Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-12-15

VIII Appeal to Every True Christian
nonrs-Tho uopo of Immortality Be
yond tho Grave.
BROOKLYN, Dec. 9.-The Rev. T.De
Witt Talmagc, D. D., preached today
on "Our Departed Still Living. Als
text was Genesis xiv, 81, %: And AID
when he saw the wagons which 10.
seph had sent to carry him, the spisit
of Jacob their father revived. And
Israel soid, II is enough; Joseph ny
son is vet alive" Dr. Talmagc said:
The Egyptian capital was the focus
of the worlds wealth. In ships md
barges, there had been brought soat
from India franl1icense, and cinnamonl
and ivory, and diamonds; from tE9As!
north, marble and iron; from SyriaS
purple and silk; from Greece, some6
the finest horses of,the world, and som9
of the most brilliant chariots; and frons
I'LL tho earth that which could best
please tho eye, and charm tho ear, anSa
crafty the taste. There were temples
alamo with red sandstone, entered By
gateways that were guarded by pillars
bewildering with hicroglyphics, and
wound with brazen serpents, and
adorned with winged creatures-thcis
eyes, and bcalzs, and pinions glittcring
with precious stones. There were
marble columns blooming into white
flower buds, there were stone pillars
at the top bursting into tho shape OF
the lotus when in full bloom. Along
the avenues, lined with sphinx and
fame and obelisl1, there were princes
who calnc in gorgeously upholstered
palanquin, carried by servants in scar;
let, or elsewhere drawn by vehicles;
the snow white horses, golden bitted
and six abreast, dashing at full run:
There were fountains from stone
wreathed vases climbing the ladders
of the light. You would hear bolt
shove, and q door of brass would open
like flash Of the sun. The surrounds
ing gardens were saturated with odors
that mounted the terrace and dripped,
from the arbors, and burned their IN
ccnse in the Egyptian noon. On floors
of mosaic tho glories of Pharaoh
were spelled out III letters of porphyry, !;
and bcryl, and flame. There We're
ornaments twisted from the wood of
the tamarisk, embossed with silver
breaking into foam. There wero foot
stools made out of single precious
stone. There were beds fashioned out
of crouched lion in bronze. There
were chairs spotted with the sleek hide.
of leopards. There were sofas footed
with the claws of wild beasts, and
armed with the bcaks of birds. AS
you stand on the level beach of the
sea on u summer day, and look either
way. and there arc miles of breakers,
white with the ocean foam, dashing
shoreward; SO it seemed as if the sea
of the worlds pcmp and wealth in the
Egyptian capital for miles end miles
flung itself up into white breakers Of
marble temple, mausoleum and ODE
lisk. -.-s--z-
WHAT Il CONIltASIl
This was the place where Joseph,
the shepherd boy, was called to stand
next to Pharaoh in honor. What q
contrast between this scene and his
humble starting, and the pit into
which his brothers threw himl Yet
he was not forgetful of his early home;
he was not ashamed of where he came
from. The bishop of Mcntz, descended
from q whcelwright, covered his house
with spokcs, and hammers, and wheels;
and the king of Sicily, in honor of his
fathcr, who was potter, refused to
drink out of anything but an earthen
vessel. So Joseph was not ashamed
of bis early surroundings, or of his
old time father, or of his broth
ers. When they came up from
the famine stricken land to get corn
from the kings corn crib, Joseph, in
stead OF Gliding them for the way they
had maltlvatcd and abused him, sent
them lack with wagons, which Pha.
raoh furnished, laden with corn; and
old Jacob, the father, in the very same
wagons, WAS brought back, that 10
scpR, tho son, might sec him, and give
him o comfortable homo all the rest OF
his days.
We'll, hear the wagons, the kings
wagons, runbling down in front OF
the palace. On the outside of the pal
acc, to sec the wagons go off, stands
Pharaoh in royal robes; and beside
him Prime Minister Joseph, with q
chain of gold around his neck, and
on lis hand Il ring given by Pharaoh
to him. so that at amy time he wlntc
ed to stamp the royal seal upon
a document he could do 50. Wagon
after wagon rolls on down from the
palace, laden with corn, and meas,
and changes of raiment, and every
thing that could help q famine struck
people. Orc day l see aged Jacob
seated in front Of his house. Icls
possibly thinking of his absent boys
(sons, However old they get, are never
to father any more than boys); and
while lie is seated there, he secs dust
arising, and he hears wagons rum
bling, and he wonders what is coming
now, for tie whole land had been
smitten with the famine, and was IN
silence. But after while the wagons
have come near enough, and he sees
his sons on the wagons, and before
they como quite up, they shout;
Joseph is yet alivcr' The old man
faints dead away. I do not wonder ct
it. Tho boys tell tho story how that
the boz, the long, absent Joseph, has
got to be tllc first rlan-in the Egyptian
palace. While they unload tho
wagons, the wan and Invested creatures
in the neighbcrhood come up ard ask
for handful OF corn, and they arc
satisfied.
JACOB GONG on A JOURNEY.
One t;&y The wagons arc brought up,
for Jacob, the old father, is about 10
go 10 see Joseph in the Egyptian
palace. You know it is not Il yesy
easy t!lii,r to transplant an old trcc,