The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-19
JOSEPH SOLD BY
HIS BROTHERS
Sunday School Lesson for April n. 1907
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VERSES ~, y.
Golden TEXT For whore cnvyiug
and strife Is. there Is confusion and every
rsl work Jas. 3lG
TIME ~ Jacob remained Ia Padan-
.ram % years Josephs capture would be
about u. G. l725, II years after Jacobs re-
turn.
rI.ACE-Hehron. the home OF Isaac
and Jacob. - miles south Of Jerusalem.
| Shechem. ia Samarla. ~ miles north ~
! Hebron. Dothan, u miles north Of She
chem.
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES Study
some 81 the points 81 comparison between /
Joseph and Christ. John $685. S54 lo.i7i |
! III. Matt ~ 3I ~. 9il9. 1.ls, 263S lsa
| b2l3 Matt 2s.li-l6
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Fathers Pa-tiality.-Gen. 3I.3 |
After his reconciliation with Esau. ia |
cob moved on alone. with his family |
He finally settled in Hebron. south OF
Jerusalem. where Isaac died at the
age of $50. On the journey thither
Rachel the beloved. passed away in
giving birth to Benjamin. and the
cloud Of that grief never lifted from
Jacobs life But another heavy grief
was added. a family torn by dissen-
sion. the hatred OF Joseph's brothers
toward that bestowed son. Joseph.
from this point, occupies the center
Of the stage
Joseph. whose name means May
God add was born in Padan-aram
IL years before the time of this lesson
He was Rachels eldest son. and in
herited from her a beauty of face. OF
manner. and of character which had
the profoundest influence upon his
fortunes At the same time. from his
iather Jacob and his grandmother Re
bekah the lad inherited quickness OF
intellect, readiness TO grasp advant-
ages. the marked ability to get on In
the world
But the feature Of Joseph's boyhood
that bad the strongest influence upon
his future was his fathers manifest
Partially for him Joseph was the
son Of his old age" born when Jacob
was over 90.
The Brothers Hatred.-Gen. 3T:t
"Josephs coat OF many colors was
like TO have been a winding sheet
Whyte. 1T should be borne in mind
that Jacob was a polygamist, and that
his children were by different moth
ers. who. although living under the
same roof. and thus compelled to
maintain a semblance OF harmony,
must have often come into collision
through their overanxiety TO promote
the interests Of their own offspring
Principal Rowlands. One OF the
many sad evils OF polygamy is the
family jealousy that il causes.
The Young Reformer.-Gen. 37:2
As Joseph was the youngest son. i
was his duty TO wait upon his broth
ers. and especially upon the sons o
Bilhah. his mothers handmade. will
whom he would naturally be brough
up. While he was in the field will
them and with the sons OF Zilpah the,
did something so wrong that he wa.
Obliged 10 tell his father, and thus hi!
brothers became still more embittereG
against him. IF there was a deel
sympathy between Joseph and hi
Z father. II would have been impossible
for him TO keep back anything il
which he was deeply interested. -
Blake Some commentators thinl
that Joseph was made an oyerseer o
these brothers and was thus obligel
to report their misconduct.
When to Report Wrong-Doing.-
, Tale-bearing is reporting the wron
deeds az others in a censOrious. sell
righteous way. taking pleasure il
them. or wishing to injure the wrong
. doors. or in a careless and gossipin
= fashion. Josephs life shows that h
was too manly to do such a thine
: The Prophetic Dreams.-Vs. 5-ll
!. Josephs life beyond all other lives j
the Bible. even Jacobs and Daniel:
o. was bound up with dreams. His wor
in Egypt proved that he was practice
T and wide awake To men of that yer
character-for instance. Paul-Go
+" has often disclosed the future in vii
ions
The Use Of Joseph's tw
= dreams were evidently intended to b
signs OF the steadfastness OF the d
vine purpose towards him. by possess
ing the clearness Of special prophecy
vet were couched in such imagery a
not to inform him prem@urely of hi
destiny. and only to be understood a
ter their fulflment. "-Ruskin.
: Stones Of Venice
The Lad at Work.-Vs 12-17. 10
eph. though his fathers favo-ite. wa
. not a SPOILED home pet. but he wa
| trusted with important commission
4 thrust out upon his own resource
1 nut to work. That is best for any DO
The Murderous Plot.-Ns. 1922.
Is. And when they saw him afar on
| AS Joseph descended the ridge whiC
| bounds the Plain Of Dothan on Il
south tHlrperl his figure would star
on. AGAINST the skyline. and would
marked b. the keen eyes II he she
herds They consrired against m
10 STAY nim.' Evil thoughts In u
neart rs..s the first opportunity to s
themselves in action.
Will lE AND pApA