JOSEPH MADE KNOWN.


 THE beloved son and the hating brothers parted by
the pit in Dothan. The next time they met it was in
a palace in Egypt! Joseph had seen many changes in
that time, but "the Lord was with him."
 He remembered what his father had taught him, not
Bible verses, for the man who wrote the beginning of the
Bible was not then born; but Jacob had surely told him
of the very words of God to him when he slept with a
stone for his pillow, and of God's promises to Abraham.
Joseph had been in prison, but even there he was highly
favored, because he was true and faithful. God helped
him to tell the meaning of two dreams that two pris-
oners had; and years after, the king dreamed dreams his
wise men could not explain.
 He heard of Joseph, and sent for him. Joseph cast
off his prison clothes, and hurried to the king. Pharaoh
the king told the dreams, and God showed Joseph the
meaning. It was that there should be seven good years
of plenty in Egypt-great harvests and full crops of
grain; then, seven years of famine. Joseph told Pharaoh
he should choose a wise man to set over the whole land,