Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14

WI and pharaOh WA
eager and glad to
Zl.I honor the man in
Ais death As he had during his
lie. He had prl,laImed a period Of
Mourning in keeping with one OF the
oval blood. and preparations were be-
us made in accordance with the de-
sire OF he king for a splendid stale
funeral
But al this point A very strange and
startling discovery was made. Joseph
Turing his life had not provided him
seIr with a tombs an unheard OF thing
among the Egyptians. for the least
person in the kingdom took thought
'or this above everything else and had
zone cavern or nook prepared before
ieafh for the body whose final care
and last resting place were so precious
in the thought Of the Egyptians. But
As far a. the most dfIigent search To-
vealed. Joseph had not provided him
self a tomb.
His wife. Assnath. the daughter of
Potipherah. the priest Of On was
HE NAF DION AMI S1T Tor nAE<
like one in A trance. Her sons Manas-
sch and Ephraim. tried 10 comfort her
but she seemed deaf to their entrsatfes
The one horror before her mind xas
hat Tosanh had ~ ,o,,h -, -,
.,uId he IaId ard .bs wo,,t ~ ~
-onsortsd Ara ~, =. L.. - -
.entursd N spgyast tb., !, Ma ar
wish ~ their ,,,bs- tn,, h. sho,,Is
-asr in the mfd~r ~ bfs o,-r raan,s
he Hsbrsvs 4, ,hs lad % Go.
~. -,
--nn, bs- nrsssr,.., ,,.,.I,-;r., -. -.
yer. ropsniring xi,h ,La t,shres -
bring ,,fshono- ,,,,,, h. - -. e.
fiv rar,s
Tba k,,s- s,,,,,,o-.,,t -.
AZ r,ursslo-. 1900. >, .r.-s.,- -
natter ar,t u-ys,1 49,, ,n.-. -. -
,xr,,,ch = -,,-,r -.
shown T,ssnb - az - =, -
,,ight have I, Mr., =, -, - -,
cher. po,inbsr,b the ,-ara-.tl. -,
~ IN xho "a 800 -
a.. ,,5 ~, - ~, - -.
s.rvh,s- ,-,,,14 -. -,
.astIs,,s,, ~ -, .,;.s..-,..- -
,rysd ~. $500, ~, - -. -.
nos,I GA ~. -, ..,,,.ti.t..'
sanb-s sors var.ss., 80 -.
should renounce forever All ror'ns.,io,
with the Hebrew nso,la 49, -, -
soluteIy from the faith ~ m. ush-sws
10 the worship of the Fpvp,ia, gods
For continued Potinhsr.h .Thss-
fisIoyaltv 70 the Erxnti,r go.,, !.
reproaeh upon our MARION ana unor our,
gods"
Il had long been n matter os IN
creasing concern to him This grnwtnv
intimacy and associa.iop ~ ~
sols of Joseph with the Hah-svs
He had never been reeoneiIsd 20
their refusal TO enter the priss,
hood and ,nrh -. -,
ing now to see the sons OF his own
laughter turning frnn, the che-,sha.t
faith OF the Egvptians 70 tb., ~ o.
eign and despisad race ~ shsn,-t.
He had often shaken "a a~s,a-h -, -.
the subject and knew thar II Wa a.
5ore a disappointment To her a. !,
was to him And now the opportunity
had come. il seemed to him xbar h.
could force them to Weld for ,hav
were devoted to their father and would
be anxious. he felt sur. ,n., n. -
honorable burial He summoned Enh-
rain and Manasseh. and pounouslvd.-
clared the conditions upon which ,hst~
father would ba gfxar ho,o-,hr. -,
Now that thy father Is dead ~.
people need h. ro,hfr-, - Us
he declared To Egvnt and hs- -,
thou must look for nIars ana h,ass;n~
Renounce the God Of The uahra -,
thy father shall be pIacsd IN ~, -
OF the Pharaoh,s. but ~ ,bor q ~.
folly and Ignorance aos+ -s,,,sa 80
shall his bones find no $50, - -
in Egypt
But our father sfr.i.h,t,. .ht
is" answered Enh-.i1, -.
should carry nm nj. ho,s- - =
the land which the Cod ~ ,ha ush-. -
has promised 10 give tbs-r
.-Whats,- sx.I,i-.., -
exeitedlv. INV Y.tha- - -.
burial in The 49,, :, r mo-
possible, Tba 80 -,
his spirit ras, xs,1. "a.
withou, tho .ae-a,, -.-..1.s - ieIiAlns
for the aa.s,,r eu