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Undisturbed disclosure scripture3/20/2023 His wife, who was pregnant and near the time of her delivery, miscarried from the fright, and sensible that she could not live, she sent for the wife of Du Moulin, to communicate to her a most important discovery relating to his unfortunate case. But a few days before he was to be executed, one Williams, a seal engraver, was killed by a fall from his horse. On this evidence he was convicted, and sentenced to die. On searching his premises when he was apprehended, a great number of counterfeit coins had been found in a drawer by themselves, and others packed up in different parcels with good money and on further search, some aqua regia, several files, a pair of moulds, andīeen discovered in a flask. "On his trial it was proved that he had often been detected in uttering false gold, and that he had made a practice of returning counterfeit coins to persons of whom he had taken money, on pretence of his having received those pieces from them. A French refugee, named Du Moulin, who resided in that city, was indicted for coining. A striking parallel to the case of Benjamin occurred some years ago at Canterbury. Many an innocent man has been executed, and the mistake has not been discovered, till it was too late to rectify it. No man should be convicted of whose guilt any doubt can be reasonably entertained. What a lesson does this incident afford to all who are ever engaged in the administration of justice! Every juror, on whose decision the lives or liberties of fellow men are dependent should ponder well this case, and keep it in his memory. We are only safe from overwhelming calamities, when preserved by God's providential goodness. Innocence is no security against the violent man, the deceitful man, the unreasonable man. How important it is to be reconciled to Him, and able to confide in his love! How needful it is to commit ourselves every morning to his protection and care! In all our ways, it behoves us to acknowledge him, for it is only as he guards us that we are safe. With what alacrity he empties his sack when lo, the cup! "The cup was found in Benjamin's sack."įriendship of the Almighty! Of Him whose eyes are in every place, whose knowledge is unerring, whose power has no bounds! He can deliver in every emergency, and cause light to shine forth out of darkness. How glad he is! His brethren are all clear, and of his own innocence he is certain. The sacks of others are searched in like manner but everything is satisfactory, and the countenances of the brethren brighten as the investigation proceeds. The sack of Simeon is opened he has long been in confinement, and Benjamin looks on anxiously hoping that his brother has not been tempted to retaliate for his causeless detention but all is well. The sack of Reuben, the eldest, is emptied on the earth its contents are spread out and examined there is nothing that is not his own. They all deny the offence Search, Search, they exclaim, Search and see, and if it be found on ony one of us, let the culprit die, and the rest of us be your slaves. The custom of eastern merchants, in which were deposited provisions and other comforts for the journey how probable that some one, tempted by the beauty and costliness of the cup, expecting never to return to Egypt, had slipped it into his sack! The steward pursues them charges them with the theft, descants on their ingratitude, and demands the surrender of the stolen article.
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