dream all the which devoured the them eerhlf other ea** thfa and blasted, which deroareathe seven luB-Jalk In the perplexity of the king the butler thought of Joseph, confesses his ingratitude in forgetting the young Hebrew prisoner, tells the story of his interpretation of their dreams while in prison and their verification. Joseph is sent to be followed by seven years of famine, and recommends that the fifth part of the harvest during the years of plenty be laid op in store over against toe Joseph as a divinely-inspired interpreter of his dream, put him at once in charge of the whole matter, making him lord of his house and second onlyto hitnseifon the the throne. This brings us to the subject matter of our lesson. 41-45*, Pharaoh—Name common to the J&OTifaii kings 4s ©se&r ;to the Roman «mi I have set thee over all Egypt.—Suoh sud den advancement of an .obscure* stranger in tlffe lset, and undardeSpotto governments, is neither so strange orfato hethe likewef eWith us. Daniel in Babylon was a parallel to Jo "MPf ■WatmwW The signet ring graven with the seal and sig nature of the1 kihg, 'used ik signing public documents. Its posses Jon clothed the indi sons of the highest rank, the texture of which was in touch Eke to silk and not inferior to the finest oambrio. The gold chain, was a to ken of nobility, and its bestowal ennobled the wearer just as do badges and titular decora tions bestowed at the hands of monarohs in ii€|t;tsiJh4Moh,%:at,tHaib«i^o^agy^dpab lic procession. dlU^MM meaning—civil worship to the newly-made prinoe, .•':c:xa.7^ :"j I am Pharaoh—Swears by himself, the most solemn form of affirmation; God, since He oonld mmjg No man . math i'aanean—nre j5gyptiamrame-of Joseph, somewhat difficnlt of interpretation, and variously rendered“revealer of secrets,” *‘saviour of the land” or “a wise man fleeip “saviour of the land” or “a wise man fleeing aiaiiPW"? Gave him to wife Asenath, daughter of Potipherah * dewfed to the sah}, Priest of On (or, as the Greeks called it, “oity of tbe.un")-TheItJ^j*|M of Egypt, the most famous city of the world, where stood a U1UBU laiUVUB 1/lVJ Vi . DUG TT V**Uj n UWV DhVVU C• give Joamh social position. ... %PW ^hirty y^ii oKl-ldhfiidheesithir teen years in Egypt ■' )*£&',: Went throughout the land—Locating and gMg a Bingle?rain filled the hand of Gathered up all the feed (all the surplus lJUUllvOUUO JhkTwbV wwwlw *™^^*»* * that a fifth part be rendered to the govern mentj'aM the balance be purchased cheap and stored away in the granaries. The food of the field, about every city— Stored where it was produoed and where it '*&&&*$Proy^ptee, any aeeount of j sion for great abundance. numbering^-Keeping ’JMHH the anantitv stored. Unto Joseph were born two sons—Manas sob, wbinflrtiMitt® "tofgrvet m toil” in the sense a0TO»bl* *hd aonowj.^ my father’s fa^ra7hV“thCTEot:s”Fo?Gia hath^iueed me to be fruitful in the land of myaffliotion.” The seed of bis prosperity. Wjpfe sown tn the years of bis affliction and The beriii mmzasm the chosen seed might be brought down XBMir«hdttit»i^pteor might be fnlfiUed Mid* of yem, on teeing cast into the earth yptians.—Having bought grain he noyaeljaittack for the necessities Of the pepg^eWnot betray the interest of the ^^Sl^ed sore^Sourcedf supply * **‘ of Joseph* storehonae* they sold their cattle audjfinally their land* to the Grown for bread. The term* which Joseph made with the* were hot hard! but generous as may.be •J*#rftfid;from Gen. 47:26, “Oapae ipto Egypt tahny food.” This prepares the way for the Whibh with their sojourn there is the subject Sodden adversity is a severe trial. Snd* deilnd unexpected prosperity is stiUseverer. 2. Tte years of famine no less than the years of plenty sent of God. 3. The plenty of hle’s more prosperous Off if husbanded would tide at over its * %■%!>*'■.■ ?«sk ,;«s- '5 * ■> wants. If Catechism. Q. 103. What do we play for in the third that G and Will in all’ Nov. 21. Lessor VIII. Geh.xliv :30-34,xl v :1 • 8 Subjectr*‘Jreeph ana lS35Sm The famine had now lasted two years, Jos eph had been twenty-two years in Egypt and nine next to Pharaoh on the th- one, Benja min was a youth of 23. Jacob’s home in Het i distant from On (Heliopolis) 25 ton was distant from On (Heliopolis) 250 pules, supplies having been exhausted, Jacob sends; his sons, sate Beniamin, to Egypt to bny Coro, graib, Brought-into Joseph's ence they are at once, recognized though nrally enough they fail to recognize h That he might know all about bis jstood disposed towards them, be affected to IIM^^WT***-** Without qnasticraftig which might have awakened suspicion, to give him the family history. They assert that they ate true men. : ^ _»s Twelve brethren the sons of one map in the land of Oanahtt and behold theyoungestis, thip day. with hi? felber and one ‘ sumingto doubt their story he bringing down tohum not.—As mt you whilst one of their number, Simeon,, should remain in' Chaips as a hostage, to bet should remain in Chains as a hostage, to be to connect the evil which had Wallen them at the count of Pharoah with the orime they in 1 nitre mow • ■*r^*w**n w the Egyptian ruler stood. T had committed a score of years before their brother, and they said preaenoe t. We are verily guilty concerning .—With a pang which almost our hroth breaks his ,»«p™ sight of Benjamin overcomes Joseph. That he may not prematurely betray himself, he has 0Br&‘hS tens from the presence of his bro£her-that he might find relief in fears.: H After feasting them Joseph dismisses , his i, telling his steward to put his sliver brethren, telling hePdidthS|?mi^t prove to Aht their love fOr their father and their affection for the favorite .ipyr "Of their father. This would be shown by the sacrifice they were willing to make to' telgMe Benjamin and save the fathers heart from breaking.. With heavy hearts.tbey return to Josephs presence when Judah in the name of his brethren pleads fob Benjamin and the desolate did man his father1 Jndah’s speech for eloquence and pathos has not its equal in any language or literature; ids Joseph of wh%t had been HefirstCwminc said with reference to any attempt to separate Benjamin from his father whose life wasfound up m the lads hie. Ho that should be leave his father the old man Would die, and how he Joseph, had said: Except yonr youngest brother come dpwii with you, ye shall see my face no more.^-He Yhimthe tells: refused to part from lest evil befall him e old man his Son, even for a time and his gray hair be Brought in evil to the grave •—He tells how under the stress of famine they had wrung from Jacob a reluotant consent that Benja min should accompany them and it is here that out lemon takes up Judah’s speech before 30-34, When I come to my father.—He bad already witnessed the going of the old man in beteatement. The scene of Jacob’s sorrow over Joseph’s loss had haunted him all these ▼ears. -V ^ . ; And the lad is not with us.-—The return of his ten sons were nothing whilst the young est and only remaining son of Bachel lan guished in chains. His life is bound up in the lad’s life.—-How tender find deep the affection of the aged father, harm to the one life would extinguish the other. Shall bring down the gray hairs in sorrow to the grave.—This language has become a proverbial expression for broken hearted des olate old age. The love of a father for a son stronger than that of life. “Oh, Absalpm, my son, would to God I had died lor theef ff ,} ^herearei goal’s emql tatheirpi^|tee. in bis self-control, the irrestible tide of e vast give sway. character shown Its depth of tend Ns emotion wh There is no weak The house of I was near tbi eleven lopk on v and aston Who bent- ..■*. . tide of emotion hfe masters himself so far as to sob oat, “I am Joseph; dues my father still live?” His brethren ooaidnot answer him. All save Benjamin, overwhelmed with the njfnsion, could bat y silence. They Were sxposedthem. 1 Mi . 1 MJeme near to nm.—He hastens to reliete them as they shrink' from him under 4 sense of gnilty fear. As they stand stupefied under tbe inflaence of feelings so strong apd con fliftting he breads the silence again, repeating jthe words, “I amjbseph, yonr brother;” yon* brother still; neither tines nbr cruel treatment has loosed the bond nor dissolved the tie-of affection.. j Whom ye' sold into Iteypt—This was not added by way of tbjfroaoh, bat tb fix his iden tity and to enable them to trgpe Godfs prpyi jdence in oferruUng their act. I Bs nbt grieved or angry thwtya sold me thither.-^Instead of being angry with them Joseph bids them not be angry with them selves; he would have them not to dwell so much on. the'evil they had wrought as the good God had brought oat of it. God did send note before you. These words jspokbn nbt to condone their crime bat tb as sure them of his forgiveness and toemphbiite the wisdom and goodnesSbftheDlvine prom >1868. ■ Five years.—Two years of the famine had JMeither earing.—Laterally plowing. t ,f , ,•, Nor harvest—Oar expression would he, neither sowing nor reaping, seed time or har vest. This might be occasioned by the jaile, either failing to overflow its banks, or its excessive overflow. It has been conjectured 1 that the famine was dab to the latter cause, and was occasioned by the giviDg Wayof some bassin which hemmedin some of the /great lakes in the centre of Africa, whence flows the Nile. - ; • ; God sent me before you.—From the human stand point Joseph goes down to Egypt as a slave! bat from God’s standpoint as a Divine messenger. They sold him to the midiamfes that he might never rnle.nver them- Gofl had simply through them conducted him to a throne. Whenia fulfillment of his dream his father’s eleven sons were now doing him hom age. 7 Not yon bat God.—In God’s higher purpose wiser, holiarpimAin$i^g»itfM instrnmen . .... of their wicked instru Fatber to Pharoab.-+Seeond author e^Jife 1 P8Xoil:ciAt\TBro^oHT8. «'i&.> 1. True eloquence is the offspring of deep gressions. 7 • , 8. Strength of ohsirdoter not St all incon sistent with tenderness of feeling. The bravest arO the tendeitst; the loving are the daring. 4. As in the case of Joseph’s brethern their sin was overruled to tleir salvation. So Christ doefch at tire hands of sinful menrsave; men from their sina. 7 ^ h v*• wr*?«- i -■ .,;' '. Catechism. ; _ ( • | Q, 104. What do we pray for in the foaftb petition P .atfi God’s fteeMf portion of thq joy v^-* r Give ;hat of itent d en-! t»u. i of your rest Mothers! Are you disturb! by asic£ child suf and health &&W- fjgjjii Sisal*' aog 20>8tv;,v.., ,., :wr3 B. JO] poverty. ■ Or, M. 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