The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-07-10

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with their expert co
ences. Joseph, how IA T5#s VS.,
ever. desired to MNEIN S4 "a
test their sympa-
thy for their father W. JAN
and their loving In u n w 40
terest IN Benjamin. o,Wb( tGNA
Therefore he caus- ~ WV
ed his silver cup to
be placed Ia Ben &S
Jamiu's sack Of ,.Ths Gun pos fo.w6
wheat. After the ~ BcaJamfH's
brethren had got. sack
ten fairly started hOmeward. Joseph
sent servants to demand his cup.
The brethren protested their inno-
cence, and declared that II the cup
were found IN their possession. they
would willingly become slaves. The
search was made, and the cup found
In great distress the company wendell
~ way back to the palace.
Again Joseph was austere aud re-
proved them. that they might have op-
portunity to abandon BENJAMIN. Pro
testing innocence, they declared their
willingness to become Joseph's slaves.
But he answered that only the guilty
n Benjamin should become his
slave, and that the rest should return
home. and continue to enjoy the favors
Of Egypt. This proposition he knew
would test them. Had they the same
heartlessness that they had exhibited
when they sold him into slavery
Then Judah, who had pledged him
self that Benjamin should return In
safety. made an eloquent appeal. and
entreated that be be accepted as a
slave In Benjamin's stead. He ended
with the question. How shall go up
to my father. and the lad be not with
met lest ! see the evil that shall be-
fall my father"
The evidence Of a change Of heart
was satisfactory to Joseph. and ls TO Us
all. Those who love righteousness re-
1olce In righteousness. as those who
love sin rejoice IN It. When we per
eelve so marked q change in those
men. we rejoice. not only Tor their
aakes. but also at the general lesson
furnished. The conviction Is borne In
upon us that much OF the sin. the
meanness. the cruelty OF today may be-
attributed to inherited weaknesses and
immature experience. We say. How
great a change would probably be ef-
fected by a broader. deeper knowledge
Of ourselves and otherslr
And do not nfe's daily experiences
tend to give us the broadening Of sym
pathies. and thus character-develop-
ment7 Doubtless there are exceptions
to every rule. but It Is il conviction
that a sumciency Of the likeness Of
God remains In every member OF our
race TO permit him at times to appre
ciate the good. the noble, the pure. II
is because he is surrounded by sin and
~selhshness that these godlike senti-
ments are so rarely brought into ex
ercise.
When VIII Men Proft7
Some viii say. Admitting that life's
trials teach men the sinfulness OF sin
and the wisdom OF righteousness. where
would be the profit Of such instruction
~ only the sanity. who walk IN Jesus
footsteps under a covenant OF solf-sac
ridce. are to share IN the KinRdoml
How win the remainder Of the race
profit by their experiences. If death
ends all hopper
The answer is that we have made a
mistake respecting the teachings OF the
Bible. The Scriptures nowhere say that
all hope Of salvation ends when we fan
asleep In death. SO far as the Church
is concerned, It Is true that death ends
their probation. But this is not true
concerning the world. The Church
alone Is now on trial. The worlds trial
time viii be IN the next Age.
Christ's Reign viii be the great thou
Band-year Day. IN which VIII be deter
mined the %worthiness or unworthiness
OF everlasting life Of an humanity
Those found worthy win eventually.
be- perfected. and
E granted the Divine
HNR "a blessing Of v
ltA lasting life An
AVN then found I'M
RMNE1w worthy winsbe con-
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