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120 sons they may find a description of their own religious character, as revealed by light from heaven. The children of God are of various characters; some are like Issachar to serve, some like Judah to rule. But all are designed by Providence to be useful and happy. The better they become the more happy they are. The nearer they approach the character of Joseph, so loving and wise, so generous and forgiving, the more will they acquire for themselves the high character and the rich blessings which Jacob gave to this son of his old age, to whom he and all his house owed their life and prosperity. Let us look attentively at what the inspired patriarch says of him.