Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-06-19
BY William ]. Ems.


Everybody is first OF all human. Tho
personal relationships are the most inl-
portant. Before man is public offi-
clai. he Is a son or husband or father or
friend Many man who IL weighed down
with cares of state really has as his first
ana deepest concern the waywardness OF
q son. the illness OF q dear one, or some
other like burden, The loneliness Of tho
leader OF men. the lack OF personal SYM
PATTY and sweet Fellowship which lesser
men enjoy Is one OF the penalties of pub
Tic service. Kipling has pictured this well
IN his Song of Diego Valdez. who be-
cause he was Lord High Admiral of Spain
could no longer enjoy the liberty and
pleasures OF the comrades of his youth
The floods OF purely human emotions
overwhelM Joseph, the great ruler OF
Egypt. In the present Sunday schoo4 les
son. He had tested his once-cruel BROTH
ers by many devices. and had found them
changed men. All that the responsibilities
and caution of his high office required of
him he had done. and now he filings aside
all robes OF state. all titles. all exaltation.
and becomes only lonely. homesick man,
hungry for the love OF those OF his own
blood. The story Is too fine to be married
by summarizing: here 1t Ia as the inspired
narrative give It:
Tho Great Reunion.
And Israel took his journey with all
that he had. and came to Beersheba, and
offered sacrifices unto the God of his
father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel
In the visions OF the night, and said, ia
cob. Jacob. And he said. Here am L. And
he said. 1 am God. the God Of thy father:
fear not to go down In to Egypt: for
will there make of thee a great nation:
Will go down with thee Into Egypt. and I
VIII also surely bring thee up again: and
Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes,
And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and
the sons OF Israel carried Jacob their
father. and their little ones, their wives.
In the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to
carry him. And they took their cattle,
and their goods, which they had gotten
In the land of Canaan. and carfe into
Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him:
his sons and his sons sons with him his
daughters, and hts sons daughters and
all his seed brought he with him into
Egypt.
And these are the names of the chill
dren of Israel who came into Egypt Jacob
and his sons: Reuben. Jacobs first-born
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch and Pal
lu, and Heron. and Carml And the sons
of Simeon: Jemuel. and Jamlin, and
Chad. and joachim, and Zohar, and Shaul
the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the
SOFAS of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Mer-
ari. And the sons of Judah: Err, and Oman,
and Shelah. and Perez and Zerah; but Err
and Oman died In the land of Canaan
And the sons OF Perez were Heron and
Hamul. And the sons of Issachar: Tolar,
and Puvah. and lob, and Shimron And
the sons of zebulum: sered. and Elon and
Jahleel These are the sons of Leah,
whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-
aram. with his daughter Dinah all the
souls of his sons and his daughter were
30 and three. And the sons of Cad: Ziph-
ion, and Haggi. and Shuni and Ezbon,
Evi md Nd Ar~,l{ A. A.
of Asher. Imna. and Ishvah, and Ishvi,
and Beriah, and Serah their sister, and
the sons Of Berfah: Heber and Malchiel
These are the sons of Ztlpah whom Laban
gave to Leah his daughter: and these she
bare unto Jacob. even 16 souls. The sons
of Rachel. Jacobs wife: Joseph and BEN
jamin. And unto Joseph in the land Of
Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephrairn.
whom Asenath, tho daughter of Poti-
phera priest of On, bare unto him. And
the sons of Benjamin: Bella and Becher,
and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and
Besh, Muppim and Huppim. and Ard.
These are the sons of Rachel, who were
born to Jacob: ali the souls were Ia. ARD
the sons of Dan: Hushim. And the sons OF
NaphtaN Jahzeel, and CUM, and Jezer.
and Shilelm. These are the sons of Bill
hah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughter. and these she bare unto Jacob:
all the souls were seven. All the souls
came out of his loins. besides Jacobs
sons wives, all the souls were three-score
and six: and the sons of Joseph who were
born to him in Egypt. We're two souls: all
the souls of the house Of Jacob. that came
into Egypt were three-score and 10.
And he sent Judah before him unto
Joseph to show the way before him unto
Goshen; and they came into thea,l land of
Goshen And Joseph made ready his char
lot, and went up to meet Israel his father.
to Goshen; and he presented himself unto
him., and fell on his neck. and wept on
his neck good while. And Israel said
unto Joseph, now let me die since have
seen thy face. that thou art yet alive. And
Joseph said unto his brethren. and unto
his fathers house. will go up and tell
Pharaoh, and will say unto him, my breth-
rem, and my fathers house who were in
the land Of Canaan, are come unto Yne:
and the men are shepherds, for they have
been keepers of cattle: and they have
brought their flocks. and their herds. and
all that they have. And 1t shall come to
pass. when Pharaoh shall call you. and
shall say, what is your occupation? that
We shall say, thy servants have been keen
ers OF cattle from our youth even until
now, both We. and our fathers: that u
may dwell in the land OF Goshen: for
every shepherd Is an abomination unto
the Egyptians.
When the Past Bscomes Plain,
When we look backward the providence.
OF God become plain. The ..why,. az thas
experiences which once troubled US most
Is usually revealed by time. Disasters -
the long look become triumphs. adyersity
appears as truest prosperity; and ol,r nm
answered prayers cause us to praise
wise Father who has led us BY q wav NE
know not. The providence IN Joseph..
tragic career was clear AZ the ruler stood
In the presence OF the family whose ne. 1