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%P0TENTATE AS A MAN.
The international Sunday School
Lesion For June 8 is. "Joseph
Forgives His Brethren" Gen.
xl. 1-46:7.
BY William T. Ellis.
BY William T. Ellis.

BY William T. Ellis, =
Everybody is first of all human. The
personal relationships are the most inn
portant. Before a man is a public Off
clal. he is a son or husband or father or
friend. Many a man who ia 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
pathy and sweet fellowship which lesser
men enjoy. is one of the penalties OF pub
lie service. kfpling has pictured this we'll
in his Song of Diego Valdez" who. be-
cause he was Lord High Admiral of Spain
could no longer enjoy the liberty and
pleasures of the comrades of his youth.
The foods of purely human emotions
oNerwhelm Joseph, the great ruler OF
Egypt. I'm the present Sunday school 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 10Y he filings aside
all robes of state. all titles. all %exaltation.
and becomes only a lonely, homesick man.
hungry for the love of those of his own
blood. The story Is too fine to be marred
by summarizing: here 1t is as the inspired
narrative give IT..
The Great Reunion.
And Israel took his journey with all
that he had. and came to Beersheba, and
offered sacrifices unto the God OF his
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. l am God. the God Of thy father:
fear not to go down In to Egypt: for 1
will there make OF thee a great nation: l
will go down with thee into Egypt, and !
will also surely bring thee up again: and
Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
| And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and
| the sons of Israel carried Jacob their
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 into
Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him;
his sons and his sons sons with him, his
| daughters, and hts sons daughters. and
all his seed brought he with him into
Egypt.
And these are the names OF the chill
dren of Israel who came into Egypt Jacot
and his sons: Reuben, Jacobs first-born
| And the sons of Reuben; Hanocha and Pal.
lu, and Heron. and Carmi. And the sSht
of Simeon: Jemuel. and Jamlin. and
Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shau
SbhO 0OtI Va - OlAhA AIH0 kAh~
sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Mer'
ari. And the Sons of Judah: Er, and Oman
and Shelah, and Perez. and Zerah; but Eli
and oman died in the land of Canaan
And the sons of Perez were Heron and
Hamul. And the sons of Issachar: Tolar
and Puvah. and lob. and Shimron. Ant
the sons of Zebulum: Sered. and ElOn, ant
Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah
whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan
aram. with his daughter Dinah; all tn:
souls of his sons and his daughter wer'
90 and three. And the sons of Cad: Ztph
ion. and Haggi. and shuni, and Ezbon
kIcri and Arodi, and Areli. And the SON
of Asher. lima, and Ishvah, and Ishvi
and Beriah, and Serah their sister; an,
the sons of Beriah: Heber. and Malchiel
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laba1
gave to Leah his daughter: and these sh
bare unto Jacob. even Is souls. The son
of Rachel. Jacobs wife: Joseph and Ben
jamin. And unto Joseph in the land o
Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim
whom Asenath, the daughter OF Poti
phera priest of On. bare unto him. An
the sons of Benjamin: Bella and Becher
and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman. Ehi am
Besh. Muppim and Huppim, n Ard
These are the sons of Rachel, who wer
born to Jacob: all the souls were IA. An,
the sons of Dan: Hushim. And the sons o
Naphtali. Jahzeel. and CUM, and Jezei
1 dIu llS ~ tIS 0Ou0 VI -
hah, whom I4aban gave unto Rachel hi
daughter. and these she bare unto Jacob
all the souls were seven. All the soul
that came with Jacob into Egypt tina
came out of his loins, besides Jacob
sons wives, all the souls we're three-scor
and six; and the sons of Joseph who wer
born to him in Egypt, We're two souls: a
the souls of the house of Jacob, that cam
into Egypt, were three-score and 10.
"And he sent Judah before him un,
Joseph, to show the way before him un,
Goshen; and they came into the land {
Goshen. And Joseph made ready his char
lot. and went up to meet Israel his fathe
to Goshen; and he presented himself unit
him, and fell on his neck. and wept o
his neck q good while. And Israel sai
unto Joseph, now let me die since ! HAY
seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. Al
Joseph said unto his brethren, and un,
his fathers house, l will go up, and tie
Pharaoh, n will say unto him, my brett
rem. and my fathers house who were
the land Of Canaan, are come unto RI
and the men are shepherds, for they ha,
been keepers of cattle: and they ha,
brought their fiocks. and their herds, al
all. that they have. And it shall come
pass, when Pharaoh shall call o al
shall say, what Is your occupation? TIL
We shall say, thy servants nave been kee
ers Of cattle from our youth even In,
now, both We, and our fathers: that
may dwell in the a N Of Goshen; (
every shepherd is an abomination un
the Egyptians"
When the Past Becomes Plain.
When We look backward the providenc
of God become plain. The why of Il