Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-08

lup from the river Nile, and were
followed by seven lean cows which
devoured the fat cows, and still re-
NAMED lean themselves. A kindred
dream was of seven heads of wheat,
rich and good, followed by seven thin
and blasted, which swallowed up the
good heads. In pursuit Of the inter-
probation, the young Hebrew, Joseph,
was sent for. He, reverently dis
claiming power for himself, and &C.
cording all the honor for his ability
to God, read the meaning of the mes
sage that had come to Pharaoh on
his couch.
The symbols were Of seven years
Of unusual prosperity, to be followed
by seven years of dreadful famine.
Egypt, along the Nile, Is fertile land.
To this day 1t is the most expensive
agricultural property In the world. The
spectacle of it's being blasted by
drought was a fearful one for the peo-
pie; for as Joseph SAID "the famine
shall consume the land"
Joseph was shrewd and practi-
cal man. and along with the inter-
probation of the dream he put the
years should, under the guidance OF
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in store for the seven lean years. OF
course this pointed to himself, and
Pharaoh after consulting with his ad
visers, agreed to give the young He
brew the entire charge of the I'D
ministration Of famine relief He
put in his hand the kings seal; and
in the east to this day 1t ts q persons
seal and not his signature which is
legally binding. Hc arrayed him III
fine raiment, and gave him author
ity second only to that of the throne.
When he should 30 forth, the run
ners were to precede him, crying.
"Bow the knee" foreigner going
into Bagdad today with good ser
want will be preceded by the SER
want, who cries, ''Belak, belak." II
Make way, make way"
Tho Prisoners Chance.
The day that had seemed so long
in dawning had at last come for To-
lseph. "Only in the throne will be
greater than thou" Pharaoh said to
him His opportunity to rise was
now before him. Could he prove
himself fit? Vision is not always
accompanied by executive ability.
Two of the greatest religious organ.
izations in America today owe their
existence to the vision Of two men,
both of whom have proved unquali-
fed to lead the movements to sue
cess. Ability to dream the dream
must never be COMPOUNDED with !
ability to do the deed. The really
great man Is possessed of both ca
pacities.
Joseph's scheme for Egypt in this
crisis was one of centralized con-
troll Of tax upon prosperity, and a
systematic storage Of grain in
specially prepared granaries all over
the land have seen these great
stores Of grain in Egypt in the gran
cries belonging to the banks, for
there a man deposits his actual crop
as security for loan. The storage
of grain Is an ancient procedure. A
flew years ago the natives found, IN
the mysterious rock citadel OF Album
Kara Hissar in Asia Minor, store
Of barley which had been laid up IN
a secret chamber for centuries, and
possibly for milleniums.
! In ,Joseph's program lies a hon.
lily for all men to lay up In prosperity
/ for the days of adversely. The fat
years of strength should be the de-
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needy age. The prosperous business
i that Is conducted conservatively is
4 the one that weathers financial pam
les. The people of this western
! world are only now waking up to the
great truth of conservation of re-
sources, natural and human.
The Vanishing Famines.
4 In Pharaoh's dreams, the lean cows
were no fatter after they had con-
sumed the seven well-favored kline.
The capacity of hard times to eat up
the fruits Of prosperity is appalling.
It takes the constant productivity OF
all the people to feed and clothe the
world If famine like that OF Egypt
y were suddenly to strike American
I utter impossibility-th richest man
lin America with all his incredible
wealth, could not feed the population
for more than month. The hugest
fortunes are small beside the aggre-
gate riches of all the working people.
IOnly the whole nation can save 2
nation, in old Egypt, even as today.
! It is the common work that makes
i the common veal Pharaoh's trea-
sure house was unequal to the fam
line; Joseph had to tax the people TO
meet the enormous emergency that
Egypt confronted. :.
! The horrors Of famine are happily
unknown to Christian civilizations.
have spent weeks in the midst Of the
famine region Of China, and l know
something of the awfulness OF It
the wailings of the babies whose
mothers cannot feed them; the heart
breaking pleas Of mothers who seek
only the preservation of the lives OF
their children; the hopeless anguish
Of the aid who have lain down to
die; the logged, desperate endeavors
,,of the husbands and fathers. who
move from place to place seeking
food: the cowardice of the few who
desert their families; the famine
pallor upon the faces OF the living
and the dead by the wayside.
In civilized Christian land today,
such a thing as a famine is impos-
!sible. Modern methods Of commune
cation and benevolent laws, which
or