Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-12

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tears. Jacob never became the man
God meant him to be until the best OF
his life was over. Then we find him
tested and trusting, with his faith
triumphant. God gave him more than
ever he deserved or desired or
dreamed. AS we look upon Ills
straight end Of crooked life, we find
ut filled with messages concerning the
providence OF God. The lesson Is one
in simple trustfulness.
HE who hath led will lead
All through the wilderness; NJ
He who hath fed will feed;
He who hath blessed will bless;
He who hath heard thy cry
= Will never close his ear;
He who hath marked thy faintest sigh
Will. not forget thy tear.
He loyeth always, faileth never. 4
So rest on him, today, forever!'
"Then trust him for today,
AS thine unfailing friend,
And let him lead thee all the way.
! Who loveth to the end. q
And let the morrow rest
In his beloved hand;
His & d is better than our best,
AS we shall understand
II, trusting him who faileth never,
We rest on him, today, forever!"
Rising BY Families.
The average American does no,
make much of family. ties. The pub
ilic is accustomed to the spectacle o.
successful men of noI known anteced
ents. We are not surprised when we
find any Of our conspicuous public fig
ures root cut Of dry ground-a
great life from the most commonplace
environment. Yet this very energy and
ambition of one is the surest process
in the elevation of all. 1t is good tc
+see the way men stand fast by their
families, lifting them up into the sue
cess they have won. The average sue
cessful man is not ashamed OF his
family, however deficient they may be
| in the cultivation and sophisticat1on
which he has won for himself.
=! When Joseph rose he took his fam
| ily M with him. The old blessings Of
Jehovah to Abraham and Isaac and
Jacob was a family blessing. No sci
fish individualism in that covenant
The children Of promise were expected
to be, as they still are, loyal to the
country whom God has given them
Joseph In prosperity not merely pro
vided for his family's material vel
fare, but he planned for their pres
ence at his side in the reflected lustre
OF his seat OF power. Assured that hif
brothers had grown to be faithful
men. he sent them back to Canaan te
bring Jacob to him.
The Great Reunion.
It was a patriachal pilgrimage that
slowly wendell it's way down from
Canaan across the Isthmus OF Suez
With Jacob went every man, woman
and child Of his family, and their re
tanners. All his household goods &C
companied him. The caravan wal
large and .leisurely. As they drew
me- ar to Egypt, Jacob, with his oil
caution, fearing that this fairytale for
tune was too good to be. true, SEN
Judah ahead to prepare the way and K
announce his coming. But it was al
true, more than true.
Not only welcome and shelter ant
food awaited them at Goshen, bu
Joseph himself came down riding II
state in his chariot That was {
great day for Goshen. We can heal
the huzzas OF the crowds still echoine
as they acclaimed the victory who was
| their deliver from famine, and the mar
who stood closest to Pharaoh himself
!. TO the cheering multitudes, JOSEPH
was a dignitary; but to Jacob he wal
only long lost son. None of the trap
I rings Of state gave him thought wher
he flung himself forward for his faith
er's blessing. Even after these mil
ileniums, the picture draws tears t.
our ayes. 1t Is like>to the reunion o
the prodigal and his father With thu
arms Of the patriarch around his neck
more precious than any golden chair
! CT office, Joseph wept long while
This was one of the sublime hours o
| life that do not come often to any on,
soul. AS for Jacob, he could but cry
,"Now let me die since have seen tn.
Z, face that thou art yet alive" Lik
Simeon, he was ready to depart Ii
peace" for his life had won its great
est boon.
The still Greater Reunion.
The scene is like heaven. Even tn
! casual reader of the incident is re
minded OF that coming day when al
Universities will be overpassed; whel
the separations that have spelled Sol
row will be at an end; when heart
hungry for love will be fully satisfied