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sheep" are concerned. The subsequent dealings of
Joseph with the Egyptians disclose the great responsibilities and requirements that are now laid upon
those who are of the" other sheep" of the present time,
that is, who will form the great multitude. They must
be fully and wholly consecrated to the Lord and must
render themselves in full obedience to his commandments and joyfully engage in his service. Those who
are now of the "other sheep" of the Lord must, together with the remnant, joyfully take up the message of life, which God has provided, and bear that
message before the people of the famine-stricken
world, to the end that those who are now in the world
and who so desire may learn the way of life and flee
to the place of refuge. There are others that the Lord
will yet gather into the great multitude before Armageddon.
EGYPTIANS

As the famine continued sore upon Egypt and the
countries round about, so now the spiritual fl1!Iline
continues sore upon the world: "And there was no
bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore,
so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan,
fainted by reason of the famine." (Gen. 47: 13) The
famine had been upon Egypt for two years when Jacob
end his household reached Eg-ypt. Assuming that some
of the Egyptians had given heed to Joseph's interpretation of the dream of Pharaoh, and to his advice to
conserve food, and that they had conserved food, such
provided stock of grain would at the end of the two
years doubtless be used up and the Egyptians would
then have to apply to the government for food. This
they were compelled to do in order to live. Likewi3e
now those of the "other sheep", who are in the world,
will have to come to Jehovah's visible organization,
represented by the remnant of God's people on earth,
and learn the way to life by obtaining and feeding
upon the food which the Lord has prepared and stored
up for snch. This they must do before Armageddon.
34. Mark now the striking contrast ,in the action of
Joseph and in the action of the "Democratic New
Deal schemers" of the present-day. These modern
worldly-wise men, instead of conserving the food
supply when there was plenty, curtailed the food
supply by restricting crops that should have been
planted and harvested and by ruthlessly destroying
animals, ~nd this they did in order to increase the
price of food. The fallacy of their conduct is now being experienced by the American people. Joseph was
not interested in pegging up higher and higher the
price for food, but was interested in taking care of
the people. When the famine increased upon the land
Joseph did not raise the price of food and permit
anyone to profiteer at the expense of the people. The
modern "new dealel's", hc::ded by one whom the Press
has designated as "Franklin Deficit", make no provision for food storage and food supplies for the people
of America, but they all together participate in specu~
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lation and continuously juggle with the food supply
and continue to raise the price thereof at the cost and
to the distress of the people. While this comment is
being written (in July, 1936), the dealers in the grain
of the land, which dealers never expended one ounce
of labor to produce such corn, are holding it back in
the hope that the dry weather may force the prices
higher and higher, that they may reap greater gain by
their selfish course. Even though arrangements have
been made to import corn from foreign countries that
the people here might supply their present needs, this
is being held back that the price may be made higher
and that selfish persons may profit materially thereby.
The American farmer in the last three years past has
been induced to curtail his production, and now, when
the food supply grows less, the "new dealers" cry
out: "We are not responsible for the drought." They
are responsible, however, for destroying in times past
food which is now needed. This has increased the
burdens upon H1e American farmer and has also increased the burdens upon all persons who are compelled to earn their bread in the sweat of their brow.
It seems strange that the masses of the people are so
very listless and foolish as to refuse to hear or give
heed to what the Word of God says and, on the contrary, continue to listen to the world-schemes brought
forth by selfish men, which schemes can never bring
them any relief. In this distress upon the people the
f.lommercial religionists harangue those who will listen
to them and tell them that their food scarcity and the
dust storms that devastate their lands, and the burning heat that destroys their crops, and the pests that
participate in such destruction, all of these things,
have come upon the people as a judgment from God
because the people have been negligent in the support
of the religious organizations. The charging of Jehovah God with responsibility for these calamities that
have befallen the people is a malicious lie and defamation of his holy name. The Scriptures plainly declare
that it is the Devil who brings these present-day woes
upon the people, and he is doing so for the very purpose of defaming God's name and turning the people
away from him. (Rev. 12: 12) This is further and
strong proof that the clergy who resort to such schemes
of haranguing the people and charging God with
bringing the calamities upon them represent the Devil
and do not represent God. Great is the privilege and
the responsibility therefore laid upon those who have
received the truth, to make knovn that life-giving and
life-sustaining spiritual food to other hungry souls
who desire to know of the way to life. The truth is the
only thing that will bring consolation and help to the
people.
U The Egyptians had many cattle, money and lands,
and they enjoyed personal freedom. Joseph did not
set up a starvation dole system that would bring all
to poverty, but he sold the life-sustaining corn to the
Egyptians, first for their money, which r.10ney Joseph

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