The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-12-05
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Especially Prepared For Readers Of
The Republican.

faithful also in much. Luke 1910.
U. S. WRIGHT.
THE UNBEATABLE MAN.
81 like the man who faces what he must
With step triumphant and a heart OF
cheer;
Who fights the daily battle without fear
Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps unfalter-
ing trust
That God is God; that somehow, true
and Just,
His plans work out for mortals; not a
tear
Is shed where fortune, which the world
holds dear,
Falls from his grasp; x x envies not,
Nor loses faith in man; but does his best,
Nor ever murmurs at his humber lot;
But with smile and words of hope,
gives zest
To every toiler; he alone is great
Who by life heroic conquers fate"
This is Joseph's picture. From his
place as prince in his clan he was trans
ferred to the slave gang In Egypt. Soon
for sheer loyalty's sake he found him
self convict, a step lower than before.
Yet he never lost faith in himself and
his God. His future was secure be-
cause of that attitude of a conqueror
which was constantly his. 1.-The Duke
has determined to make his stand here, "
said soldier on the eve of Waterloo.
Then of course" replied Sydney
Smith. "'tother fellow must give way. "
The thing which characterized Joseph
as youth was his belief in his future,
his dreams were going to come true.
And when two political prisoners told
him that they had dreamed he did not
deride them as foolish things but asked
the details as tho they were the stuff
of which life were made. With every
thing against him he was holding fast
the dreams of youth or he would not
have been so ready to listen to theirs.
Such man cannot be defeated by any
circumstances and even tho he die he
will have reared a structure that men
will make a shrine.
THE WORK OF THE MAN.
Joseph never failed at any task that
was set him. Jacobs training bore
valuable fruit for he had been spoiled
for clock-watcher Calhoun was an
interchangeable student in college and
when joked about it replied, II shall
need it all when | get into Congress. "
Joseph held the same confidence in his
future and could not afford to leave be-
hind him any BADLY done work. 1t was
all preparatory to the big job that was
ahead so we find him sterdily pegging
away at whatever came under his hand
and doing it so we'll that he was speed
lily regarded as indispensable. He was
dependable, not needing watcher And
holding his belief in himself and God he
held his faith in men so that he was al
ways seeking the underlying good and
expecting to find response. COURTESY
was natural from such an attitude SO
when political prisoners came in they
became his school-masters in the af-
fair of state and his good will and readi-
ness to serve captured their liking. 1t
had won the confidence of Potiphor of
the Warden, and now his virie but
kindly administration of the prison was
making it a reconstruction plant. There
may have been good reason for the
Buffers delay in mentioning him to the
King but he could not entirely forget
him and when the hour came that SEEM
ed opportune he pushed him forward
into the light. Joseph had made a
friend at court who thru all the days
kept the heart memory of the man who
had made his stay in prison endurable.
THE CALL OF THE MAN.
One day the court was in great per-
plexity and no one knew which way to
turn to find man who could unravel
the question the King had raised. The
Butler got his chance and put in Joseph
name. Down at the prison there was
great excitement for Joseph was to go
to the palace. He shaved in spite of the
hurry call for the real king was in the
prison and others could wait. But it
would be an important interview and no
little thing that might make it sue
cess should be neglected God might
work but Joseph would not fail to as
sist to the best of his knowledge.
suspect the butler furnished the clothes
unless the warden insisted that that
was his share. So in perfectly lelsurely
fashion he was finally ushered into the
presence OF royalty and was ready to
meet thelquestion there with the same
fine courtesy that he had used IN prison
and slave pit. He was modest in his
claims of knowledge but not of the God
he served. Religion was as natural as
breathing to him. And all his brain was
at work not only to answer the mere
questions but to present a solution. 1t
was the habit that had been fostered bv
the way he did all other jobs committed
to him, all the implications must be car