The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-08
BIBLE STORY.
From Prison to Palaoe---Gen. Chap. s7...Ao.
Reu. G. r. Blaekal1, D. D., in S.. Louis Rspu1,,e
CRIME OF THE BRoTHEks

AAAS Or IdE BROTHERS
Outin the fields Of Dothan, feed;ps
their Hooks. 1t is the incoming hsuT
A messenger in sight from home
The brothers see him ''afar off," a.
ne stands oD yonder ridge, his fig,
ure forming sharp silhouette in the
clear atmosphere. His long tun;e
foolishly worn at such time is suffi
cient to identify him. His shrilI
jolly whistle and call re-echo amone
the hills. The meal waits the comma
of Reuben, and is not in welcome Of
the younger brother; they only say,
"Behold this dreamer cometh!' It is
an opportunity, effectually to dispose
OF him and nullify his dreams. Which
one is it that advises 80 hotly? The
scheme natures like flash, sudden
and swift; "Slay him, cast him into
one OF the pits-say an evil beast hath
deyoured him" and they chuckle over
the murderous suggestion as they re-
call his dreams.
Reuben appears. Usually hard
hearted, even to ferocity at times, lie
declares against the plan, intended to
save the lad and restore him to his
father, hence advises that Joseph be
cast into nearby pit, or dried up
we'll. Joseph is now at hand. No
pleasant "Shalom" gree.s him; in
stead, there is rough usage. Verify
his day of doom seems to have come.
He pleads in vain for mercy, for their
ears are closed to his beseechines.
NO princcly ceremony now in handling
that hated long tunic, but stripped
and maltreated, with accompanying
vile words, he is thrown into the nit,
there to die, and so end his absurd
dreaming Of superiority.
Then these dastardly brothers esat
down to eat bread" IF any plaintive
cries reach them from the pit they
heed them not. Joseph has good
reason to think that everything is
against him. y caravan comes into
sight, on its way to Egypt. Judah
suggests new plan, born of some ten
derness of heart. There is present
gain by the transaction and 40 blood
shed, SO Joseph is lifted out of the
pit and sold as slave to stthe Ish-
maelites for twenty pieces Of silver"
and thus against his will he goes to
Egypt.
SORROW AND MOURNING.
Reuben is horrifed at the absence
OF Joseph, when he seeks the pit with
purpose to save him. He rends his
outer garment in sorrow, crying aloud:
sThe child is not, and whittier shall
] gor' The truth is kept from him.
Then the hated coat is Dipped in
blood and sent to their father with
the added heartless lie: "This have
we found; know now whether it is thy
sons coat or not
Naturally Israel at once concludes
that Joseph has been killed by some
rsvenous beast. He weeps and mourns
and walls through many days; clothes |
himself in sackcloth; sits in ashes;
refuses to be conforted; declares that !!
he shall 60 to his grave in mourning. |
JosEPH's ROMANTIC CAREER
A brief resume: Sold as slave to |
Ishmaelites and taken to Egypt;
bought by Potiphar, an officer of Pha-
raoh, and speedily placed in charge Of |
Potiphar' 9 affairs, which are admins
tered with fidelity and success; falsely |
charged with crime by a vile woman.
and cast into prison, untried and un- |
defended; winning such abundant fa-
Tor with the prisonkeeper that the
entire management of the prison is
bestowed upon him. Two Of the
Kings officers, imprisoned for cause,
have dreams, wb:yh arc correctly in
serpreted. Tor the outcome is precisely
as foretold. Two more years Of prison
life, forgotten by those who might
have brought deliverance. Dreams
by Pharaoh: which the wiees. Of his
men can neither understand nor inter
pret; recalled to mind by the King
butler; brought before Pharaoh, JOS
sph modestly aud deferentially ex-
plains the dreams, and the future is
Prison life suddenly ends.
The prisonersis exalted to the place of
power next to the King.
a Coed Recommendation.
H1I have noticed that the sale on
Chamherlain's Stomach and Liver Ia.
blets is almost invariably to those who