Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-12-20

of life of heaven. corn for our hunger. raj
ment for our naktdness. Joseph-Jesus is yei
alivel
/ 80 to hunt mp Jesus. ] 60 TO the villag,
OF eihany, und SAY; Nv here does Nary
lver They say; "Yonder Mary lives /
go in. ! see where she sat IN the sitting
room. ! go out where Martha worked in
the Kitchen. hut | find no Jesus | 20 into
Pilates court room. and | find tie Judges
and the p lice and the prisoners box,
but no JtsEs. ! 90 into the Arimathean
cemetery: lut the door is gone, and
the shroud is gone. nnd Jesus is gone.
by faith look upto The Kings palace. and
behold ! have round him Joseph Jesus is
still alivel Glorious religions religion made
not out Of deaths eads, and cross bones,
and undertskers scrcwdrNer, hut one
bounding with life. and ~ mpathy and glad
ness Joseph is yet alive.
al know that my Redccmcr lives.
What comfort tins sweet sentence givesl
He lives, lie lives. who once was dead.
lie lives, my everything lead
lie lives to grant me daily breath,
lie lives, and shall conquer death.
lie lives my mansion TO prepare,
lie lives to bring me safely there.
"IIe lives all glory to His name;
lie lives, my Jesus. sim the same.
oh, the sweet JOY this sonteree gves,
know that my Rcdeemef iyesi"
The Kings wagons will after while I'M
load, and they will turn around and they
will go back 10 the palace, and | really think
that you and j will 20 with them The King
will not leave. Us IN this famine-stricken
world. The King Las ordered that
we be lifted into the wagons, and that we
go over into Goshen where there shall be pas
iurage for our lnrgest flock of Joy, and then
we will drive up to the palace, where there
are glories awaiting us which will melt all
the of HpXnflan mprHlp into toruaflllt-
ness.
| think that the Kings wagons win take
us up to see our los. friends. jacobs chief
anticipation was not seeing the Nile. nor OF
seeing the long co.onnades Of architectural
beauty nor of seeing the throne room There
was a focus to all his journeyngs, u all his
anticipations; and that was Joseph. Well my
friends, / do not think heaven would lie
worth much if our brother Jesus was not
there If there were two heavens, the one
with all the pomp and paraphernalia OF an
eternal monarchy, but no Christ, and tine
other were PLAIN heaven, humblY matched
with few daisies in the yard, and Christ
were there would say: LET the Kings
wagons take me up to the old farmhouse
If Jesus were not in heaven. there would
he no music there; there would be but few
people there; they would be off looking for
the lost Christ, crying through the universe;
"Where is Jesusl where is JesusW and
after they had found him, with loving
violence they would take him and bear him
through the gates and il would be the great
est day known in heaven within the memory
of the Oldest inhab tant Jesus never went
Of from heaven but once, and He was so
badly treated on that excursion they will
never let Him 60 again.
oh. the Joy of meeting our brother. Jo-
seph-Jesus. After we have talked about Him
for ten, or fifty, or seventy year,, to talk
with Him. and to clasp hands with the hero
OF the ages; not crouchins 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
Saviour, or Redeemer. or friend; but when
we throw our arms around Him in eyerlast-
ing embrace. we will want some new name OF
endearment lean think of what we shall do
through the long ages Of eternity; but
what We shall do the first minute I cannot
guess In the first flash of His countenance,
in the first rush Of our emotions, what we
shall do | cannot imagine Oh, the over
whelming glory of the first sixty seconds IN
heaven! Methinks we will just stand, and
look, and look, and look
The Kings wagons took Jacob up to see his
lost 10y, and so really think that the Kings
wagons will take us up to see our lost KIM
dred. How long is it since Joseph went out
of your households How many years is 1t
now last Christmas, or the fourteenth OF
next month"; 1t was dark night when he
burial: and the clouds wept with you, and
the winds sighed for the dead. The bell at
Greenwoo1's gate rang only few moments,
but your heart has been tolling. tolling, ever
since You have been under de-
fusion, like Jacob OF old You have
bought that Joseph was dead. fou
mt his name first in the birth record
n the family Bible and then you put
IL in the death-recor1 of the family Bible,
and YOU have been deceived. Joseph Is vet
alive. He is more alive than you are; VI an
the sixteen thousand millions of children that
statisticians say have gone into the Iuture
world, there is not one of them dead, ana the
Kings wagons viii take you up 10 sec
them. You often think how glad you VIII De
10 soc them. Have you never thought, my
brother, my sister, how glad they WIZ 90 70
see youi Jacob was no more glad 70 see
Joseph than Joseph was to see JACOB.
Every time the door in Heaven opens, thsy
lock TO see if it is you coming 10. joseph,
once standing in the palace, burst on. cr1ius
when he thought of Jacob-afsr on anu
the heaven of your little ones VIII n0s 20
fairly begun until you get there. Al lno
kindnesses shown them by lmmnrtais VII my
make them forget you There they alS s.
the radiant thrOngs that went guy
from your homes I throw KISS 70 the
sweet darlings They are all Wen 10y n9's
in the palace The crippled Sn i.s
has a sound foot now. a hees
lame child saws: ma, will ! be lame m
heavenyn saNo. my darling, you won't DC
lame in heaven A little sick child says.
Ma, will be sick in heaven 90 ny
dear, you won't be sick in heavens a
little blind child says: Ma. viii be bllno IN
heavenr' No, my dear, you won us oAi'.-
in heaven They are all well there -.
in my boyLood. for some time " - -.
three miles from church, and on stormy DAYS