The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

invest the eldest son with his sacred office. At this juncture Rebekah ap- pears upon the scene in an unworthy and discreditable role She practices fraud upon her aged husband. She prompts one son to lie-- and steals from another the highest office in the Oriental family. The picturesque nar- rative does not need the meritricious trappings of the stage It is living drama. The characters of which have q being before the eye. Aged and blind Isaac, wondering at his sonss speedy return from the chase. his dull palate mistaking kid for verison. con-. fused at voice that sounds like Ja- cob's. but hands that feel like Esau's Jacob first acting and then telling a lie Rebekah lifting the tent cur tain to witness the scene.
 How quickly that scene shifts. Esau's discovery of s,,e fraud. his ven- geance vowed. Rehekah's warning to Jacob. Jacobs flight. The irretriev- able sorrow of sin has fine and forceful illustration in the denouement Esau, the profane despiser of his birthright hear his wild lament. his great and exceeding bitter cry, Bless me, my father" And Rebekah, too, shali suf- fer her penalty. She shall never look into the face of her rover son again. and Jacob! He shall be frightened fugitive in peril of his life for forty years. Deceits he practiced will be practiced on him. affecting the dearest relationship of life.
 ANALYSIS AND KEY. l. Isaae's two sons in contrast
 Esau's contempt of primogeniture.
 Despises priestly office involved.
 Forgoes a fortune.
 --s Jacob. recognizes brothers unit
 ness uses htInap expedients to
 help God. 2. Sequel to story of stolen birthright
 The stolen blesing 3. Rebekah's unworthy role.
 Deceives her husband
 Teaches one son to lie, steals from
 another. 1. The dramatfc scene.
 Persons and parts in the drama. :. The denoument.
 Esau's lament and vow of ven- geance.-
 Jacobs forty years of exile.
 Rebekah's virtual loss of both |
 sons.
 THE TEACHER's LANTERN. Great events turn on small hinges. | A lQng-continued. bloody war was | waged in the Middle Ages between | two Italian cities, all about a stolen | bucket. So. fin this instance, the des- tiny of the Hebrew race was within the narrow circumference of bowl of soup.
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 How soon the pleasure of sin is overt Esau licked his lips. got up, and went away. The bubble may be very iridescent. but 1t bursts before you can wink your eye. How paltry he prizes of sin! Apples of Sodom! Ashes on the lips.
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 Sin lengthens out in sections, like ! telescope. The over-reaching of the ,eption of the father. The deceitfuI before the dim vision of he patriarch had to break It's silence n the audible lie. T am Esau, thy irst-born."
 What irretrievable sorrow and sui ering sin entails! Esau, the, profane iespiser of his birthright, hear his wild lament, his great and exceedingsl bitter cry: YBless me, o nay fatheri"I And Rebekah too, shall suffer her pen ! Llty she shall never look into the face if her beloved son again. Jacob shall 'e a frightened fugitive. in peril of lis life-forty years an exile.
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 A noble end never 1ustifies ignoble means. Jacobs end was laudible. He believed himself to be. he was. better Iualifed for the rimogenitureship han his brother But God put the un- nistakable seal of his disapproval up- ,n Jacobs despicable methods.
 g as 6 Strongest emphasis should be given Q Esau's utter lack of appreciation ot spiritual things He. was a profane erson; one destitute of the religious
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