Milford chronicle., 1888-12-14
OUR DEAD STILL LIVE.
SERMON PREACHED BY REV. T. DE
WITT TALMAGE ON DEC. 9.

WITT TALMAGE ON DEC. 9.
an Intensely Interesting Discourse Which
win Appeal to Every True Christian
Heart-The Hope of Immortality Beyond
the Grave.
BRooELYN, Dec Q. Tho Rev T. De Witt
Talmage, D. D., preached today on "Our
Departed Still Living.n His text was Genesis
xiv, 81, 2S. Sand when he saw the wagons
which Joseph had sent to carry him,
the spirit Of Jacob their father revived.
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my
son is yet alive DR.. Talmage said;
The Egyptian capital was the focus of the
worlds wealth. In ships and barges, there
had been brought to it from India franklin
cense, and cinnamon, and ivory, and
diamonds; from the north, marble and ironi
from Syria, purple and silk; from Greece,
some of the finest horses Of the world, and
some Of the most brilliant chaTiots; and from
all the earth that which could best please the
eve, and charm the ear, and crafty the
taste. There were temples ahame with red
saildstone, entered By gateways that were
guarded by pillars bewihering with hero
glyphics, and wound with brazen serpents,
and adorned with winged creaturcs-theiT
eyes, and beaSs, and pinions glittering with
precious stones. There we're marble
columns blooming into white flower buds
there were stone pillars, at the top burst
ing into the shape of the lotus when in full
bloom. Along the avenues, lined with sphinx
and fame, and obelisk, there were princes
who came in gorgeonsly upholstered palap
uuin. carried by servants in scarlet, or e,ss
where drawn by vehicles, tho snow white
horses, golden bitted, and six abreast, dash
ing at full run There were fountains from
stone wreathed vases climbing the ladders OF
the light. You would hear bolt shove, and O
door Of brass would open like a flash of the
sun. The surrounding gardens were satu
rated with odOrs that mounted the terrace
and dripped from the arbors, and burned
their incense in the Egyptian noon. On floors
of mosaic the glories Of Pharaoh were spelled
out in letters of porphyry, and beryl, anc
hame. There were ornaments twisted from th,
wood Of the tamarisl, embossed with silYel
breaking into foam. There were footstooli
made out a single precious stone. There
were beds fashioned out of a crouched lion il
bronze. There were chairs spotted with the
sleek hide of leopards. There We're sofa
footed with the claws OF wild beasts, anC
armed with the bealls Of birds. As you stanC
on the level beach of the sea on a summer
day, and look either way, and thero arr
| miles Of breakers. white with the ocean foam
| dashing shoreward; so it seemed as if the Sc,
Of tho worlds pomp and wealth in the Egyp
tian capital for miles and miles flung itsel
up into white breakers Of marble temlSs
mausoleum and Obelsk.
WHAT A CONTRAST
This was the place where Joseph, the shep
herd boy, was called to stand next to Pha
| raoh in honor What a contrast betweeI
this scene and his humble starting, and TN
/ pit into which his brothers threw himl Ye
! he was not forgetful Of his early home; h
was not ashamed of where he came from
| The bishopo of Mentz, descended from wheel
wright, covered his house with spokes, anC
hammers, and wheels; and the king of Sicily
in honor of his father, who was q potter
refused to drink out of anything but al
earthen vessel. So Joseph was not ashame,
Of his early surroundings, or of his OLE
time father, or of his brothers When the,
came up from the famine stricken land t
get corn from the kings corn crib, Joseph
instead of chiding them for the way the.
had maltreated and abused him, sent then
back with wagons, which Pharaoh furnished
laden with corn; and old Jacob the father
in the very same wagons, was brought back
that Joseph, the son, might see him, and Civ
him a comfortable home all the rest of hi
days,
Well, hear the wagons the kings wagons
rumbliug down in front of the palace. o.
tho outside of tho palace, to see the wagon
go off, stands Pharaoh in royal robes; AM
] Il, rrfl
chain Of gold around his neck, and on hi
hand ring given by Pharaoh to him, 5
that any time he wanted to stamp tn
royal seal upon document he coul
do so. Wagon after wagon rolls o.
down from the PALACE, laden wit
corn, and meat, and changes OF raimeni
and everything that could help a fam
inc struck people. One day sec aged ia
cob seated in front Of his house. He is pos
sibly thinking OK his absent boys sons, how
ever old they get, are never to a father an
moro than boys; and while he is seate
there, he secs dust arhaig, and he. hear
wagons rumbling, and he wonders what
coming now, for the whole land had bee
smitten with the famine, and was in silence
But after q while the wagons have come nea
enough, and he sees his sons on tho wagon.
and before they como quite up, they shout
UJoseph is yet aliYeIn The old man faint
dead away. ] do not wonder at It. Th
boys tell the story how that the boy, th
long absent Joseph, has got to be the fir;
man in the Egyptian palace. While they III
load the wagons, the wan and wasted Great
ures in the neighhorhood come up and ask fo
4 handful Of corn, and they are satisfied.
JACOB PoNG PN MS JOURNEY
Gno day the wagons are brought up, fc
Jacob, the old father, is about to go to SC
Joseph in the Egyptian palace You knol
it is not a very easy thing to transplant a
old tree, and Jacob has hard work to g
away from tho place where he has lived {
long. Ho bids good-by to tho old place, an
leaves his blessing with the neishbors, an
then his sons steady him, whilo he, Getc
mined to help himself, gets into the wagol
stiR, old and decrepit. Yonder they g
a Jacob and his sons, and their wives, an
their children, eighty-two in all, foilowe
4 by herds and locks, which tho herd
men drive along They arc going ol
from famine 20 lusnrianeo; they al
going from plain country home
a the finest palace under the sun. Joscp
I the primo minister, gets in his chariot, ar
L drives down to meet the old man. Joseph
charioteer holds up the horses on the ol
side-the dust covered wagons Of tine en-
grants stop on tho other Joseph, instead
] waiting for his father to come, leaps out
: the chariot and junps into the amigrani
= wagon, throws his arms around the old ma
and weeps aloud for past memories and pre-
ent joy The father, Jacob, can hard
: think it is bis boy, Why, tho smooth bro
Of childhood has become a wrinkled bro