the israeiites IN the
'ahu OF Egypt 30 IL ls not merely
story win moral; the incident leaves
ns impression on III subsequent jew
'sh history ana nterature' IL was a
Jacop ana MS wire ana chlldreh INTO
Egypt ou' ~ eh.aiieu series OF events
Vi s,s""''e 'inPoi' al the nis'orS Vi the
"ori''
Inc pathos creeps out IN the at
tenPts Oh JosePh at oaHereht times
10 keep PACK the tears ana keep from
revealing himseii TO his brothers.
lnere is a VEN OF numOr IN the lmDr1S-
onmeht OF simeon 10 ensure the sate
return Oh the rest ana In the fnysteri-
Jus e'urn'ps vi .he money Win Wnien
the men nau paia ior 'heir corn.
curious thing IN the working OF
the human mind Is shown when he
ASKS them TO return with Benjamin,
their Youngest prother' now they are
reh'ihueu Nuen' 4@i-@@) Oh 'heir
sii"e as"'"S' 'oseP" '" "hoSe pres
ence 'hey a. tna' moment "ere' u'i-
>ho"' " 'nenSe'es'
Altogether II was piece OF the ut
most good-natured revenge, and It's
Ike 1t would be hard to duplicate. Jo-
seph quietly worked upon their super
stitions, on their guilty consciences,
then hnally made himself known 10
them. For the whole story read in,
ienesis' chapters A. 49, "A and 10.
The lesson may be made to turn upon
two points. The first is the sweet re-
venge that may be had by returning
good for evil. The story can very read
lily be imagined that would have been
written had Joseph returned evil for
evil. His brothers were absolutely in
his power, their very lives were in his
hands. In this connection also ii may
be noted that in these years he had
learned the wisdom of humility. He
said nothing to remind them that he
had dreamed Of his future ascendancy;
he did nothing to keep them in mind Of
their dependence upon him.
The other lesson Is that of the provi-
dence of God. To Joseph God was al
ways very real. Everything was due
TO God, God was in everything. ruling
and overruling in accordance with
Divine plans for the good of His chill
sren IL only they would serve Him. Il
was God (Gen. 45:) who sent Joseph
into Epypt for the purpose of saving
their elves by great deliyerapce." Il
was God who had given him his position
OF prominence IN Egypt' IL Is lesson
that would make the lot OF every man,
woman ana cniio easier to-uay II IL
we're heeded. doo rules, ana all things