The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13


neighbors, and then his sons steady
him, while he, determined to help
himself, gets into the wagon, sti6,
old and decrepit. Yonder they 10,
Jacob and his sons, and their wives,
and their children, eighty-two In ell,
followed by herds and Aoc1s, which
the herdsmen drive along. They are
going out from famine to luxuriance;
they are going from q plain country
horne to the finest palace under the
sum- Joseph, the prime minister, gets
in his chariot, and drives down to
meet the old man. Joseph's chariot
eer holds up the horses on the one
side-the dust 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 emigrants' wagon,
throws his arms around the old 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 Be
come wrinkled brow, wrinkled with
| the cares Of state, and the garb Of the
bedizenedi But as the old man finds
out it is actually Joseph, I 50 the thin
lip culver against the toothless gum
have seen thy face; behold Joseph
is yet alivei" The wagons roll up in
front Of the palace. Help out the
grandchildren, and take them In out
of the hot Egyptian sum- Help old
Jacob out of the wagon. Send word
to Pharaoh that the old shepherd has
come. In the royal apartment Pha-
raoh and Jacob dignity and
rusticity, tho gracefulncss Of the court
and tho plain manners of tie field.
| Tho king, wanting to make the old
countrymnn at case and seeing how
white his beard is, and how feeble his
step, looks familiarly into his face,
and says to the aged man: ''How old
art thou" Give the old man a seat
Unload the wagons; drive out the
cattle toward the pastures of Goshen.
Let the slaves in scarlet knccl and
wash the feet of tho newly arrived,
wiping them ON the finest linen OF. the
palace. From vases of perfume let the
newly arrived be sprinkled and re-
freshed; let minstrels cono in with
sandals of crimson, and thrum the
harps, and clap the cymbals, and jingle
tho tambourines, while we sit down,
ct this great distance of time and
space, and learn the lesson of the
kings wagons.
My friends, we are in world by sin
famine struck; but the King is in con-
slant communication with us, lis
wagons coming and going perpctu:
ally; and In tho rest of my discourse /
will show you what tho wagons bring
and what they take back.
In the first place, like those that
came from the Egyptian palace, the
Kings wagons now bring us corn and
meat and many changes of raiment
We are apt to think Of the fields and
tho orchards as feeding US; but who
makes the flax grow for the linen, and
the wheat for tho bread, and the wool
on the sleeps back2 Oh, wish we
could see through every grain field
by every sheep fold, under the trees
of every orchard, the Kings wagons
They drive up three times a day
morning, noon and night. They bring
furs from the arctic, they bring fruits
from the tropic, they bring bread from
the temperate zone. The King looks
out, and he says: ''There are twelve
hundred millions Of people to be fed
and clothed. So many pounds of
meat, so many barrels of -four, SO
many yards of cloth and linen and
flannel, 10 many hats, so many soclcs,
SO many shoes" enough for all, save
that we who are greedy get more shoes
than belong to us, and others go bare
footed. None but God could feed and
clothe the world. None but a king s
corn crib could appease the worlds
famine, None but king could tell
how many wagons to send, and how
heavily to load them, and when they
are to start. They are coming over the
frozen ground today. Do you not
hear the;S rumbling1 They will stcr
at noon at your table. Oh, if for a
little while they should cease, hunger
would come into the nations, as tc
Utica when Hanlilcar besieged it, and
as in Jerusalem when Vespasian sur
rounded it; and the nations would be
hollow eyed and fall upon each Other
in universal canuibalisr1; and skeleton
would drop upon skeleton; and there
would be no one to bury the dead; and
tho earth would be q field Of bleached
skeletons; and the birds Of prey would
fall dead, flock after flock, without
any carcasses 10 devoup; and the eartf
in silence would wheel around, one
great black hearsei All life stopped
because the Kings wagons are stopped
Oh. thank God for bread-for bread
JACOB HEARS GOOD NEWS.
] remark again, that like those tha
came from the Egyptian palace. thu
Kings wagons bring us good news
Jacob had not heard from his boy fol
a great many years. He mover though
, of him but with q heart ache. There
was in Jacobs heart q room where 10y
the corpse of his unburied Joseph; ant
when the wagons -came, the king
, wagons, and told him that Joseph wa
) yet alive, he faints dead away. Goot
) news for Jacobl Good news for Us
, The Kings wagons come down ant
tell us that our Joseph-Jesus is ye
alive; that hc has forgiven us becaus'
we threw him into the pit OF suffering
! and the dungeon of shame. He hos riser
! from thence to stand in o palace. Th
/ Bethlehem shepherds were awakenct
5 at midnight by ti.o rattling of th'
$ wagons that brought the tidings. Gu
, Joseph-Jesus sends us message o
+: pardon, of life, of heaven; corn fo
/ our hunger, raimcnt for our naked
t ness Joseph-Jesus is still alive!
60 to hunt up Jesus. l go to tn
! village Of Bethany, end say; "Whcr
, docs Mary liver" They say: "Yon
. der Mary lives" leo in. see wher
$ she sat in the sitting room. ! 90 ou
< wherc Martha worked in the kitchen
Q but find no Jesus. ! go into Plate
court room, and l find the judges ant
the police and the prisoners box; bu
no Jesus. / go info tho Arimatheal
!, cemetery, but the door is gone, AM
= the shroud is gone, and Jesus is gone
y BY faith look up to the Kings palace
and behold have found himl Joseph
> Jesus is still alivei Glorious religion
y religion made net out of death
! heads, and cross b:nes, and under
takers screw driver. but one bound