The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-21
LESSON FOR DECEMBER I
THE STORY OF JOSEPH.

LESSON TExT-Gonesis g5.1s-x
GOLDEN TENT-Hatred strreth nm
strifes. but love covereth up all trans
gressions. Proverbs iO.12
DEVOTIONAL READING-Psalns 4
ADDITIONAL MATERlAIs-Genesis 81:
LII
.. Joseph the weILBeIoved Son
(37 ID.
Joseph was Jacobs fnvorite son.
This was due partly TO the fact that
he was the son Of the wife OF his first
love and the son OF his old age, but
mainly because OF the superior quail
tiles which Joseph possessed. This
favoritism expressed itself In a su-
perior position and more respectable
clothes. That Jacob should feel par
tial toward Joseph, perhaps, was I'M
avoidable, but that he should manifest
II was extremely unwise. Serious
trouble will always result from par
TALLY being shown toward children.
His brethrcn's intense hatred burst
forth upon him. This feeling was In
tensified by his pure life and by his
testimony among them because OF their
evil deeds. Josiah In n type OF Christ.
He was living In fellowship with
his father Mt Hebron t37 I'D (:
Christ was with the Father be-
fore coming into the world John
10 :2s) Joseph was the beloved son
Genesis 81 81 Christ was the be-
loved Son Of God Matthew San Jo-
seph was hated by his brethren tGene-
sis 81 ~: Christ was hated by his
brethren tJohn Is :24): Joseph was
envled by his brethren Genesis 81 I'D I;
Christ wns delivered up through envy
tMark 10 :iO).
%. Joseph's Dreams t37 BID.
I. His brothers sheaves bowling In
obeisance to his.
This wns rightly interpreted by them
20 mean their humble obedience 20
him. This intensified their hatred.
2. The sun. moon and eleven stars
rendering obelsance TO him.
This dream In wider In It's applica-
ton. The eleven stars are Identical
with the eleven sheaves. The sun and
moon. as rightly interpreted by his ia
ther. represented bis father and moth
or as rendering obeisance to him.
40. Joseph Sent by His Father on .
Mission OF Mercy to Hls Brethren wv.
l2-l7).
His brethren had gone TO Shechem.
about fifty miles distant from Hebron.
where was abundance OF pasture for
their fiocks. Jacob became anxious
as 20 their welfare. and sent Joseph,
a young man now seventeen years old,
to find out their condition. Unde-
TERED by the envious hatred OF his
brethren. he willingly responded, Here
l am" No doubt he realized that his
mission was fraught with great dan
gers-the exposure 20 highway rob
bers. wild beasts, and the murderous
hatred OF his brethren. Notwithstand-
ing this. he rendered willing obedi-
ence. Christ was sent by the Father
on a mission Of mercy to his brethren
Il John 4 IA; John IL Phil. 2:7, -.
Though he knew that the envious
hatred OF his brethren would result In
his suffering and death on the cross.
he went forth delighting TO do his Fa-
TIERS will.
w. Joseph's Reception by His Breth-
rem wv. 1929.
I. Their murderous plot (vv. lS-Z2).
They said Behold this dreamer
cometh. let us Stay him." This Is
what Christ's brethren said about him
Matt. 81: 3s). They thought they
would prevent these dreams coming
true by destroying the dreamer. Reu-
ben dissuaded them from this act by
proposing TO cast him into a pit, IN
tending afterward to rescue him and
restore him TO his father.
2. They strip him Of his coat OF
many colors and cast him into the pit
wv. %, 24). In spite OF his earnest
entreaty against this act they perpe-
trnted this heartless cruelty Genesis
AZ :2).
3. Their feasting ". 25).
Their heartless cruelty is manifest
IN that they could enjoy the festivities
OF meal. perhaps, within the sight
and hearing of Joseph's cries.
4. Sold him TO the Ishmaelites wv.
25-2s).
Judah proposed that they sell
him. as no gain could accrue from let
ting him die In the pit. One Judas,
later. sold the Lord for money. Hav-
ing done this Infamous deed, they
sought 10 cover II up by deceit and ly-
Ing. They took his coat OF many
colors and dipped II In the blood OF
kid and sent II TO his father, allowing
him 10 draw his own conclusions as
10 the matter Jacob is now reaping
what he had sown. Many years be-
fore this he had deceived his father
by trickery and pious lying.
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