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

charioteer holds up the horses on the one
side--the dust-covered wagons OF the emf
grants stop on the other. Joseph, instead
OF waiting for his father 10 come, leaps out
OF the chariot and jumps into the emf
grants wagon, throws his arms around the
old man, and weeps aloud for past memo
ries and present ioy. The father, Jacob,
can hardly think ii Is his boy. Why, the
smooth brow OF childhood has become q
wrinkled brow, wrinkled with the cares OF
state, and the garb OF the shepherd-boy
has become robe royalty bedizenedl But
MS the old man finds out it is actually
Joseph, see the thin lip culver against
the toothless gum MS he cries out Now
let me die, since have seen thy face; be-
hold. Joseph is yet alive!" The wagons
roll up in front OF the palace. Help out the
grandchildren, and take them in cute the
hot Egyptian sun. Help old Jacob out OF
the wagon. Send word to Pharaoh that the
old shepherd has come. In the royal
apartment Pharaoh and Jacob meet-dg-
nifty and rusticity--the graceiuncss Of the
court and the plain manners OF the field.
The king, wanting to make the old
countryman Mt ease, and seeing how
white his beard is, and how feeble his
step, looks familiarity into his face, and
saws 20 the aged man: GLOW old art
thou?" Give the old man a seat. I'M
load the wagons; drive out the cattle
toward the pastures OF Goshen. Let the
slaves in scarlet kneel and wash the feet of
the newly-arrivsd, wiping them on the
finest linen Of the palace. From vases Of
perfume let the newly-mrived be sprnkled
and refreshed; let minstrels come in with
sandals Of crimson, and thrum the harps,
and clap the cymbals, and jingle the tam
bourines, while We sit down, at this great
distance of time and space, and learn the
lesson OF the Kings wagons.
My friends, we are in n world by sin
famne-struck; but the King IL in constant
communication with us, his wagons COM
ing aud going perpeiually; and in the rest
Of my discourse ] will show you what the
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 raimenL We are apt TO
think of the fields and the orchards rs feed.
ing rs; but who makes the flax grow for
the linen, and the wheat for the bread,
and the wool on the sleeps back2 Oh,
wish We could sec through every grain
field, by every sheep fold, under the trees
OF every orchard, the Kings wagons.
They drive up three times day-morn.
ing, noon and night. They bring fun
from the arctic, they bring fruits from the
tropic, they bring broad from the temper
ate zone. The King looks out. and he
says: There are 200. 600 people "a
bc fell and clothed. So many pounds OF
meat, 80 many barrels Of -four, 80 many
yards OF cloth and linen and flannel, "a
many hats, No many socks, 80 many
Shoes enough for all save that We who
are greedy get moro shoes than
belong 10 us, aud others 60 bare.
footed. Mono but God could feed
and cloihe the world. None but kings
corn-crb couldappcaso the worlds famine.
None but king could tell how many
wagons TO send, and how heavily 30 load
them, and when they are 10 start. They
are coming over the frozen ground today.
DO you not hear their rumbling2 They
will stop at noon at your table. oh, II for
little while they should cease. hunger
would come into the nations, ~ To Utica
when llamilcar bcsicgod il. anda in Jcru-
salem when Ncspasian surrounded il; and
the nations would be hollow-cycd, and
fall upon each other In universal cannibnl-
ism; aud skeleton would drop upon skclc-
ton; aud there would bn no one 10 bury
the dead; and the earth would be field
OF blCaChcd skeletons; aud the birds oI
prov would fall dead, flock after flock
without any Carcasses 10 drvour aud tho
earth in silence would wheel around, ono
great black hearsol Al life stopped be-
cause the Kings wagons are stopped. Oh,
thank God for brcad-lor bread
| remark again, that like those that
came from the Egyptian palace, the King
wagons bring W. good news. Jacob had
not heard from his boy for n great many
ycam Tie never thought Of him hut with
hcar,ache. There was in Jacobs heart
room where lay tho corpse Of his I'm.
buried JOSEPH. and when tho wagon,
came, the Aing's wagons, and told hin
that Joseph was yet alive, ho lainls dead
away. Good news for Jacob Good new.
for as Tho Kings wagons como dow
and tell M that our loscph-Jcsus Is yc
alive, that be has forgiven us because W,
threw him into the pit OF suffering and
the dungeon Of shame. lie has risen from
thence to stand In palace. Tho Bcihlc
hem shcphDrds were awakened nj mid
night hy tho uttlng OF the wagons tha
brought the idings Our JosUph-Josu.
sends us q message Of pardon, oi life, oI
heaven, corn for our hunger, miment tot
our nakcdutss. Joscph-Jcsus il vet nliycI
lgo 10 hunt mp Jesus 80 90 tho vii
LACE of Bethany, aud SAY "Whcrc doe
Mary livcY' They saw "Yondcr Mar,
livca.' ] 60 In. | see whore sho sat ii
the sittingfoom. | 20 out where Mauhi
worked IN the Kitchen, but iind no Jesus
so into Pilates courtroom, aud | fine
the judges and the police and the pris
oncfs box, but mo- Jesus. go into th,
Anma.hCan Cemetery, but the door 4
gone. aud the shrnud Is gone, aud Jcsu
D. gone. by faith look up 10 the King
palace, aud bcholdl ! have found him
Juarph-Jcsua b. stll alive. Glorious ~
lgiun, religion made not ont of death
heads, and crus bones, aud undertaken
scrgw.dnycr, but ono bounding with 100
and sympathy and glalncss. Joseph
yet aliycl
y Know that my ncdcomef liycsi
Whit comfort this sweet scuiUnUr rIV6ai
W Nir it ltr who ono was dyad.
uc lives, my everything Head
"Up live o. grant one daily breath
l. ..'rt. nud shall conquer death.
l.r ..rH mY mansion in pnfHrc.
h1 Ihv io bring mc saiOJ ihcrG
'lir lrH al Glory 90 iiIs namo,
ll. llys. mE Jesus still the tame.
on tU .u,Ui IH. ilH arnirurr ritpf
lfu1w Chat uI Ici,rncr hvcti'
The Kings WAGONS will after awhile M
load, AMI thcy viii turn around, and the
viii 20 back 10 Tie palace, aud ] rcalI
think that You and ] viii 10 with then
The King will not leave %, iu this hmin,
struck world. Tho King bass ordered thi
we be- lifted into the wagons, anil that "
80 over into Goshen. whore There shall 1
paFumgc for our largest nook ui ipy. nu
then We will drive up 10 the palace whci