The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-18
LESSON FOR THE CHILDREN
Joseph MEETS HIS BRETHREN
Genesis A.

seph wishes to see II they ares sorry
They bow down to Joseph. What was
Josephs dream, James? His broth
ers were some day to bow to him.
Here Is the dream coming true. Jo-
seph talks roughly to them, and in
Egyptian. Another man tells what
he Is saying: Whence come YET" He
wants to learn of his father and Ben
jamin, but cannot ask outright. He
says, Eye are spies. To see the. naked
ness of the land we are come" The
brothers are greatly excited and say,
No, they only wish to buy food. Then
they tell all about themselves, which
Is exactly what Joseph wishes. Thy
servants are twelve brethren. the sons
of one man in the land OF Canaan:
and, behold, the youngest Is this day
with our father, and one is not" Jo-
seph pretends not to believe them.
He longs to make up. but knows IL is
wisest first to find out what sort of
men they are, so he can best help
| them. Just as a doctor needs to know
what ails you before he gives you
medicine.
| Joseph locks his brothers in jail for
three days. Here they are in the same
| prison in which Joseph was kept. On
the third day Joseph comes to them.
Let one of your brethren be bound
lin the house of your prison; go We,
carry corn for the famine of your
/ houses: but bring your youngest
brother unto me-" The brothers re-
member the evil which they did to
Joseph. and think God lis furnishing
them now. They speak In Hebrew,
not knowing Joseph can understand.
Can he, <Mittie? Yes. he knows every
word, and he is pleased, for they are
at least sorry for their sin. I'VE are
verify guilty concerning our brother,
In that we saw the anguish of his soul,
when he besought us, and we would
not hear: therefore is this distress
come upon u.s." There are some faces
we never forget; our mothers happy
face when we please her; our father
sad face when we disobey So Joseph s
terror-stricken face when his broth
ers dealt so cruelty VIII never leave
their minds. AS Reuben speaks to
his brothers. Joseph learns how kind
he was. "Spake j not unto you, say
ing, Do not sin against the child; and
We would not hear?" Joseph goes
aside and cries. When he comes back
he binds Simon and leaves him in the
prison. The brothers give their money
and sacks to be filled with wheat.
Joseph quickly orders his men to re-
store every mans money into his
! sack, Afiu 10 kSi&e tnEut lOou LOT tHe
way. Here are some tiny white mus
lin sacks. Fill them with this wheat.
and drop a cent in each one for the
money. So the brothers depart leav-
! ing Simeon. AS they stop at this inn.
one of the brothers opens his sack to
| feed his ass, and flnds the money.
! They are all afraid.
| When they reach home. Jacob
comes to meet them. Where Is Sim
/ eon?" The brothers tell about their
trip, and say they can buy no more
food without Benjamin. They pour
out their wheat into this big box. and
/ find the rest Of the money. Both they
and their father are frightened. ia
cob says: me have We bereaved of my
children; Joseph Is not, and Simeon
| is not, and We will take Benjamin
away. all these things are against me:
Reuben says, "Slay my two sons, II I
bring him not to thee: deliver him
into my hand, and will bring him to
thee again" But Jacob replies, MY
son shall not go down with you: for
his brother is dead. and he ts left
alone: II mischief befall him by the
way In the which We go, then shall
We bring down my gray hairs with
sorrow to the grave
Jacob is down. hearted. He does
not know that he will shortly have
what he most wants, does he, Ellis
Soon he will be with Joseph again.
So with IRIS all. We think everything
is against us. and that no one loves
us. and all the time God has a won
derful plan to make us more than
happy. And how much happier Jo-
seph Ia than IL he had punished his
brothers as many would have done.