The Holt County sentinel., 1913-05-23

b.other abideth in the light" John s:i0
Jacobs plaintive CRY - uttered IN
vorse six Of this chapter touches the
heart Of any father. but God 10 work
inG out HE plan unknown to Jacob
The brothers must have been i'm.
pressed by Joseph's words that they
should dare starvation, and their II.
Tiers grief and anger. rather than re-
turn to Egypt without their brother
BENJAMIN.
Judah. who before had sought to de-.
liver Joseph. now offers to become
surety for BENJAMIN. Thus II was
that Jacob was persuaded. but to
make ~ good an impression a. pos.
sible with this strange Egyptian ruler
Jacob directed that In addition to the
necessary funds . present also BE- pre-.
pared (43:1D. and remembering the
strange return OF the money before.
that this time . double portion be
taken. Two words will serve to di.
vide the lesson. Fear and Feasting.
Sought HE erothsr.
I. Fear. w. 1925. Ordinarily
such an invitation to Joseph's house
would be considered q great honor,
but In this strange land and possessed
by guilty conscience we read. And
the men were afraid" They who 10
carelessly sold their brother into sla.
very are themselves fearful OF becom.
ing "bondmen." Joseph did seek an
occasion against them but IL was that
he might secure his brother BENJAMIN
1.-THE others were only half.brothers).
TO abide with him in Egypt. Notice
how eagerly they explain the matter
Of the money In their sacks to the
steward. The steward seeks to reas.
sure them by telling them that. your
God. the God OF your father hath Civ
On you treasure In your sacks" In.
deed God had. but he gave them their
blessing through another. Even 40
We through grace are blessed by
means Of another who IL our Joseph.
Christ Ia constantly seeking to reas.
sure our hearts.
n. Fsastiae, w. 2S.34. In last
weeks lesson We beheld these broth.
err bowling before Joseph even AZ his
dream had indicated i37:5.S) and nov
. second time they are on their faces
before him. They had Dragged that
Il should never be SO, I'VE shall see"
(37:20 and indeed they are now see
ing That man who says to God IL
will not" In the end 10 always com
PEELED to do that very thing he In HI
pride said he would not do. Those
who now mock our Joseph will In the
end be compelled to do him obcisancc
Rom, l4:il: Phil. .: 10. II was that
Joseph might gain his brother Bcnja
min that he made all OF these delays
In revealing himself to his other
brothers. As We have seen BENJAMIN
was Josephs only full brother 30: %
etc. and had had no part In the con
splracy against Joseph, hence Joseph
heart went out In great love for Ben
iamin, w. 1881, Joseph's tears were
no sign OF weakness but rather O
strength, John il;35: Tim. Ia. Suci
a manifestation OF emotion ought never
TO be suppressed.
Bold Pretense.
Joseph knew full we'll how to con
troll his emotions ". 80 Till the prop
or time. Joseph ". 27) Is fearful that
his father might have passed away yet
his question does not reveal his iden
tity, We wonder II there must moi
have been some suspicion In tn,
minds OF these Hebrews when theil
Egyptian host told the exact order o.
their respective ages, v. 33 ,see also
H;l2), and that perhaps Joseph NIGH
after all be alive. Doubtless theil
, guilty consciences were again aroused
when they beheld their younges
brother singled out for such nantes
Partially ". 80. They, however
made q bold pretonse and "dranl
largely" II. ". making merry to cove
their confusion, II their drink caused
intoxication we do not know. Any
how they are not held before US al
an example In this particular. moi
does the biblical account demand tina
we defend them In this matter.
This was . strange feast The sigh
or BENJAMIN recalls 10 Joseph th'
memories of home and mother ant
caused him to retire from the pres
cnce Of his brothers lest no revea
himself through his tears. Return
ing he Restraints his emotions whil'
at the same time his brothers are la
boring under the constraint Of thei
fears. What differing emotions haunt
ing memories recall. J0seph's mem
cries al him with love and tenderness
while the brothers are filled with sus
picion Of the entertainment they ar
receiving.
The golden text a. applied to Jo
seph reveals the secret Of tho strength
Of his character. To abide In tn
light 10 to be always true to God. I
means to reveal ultimately the NEAR
ing Of the darkness. All OF this come
out moro clearly whom Joseph at Ia
fully reveals himssk 10 bis brothsrs
r. -alk N0 thA Mlht alma will ana IL