GOD PRESERVING HIS PEOPLE

IN FAMINE.

This young man we: see in the picture is Joseph,
Jacob's son, telling Pharaoh, king of Egypt, about a
dream he had. God gave Joseph great wisdom, and the
king loved him much. How came he in this strange
country ?—for this was not his native land. I will tell you.

Jacob, of whom we learned in our last lesson, had
twelve sons. One of the boys, whose name was Joseph,
was greatly loved by his father, and he made him a beau-
tiful coat of many colors. His brothers were jealous of
him, because they thought their father loved him best.

One day the father sent Joseph out into the field to
see how his brothers were getting along tending the sheep,
for they were shepherds. When they saw him coming,
they determined, in some way, to destroy him. Seeing
some Egyptian merchants coming, they sold him as a
slave to them. O, what a wicked act! Joseph was car-
ried by them into Egypt; but God was with him, and
gave him great wisdom. ; : ~

King Pharaoh had a strange dream one night. He
Saw seven fat cattle coming out of the river, and after-
ward, seven lean or poor ones. No one -could tell him.
what his dream meant, until Joseph was called. He told