The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-12-27
TALMAGBS SRRM0N.
Tho Weekly Discourse of thu Great
Brooklyn Preacher
Subject; .'slur Departed fs.l,l
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iENT. ANG phen ne Suto the trdg0ns
tohfeh JOSEPH had sen, TO carry him, The
sptrit or jacob their futher received. And
Israel scid. K is enough; Joseph, my sea,
IS yef otire. '"-Genesis XIV, 25-2S
The Egyptian capital was the focus of the
worlds wealth. In ships aud harges there
had been brought 10 il nom India franklin
eease, cinnamon, and ivory, and diamonds;
from the North, marble and iron; from
syria, purpe hnd silk; from Greece some OF
the finest horses OF the world, and some OF
the most rllliant chariotS; and from all the
earth that which could host please the eye,
and charm tho car, and crafty the taste.
There were temples aHame with rod sand
stoneentered by eateways that were guarded
by pillars bewilderng with hieroglyphics,
ana wound with braYen Serpents and adorned
with winged creatureS-their eyes and he ks
and pinons glittering with precious stones
There wore marble columns blooming into
white fowor-buds there wero pillars, at the
top bursting into the shape of the lo.us when
in full bloom. Along the avenues, lined with
sphinx, and fame aud obellsk, there were
princes who came in gcrgeouslv upholstered
palanqun, carried by servants in scarlet, or
elsewhere drawn by vehicles, the snow-whito
horses, golden h'ttSd, ana six abreast dashng
at full run, There were fountains from stone
Wreathed v"ses climbing The ladders OF the
light would hear bolt shove, and door
o. brass would open like Il flash of the sun
The surrounding gardens We're saturated
with odors that mounted the terrace, and
drippsd from the artors. and burned their
incense in the Egyptian noon. On floors of
,saic the gloiies of Pharaoh were spelled
in letters of porphyry, and beryl, and
mo. There were ornaments twisted from
wood OF the tamarisk embossed with
YER bIeablng into foam There were foot
OILS made out of SINGLE precious stone
ere were beds fashioned out of
ntalas L, f.xt
spotted with the sleek hide of leop-
ards. There were sofas footed with ths
claws Of wild beasts, and armed with tho
heaks OF birds. As you stand on the level
beach OF the sea ON q summer day, an look
either way, and there are miles of breakers,
white with the OCEAN foam, dGshing shore
ward; so it seemed as il tie sen OF the worlds
pomp ami wealth in the Egyptian CAPITAL for
miles and miles flung Itself up into white
breakers Of marble temple mausoeum, and
ohelise.
This was the place where Joseph the shep-
herd hoy, was called to stand next TO Pharaoh
IN honor. " hat a contrast between this
scene and his humble starting, and tho pit
into which his brothers threw him. Yet he
was not forgetiul of his early home; he was
not ashamed of where he came from. The
Bishop of Ment3, descended from
wheelwright, covered his house
with spoees, aud hammers, and
wheels; and the King Of Sicily, In honor Of
his fathec who was a potter, refused to
drink out OF anything ha. an earthen vessel.
SO Joseph was not ashamed of his early sur
roundings, or Of his od-time father, or OF
his brothers, W hen they came up from the
famine-stricSen land 10 get corn from
the Kings corn crib, Joseph, instead
of Gliding them for the way they
had ma'treated and abused him, sent them
pack with wagons, which Pharaoh furnished,
laden with coGn; and old Jacob, the father,
IN the very same wagons, was brought back,
tnat joseph, the son. might see him, and
give him comfortable home all the rest Of
his days,
Well, hear tho wagons the Kings wagons,
rumbiing down in front Of the palace. On
the outside Of the palace, to see the wagons
go of, stands Pharoah in royal robes; and
beside him Prime Minister Joseph, with
chain OF gold around his neck, and on his
hand a ring given by Pharaoh to hi.a, so
that any time ho wanted 10 stamp the
royal segl upon a document he could do
SO, Wagon after wagon rolls on down
from the palace, laden with corn
and meat, and changes of raiment and
every thing that could help a famine struck
reopie One day seq aged Jacob seated in
front Of his house He is possibly thinking
of his absent boys sons, however old they
get, are neverto father any more than
boys; AMI while lie is seated there he sees
aust arising, and he hears wagons rulnbling,
and lie wonders what is com ny now for
the whole land had been snitten with the
famine, and was in silence. But after a
while the wagons have come near enough.
and he sees his sons on the wagons,
and before they come quite up, they shout:
Joseph is yet alIve!" The old man faints
dead away do not wonder at it. The
boys toll che story how that the boy, the
long absent Joseph, has got to be the first
man IN the Egypt1an palace While they
unload the wagons, the wan and wasted
creatures III the neigbhorhoo1 come up anil
ask for handful OF corn, and they are satis-
fed.
Che day the wagons are brought up, fos
Jacob, the Old father, is about to go to See
Joseph IN the Egyptian palace. You know it
is not very easy thing to transplant an old
tree, ana Jacob has bard work to get away
from the p ace where he has lived so long.
He bids goodbye TO the old place,
and leaves his blessing with the
neighbors, and then his sons steady
him, while he, determined to help himself.
gets into the wagon, stiff, old and de.
crepit Yonder they go, Jacob and his sons,
and their wives. and their children, eighty,
two in all, followed by herds and Gocks
which the herdsnen drive along. They are
going out from famine to luXuriance: they
are gong from Il plain country home to the
finest palace under the sun. Joseph, the
q A1IiIS 44-U1sttt, SttS III lis tnarIOu,
and drives down TO meet the old
man. Josephs charioteer holds up
the horses on one side-the d1st.covered
wagons of the emiGrants stop on the other
Joseph, instead OF waiting for his father to
come, leaps out of the chariot and Jumps
into the migrants wagon throws his arms
around The cd man, and weeps aloud for
past memories and present joy The father
Jacob, can hardly think it is his boy. Why,
the smooth brow OF childhood has
become a wrinkled brow, wrnkleI
with tho cares OF state, and the
garb of the shepherd-boy has become a robe
royalty hedlzened But as the old man finds
gu! II IS actually Joseph, | see the thin lip
CULVER against the toothless gum as he cries
out Now let me die, since | have seen
tiny face: behold Joseph is yet aliveln The
wagons roll up in front OF the palace. fTclD
out the grandchildren, and take them in out
OF tie hot Egyptian sun. Help old Jacob
ou6 OF the wagon. Send word to haraoh
that the old shepherd has come In th roynl
apartment Pharaoh and Jacob meet-nig.
NIFTY and r,usticity-the gracefulness of the
court ana the plain manners of the
heid. Inc King. wanting to make the
on couhtlyman at ease, and seeing how
white his beard is, and how feeble his stem.
LOOKS familiariy into his face, and says to
IN. .he agea man: How Old art thou.n Give
Ihe Oh man seat. Unload the wagons.
arlve QUE the catt.e toward the past,,res of
Goshen. Let the slaves in scarlet kneel and
wash the feet Of the newly-arrived win
ing them on the finest linen of the palace.
IRON vases of perfume let the newly arrived
be sprinkled and refreshed; let mtnstrels
come IN with sandals of crimson. and tbrnm
the harps, and clap the cymbals, and iing,e
the tambournes, while we tit down. at This
great distance of time anC space, and learn
the lesson of the Kings wagons.
My friends, we are in a world bv sin
famine struck; but Che King is in constant
communication with us, his wagons coming
and gong perpetuaily; and in the rest of nv
alsconrse viii show you what the wagons
bring and what they take back.
In the first place, like those til at cana from
the Egyptian palace the Kings wagons now
bring Us corn and meat, and many CHANGES
OF rainent. We are apt to think of tbe
held5 and The orchards as feeding US: but
who makes The fax grow Tor the linen, and
the wheat for the bread. AMI the wool on ,he
sheeps nacNs TN, WISH We could see thronon
every gram lield, by every sheep fold, under
che tyees OF every orchard, the Kings
wagons they drive up three times a day
tnorning, noon, and night. They bring fi,rs
from the Arctic, trey bring fruits from the
tropic, they bring bread from tho
temperate zone The King looks ont
and he says: There are tgelve
hundrs millions of neooI. 70 H. ~