The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-05-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson vll.--Second Quarter, For
May 10, 1913.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Rev. o. M. stearns.
The seven years Of Righteousness
were ended. and the seven years OF
dearth began TO come. and the dearth
was In an the lands. and even In Egypt
and an countries came into Egypt 10
Joseph to buy corn (Sli. $3.50 one
might infer from XII. ~. that some OF
the Egyptians rather dlsliked going 10
Joseph the Hebrew. and 81 appealed TO
Pharaoh. but he laid them low by say.
ing. "Go unto Joseph: what he saith
20 you do" So II came to pass that In
all Egypt rs IL had been In the prison,
whatsoever they did Joseph was the
doer of II tNNNiX. ~ How like the
great truth concerning the Lord Jesus,
"Neither l. there salvation In any 9th.
err" acts w.. ~. and how searching
and humilatlng 20 human pride Is the
fact that II any who know Of Him win
not accept Ills free gift Of IIlmsq1M
they cannot be- saved Here is gre
contrast. Corn had 10 he hpught IN
Egypt. but Jesus Christ having obtain
ed eternal redemption 10y the sacrifice
OF Himself gives II freely to whose
ever will"
jacob said to his sons Behold,
have heard that there is corn In Egypt"
(xlli. -. He could not have heard un.
less some one had told Many have
never heard ~ eternal life In Christ be-
cause 80 few tell. or seem to have any.
thing worth telling. How Is ~ II II
nothing 10 your DO you carer In due
time there appeared before Joseph
among those who came to buy corn.
his ten brothers. benjamin having
been left nj home. and Joseph knew
them. but they did not know him (vers.
es 3-Sl. Twenty years may have made
more change In some than In others
out they would never have thought Of
seeing In the ruler Of Egypt the boy
OF seventeen whom they had sold as n
slave and as 10 his. 10 them. foolish
and absurd dreams they had no doubt
long since ceased TO give them a
thought
Joseph had forgiven them and had
learned TO see the hand OF God In II
all. and now his opportunity had come
TO return love for their hatred. but they
must he Inundated and convicted OF
their great sih against him. There II
no life eternal for any except penltent
sinners. and Israel ms nation must
become penltent before they can be
saved. but sight of Him viii do II all
First he accused them OF being spies.
90 which they replied I'VE are true
men. twelve brethren. the sons
OF one man In the land Of Canaan: and.
behold. the youngc Is this day with
our father. aud one Is not" oversees II.
49, When We consider their treatment
OF Joseph and 81 their father AT that
time they must have changed greatly
10 have become true men. but II they
meant true men as men 60. or true In
the sense Of their not being spies. but
having come truly for corn and naught
else. then II stands all right
They would have time to do some unu.
sual thinking during their three days In
prison. And here Is another third day
story Of dcliyerance. for on the third
day Joseph talked with them and
agreed to let nine ~ them return home
WIN ''iiit lfihN HlNi Nllf vas lflA u IlEiN-
oner as nm assurance that when they
came again for corn they would bring
their younger brother with them. Then
they talked with one another In Jo-
seph's presence OF their guilt OF long
ago. for which they felt that they were
now suffering, and they remembered
the anguish Of his soul ms he besought
fhan "a ,l..uI ttsgt IA I.,t a..
let him return 10 his father. yet they
would not hear him. wonder II they
did not hear those heartrending cries
many time during those twenty
years The memory Of some thinx
viii constitute no small part of Il
torment Of the lost. for II was said 10
the rich man who was In torment. son.
remember" luke xvi 25). Sins for
given and blOtted out by the blood OF
the Lamb will not be remembered
against us lisa. kill. 25,. and need not
be remembered by us. Joseph under.
stood all they we're saying. but he
spoke 10 them through an interpreter
that they might not know him Just
yet. His henrt was greatly touched.
and he turned away from them and
wept. but returned again and com
muned with them Then. retaining
Simeon prisoner. he commanded 10
I'LL their sacks. put each mans money
In his sack and gave them provision
for the way
When they reached home without
Simeon and told all TO their father. and
that they could not 20 again unless
they took Benjamin also. Jacob was in
great distress. said that BENJAMIN
should never go, and exclaimed most
bitterly, IAN these things are against
me- Verse 3Gl II he only could have
seen the outcome as we now know II
how differently he would have felt and
talked! But this was written for US
that we might believe that all things.
however dark they look. are for our
good Rom. viii. 2sl. II we would live
In the love Of God. His perfect love
would cast out all fear Il John ". 49,
Miss Habershon's typical sugges-
tons on this chapter are concerning
the "none other name:" that though
The world and even HIa own knaw Him