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The Irwin County w 2WS.
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. G. DeLOACH, Editor and Piop’r.
ROFES8IOMAL CARDS.
li. BTOllY,
HYPICIAN asd BURGEON,
Byoarom:, Georgia.
AIK ANTHONY,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
Sycamore, Geoegia.
i be locted for the present at the Dod-
3US6. Patronage respectfully sol cited.
W. ELLIS,
PRACTICING FHYSICIAN,
* \ Ruby, Georgia.
Ills promptly attended to at all hours.
I respectfully solicit u share of the public
pa l ouage. Office iu B. 11 Cockre.l’s store.
£)R. J. F. GAUD NICK,
FHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
AsnBunN, Georgia.
Cails answered promptly day or night.
f-jgT'Special attention to diseases oi ! women
itud children.
gBNTON ST It AN GH, M, D.
) SPECIALIST.
Cobdellic, Georgia,
isoases of women, Strict ires, Nervous
Ri. all privaio diseases. Strictures dissolv¬
ed jut iu 2 to5 minutes by a smooth current
of Galvauism without pain or detention
from business; and given to patient in a vial
of alcohol. Correspondence solicited and
lit C references given. Office north-east cor¬
ner Suwanee Hous >.
jg M. FRIZZELLH.
LAWYER,
McRae, Georgia.
’ractic8s iu the Btute ami Federal Courts.
Real Estate and Criminal Law Specialties.
A. AARON,
LAWYER,
A suburn, Georgia.
Collections and Ejectment suits a 8 r, ecial
ty, I-gT'OiUee, Room No. 4, Batts Builuing.
y W. FULWOOD,
LAW, HEAL ESTATE & COLLECTIONS,
Tifton, Georgia,
Prompt attention given to alt business,
f^y Olbce, Love Building, Room No. 1.
JOMN HARRIS.
SHOEMAKER,
Ashbubn, Georgia.
My prices are low and all work strictly
Guaranteed.
DIRECTORY.
CITY OF SYCAMORE.
Mayor—A. G. DeLoacb.
Councilmen—W. B. Dasher. I. L. Murray.
BJ. W. Cockrell, E. R. Smith, J. P: Fountain,
Superior Courts—First C. Monday Hawkins- in ApriJ
end October. C. Smith, Judge,
ville, Go.
Solicitor Gmeral—Tom Eason. D. McRae, Ga.
Clerk Superior Court—J. B. Paulk, Ir¬
win ville, Ga,
Sheriff—Jesse Paulk, Ruby, Ga.
ville, Deputy Ga.; Sheriffs—C. Wm. VanHouten, L. Prescott, Irwin- Ga.
Sycamore,
Monday; County Ci.'Urc — Monthly session, secoud Monday second
Quarterly session, October. J.
tn January. April. July and B.
Clements, Judge, Irwin ville, Ga.
County Court Bailiff—William Rogers, Ir
TVinvjlie, Ga.
County Commissioners’ Court—First Mon¬
day iuench month. M. Henderson. Commis¬
sioner, Drill, 1 Ga.
Ordinary’s Comt—First Monday Vic, in each Ga.
month. Daniel Tucker, Ordinary,
Bc-huol Commissioner—J. Y. Fieteher, Ru¬
by. Ga.
County Treasurer—W. R. Poulk, Irwin
vil!e. Ga.
Tax Receiver -O. A. Melnnis, Vic Ga.
lax Collector—J. W. Paulk, Ruby, Ga.
Surveyor—M. B-.rues, Minnie, Ga,
t Coroner—Daniel H ill, Minnie, Ga.
Board of Edue -tiou—Jno. Clements Chair¬
man, Irvvinviile, Ga.; henry T. Fieteher, Ir
winvd.e, Gi.; L R. Tucker, Vie, Gn;L. D.
Taylor, Irwinvil.e, Ga.; S. E. Coieman,
O-' dl i, Ga.
Justice c ourts—901 Dist. G. M , Second
Saturday in each month. Marcus Luke. N.
P, and .-x-offl, J. P; Wm. Rogers, Bailiff,
Ir-vinv lie. On. M S“C n-l Saturday , in
1421 District G 0 J. P Kisst
each month. J. H. McNeese. Ocala, . Ga.
mee, Ga. James Roberts, Bailiff,
13S8 Dist. G. M., Third Saturday in each
mont'. ii. V. Hanley, J. P ; Davi-1 Troup,
Bail.ff. Minnie, Ga.
9t>2 Di.t G. M., Third Wednesday i-i each
month. C. L Royal, J. P.. Sycamore, G i.
A Jones & P. ltoyal, Bailiffs, Sycamore, Ga.
9S2 Dim. G M. . D. A. Ray, N P. & Kx
offlcio J. P.. iS vciu iore. Gh,__
LODGd DIRECTORY.
Sven, -i- Lodj*. ho 210 V. & A.
Regular communications, ?nd Saturday. W
Story, W. M.: A ■ D. Ross, Secretary.
Oc.ll. Lo ge, V. & A. M.—Regular Sunday com
njuinc.i ion iliuisaay before the 4th
in each month. J. A. J, Henderson, W. M. ;
D. W. M. IV lutiey, Hee’y, Ociilu, Ga.
Cl-iU aCH DIRECTORY
sycamoius ciucurr.
Sycamore-2nd Sunday and Sunday night.
CyeF'inetu—Fourth Sunday.
Dakota-Third Sunday.
Asbburue—1st Sunday and Suud-iy night.
T. D. STRONG, Pastor.
UNION FIllJimVE BAPTIST.
Bru- hay Creak—4 h fcuuday and Satur Jay
before
Sturgeon Creek—2nd Sunday aud Situr
day Hopewell—1st be ore. Sunday & Saturday before.
Sulem—3ril Eld. Sunday and Harden, Saturday Pastor. before.
W. H.
Little River—3rd Sunday and Saturday
beiore.
Turner’s Meetiug House—2nd Sunday and
Saturd y before and Saturday
Oak} Grove—4th Sunday
before urday before
Emails—let Sunday &LD. Jakes and Sal Gibbs, Pastor.
NOTIOK
I'.-.rto h , a-jr-,,+ 1 vital no hunting or fi n
oli imt 01 lalid N- s id,
1.4, 17, lb, IV wad 44 , la 3ru district of Ir.vm
JOB"®* BBB aUKtCBJCB.
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“In TJnion, Nti'evig'th and Prosperity Abound.”
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., APRIL 27, 1894.
GENERAL NEWS.
General Summary of the News of the Week
Gathered from Every Quarter.
The prisoners at Sing Sing, N. Y.,
have the small pox among them.
Santa Cruz, Col., has had a $225,
000 fire. 24 buildings were burned.
Insurance $100,000.
The jury in the case of the State vs.
Ratliff, who killed Jackson at Kosius
ko, Miss,, brought in a verdict of not
guilty.
The residence of August Krinkie,
near Jonesville, Wis., was burned and
three of his daughters perished in the
(lames.
The Pollard-Breckin ridge case re¬
sulted in a verdict of $15,000 in favor
of the plaintiff against the defendant
for breach of promise.
OneofCoxey’s recruits has been
identified as t/ie man who murdered
Engineer James Paddock in the Con
nellsyille riot, and has been arrested.
The surrender of Mello, the head
of the Brazilian insurrection, has been
announced. But there is usually
some uncertainty about Brazilian
war news.
Jack Oates, a freight conductor,
was shot through the arm by Will
Jones, a gambler, at Little Rock,
Ark. They fell out over a game of
craps.
Some young men were shooting in
the woods, near Huntington, Teun.,
to frighten Will Harper. A ball
from one of their guns struck and
kilied him.
The supreme court of South Caro¬
lina, Justice Pope dissenting, has de¬
cided that the dispensary law of that
state is unconstitutional, because it
creates a monopoly.
The president has issued a procla¬
mation gi anting the site of old Fort
Bliss cemetery, a tract of twenty
acres, to the city of El Paso, Tex,,
for a public park.
The sales of liqour by the South
Carolina dispensaries, for the quarter
ending Feb , 1st were 249,185.75.
The net profits, to be divided among
the counties, were $41,163 43.
A Miss Whitehurst, near Burnsville,
Miss., a girl of 16, was burned to
death, anti her mother seriously burn¬
ed in trying to save her. They had
been fighting a fire that had broken
out in a field.
It is announced that the miners ol
the lower Youghiogheny, Pa., will
join in the general strike of April 21,
oivlerered by the united mine workers.
This means that 10,000 men in that
district will quit work.
700 Hungarians, Italians and Slavs
have recently been transported from
the Lawrenceville district, Pa., to
Texas, by an agent of Texas cotton
planters, who, it is said, find them
better workers than negroes.
The venerable ex-senator Joseph K.
Brown, who was Georgia’s war-gov¬
ernor, oelobiaied his seventy-third
birth day on the loth hist., at.
home in Atlanta, Ga, All his children
and grand-children were presest on
the occasion.
At Rushsylvania, near Bellfountain,
Ohio, Seymour Newiand, a negro
eherged with a brutal assault on an
aged white woman, was take from
the sheriff and hanged by a mob.
Unman nature seems to be pretty
much the same in Ohio as in more
southern latitudes.
The Great Northern & Montana Cen¬
tral railways, from the Red river of
the north to Spoliane, Wash., are idle.
A general strike is on. The president
and general manager have published a
card in which they say that the strike
was precipitated by a false rumor
that they were arranging to displace
their employes with non-union men,
and that it was ordered without notice
to the railroad authorities.
The supreme court of Kansas has
decided that the action of Gov. Waite,
in removing two members of the po- ’
lice board of Denver and appointing
two others to take their places, was
legal. It will he remembered that
the resistance of the two deposed
members, Martin and Orr, came very
hear between precipitating a conflict of arms
the state militia and the sher¬
iff’s posse, who sustained the rebel¬
lious members.
At Meridian, Miss., Bob Belli and
Dudley Scott, two voung men who
were reared in the city were detected
in the act of setting tire to a school
house, and arrested. before, There all had thought been
five fires on the day
to be incendiary. Great excitement
prevailed, audit was with much dif¬
ficulty.that the people Were restrained
by tho more prudent among them
from lynching the prisoners. In
making the arrrst Mr. Wm. T.
Sehamber, who had furnished the in
formation that led to it, was accident
ally shot by Detective Horn, who mis
took him for one of the firebugs. His
wounds, which are in the arm and
hack, are not thought to be serious,
A late dispatch from Montevideo,
announcing l lie defeat of the Brazil
inn insurgents at Rio Grand do Sul,
.niiei- siiys ihey; lq»t -luff or 500 men. An
account pat the loss at 350, and
the government loss at 100. De Meiio
embarked wiili the remainder of his
forces. Gen. Salgada, having a dis¬
agreement with Mello, landed on Uru¬
guayan territory, with 400 unarmed,
fick and wounded men, and tendered
submission to Uruguayan authorities.
Dc Melio remained on the insurgent
ship Kepublica. This may be regard¬
ed as the tinal collapse of the insur¬
rection.
Some Polish laborers employed to
lay pipe by the water board of De
• •oil, Mich., went on a strike. An
attempt was made to put oilier men at
the work, when the Poles raised a
mob of about 500 and threatened to
kill the first man who dared attempt
to go to work. Four policemen,
sworn as deputies, were present to
protect the workmen. They were
quickly overpowered. The sheriff
was summoned and came with a half
dozen deputies. A light was brought
on by the strikers assaulting Foreman
Cathrey of the workmen, with shovels
and picks and fatally wounding him.
Two of the strikers were kilied in the
light and fifteen wounded. Slierift
Collins was struck from behind with
a long handled shovel, a corner of
which pierced his skull. lie was hit
over the head again and again, and
will nrobablv die from the injuries.
Slays ilie Dispoilcr of his Child.
Capt. R. A. Montgomery and Ls
Fayette Mullendore are old an highly
respected citizens of Sevier county
Teun. Montgomery has a charming
daughter, Mullendore a son. These
two n Johu and Mary were first friends,
then lovers. Recently one night tha
daughter disclosed to her father the
fact that she was about to become s
mother. Next morning Montgomery,
armed with a shot gun, fouud t tha
young man and got his promises to
marry the girl. They then went to
the house of Mullendore, to whom
Montgomery stated the facts; but iu
h ‘19 father’s presence young Mulieu
dore denied that he had promise to
make reparation by marrying the girl.
Weereupon, without mire words
Capt. Montgomery leveled his gun,
and fired. The elder Mullendore had
siezed the muzzle of the gun as it came
down and his hand was literally torn
to peices. Young Mullendore received
the load of buckshot in his side and
was mortally wounded. Montgomery
went immediately and surrendered to
the sheriff.
A Murderous Villain.
A special from Knoxville, Tenn.,
says: An attempt was made a few
nights ago to assassinate J. C. Ander¬
son while no was lying in bed at his
home near Rockford. Two shots
were fired by some one who entered
the house through the dining room
window. One of the bullets took ef
feet in Anderson’s liip.
The assassin followed up his at
tempt at murder by setting fire to ihe
large barns on the Anderson planta
tions, both of which were entirely
consumed, together with live mules,
two horses, eleven cattle, forty loads
of hay and 600 sacks of corn.
The next morning a young man
named T, L* bhoemaker was captured
Maysvilio. ,, ... Circumstantial , evi
deuce is strong against him, although
lie denies his guilt. Shoemaker wat
recently in the employ of Auderson,
but had been discharged.
De lUallo'M Mauship .Sunk.
The Brazilian legation at Washing¬
ton has received dispatches announc¬
ing the sinking of the Aquidaban, of
the insurrectionary fleet, in engage¬
ment with Brazilian torpedo boats ofi
San Catharina. The Aquidaban was
formerly the flagship of Admiral Da
Mailo.
A press dispatch from Buenos Avrea
says: The insurgent licet, consisting
of the Kepublica, Meteora Iris, Urano
Esperanza, under command of Ad
niiral Mello, arrived recently'and anch¬
ored outside tho harbor. The vessels
are all short of provisions. The crews
of the insurgent ship* will be trans¬
ferred to the quarantine station on the
17th, and tiie authorities of the Ar¬
gentine Republic will turn the ships
over to Senhor Asis Brazil, the Brazil¬
ian minister here.
Valuable Di.-icovery.
A tremendous phosphate deposit has
been discovered in Bradley county,
Tennessee, about, twenty miles above
Chattanooga. The vein so far as
known is 16 feet wide and about 9
miles long, the depth not having been
ascertained.
The owners of the property have
known of this deposit ever since the
war, but until a week ago never knew
what the stiango substance was. They
have often tried to burn it for coal.
There is considerable excitement over
the discovery.
The Pistol Gets in Its Usual Work,
It has been said that ton cases of
unintentional injury result from the
possession and handling of pistols, to
one case of successfuj defense against
injury.
The following is a case in point:
While Mrs. Peterie, daughter of M.
Kimbro of Clarke couuty, was clean
ing out a secretary, a pistol which
had been placed there, fell to the
floor. One of the cartridges oxploded
and the ball entering at the left nip -
pie, passed through her body. At
tending physicians regard the wound
*« mortal.
AT THE CAPITOL.
K Synopsis of What Is Being Said amf
Dona at Washington from Day *a Day.
One Hundred and Second Day.
Senate —Consideration of the de¬
ficiency bill was resumed. An amend¬
ment \\ as ottered by Mr. Cockrell,
chairman of the committee on appro¬
priations, appropriating $45,000 for
wages of the workmen and adjusters
of the Philadelphia mint, and agreed
to.—At 1 o’clock Mr. Fetter resumed
his speech on the tariff and concluded
it, Mr. Mitchell, republican, of Ore.
gon, spoke against the bill three hours
and a half, After a short executive
session the senate, at 0 o’clock ad¬
journed.
House.— The house met and, having
no quorum, adjourned until tomor¬
row.
One Hundred and Third Day.
Senate—T he resolution by Mr.
Quay to give a hearing in the senate
chamber on Saturday to a committee
of the workingmen’s association of
the United Stales against the tarifl
bill, was laid before the senate. Mr.
Gallinger of New Hampshire ofiered
a substitute, which was accepted, pro¬
viding for a recess on Saturday from
1 until 4, to hear the committee. Af
ter some colloquy the resolution, on
motion of Mr. Harris, was laid on the
table by a vote of 34 to 9.—The ur¬
gency deficiency bill was taken up and
passed. As it came from the house
the bill appropriated $1,242,000,
which was increased by the senate to
$1,785,000.—The tariff bill was taken
up and Mr, Quay spoke against it.
Before concluding he yielded tempora¬
rily to Mr. Peffer of Kansas,
who offered a resolution pro¬
viding for a special charged committee with
on communications to be
the duty of receiving all printed,
written or oral communications of
citizens, individual and organized,
now on their way to the capital to
present their views to congress with
respect to pending and prospective
legislation, and of reporting to the
senate. (This resolution has refer¬
ence to Coxey’8 tramps.) Mr. Hoar
gave notice that when the resolution
came up he would move to refer it to
the finance committee. At 5 o’clock,
Mr. Quay’s speech yet unfinished, the
senate went into executive session and,
at 5:40, adjourned.
The house had no Quorum.
° ne Hundred and "" y -
House— In the house resolutions on
the death of Maj.-Cen. Ilemy
Slocum were adopted.—-Lesolu ions
on the death of benator Vance, were
adopted, providing for a recess until
4 o’clock, at which hour the house re¬
paired in t -,ody to the senate chain
her, where the funeral ceremonies
were held, after which both bodies ad
journed for the dav.
One Hundred and Fifth Day.
Senate. —A statistical report show¬
ing the changes made in the tarifl' by
the tariff bill as it passed ihe house
was presented by Mr. Voorhees,
chairman of the finance committee,
who asked that it be printed.—Mr,
Mitchell of Oregon offered a resolu¬
tion that the Chinese treaty be consid¬
ered in open session. Tho
went over.—By unanimous consent the
agreement to devote the hours from 1
to 5 p. m. to consideration of the tariff.
was continued until 'Tuesday at 5
o’clock, when general debate will close
and the bill be taken up and read by
paragraphs for amendment, the coin
mittee amendments to be lirst consid¬
ered.—Mr. Morgan of Alabama asked
and obtained leave of absence until
the 3d of May.—After some executive
business, Mr. Laurin of Mississippi
spoke in favor of the Wilson bill, Mr.
Smith of New Jersey against it, bas¬
ing his opposition on tho income tax
feature. After a short executive ses¬
sion the senate, at 5:30, adjourned.
House. —Mr. Catchings, from tiie
committee 011 rules, by direction of
the committee, withdrew the report of
the committee made last week, and of
the following resolution:
“Amend rule 15 by inserting be¬
tween clauses 11 and 12 the following
as clause 12, and change the number
of clause 12 to number 13:
“Upon every roll call and before
the beginning, the speaker shall name
two members from each side of the
pending question, if practicable, who
shall take their places at the clerk’s
desk to tell the names of at least
enough members who are in the hall
of the house during the roll call who
do not respond, when added to those
responding, to make a quorum. If a
quorum does not respond on the roll
call, then the names of those so noted
as present shall be reported to the
speaker, who shall cause the list to he
called from the clerk’s desk and re¬
corded on the journal; add in deter¬
mining the presence of a quorum to
do business those who voted, those
who answered present and those so re¬
ported present shall be considered.
Members noted may, when their
names are called, record their voles,
notwithstanding the provisions of
c unto 1 of the rule.
“Amend clause 1 of rule 8 by add¬
ing thereto the following words:
‘ Ai4 o.a a roll calij should he not vote,
$1.00 a Year in Advance.
VOL. IV. NO. 50.
he shall answer, present/ so as to
read, ‘Every member shall be present
within the hall of the house during
its sittings, unless excused or neces¬
sarily prevented, and shall vote on
each question put, unless lie has a di¬
rect personal or pecuniary interest in
tiie event of such question, and, on a
roll call, should he not vote, he shall
answer, present.’”
The resolution was adopted by a
vote of 212 to 47. Those voting in
the negative were all democrats—The
daily journals of nn e ulings i ce last
Thursday were approved. Tno order
of arrest oi absentees by t he house on
March 29th was discharged. —A mini
her of executive communications, in
eluding the latest batch of Hawaiian
correspondence , was laid , . , , before the
honee. Also a number of senate hills
and the urgent ° deficiency J bill with
senate . ainciiciinonts* 1 . rn, A Re , Rouse non
concurred in tRc amendments and ask
ed a conference.—in committee of the
whole the diplomatic consular appro.
priation bill was taken up. At 4:4S
the committee rose and the house ad
iourned. 11 <1 ■-•-tl anil Sixth Hay.
One 1111
Senate.—T he turiti bill was dis.
cussed, after some routine business,
until 5 o’clock, when a brief executive
session was held, , , , and i ,, the senate . ad.
joinTied for the da y.
■ liou-i: -The house, in committed
ot I lie whole, Mr. Buuy of - ... Texas .
in
the chair, lookup t tie diplomatic and
ronsukir appropriation bill and spent
i lie session in political speechmaking,
— Mr. Cummings reported Ihe naval
appropriation bill for the year endim'
i,in,. o,| iu,,-, ,J) J,ul .....i ,U ... i.-'T ill,. U|L 1101,60 I, once
- ’ >
adjourned. ,
one Hundred and Seventh liny.
Senate.—T he conference report on
the further urgent deficiency bill was
presented and agreed to. The senate
amendment Striking out the provision
for printing the census abstract was
disagreed to and the provision was
restored. All the other senate amend
u.ents were retained.—The resolution
calling on the secretaries of the treas
uty and interior ior a list ... of „ clerk- , ,
appointed, promoted, reduced, dis
missed, and resigned by request since
March! 1893, was agreed to.-Pef
ter s resolution providing for a coin
mittee of nine to hear Uoxey ’s com
plaints was discussed until 1 o’clock,
when it went oyer. -Mr. Perkins, re
publican, of California, addressed rho
senate in opposition to the laritt bill,
—Eulogies on the late representative,
W. H. Enoch, of Ohio, were spoken,
and, at 5:15, the senate adjourned.
Hons HOUSE.—-At i,’ At 12-15 l-.io, altei aftpr ,•online I online
business, the house in committee of
the whole resumed discussion under
the diplomatic and consular appro,,.i
fttion bill, and general debate being
closed, the chair directed the clerk to
lead the bill by sections for debate
under uiiuei I me he five live minute minute rule ruie. Sever'd oevei.u
amendments were offered and voted
down. An amendment reducing the
salary of the first secretary of legation
at Mexico from $2100 to $1800 was
pending, when the committee rose.—
Mr. Sayers reported the result of the
'(inference oonre.ence on on the me linmei further urgent m cm deti- tun
Ciency bill, Which was agreed to, and
at 4:50 the hou se a djourned.
More A bout me i umaionwenl.
Evidently .... , difloniig views are held . ,,
in different localities in regard to (lie
organizations, which, Matting from
many points ranging from Massilan,
Ill., to the Paeilie coast, Rave
moving eastward under the names of
Ai'my” anil -A,,,,, „f
the Commonweal.”
One body designated as the “Second
Los Angeles Regiment,” on its
ward march, was received at ban bor
tiardo, Cal., by the lire de| artllieiit
which ninuu drenched them “ with cold water,
driving them from the cars they had
captured, their leaders were jailed and
a “uard of fifty deputies, armed with
shotguns, set ... ovei Ihc lank and „ ,,.i tile, ill,,
A baker who hail sold them bread was
warned by a committee of safety and
same in-oiniscit committee ,0 .011 0.0... waited m on — a picacnei, g*
who had taken up a collection for
them, to remonstrate, declaring them
to te n,, orsnnbn.. m* «
ers. JIo pfoinisou to give thorn lO
more assistance. The merchants re
fused to sell to the array and many
citizens have agreed not to give food
or supplies. San Francisco
Oil the Other hand, a
**>* «rr to "« u
city have authorized the mayor
chief of police to arrange to send
Second Regiment as far as Chicago. it
Kelly’s contingent is hoofing
ward from Council Blutb under es
court of the she rill’and two
companie,, while Coxey’s co.;„s i.
mg on the “raging canawl”
“Maryland, my Maryland,”
on the fat of the farms.
CHAIRMAN WILSON.
He Is to Return to Washington by Ihe
Last oi tile Month
Chairman . Wtisonof the . house ,
ways
and means committee is expected 111
Washington In nhon. .«» .A tot.
ter received from his son, William
Wilson, Jr., this morning, states that
Chairman Wilson will this week be
the guest of Governor Hogg of Texas.
After leaving the executive mansion
he will start north, making the
by easy stages, arriving in
ton about the 28th or 30th instant.
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTEKA’ATIOJVAIi WESSON FOR
APRIL 20.
Lesson Text: “Joseph Forgiving His
Brethren,” Gen. xlv., 1-15—
Golden Text: Luke xvll .,
a— Commentary.
1. “There stood no man with him while
Joseph made himself knowntohisbret ren.
The seven years ot famine had begun, ana
not only all Egypt, but all countries, came to
Joseph to buy corn (xli., 56, 57). Ten ot
Joseph's brethren, at once recognized by
him. tint not he bv them, had come for corn.
and nine had gone home with their sacks
full and their money in their sacks, with m
struetions to bring their youngest brother
they came again. Simeon
ins* detained as hostage. They Lad now eleven re
turned, briiicfintr Benjamin, and the
had dined with Joseph, Reins seated at table
according to their ages, much to their 9ur
pr 2 Se i ;‘An d a he we^aloSdNmUhe Pharoah heard.” 0 Egyptians Our les-
8n( the house ot it is
son begins and ends with weeping, but
weeping for joy. Consider the seven weep
ings of Joseph in chapters xlii.. 24 ; xliii, 30 j
xlv., 2. 14 ; xlvi.. 29 : 1.. 1. 17.
8. “And Joseph said unto his brethren, t
am Joseph. Doth my father yet live?” Is It
any wonder that they were troubled au<i
could not answer? How vividly would come
t 0 m i n d the events of twenty years before as
they looked upon the face of him whose piti¬
ful cries ami tears they would not regard,
and now he has already been returning then?
good for eril while at the same time leading
them to repentance. It must be all true, for
who but Joseph could know their ages so as
N^-Yml Lfo^ph 'said unto his brethren.
Come near to me, I pray you. Amitheycoms
near. And he said. I am Joseoh. your
brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.” We can
imagine them dumb with astonishment until
he calls them near to him and repeats the
astounding statement with the additional al¬
lusion to their guilt. It is all true, and after
so long a time their sin has found them out
fa e not grieved norangry
witll your3( ,| ves that ye sold me hither, for
God did send me before you to preserve
life.” He maketh the wrath of man to praise
Him (Ps. lxxvi.. 10), and Joseph had grace
see, not the hatred of his brethren, but
the guiding hand of God. It is possible and for
us to see God in everything and believe
rejoice in Rom. viii.. 23, 29.
6. “For these two years hath the famine
been in the land, and yet there are five years,
iu the which, there shall neither be earing
nor harvest.” As truly as there had been
believed God—he had no other means ef
knowing. “Abraham believed God.” Let
our souls say. “I believe God’ (Jas. ii.,23;
Ac ? S ^nd
God sent me before you to pre
gerveyou a posterity in the earth and to save
your lives by a great deliverance.” How
suggestive it all is of Jesus hated,
theoniy dettVerer. 'and ere long now He will
say to the nation of Israel, “I am Jesus, your
brother, whom ye crucified.” They shall see
Him and mourn bitterly and welcome Him
(ssech. xti.. 10; xlii., 1). Many individual
Jews are now seeing and receiving Him by
“itwas’not^vou^hat sent me
hith „ r> but God » Jose p h gives God all
the glory for makinghima fatherto Pharaoh
and ruler over all Egypt. He has nothing
bl1t forgiveness for his brethren and praises
f or Goc ] Jesus told Pilate that he could
have no power against Him except it were
given him by God (John xix., 11. We may
a11 believe that nothing can come to us with
d “Haste ye and go up to my father and
say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph.
God hath made me lord of alt Egypt. Como
down unto me ; tarry not.” He thinks of his
poQr nM fathel . wonderlns daybydayif little
Benjamin will ever return to him.
dreaming that Benjamin wilt come all right
and Joseph too. And he longs to have his
father see and share his glory. Seethe long
ing of Jesus in John xvii., 24.
10 “And thou shalt dwelt in the land ot
,
Goshen, and thou shalt be near untome,
^“fan^thydocS, il and t^Verds.Tnd the repeated
a that thou ha 9 t.” Mark
“near unto me” of verse 4 and this verse and
think of Israel a people near unto Jehovah
S’iS? S ATSSSSS
(Eph. ii., 13). See even the flocks and herds
included and think of alt creation enjoying
1 Krilh theV/for yet
there are n V e years of famine, lest thou and
thy household and oil that thou hast come to
poverty.” Assurance of continued andabuu
dant supply p for all. He who spared not His
0WI1 So ,, but delivered Him up for us all.
how shall He not with Him also freely give
us all things (Bom. viii., 32)? Consider the
daily rations and the day by day without
pm7,(n Kings xxv., 30. andEzra vi., 9, and
let your he ., rt re j 0 ice. and the
12. “And behold your eyes see,
K
nisciples ware troubled as Jesus Htmsetf
stood in their midst after the resurrection,
He said. Handle Me and see that it is I Myself
Jesus shall ” SkTSS be asked by
JCX., 27). And when
the Jews about the wounds in His hands He
will say that He received them in the house
0 ^“-Yslatt teTl'my lather of all my
glory in Egypt and of all that ve have seen.
and ye shall haste and bring down my father
ssk jswf’ftssjrjwa
vou tho ha ,{ 0 r hts glory” (t Kings couldn't x.. 7).
And when they did tall him Jacob
believe it till ho saw the wagons which
te audtard decla^weN^
you” is the testimony of the apostles (I John
j., 3; Acts iv.. 20).
) loor . his n0ok . Moreover, he kUsed alt hts
brethren and wept upon them, and after that
I his brethren talkel with him.” What as¬
surance of forgiveness ! Wuat tears ot joy
on the part of Joseph and of Benjamin! But
did the others weep? Tile record does not
f say. Tear 3 pent up sometimes come after
ward. Joseph’s heart is full as he gives of
his bounty to his father ani hts brethren,
What wondrous grace to these brethren,
j g saved, in which stand
y w hioh we are we
! a j,rl the full revelation of which we still wait
tor (Eph. ii.. s, Itom. v., 2 ; I Pet. i., 13).—
Jjassou Helf,er '
FearlK.
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