The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-05-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson v.--Second Quarter, For
May 4, 1913.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson. Gen. n. e.2s.
Memory vs-sss, ~, t5-ooIdsn Tss,
Job sssii. q Commentary Prepared
BIZ ReN. o. "A. stearns

even n dream Ms n link In His chain
Of providcnccs. lie warned Abimelech
and Laban In n dream. revealed Him
self 10 Jacob In dreams; also spoke
TO Pharaoh aud Nebuchadnexzar In
dreams tGen. xx. 3. q; XVIII. ": xxIi
10. II. -. XII. Z. I; Dan. II, H. Gideon
also and solomon heard God IN a dream
Gudg. VII. II. | Kings III. 3, tnl In
connection with the birth aud infancy
OF Jesus there were several communi
cations by dreams. and Pilates wife
suffered In dream because Of Him mt
the end % Ills ministry. We cannot
but think 81 Job xxxiii. it-i1. where
we read 81 God speaking I'm n dream.
in vision Of the night when deep
sleep fnlleth upon men. In slumberings
upon the bed that lie may withdra ~
man FROM his purpose aud hide prids
from man
We think also Of Nun. xii. GS. where
He said that while lie might talk 60
others In vision and In dream. lie
would speak To Moses. His servant.
mouth To mouth: therefore II In writ
ten OF Moses. There arose not n
prophet since Ia Israel like unto Moses.
whom the Lord knew face 10 face
Dcut Nxxiv. To-,
while there are no degrees In saliva
ton and all who are truly redeemed
are equally safe by virtue Of the great
atoncnent. there are great differences
In the intimacy Of the redeemed With
the Lord aud In their fellowship with
Him. suppose that no two righteous
men could be farther apart In this mat.
ter than Abram aud Lot. aud not many
exceed Joseph la his intimacy with
God but think Of what Il cost him
And just there IL our difficuity. Many
are glad Ia rejoice In their personal
salvation. but few comparatively are
willing to humble themselves 20 walk
with God rs lie desires they should.
In that sense many are called. but
few are chosen II means 80 much Ia
deny self. be- Away delivered unto
death. but In no other way can the
life OF Christ I've manifest In these
mortal bodies ~ Cor. ". 10. III.
One would scarcely believe that the
ofrcnse ~ rhnraoh's chief bnter and
baker could possibly have anything To
do With the working out 81 Gods plan
for Joseph aud that the wrath 81 man
could thus be overruled. hut u II
~cighty saying. surely the wrath Of
man shall praise thee" rs lssvi. i0.
why should Joseph care whether these
men We're sad or otherwise; Had he
not enough troubles ~ his ownl Hut
see the compassion Of Christ who
could take some hours on the r-s,r
rcctiou afternoon To walk with and
comfur; two sal men u sounds odd
Ia hear Joseph saw o. these men con
corning their dreams "i,o not Inter
prctations belong IN Godi Tell rie. !
pray Won VERSES Gst
II he had said. Tell ,;nd who only
can interpret II would seem NIL right
Rut IL was III right. for Joseph knew
Cod aud represented God. and God
was with him rs he was able tn In
tcrpret the dreams ~ these men he
must have been able TO understand the
Ms suggested IN n previous lesson. no
doubt sustained by the future which
they revealed To- him Vet he felt the
time long aud the wrong which he
was enduring Tor hear him NJ he says
50 pltifully. Indeed. ! was stolen
away And here also have I
dome nothing that they shouh put me
into the dungeon Think gu me when
II shall be well with thee. aud shew
kindness. pray thee unto me and
make mention ~ me unto Thar and
bring INC out Of thi~ house" Nerse<
II. Ia. what y record In verse ~"
Yet did not the chief butler remeR
her Joseph. hut forgat him" Same
one has said that such people nre not
all called butler
There II record In Feel In. n. nj q
poor wise man. who by his wisdom
delivered city. vet no man repem
bercd that same poor man. what shall
We say ~ Him who. though lie was
rich. for our sakes became poor and
humhled Himself unto death for us
that we. through His poverty. might
he rich. and yet who Of us remembers
Him In any way as we should;
Miss IIabershon's typical s0xees
tions from this chapter are In refer
ence to Jesus being bound and led
away. His hands aud feet pierced. two
malefactors crucified with Him. q mes.
sage OF life To the one only Matt.
XVII. 2; Ps xii. ~: Luke xxin. ~,
AZ. Joseph said Wherefore bok ye
so sadly? Think ON me. show kind
ness unto me- make mention Of me.
and he served them luke xii. n;
xiv. II; Cor ri. "a: Matt xxv. 20;
4, 32l
We must not forget the being mum
bered with transgressors lisa. hii. ~:
Luke xxi. 81. II must have hurt 10
keph badly Ia he accused OF the very
thing he sc0rned 10 do. and no doubt
the report was circulated In Potiphar's
and elsewhere aud believed
IN many. and the model young man
held us To ridlcule. Think of the Lord
Jesus ridlcuhsi as a glutton. a vino
bibber. a coInpanlon OF sinners pos
sessed by the devil cruclned as an evil
doer. scoffed az as He suffered. Rut
TOD faiasd Him From tha Had and