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terest in Benjamin. T. " ~ AN
Cd I'd Is a;.: :,Ss; :. cup %s to
jamin's sack of 1.-THE Gun tcas found
wheat. After the in BenjGmiH's
brethren had got SdcE'
ten fairly started homeward, Joseph
sent servants to demand his cup.
The brethren protested their limo
cence and declared that if the cup
were found in their possession. they
would willingly become slaves. The
search was made, and the cup found.
In great distress the company wended
its way back to the palace.
Again Joseph was austere and re-
proved them. that they might have OPP
portunity to abandon Benjamin. Pro
testing innocence, they declared their
willingness to become JOseph's slaves.
But he answered that only the guilty
one - Benjamin - should become his
slave, and that the rest should return
home. and continue to enjoy the favors
of Egypt This proposition he knew
would test them. Had they the same
heartlessness that they had exhibited
when they sold him into slavery?
Then Judah. who had pledged him
self that Benjamin should return in
safety. made an eloquent appeal. and
entreated that be be accepted as
slave in Benjamin's stead. He ended
with the question. How shall go up
to my father. and the lad be not with
me? lest | see the evil that shall be-
fall my father
The evidence of a change of heart
was satisfactory to Joseph. and is to us
all. Those who love righteousness re-
joice in righteousness, as those who
love sin rejoice in it, When we per
ceive so marked change in those
men we rejoice. not only for their
sakes. but also at the general lesson
furnished. The conviction is borne in
upon us that much of the sin. the
meanness. the cruelty of today may be
attributed to inherited weaknesses and
immature experience We say, How
great a change would probably be eff
fected by q broader. deeper knowledge
/ Va Oui SCAR CO anu OlhNA >.
And do not life's daily experiences
| tend to give us the broadening of sym
pathies. and thus Misunderstanding
ment? Doubtless there are exceptions
to every rule. but it is our conviction
| that sufficiency of the likeness Of
God remains in every member of our
race to permit him at times to appre-
ciate the good the noble. the pure. 1t
is because he is surrounded by sin and
seltishneSs that these gOdlike senti-
ments are so rarely brought into ex-
/ erciSe.
When Will Men Profit?
! Some will say. Admitting that life's
trials teach men the sinfulness of sin
/ and the wisdom of righteousness. where
would be the profit of such instruction
! if only the sanity, who walk in Jesus
/ footsteps under covenant of self-Sac-
/ ritice. are to share in the Kingdom
! How will the remainder of the race
profit by their experiences, if death
/ ends all hOpa?"
The answer is that we have made q
mistake respecting the teachings of the
/ Bible The Scriptures nowhere say that
all hope of salvation ends when we fall
asleep in death. So far as the Church
! is concerned. it is true that death ends
their probation. But this is not true
concerning the world. The Church
alone is now ON trial. The worlds trial
time will be in the next Age.
Christ's Reign will be the great thou
sand-year Day. in which will be deter
mined the worthiness or unworthiness
t of everlasting life of all humanity.
Those found worthy will eventually