Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-24
In The Religious World;
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crowd is to pull all Others to it's level.
The Candid Dreamer.

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| Guilelessness is a quality of tn
v.rtuous, but it is not always a VII
tue. It is not. necessary to tell al
that one knows or thinks. Joseph
mistake was not in having the dreams
-"th, thoughts Of youth are long
long thoughts" in telling then
to his uncomprehending and ill-think
ing brothers. A simple, ingenuou!
and generous soul himself, he was
eager to share with others everything
that interested him. The lesson o.
prudence and subtlety would have tc
be learned in the hard school of life
In the dreams that he ill-advisedly
told, Joseph had seen eleven sheaves
of wheat blowing down to him. Lat
er he saw the sun, moon and eleven
stars doing obesance. OF course the
Interpretation lay on the surface, that
he should be exalted above his family
and bear rule over them. 1t is notable
that the dream was respected by all
who heard it. little as they liked 1T
and little as they honored the dreamer
therefor. All signs of superior worth
are resented by inferior people. 1gno
BILE minds can De more tolerant OF
those who do wrong than of those who
do virtuously. There is something in
human nature that persecutes "Aris;
tides the Just
OF course the eleven sons of Jacob
could not be expected to perceive that
in cherishing the grievance against
their brother they were but hurting
their own characters, and impairng
their own souls. Whoever exercises
hospitality toward low and vengeful
thoughts is injuring first and most
his own spirit. Hates arrows all fly
backwards. 4 rs. f..
. A Trap for the Dreamer.
The fact is not to be overlooked that
it is the dreamers who are sent to
carry messages % Garcia. Jacob had
a hard errand Of seventy or eighty
miles. through Hebron up to Shechem.
He chose for it, not servant or a
sturdy retainer with a club. but this
same delicate Joseph. who had the
greatness of soul which is the true
hero stuff. 1t is not your big bully who
wins in life. but the flne-spirited, deli
cate. imaginative dreamer who dares
to follow his CLEAN to the uttermost,
Joseph knew we'll the enemies that
lurked on the way of the long journey
up to Sbechem. He felt. more than
his tougher-muscled brothers, the bur-
den Of the food he carried. He suf-
fered most in the cold and lonely
nights when he wrapped his mantle
around him and Law down to sleep.
Nevertheless, he said, Here am I"
when Jacob called him, and then went
and found his brothers, even though
they had gone from Shechem.
What a person says or does on i'm
pulse reveals his character. The cry
of FIRE in a crowd reveals the char
acter Of all who hear it by their first
instructive action. On impulse one OF
the brothers of Joseph cried. "Here
comes that dreamer; let's Stay him. !
They were murderers at heart. Their
unnatural nature is shown more clear.
ly here than in any of the other epis-
odes of the past. Even Reuben. al
though he himself had been guilty OF
an unnatural offense, revolted from
the fratricidal program. "
A compromise was effected. and
Joseph was thrown into pit, a bottle.
shaped cistern, which held him prison
er like rat in jug, while his broth
ers proceeded calmly to eat the food
which he had brought them.
From Slavery to Sceptre.
A caravan of desert men, Ishmael-