The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-10

10 the old farmhouse"
II Jesus were not In heaven there would
be no music there; there would be but few
people there; they would be Off looking
for the lost Christ, crying through the uni.
verse; "Where is Jesus? where is Jesus2'
and after they had found Him, with low
ing violence they would take Him and
bear Him through the gates; and II would
the be greatest day known in heaven within
the memory OF the oldest inhabitant
Jesus never went off from heaven but once
and lie was so badly treated ON that excur-
sion they will never let Him go again.
Oh the JOY OF meeting our brother,
Joseph-Jestis! After we have talked
about Him for ten, or fifty, or seventy
years, 10 talk with Him, and toclasp hands
with the hero OF the ages; not crouch
ing as underlings in His presence,
but, as Jacob and Joseph, hug each
other. We will want some new term by
which TO address Him. On earth we call
him Savior, or Redeemer. or friend; but
when we throw our arms around Him in
everlasting embrace, We will want some
new name OF endearment. can think Of
what we shall do through the long ages Of
eternity; but what We shall do the first
minute | can not guess. In the first flash
OF His countenance, in the first rush Of our
emotions what we shall do ] can not
imagine Oh, the overwhelming glory Of
the first sixty seconds in hcaycnl Me-
thinks we will just stand, and look and
look and look.
The Kings wagons took Jacob up 10 see
his lost boy, and 50 | really think that the
Kings wagons will take us up TO see our
lost kindred. How long is II since Joseph
went out Of your household? How many
years is II now last Christmas, or the 18th
Of next month"; IL was dark night when
he died, and a stormy day II was at the
burial; aud the clouds wept with you, and
the winds sighed for the dead. Tho bell
at Grecnwood's gate rang only n few
moments, but your heart has been tolling,
| tolling ever since. You have been under
! deusion, like Jacob OF old. You have
, thought that Joseph was dead. You put
his name fint in the birth record of the
! family Bible, and then you put IL in the
death record OF the family Bible, aud You
f. have been deceived. Joseph is yet alive.
{ lie is more alive than you are. OF all tho
I sixteen thousand millions OF children that
staiisticians tell us have gone into the
4 future world, there is not one OF them
dead. and the Kings wagons will take you
up 90 see them. You often think how
| glad you will bc 10 zee them: Have you
never thought, my brother, my sister, how
| glad they will bo TO SEQ your Jacob was
no moro glad 10 SEQ Joseph than Joseph
was 10 see Jacob. Every time the
door In heaven opens they look TO
see II II il you coming In. Joseph
once standing In the palace. burst out cry
ing when he thought Of jacob -alar of.
| And the heaven OF your little ones will not
be fairly begun until you got there. All
| the kindncsscs shown them by immortas
will not make them forget you. There
they are, the radiant throngs that went
out from your honest throw kiss 10
the sweet darlinga. They arc all we'll now
In the palace. Tho crippled child has a
sound foot now. A little lame child says:
'Ma, will bo lame in heaven" "No,
my darling, you wont be lame in heaven"
A little sick child says "Ala, will be
sick in heayenY'. "No, NV dear, YOU
won't be sick IN hcavcn.h a little blind
child says "Mn, will | be blind in
hcayen2' ono. my dear, YOU won't bc
blind In heaven" They are all well
there
In my boyhood for some time we lived
three miles from church, and on stormy
DAYS the children staid at home, but father
| and mother always went 10 church; that
was habit they had. On those stormy
| Sabbaths when We staid ut home, the alb
scnco Of our parents seemed very much
| protracied; for the roads were bad, aud
they could not get on very fast SO wc
would ~ 10 tho window nt - O'Clock 10
see II thoy were coming, and then We
would 20 at half past - 10 zee II they were
coming, aud 40 quarter 10 !, and then at
| | o'clock. After awhile Mary, or David,
or Dewitt would shout Tho wagons
| cnmingl" aud then we would soc IL wind
| ing out OF the woods and over the brook,
aud through tho lane, and up la front 81
| the old farmhouse; aud then We would
rush out, leaving the doon wide open, with
many things 10 tell them, asking them
many questions. Well, my dear breth-
rcn, think we are many OF us
in the Kings wagons, aud We
arc on the way home. The
road IL very bad, and We get on slowly;
but after awhile We will come winding out
OF the woods, aud through the brook Of
death. and mp ia front ol the heavenly
homestead, and our departed kindred, who
have been Watching aud waiting for Ms,
will rush out through the doors and over
the lawn, crying "Iho wagons are com.
ingl The Kings wagons are coming
| llnfkl inc hell OF ilo CITY hulA hltlkth
twelve. Twelve o'clock on earth, aud
likewise il u high noon in heaven.
Docs not the subject OF today take the
gloom out OF the thoughts that would
otherwise be struck through with mid
nigh2 We used 10 think that when w
died We would have 10 ~ nioot, sagginl
down ia the miro. aud the hounds OF ter
ror might got after ~, aud II We gol
through into heaven nj all, We would come
In torn, and wounded and bleeding.
remember when my teeth chartered and
my knees knocked together when | heard
anybody talk about death; but | hay,
como 10 think that the grave will be the
fUiicsl bed ! ever slept tn, and the bottom
of my feet will not be wet with the pas
sago Of the Jordan. Them that sleep IN
Jesus will God bring with Him."
| WIS Wading of Robert Southoy who
said he wished that ho could die far away
from his friends like dog crawling int,
his corner aud dying unobscrvcd. Those
wyrc his Worls. he ID ours to dic ON q
couch surrounded by loved ones, 40 tha
they with a. may hear the glad, sweet
jubilant announcement "lho King
wagons are coming llarkl ! hear then
now. Are they coming for YOU or met
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, school of EIscaiios.
, Mrs Margaret Wiltshire rrivnlc or elias
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