Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

,..my'.T-TT/earSmind."My New Nature. II Cor. 5:17As if to bind the appointment andGod's Great Gift. II Cor. 9:15 to make it official, Pharaoh put hisIsn't it wonderful how many thingsfor which we have to thank God? Weroyal ring on Joseph's hand. What elsedid Pharaoh do to show the royalty ofare indeed grateful to Dr. M. K. Carson Joseph now? (Gen. 41:42-44)for letting us use this acrostic which he nowworked out for our Thanksgiving ser-vice last year.Now for the lesson. Two years havethat Joseph was a great man,he must have a fine name. Pharaohnamed him Zaphnath-paaneah, the manto whom secrets are revealed.passed, and Joseph is still a prisonerNow j h must have a ^ Soof Pharaoh. God has not forgotten him pharaoh gave him Asenath, the daughbutprovides a way out for Joseph.ter of the prince of Qn God blessed thisKing Pharaoh dreams that he stoodunion and gave them two sons Theby a river, and he saw seven fat cows Rrst was named Manasseh, whichcome up out of the river and eat in a meang Forgetting. The second wasmeadow. Then seven lean, starvingnamed Ephrainli which means Fruitful.cows come up from the river and eatThus God helped Joseph forget his for.up the fat cows.mer troubles and made him fruitfulPharaoh awoke after this dream. m the land of Egypt.When he went to sleep again, he dream-gee how God blessed Joseph At thirtyed he saw seven fat ears of corn onye&rs Qf age Joseph is an Egvptianane stalk. After them came up seven ince ingtead of a Hebrew glavelean ears, blasted by the east wind,and ate up the seven full ears. "Pharaoh Meanwhile, Joseph gathered the extraawoke, and, behold, it was a dream." ^ain and stov^ il- ' The famme cfm^'not, only in Egypt, but in every land.In the morning Pharaoh was veryThe ,e were beginning to suffertroubled about the meaning of these from hunger ^^ they cried t>. . . ., ..two dreams. He sent for all the magic- pharaoh for bread he said Go untolans and wise men of Egypt, but theycould not interpret the dreams.j h; what he gaith tQ you_ doJoseph opened all the storehouses-, , , , ,.,,,, , .,Suddenly the chief butler rememberedT , , ., , ,and sold. .gram to..thei^m