The Prescott daily news., 1907-05-11
JOSEPH FORCIVES HIS BROTHERS Sunday School Lesson ios Nay l2. 1907
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LESSON TEXT.-Genesis 45:1-l5; 5O:15- 2l Memory verses. 4, a
 GILDEN TEXT.-"Be .ye kind one to another. tender hearted, forgiving one another. even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you. "-Eph. 4;2.
 TIME.-B C. 17O7. according to Ussher. Second year of famine and g years after Joseph was sold into Egypt
 PLACE.-Heliopolis in Egypt, on the Nile. near the head of the Delta. or Zoan. near the outlet of the tanitic mouth of the Nile. About 25O miles from Heb ron. Jacobs home.
 Comment and Suggestive Thought.
 We are now to trace the steps by which Josephs brothers were trans formed from haters into lovers. We lett them, a set of tterhearted. cruel men. with virtual murder on their souls and their brothers bloody gar ment in their hands. telling their old father lie that meant. they knew, his lifelong sorrow Yet those same men were to be the ancestors of Gods chosen people.
 The Pressure of Famine.-Gen. 42: l-3, Some of those who greatly ad- ulAi Cd CllC Slbl thStSl OA JOSCPi ho'S been compelled to think he did wrong in not notifying his old father of his safety during those nine years when as prime minister he certainly had power to communicate with him. In view, however. of the yearning affec- ton which Joseph afterward showed, we may well believe that he realized how little good would be accomplish. ed by such course while his broth CTS hearts remained hard
 Joseph's Rough Deallng--GenA 42: 4-a Even in his old age, Jacobs en- ergy shows itself, and 1t is he that proposes an expedition to get food from Egypt. The youngest, Benja- min, was alone retained at home
 imprisonment.-Gen 42:17-24. Jo- seph's dramatic reminders of what had passed continued. As they had thrust him into the pit, he thrust them into the horrors of an Egyptian prison.
 The Mystery Of the Money.-Gen. 42:2638 Sometimes consciences that are not aroused by ,adversity are awakened by strangeness and mys. tery. This also was added for the bet. tering of his brothers
 The Sorrowful Father.-Gen 43:i- 14. However reluctant the sons were to face again the terrible rule of Egypt and however Jacob dreaded to part with his sole remaining consola- ton. Benjamin. the pressure of hun ger was too great for them. With a sinking heart Jacob agreed that Ben 1amin should go being a little as. sured, perhaps. by Judah's manly promise to be surety for him
 Benjamin honored.-Gen 43:15-34 A new surprise awaited the brothers in Egypt. Instead of being received roughly by the prime minister, they were invited to dine at the great mans house.
 nJaw4n's Pe~L-GenA A:l-13 The affair of the divintng cup was the most severe test of all It was part of the plot to make out that Benjamin had stolen something very valuable and precious. The penalty applied to common thieves by Egyptian law was perpetual slavery. and that was the fate which confronted the horn. fled Benjamin when the cup was dis- covered in his sack.
 Judah's AppeaI.-Gen. 44:14-3& The examination before Joseph Is ft climax of the wonderful story. "Ju. dah had thirsted for the blood of Jo- seph: it vas Judah who now became the spokesman for the "-sayce
 Joseph's OIscIosure o< himseH- Vs. IA. Joseph's severe tests had abundantiy accomplished their pur pose; they had shown his brothers. even the worst of them, to be changed men. whom he could trust Therefore he no longer hesitated to disclose himself
 Joseph's Disclosure o4 Providence. -Vs' b-s. The surgeons task is not complete If he leaves an open wound Wise dealing with sinness never ends when they repent They must next De comforted. strengthened. lifted into 6 new confidence. This is what Joseph now does for his humbled brothers T can forgive, but never forget is as far as many Christians or to-day go in regard to an injury How small is such a posItion aa wo