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
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