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Signs of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 22.

Faith and Belief
Earlier text: GLADNESS AS A MEDICINE

International S. S. Lessons.

"So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading."—Neh. 8:8

LESSON III.—SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1894.

[NOTE.—The questions which follow are merely suggestive for the student on the leading points of the lesson; it is presumed that the thorough student will think of many more as he studies the subject. References, where verses alone are given, always refer to the lesson scripture printed above. All other references are given in book, chapter, and verse. The text printed is that of the Revised Version, not because it is especially preferred, but because it is not found in every family, as is the common version.]

JOSEPH SOLD INTO EGYPT.

Lesson Scripture, Gen. 37: 23-36.
  1. AND it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
  2. And they took him, and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
  3. And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a traveling company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
  4. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
  5. Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.
  6. And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  7. And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
  8. And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
  9. And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;
  10. And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found; know now whether it be thy son's coat or not.
  11. And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.
  12. And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
  13. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
  14. And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
Golden Text: "Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." Gen. 50: 20.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

  1. Give an account of the intervening events between this lesson and our last. See note 1.
  2. What did they do to Joseph when he reached them? Verse 23.
  3. Where did they cast him? Verse 24.
  4. After placing him in the pit, what did they do? Verse 25, first clause.
  5. While sitting there, whom did they see coming?
  6. What idea did this suggest to Judah? and what did he say? Verse 26.
  7. What proposal did he make to his brothers? Verse 27. Note 2.
  8. How did Judah's brethren accept of his proposal? Verse 27.
  9. To whom did they sell him? and for how much? Verse 28. Note 3.
  10. What did the Ishmaelites do with Joseph? Verse 28, last clause.
  11. When Reuben returned, expecting to find Joseph in the pit, how did he show his disappointment? Note 4.
  12. What did they do to conceal their crime? Verse 31.
  13. What did they say as they carried the bloody coat to their father?
  14. To what false conclusion did Jacob naturally come?
  15. How did Jacob manifest his sore grief?
  16. What did he say as his sons and daughters endeavored to comfort him?
  17. To whom was Joseph sold?
  18. In all this evil intended against Joseph, what was God's intention? Golden text.

NOTES.

1. Our last lesson closed with Genesis 37:11, giving an account of how Joseph's brethren envied him because of his dreams; the love which his father bore him; how his father cherished all these dreams of Joseph, believing that the Lord had some purpose in them. After this we read of Joseph visiting his brethren as they fed their flocks in Dothan; how when they saw him coming, they said, "Behold, this dreamer cometh. Let us slay him and cast him into one of these pits;" how Reuben delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let us not take his life, but let us cast him into this pit," using this subterfuge that he might afterwards deliver him to his father. Here is where Reuben's weakness of character is shown. If he had stood up boldly for Joseph, it would have been at least much better for him. He was an unconscious part, however, in working out one of God's providences for his people.
2. "Let not our hand be upon him."-Judah was evidently moved by one of Satan's ever ready excuses. After determining to kill an innocent boy, he thought that he was fully justified in selling him as a slave, because selling him was not nearly as bad as killing him. The selfishness and envy cherished by the brothers were just as much at the bottom of this, as was their determination to put him to death. He had dreamed that he would be over them, that they would bow down to him, and they could not bear the thought of having him with them. Their determination was to put him so far away that there would never be any prospect of his reigning over them. However, they were taking the very steps that would bring this about, although unconsciously to themselves. "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh," the Lord said, when the rulers would plot against the Lord Jesus Christ; and so it is when Satan's agents plot against God's people. God will overrule their foulest designs to bring good to his own.
3. Ishmaelites.—Called also in this chapter Midianites or Medanites. Midian and Medan were sons of Keturah, one of Abraham's later wives, and therefore cousins of Ishmael. They were therefore related to Joseph. Probably the chief of the tribes was Ishmael, and they may all have been called Ishmaelites. Ishmael may have had descendants among them. It is impossible to realize the wickedness of this whole transaction. Here were Joseph's own brothers, because of their own innate wickedness and jealousy, selling him to be a slave, first throwing him into a pit, while they enjoyed their merry meal, and, as they afterwards said, "would not hear the anguish of his spirit." The boy, no doubt, wept there, and cried for mercy. The prophet Amos, in looking to the recklessness and heartless indifference of a certain generation, can find no other way of expressing it than to say that they "drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph." The very worst punishment which sin can possibly bring is to harden the heart against all mercy, kindness, and sympathy; that condition in which the heart knows not its condition; that blindness where the soul does not realize that it is blind. Those who purchased Joseph were sons of the faithful Abraham and relatives of the boy whom they were buying; but they evidently thought that if the brothers were justified in selling, they were in buying. Joseph was sold for two-thirds of what Christ was sold for.
4. REUBEN evidently was not at the dinner and had nothing to do with the bargain of selling Joseph. He seems to have been the only one whose impulses of heart were not hardened, and yet there was that weakness and instability of character which yielded to the stress of circumstances. He should have told his father the truth, but he yielded to the suggestions of his brothers.

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LESSON XV.—SABBATH, APRIL 14, 1894.

CHRIST'S PROOF OF HIS MINISTRY.

Lesson Scripture, Luke 7 : 18-35.
  1. AND the disciples of John told him of all these things.
  2. And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
  3. And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
  4. In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.
  5. And he answered and said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.
  6. And blessed is he, whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in me.
  7. And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?
  8. But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in king's courts.
  9. But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
  10. This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
  11. I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John; yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
  12. And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
  13. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
  14. Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
  15. They are like unto children that sit in the market place; and call one to another; which say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.
  16. Yet John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
  17. The Son of Man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
  18. And wisdom is justified of all her children.
REREAD the introduction to the last lesson, and do not neglect its instructions. The gems of Scripture do not all lie on the surface, but can only be found by digging. See Prov. 2: 1-5. It is a mistake to suppose that such searching of the Scriptures, and finding of rich treasures, can be accomplished only by those who have great educational advantages. Remember that the things of God are hidden from the wise and prudent, and are revealed unto babes. Matt. 11 : 25. The deep things of God are revealed to the most unlearned person who comes to the word with simple reverence, and who meditates in it. The Spirit of God makes known "the deep things of God" (1 Cor. 2: 9, 10), and it is given to all who believe (John 7: 39). It is not by brilliancy, but by continually dwelling upon a passage, that one learns much from it. You cannot exhaust the Scriptures. The longer you search, and the deeper you dig, the richer will be the treasure. So do not count it a vain thing to spend much time upon a small portion of the Bible.
This lesson is all devoted to John the Baptist; first, his message to Jesus; second, the answer that Jesus returned; third, the testimony of Jesus concerning John; fourth, the inconsistency of the people concerning them both.
  1. What was done to John the Baptist soon after the baptism of Jesus? Luke 3: 19, 20.
  2. When he heard, in the prison, of the wonderful works of Jesus, what message did he send?
  3. When the disciples of John delivered their message, what did Jesus do?
  4. What did he then say?
  5. When the messengers had departed, what question did Jesus ask?
  6. What was implied by the first question?
  7. What second question did he ask?
  8. What was the form of the question the third time?
  9. What testimony did Jesus give as to John's standing as a prophet?
  10. Whom did the Lord say that John was?
  11. What is it said that the publicans did?
  12. What course did the Pharisees and lawyers pursue?
  13. To what did the Lord then liken the men of that generation?
  14. How did they exhibit their petulance and inconsistency?
  15. How did they regard John because of his rigid abstinence?
  16. What did they say of Christ because he mingled with the people?
  17. What did Jesus say of wisdom?
NOTES.
1. "To the poor the gospel is preached." Let every poor afflicted soul remember this. Poverty, either of purse or intellect, is no bar to the favor of God. He was made in all things like his brethren. "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich." 2 Cor. 8: 9. As a poor man he mingled with poor men, those whose poverty would not admit of their being learned in the wisdom of this world, adapting his teaching to their comprehension. The gospel is simple, suited to the comprehension of a child. This does not exclude the rich and learned; for what the weak and feeble can comprehend may be easily understood by the great, if they are only willing to receive it. The truth of God is revealed to faith, and not to intellect. They that trust only to their own reasoning faculties cannot perceive the things of God. Not that reason is to be ignored, but faith is to be its guide and instructor. "For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God." See 1 Cor. 1: 22-29.
2. "And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God." God declares that his words and ways are right; but, tried by that standard, every man is sure to be wrong. Every man, therefore, who either directly or indirectly justifies his own course, thereby condemns God's way. But every man who acknowledges his guilt, thereby declares that God is right. This is what is done in confession of sin. God says that we are sinners, and he points out to us the particular sins. Confession of sin is the simple acknowledgment that God is just in declaring us to be sinners, by the standard of his own life. And when we thus justify God, he justifies us, for "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1: 9.
3. FAULT-FINDING is a necessary accompaniment of unbelief. It is useless to try to remove objections from the mind of a man in whom is the spirit of unbelief. Though you answer one objection to his satisfaction, you have accomplished nothing, for the same process must be repeated on every point, and objections will rise faster than they can be met. Each individual objection must be met; and though ninety-nine out of a hundred were satisfactorily explained, the objector would be no nearer the truth than at the first. Neither would he be if the hundredth one were explained. The reason is that those objections have been explained satisfactorily to his reason; he can plainly see that there is no reason in them. But the spirit of unbelief is still in him, ready to raise a hundred other objections equally inconsistent with reason. If, however, the spirit of unbelief is once destroyed, those objections will not arise to require explanation. The Pharisees and others were full of the spirit of unbelief, and so, although they refused to receive John's teaching, on the ground that his abstemious habits indicated that he possessed a devil, they as promptly repudiated Jesus because he did not follow John's practice but ate as other people did. Those who are so cautious that they cannot receive the truth, unless it is in harmony with their captious intellect, are the very ones who eagerly devour the most flagrant falsehoods. See 2 Thess. 2: 9-12.

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—A press dispatch from Wharton, Tenn., says that a wealthy planter named Boldin was murdered on the 19th inst. by a mob of fifty negroes whom he had brought from Alabama to work on his plantation. Sixteen of the mob had been arrested, and great excitement prevailed. Boldin had reprimanded the men for unfaithfulness in their work.
—Commodore Kirkland, who was en route to Hawaii to take command of the naval fleet, has been recalled and Admiral Walker substituted. The sudden change is said to have been owing to a rumor that the Hawaiian Provisional Government is about to apply to some foreign power for annexation or a protectorate. It is alleged that this government will not tolerate any such action.
—Strikes are on the increase. In Chicago 1,000 men employed in the establishment of Crane Brothers went out because of a 10 per cent reduction in wages. In Milwaukee the stonecutters are on a strike for an eight-hour day. In Toledo 117 motormen and conductors on street cars refused to take out their cars because of the discharge of four men for some unsatisfactory cause.
—In St. Mary's Catholic Church in this city, on Sunday morning, the 18th inst., a man named Brady discovered his wife, from whom he had been separated, sitting in a pew, and shot her to death. Being pursued by the priest and others, he fatally shot himself. The services of the day were completed in the yard in the rear of the church, inasmuch as no further service was permissible in the building until it was reconsecrated by the bishop.
—The U. S. Secret Service Bureau stations at Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., have combined to seek out the working quarters of a gang of counterfeiters who are making and passing large quantities of silver dollars and half dollars. These coins have the same composition as the genuine, and are therefore difficult of detection. The low price of silver enables the manufacturers to produce a coin as pure as the genuine at a profit of 50 cents on the dollar.
—Lord Roseberry, the new premier, is to marry Princess Maud, daughter of the Prince of Wales. It will add somewhat to the political complication to have the premier, who is himself a lord, and whose policy it is to abolish the House of Lords, become husband of the queen's granddaughter. This, in addition to the rumor that the Prince of Wales is becoming quite democratic in sentiment, looks as though the royal family was becoming imbued with the democratic idea.
—It seems that King Kabaraga, of Unyoro, Africa, is next on the list for subjugation or annihilation by a "civilized" power. Great Britain has declared war upon him, for the reason that he refuses to be robbed peacefully. It is strange how obtuse those "uncivilized" fellows are; somehow they are all unable to see that they have no right to retain their possessions when a European power gets a foot upon them, and that resistance to the onward march of the rum traffic is worthy of death.
—Louis Kossuth, the renowned Hungarian patriot, died at Turin, Italy, on the 20th inst., aged 92 years. Having failed in a revolt for independence in 1848-49, he fled the country, and has ever since been an exile from his native land. In 1851 he visited the United States by invitation of the President, at the instigation of the Senate, being conveyed hither in a government vessel from Constantinople. Here he was enthusiastically received, and addressed immense audiences in all the large cities. Now that he is dead, the Austrian Government will permit his return home for burial.
—The last steamer from China brings news from Corea that on New Year's day (February 6) an attempt was made to blow up the king and his ministers. Preparations were all ready, and only an hour before the appointed time, one of the conspirators weakened and warned the intended victims. Investigation disclosed 1,200 pounds of powder under the floor, connected to a fuse and electric wire to an outbuilding. The young king and his prime minister, a Mr. Greathouse, formerly of San Francisco, are said to be too progressive for the old-fashioned and exclusive Corean people. Twenty-seven of the leading conspirators were arrested before they knew that their plot had been exposed.
—A man named Coxey, ambitious for notoriety, conceived the idea of marching an "army" of unemployed men from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington. There was much talk and great expectations; there were to be not less than 1,000 to start on Easter morning, and to gather myriads more by the way. There was great disappointment when the march began with less than 100, accompanied by a snowstorm, this, too, in face of the fact that many people along the way were preparing to feed them. The army of 800 that started from Los Angeles, Cal., when heard from at El Paso, Texas, was reported to be 900 strong, although it lost some 200 while passing through Arizona. An effort is being made to raise an "army" in Denver, Colo.
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