The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-05-17

Notwithstanding 90 Usshers chiln-
ology Jacob went down into Irpt about
1905 y. c.. ana tho soi1urn in E.ful N.s
for 2i5 or $50 years from that tm. N0r
the icncth OF captivity 500 Cen. i..i8 l4
Tx 1870; Kings CD. Gal $40
RJLERS.-lt IS quite generally agreed
BY scholars that Che Pharaoh of tha
oppression was Ramescs IT.. ana the
Pharaoh OF tho Exodus his son. Menepu-
tab l.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
The Chosen Famlly-vs. Us. "Tho
first seven verses are Introductory 90
the whole book. In accordance with
the almost invariabie custom of the
writer, there IS first a brief recap.tu.
lation Of preceding events. and then
statement Of the actual condition of
affairs. Joseph Parker
VI. These are the names" Tho
- sons Of Jacob only are given. the
heads Of the families or clans. Every
man and his household" "The house
hold according 20 the Hebrew idea. f.
included not merely wife and children /
but men-seryants and maid servants. I
dependents and retainers. even hire.
lngs who might quit the service and +
60 elsewhere when &c pleased Them"
--Rawlinson How numerous these
households were can De sumisod from
the fact that Abraham could muster
3lS armed men TO rescue Lot Gen.
14.1D; Isaac was miehuor than some
Of the neighboring kings CGen 26.10; /
Esau and Jacob had TO separate Dee 'i
cause their followers were SO uumel-
Gus (Gen. 1866. %.
". 8. and all were 10 souls"
The list IS given iu Genesis 49, whore
two women are included, Duah. Ja- 4
cob's daughter and sorah. a grand
daughter. Perhaps. as Canon Cook ,
suggests. these We're named because / g.
they remained unmarried Dean / +
Payne Smith Champion Locuresl csu- 2
mates that altogether with their s
households and retainers. they num-
bered 5000 souls "That $50 large
body should be fayoraby received need IS
not excite surprise"
The Reasons for Removal There
was need for Jacobs family being re. ~
moved from Canaan. as some of them y
were becoming much tainted with the ~
idolatry and pollution prevalent there r
In Egypt on the whole life was puer /,
Then there was a risk of their ANAL
by marriage with the doomed \.
Canaanites; but the Egyptians were
so different a race that there was no i'
such risk with them. To be among the s
Egyptians would also be a benefit 90 r
hem in other ways for they would Do.
earn much from people so skilled in s
al the arts of life and SO superior in ar
civilization. "-Blaihe. Even the af
Lotions they were % suffer there were Cl
lot the least Of their gains from the H.
tay in Egypt as we shall see. @.
A Period Of Prosperlty-Vs. 6. e. Tt T..
vas a wise providence Of God that In. 81
reduced the period Of bondage in 81
Egypt with a period OF liberty and
rosperity; otherwise. the Hebrews ]
'ould not have remained i'm Eeypt 0r
fter the end Of the famine. to,
A Period Of AdversIty.-Vs SI4 ef,
he period Of prosperity through Ta
hich the Israelites passed was from ho.
ehovah; but so. no less certainly. ors
as the .ri0d of adversely which fol- Stu
wed as soon as they were strong thr
lough TO endure t. Both We're parts sun
Gods great process of development
Id training
Rameses %. as a Bullder-"This j.
ne was the most enterprising builder tle
all the Pharaohs. and that means IL.
e sacrifice of tens of thousands of w0
res. He built temples and reared wei
onoliths and colossal statues His etr
mples were approached through long sie'
enues Of sphinxes. Out of the solid mao
elk at lpsambul ne howed two spa race
JUS subterranean temples. and SET
at their doors four human figures
feet high. Among his public works co.,
IS cham Of Notifications along tho t....
tire northeastern frontier of EerDt .r-..
100 miles by his command im
nse bikes were built on the lower Co..
e and IN the Delta. Canals were .e
3 and cities were bu'lt"-pof T.. D.
mphrey .,
The Climax Of Cruelty Fix. 1.l522 s'
Zen Pharaoh found the lsraeltos lg..
lrishing even under this terrible Old +..,
ssion, he resorted 70 measures SIN fins
re severe. ordering the destruction ci.f
their male infants as soon as they n,t
e born. The females would be ..,a
mless, and would prove valuable ne,,r
res. "A similar policy was pursued ino p
the Lacedemonians toward the ins
ITS, by Mithridates toward his Ro- .a.f
subjects, and by the Caliph
lem, toward the Egyptians
lson. When the official midwlves rH
led the kings command. "by re- tioua
nent Of cruelty TO which the Herod tnror
he future was not equal ne re will.
ed parents 20 execute the sentence 900 Dr.
eath on their own children. D. of fh'
lphrey. This was indeed the eli. of tm
of afliction admit
Practical Points.
rosperity is a great teacher" said ''' '
lit; adversely is a greater"
liction was called by Mallet the pol
esome soil of virtue" i'm which ,.,.,
nee, fortitude. and AN the eraces ......
root avT Nou.f-h 'Nit.t