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

como, leaps out of the chariot and
jumps into. the emigraids' wagon,
throws his arms around the old man,
and weeps aloud for past memories
nnd present JOY. Tho father, jacob,
can hardly think it is his boy. Why,
isthc smooth brow of childhood llas be
come o wrinlllcd brow, wrinllled with
the cares of state, and tho garb of tho
shepherd boy has become robe royalty
sbedizened But as the old man finds
Quit is actually Joseph, l see the thin
lip CULVER against tho toothlcss gum
as he cries out: Nov let mo die, since
III havo seen thy face; behold Joseph
is yet alivcl" The wagons roll up in
front of the palace. Help out the
grandchildren, and take them in out
Eof tho hot Egyptian sun. Help old
Ito Pharaoh that the old shepherd has
come In tho royal apartment Pha-
|sraoh and Jacob mcct-dignity and
srusticity, the graccfulness Of tho court
land the plain manners OF the field;
Tho king, wanting to mako the old
|s.countrynian at ease, and seeing how
white his: beardis, and how feeble his
lssstep, looks Familiarity into his face.
Ihlnel sayst to the aged man: GLOW old
Give tho old man seat.
Unload the wagons; drive out the
fcattle toward the pastures of Goshen:
IsLet the slaves in scarlet kncel and
|sWash the feet of the newly arrived,
wiping them on the finest linen of the
palace. From vases of perfume let the
newly arrived DO splinlzled and re-
freshed; let MINISTRIES come i'll with
sandals of crimson, and thruna the
Eharps, and clap the cymbals, and Jingle
1.-The tambourines, while we sit down,
Eat this great distance of time and
sspace, and learn the lesson of the
|EHng's wagons
B. Ny friends, we are in world by sin
famine struck; but the King is in con-
sstant communication with us, his
wagons coming and going perpetu-
Tally; and in the rest of my discourse l
Twill show you what the wagons bring
sand what they take back.
L In the first place, like those that
Ecame 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
the orchards as feeding us; but who
makes the flax grow for the linen, and
7 the wheat for the bread, and the wool
ION the sleeps back2 Oh, [ wish we
could see through every grain field,
by every sheep fold, under the trees
iof every orchard, tho Kings wagons.
They drive up three times day
5morning, noon md night. They bring
Efurs from tho arctic, they bring fruits
from the tropic, they bring bread from
the temperate zone. The King looks
;out, and he says: There arc twelve
.hundred millions of people to be fed
and clothed. So many pounds Of
meat, so many barrels of flour, SO
many yards of cloth and linen and
flannel, SO many hats, SO many socks,
so many shoes" enough for all, save
that VIC who are greedy get more shoes
than belong to US, and others go bare
footed. None but God could feed and
clothe tho world. Mono but'a kings
corn crib could appeaso the worlds
famine. None buta king could tell
how many wagons to send, and how
heavily to load them, and when they
isre to Start. They are coming over the
frozen ground today. Do you not
hear their rumbling2 They will stop
at noon at your table. Oh, if for
little while they should cease, hunger
would como into the nations, as to
Utica when Halnilcar besicged it, and
as in Jerusalem when Vespasian srr-
rounded it; and tho nations would be
hollow eyed and fall upon ccch other
in universal cannibalism; and skeleton
would drop upon skeleton; and there
would be no one to bury the dead and
tho earth would be field Of bleached
skeletons; and the birds of prey would
fell dead, flock after flock, without
any carcasses 10 devour; and the earth
in silence would wheel around, one
great black hcarse! All life stopped
because the Kings wagons are stopped.
Oh, thank God for brcad-for bread
JACOB HEARS GOOD NEWS.
remark again, that like those that
came from the Egyptian palace, the
Kings wagons bring lis good news.
Jacob had not heard from his boy for
great many years. He never thought
Of him but with heart ache. There
was iii Jacobs heart room where lay
tho corpse of his unburied Joseph; and
when tho wagons came, tho kings
wagons, and told hin that Joseph wc5
vet alive. he faints deed away. Good
news for Jacob! Good ncws for US!
The Kings wagons como down and
tell us that our Joscpll-Jesus is yet
alive; That lie has forgiven us bccause
VIC threw him into tho pit of suffering
and 1.-The dungeon Of shame. He has risen
from thence to stand in Il palace. The
bethlehem shepherds were awakened
at midnight by The rafting of tho
wagons that brought the tidings. Our
Joscph-J Jesus sends Us u message OF
pardon, Of lie, of heaven; corn for
our hunger, rlin,cnt for or naked
Hess. Joscph-Jcsus is still alircI
Igo TO hunt Up c5us. | 60 to the
village OF Bethany, and say: 'Nhero
docs Nary ivc2" They say: "Yon-
der Mary lives" SO in. l sec whcro
she sat in the sitting room. l go cut
where Martha worked in the kitchen,
but ind no Jesus. I GO into Pilates
court rcom and l find the judges and
the police and the prisoners hoX, but
no Jesus. go into the Arilllatheall
cemetery, but the door il gone, end
the siiroud is gone, and Jesus is conc.
By faith 1 look up L, the l-ings palace,
and behold | have found him! Joseph
Jesus is still alivcl Glorious religion,
q religion mode rot out OF deaths
heads, end cross homes, and undor-
takers screw driver, but one bound
ing with life, and sympathy, and glad
ness. Joseph is yet alivel
know tAat my Rcdecmcr lives,
What comfort this sweet sentence givcsi
He lives, he lives, who once was dead,
Hc lives nv ever living head.