The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-19
P0TFNTATE AS Al MAN.
The lnternationai Sunday School
lesson Fer June 3 is. Joseph
ForaiNes His Srethren,s Gen.
Nl. 1-46.I.
BY wiiiam r. Elils.

PERSONAL relationships are the most I'm
portant. Before a ma is q public off,
cial, he IL a son or husband or father or
friend Many a nan who is weighed down
with cares OF state really has as his FIRST
and deepest concern the waywardness OF
a son. the Illness of a dear one, or some
other like burden. The loneliness OF the
leader OF men. the lack OF personal sym
patty and sweet fellowship which lesser
men enjoy, Is one OF the penalties OF pub
lie service. Kipling has pictured this well
In his Song of Diego Valdez" who. be-
cause he was Lord High Admiral OF Spain
could no longer enjoy tho liberty and
/ pleasures OF the comrades OF his youth.
The Hoods or purely human, emotions
overwhelm Joseph, the great ruler OF
Egypt, In the present Sunday schooI les-
son. He had tested his once-cruel broth
ers by many devices, and had found them
changed men. All that the responsibilities
and caution OF his high office required OF
him he had done, and now he filings aside
all robes or state, all titles. ali e~xaltation,
and BECOMES only a lonely. homesick man,
hungry for the love of those OF his own
blood, Thu story is too fine TO be marred
by summarizing: here Il Is az the inspired
narrative give II:
The Great Reunion.
And Israel took his Journey with all
that ne had. and came TO BeershebR, and
OtIeltSi SdNEIIlNtb unto LHS 1Ou Oh MS
father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel
In the visions OF the night, and said. ia
cob, Jacob. And he said. Here am I. And
he said, 1 am God. the God OF thy father:
fear not to go down In to Egypt: for I
will there make OF thee a great nation: /
with go down with thee into Egypt, and I
will also surely bring thee up again: and
Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
And Jacob rose up from B~eer-sheba; and
fha anu0 NJ TaraaI On rrfa1 Tannh fhAfr
father. and their little ones, their wives.
In the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to
carry him. And they took their cattle.
and their goods, which they had gotten
in the land OF Canaan. and came mi
Egypt. Jacob and all his seed with him:
his sons and his sons sons with him. his
daughters, and his SONS daughters. and
all his seed brought he viii him into
Egypt.
"And these are the names Of the chill
dren Of Israel who came into Egypt Jacob
and his sons: Reuben, Jacobs first-born.
And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pal
la. and Heron, and carml. And the sons
OF Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamlin, and
Ohai. and joachim, and zohar. and Shaul
the son OF u Canaanitlsh woman. And the
sons OF Levi: GershOn, Kohath, and Mer-
arr. And the sons OF Judah: Er. and Oman,
and Shelah. and Perez, and Zerah but Or
and Onan died In the and OF Canaan.
And the sons OF Perez were Hezron and
Hamul. And the sons OF Issachar: Tolar,
and Puvah, and lob. and Shimron. And
the sons OF Hebulum: Sered, and Elon, and
JahIsel. These are the, sons of Leah,
whom she bare unto Jacob In Paddsn-
aram. with his daughter Dinah; all the
souls of his SONS and his daughter were
30 end three. And the sons OF Cad: ZIph-
ion, and Haggt. and Shuni. and Ezbon.
Fri and Arodi, and Areli. And the sons
OF Asher. Imna. and Ishvah. and Ishvf.
and Bsriah. and 3erah their sister: and
the sons OF Beriah: Heber. and MalchIel.
These are the sons OF Zilpah. whom Laban
gave to Leah his daughter: and these she
bare unto, Jacob, even IS souls. The sons
OF Rachel. Jacobs wife: Joseph and Ben
jamln. And unto Joseph In the land of
Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
whom Asenath. the daughter OF Poti-
phera priest OF On. bare unto him. And
the sons OF Benjamin: Bella and Becher,
and Ashbel. Gera and Naaman, Ehi and
Besh. Mupplm and Huppim, and Ard.
These are the sons of Rachel. who were
born to Jacob: all the souls were IA. And
the sons OF Dan: Hushim. And the sons OF
NaphtalI. Jahzeel. and Guni. and Jezer.
and ShilelIu. These are the sons of Bill
hah. whom Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughter. and these she bare unto Jacob:
ali the souls were seven, All the souls
that Sraine with Jacob into Egypt that
came out OF his IOlns, besides Jacobs
sons wives, all the souls were three-score
and six: and the sons Of Joseph who were
born to him In Egypt. were two souls: all
the souls OF the house OF Jacob that came
into Egypt, were three-score and 10.
And he sent Judah before him unto
Joseph, to show the way before him unto
Goshen; and they came into the land OF
Goshen. And Joseph made ready his char
- - -m-AA V..AAl - go
to Goshen: and he presented himself unto
him. and fell Oh his neck, and wept on
his neck q good while. And Israel said
unto Joseph. now let me die since / have
seen thy face. that thou art yet alive. And
Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto
his father'S house, l will go up, and tell
Pharaoh. aud will say unto him, my breth-
rem, and my father's house who were I'm
tho land OF Canaan. are come unto rae:
and the men are shepherds, for they have
been keepers OF cattle: and they have
brought their tiocks, and their herds, and
all tina they have, Md It shall come to
pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and
shall say, what Is YOU occupation? that
we shall say, thy servants ave been keep
ers OF cattle from our youth ever until
now, both we. and our fathers; that ya
may dwell In the land OF Goshen; for
every shepherd Is an denomination unto
the Egyptians. .,
When the Past Becomes Plain.
When we look backward the proyfdences
of God become plain. The Why OF the
experiences which once troubled us most
Is usually revealed by time. Disasters in
the long look become trlumphs, adversely
appears as truest prosperity; and our UNI
answered prayers cause Us to praise a
wise Father who has led US by a way we
know not. The providence in Joseph's
tragic career was clear as the ruler stood
Ia the presence Of the family whose life
his was TO preserve. Even Joseph could
not see the still greater purposes of God
in bringing Israel into Egypt.
An anonymous little article. Answered
Prayer" Is floating through the religious
press; and II illustrates this phase OF the
days lesson:
He asked for richie that he might
achieve. he was made weak that he might
obey.
He asked for health that he might do
greater things; he was given inflrmity that
he might do better things.
He asked for riches that he might be
happy; he was given poverty that he might
be wise.
He asked for power that he might
nave the praise OF men; he was given
weakness that he might feel the need OF
God. g..
"IJe has receiyed nothinR that he aska6