Show LIFE OF JOSEPH MAKES STORY LIKE FAIRY TAlE 1 Its Its' I Incidents Have Elements Such as Are F Found in f Modern Moden Novel BY Bl REV TIE C C. C R. R NEEL NEL C Central Christian Church And God remembered Rachel an and she sue b bare re a s son n and she called Ca l 1 his namo name Jc Joseph Gen seph Gen 30 30 84 Joseph was as the favorite son soa of at a J lathel the father the thc m most st perfect of at Old I Testament characters Ho lie was WaR an universal universal uni uni- versal favorite Over Ocr his cradle cradIc g gentle nUe I childhood bends with interest through his e eventful life lite strong manhood fol Col oh- oh lows with delight with him venerable age sheds he s the sympathetic teal tear As the Bible stands tan s supreme among books so stands supreme among th the men ment men of t f his hiM day Th Thi life of Joseph Is touch touched d with beauty There is a pathos there that reaches the hearts of all The story stor of at his hi life lICe reads lIke a a. fairy fain talc tale It has hos all the incidents portrayals and char char- actors acter which we find in the modern novel nO It seems at times as though tho story tor was too good to b be true and nt ot ether times too hard and difficult to be endured Ono One wonders at times whether or not the author had drawn to too neal upon his Ima imagination whether the narrative does not exceed ed edI I the actual One asks himself the thc ques ques- tion tiow Was as Joseph a rell reat character If real ical was he not more morp than human There Is the hairbreadth escape from the pit prison and deadly peril which rea reads like a romance Joseph passes through so man many strange arid and fiery trials unscathed that one must think h hp bore a a. charmed life There Is ever er the tho mingling of or wildest grief and ec ecstatic ec- ec static joy the swift passing from one thrilling incident to another In Jo Jo- Jo seph we have a a. type of or character which Is rare in any race there Is a combination of or grace race and power which is striking making him the tho most unique character of his time Joseph inherited a combination of at the highest qualities of at his ancestors He had the tho dignity di and of ot Abraham the tho grace and purity of at Isaac the tho cleverness clever clever- ness and versatility of at Jacob Ho lie might be called a a. composite character combining the virtues and graces of ot all that had lial gone one before |