News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-20
SUNDAYS SERMON,
ONE OF REV. DIR TALMAGES
S TERLING DISCOURSES.
Subject" Our Departed Still Liv
ing"

Subj Get" Our Departed Still Liy-
TEXT: "And 1ca"n he sao the ,cagons
,0h'ch Joseph had sem, TO CARR him. The
spirit Of Jacob their father reriUed. Ind
Israel Sold: 1T is enough. Joseph, mn son.
IS yet di1re. '"-Genesis XIV, 27-2s.
The Egyptian capital was the focus of the
worlds wealth. in ships and Iarges there
had Teen brought to it from India franklin
cehSe, cinnamon, and ivory, and diamonds;
| from the North, marble and iron. from
Syria, rurp'e and silk; from Greece some of
the finest horses of the world, and some of
! the most fIillant chariOtS; and from all the
earth that which could best Please the eve
| and charm the car and crafty the taste
There were temples ahame with red sand
stone. entered by gateways that were Guarded
| by pillars bewilierng with hierogIynhics
ana wound with braZen serpents, and adorned
with wlnge1 creatures-their ewes and he ks
and pinions glittering with precious stones
There were marble columns bloomino into
| white nower-buds; there were pillars at the
top bursting into the shape of the lotus when
IN full boom Along the avenues, lined with
| sphinx, and fane and o5elisk there were
| princes who came III gr rgeousIy unhoIsteret
| palanquin, carried by servants in Scarlet or
elsewhere drawn by vehicles, the snow-white
| horses, golden bltted, and six abreast dashing
Stone
wreathei vases cl mbing the ladders of the
| light. Oh would rear a bolt shove and a door
! OF brass would open like a fash of the SUM-
| The surrounding gardens wore saturated
with odors that mounted the terrace. and
dripp from the arEors and hurned their
incense in the Egypt an noon, On cCors of
mosaic the glol les of Pharaoh were spelled
out in letters of porphyry and heryi. and
fame There were. ornaments twisted from
the wood cod, OF t9e st. arisk embossed with
;t ssls made PSssieas stone $SS
crouched lion in bronze. There were chairs
spotted with the sleek hide of leop-
ards There were sofas footed with the
claws of wild beasts, and armed with the
beaks OF birds. As you stand on the level
beach of the sea on q summer day, an look
either way, and there are miles of breakers,
white with the ocean foam, dashlnS shore
| ward 20 it seemed as if the sea or tile world S
pomp and wealth in the Egyptian capital for
miles and miles flung itself Up into white
breakers of marble temple mausoeuln' anu
obeliS5.
This was the place where Joseph, the Shep-
herd bov. was called TO stand next to Pharaoh
in honor " hat contrast between this
scene and his humble starting, and the PIT
into which his brothers threw him. 1e6 he
was not forgetful of his early home; he was
not ashamed of where he came from. i he
Bishop of Mentz, descended from
a wheclvright. covered his house
with spokes, and hammers, and
wheels; and the King of Sicily, IN honor OF
his father, who was potter, refused 10
drink out of anything but an earthen vessel
So Joseph was not ashamed OF his early sur.
roundings, or of his od-time father, or OF
his br therS When they came up from the
faminestricken land TO, get corn from
the Kings corn crib, Joseph, instead
of chiding them for the way they
had matreated and abused him, sent them
ba5 k with wagons which Pharaoh furnished,
laden with corn: and old Jacob, the father,
in the very same wagons, was brought back,
that Joseph. the son, might see him, and
give him a comfortable home all the resi- OF
| his days
Well, hear the wagons the Kings wagons,
rumbng down in front Cf the palace. On
the outside of the palace to see the wagons
go of, stands Fharcah i'll royal robes; and
beside him Prime Minister Joseph, with
; chain of gold around his neck, and on his
hand a ring given by Pharaoh to him, so
that any time lie wanted to stamp The
royal Sc II upon a document lie could do
So Wagon after wagon rolls Oh down
from tire Palace, laden with corn
: and meat, and changes of raiment, and
!, every thing that could help n fam:ne-struck
reople One day see aged Jacob seated in
front of his house flo is possibly thinking
of his absent boys sons however old they
yet are never TO a fsthrr any more than
boys; an while he IS seated there, he sees
} dust arising, and he bears wagons rpmo!lng
|
the whole land had been smitten with the
, famine, and WIS in silence But after a
while the wagons have come near enough,
and he sees his sons on the wagons,
and before they comsGute up, they shout:
Joseph is yet ahve The od man faints
2ead away. do not wonder at it. The
boys tel the story how that the boy, the
,ong-absent Joseph has got to be the first
man ill the Egypt pa'a e. While they
unload the wagons the wan and wasted
, creatures in the neighborhooi come up AMI
ask for handful of corn and they are salts
q fed ---------
Jacob, the old father, itabout TO go to see
Joseph in the Egyptian L'iSce. You know it
is not very easy thinss9 tran, transplant an old
from the pace where p has lived SO iong.
He bids goodbye the old place
and leaves his losing with the
ncighbors, and them hi; sons steady
him, while he, Determined to help himself
gets into the wagon, uif. old and de-
crepit Yonder they 60 Jacob and his sons
and their wives, and their children, eighty
two in all, followed by herds and fo2ks
which the herismen drive along. They are
going out from famine TO Insurance; they
are going from plain country homo to tha
| finest palace under the sun Joseph the
lrime Minister, gets in his chariot,
and drives down to meet the old
man. Josephs charioteer holds ND
the horses on enc side-the dust-covered
wagons of the Cmi@rart' stop on the other.
joseph, instead OF waiting tor h S father to
| come, leaps out of tho chariot and Jumps
into the en- grants wagon, throws his arms
| al ound the cd man, and weeps aloud for
past memories and present low The father.
jacob, can hardly think it is his hoy. Why,
the smooth brow of childhood has
with the cares of state. and the
| garb of the shepherd boy has become n robe
royalty bedZenedl But as the old man finds
out it is actually Joseph see the thin lip
] ,,,-tt Ea fnN Ii1r
out Now let me die, since l have seen
| thy face: behold Joseph is yet aive!" The
! wagons roll up in front of the palace. Help
out the grandchildren, and take them in out,
| of the hot Egyptian sun. Help old jacob
| out of the wagon. Send word to Pharaoh
| that the old shepherd has come. In tn royal
| apartment Pharaoh and Jacob meet-dig-
nifty and rlsti>ity-the gracefulness of the
court and the PAIN manners of the
! field The King wanting to make the
| old Couniryman at ease, and seeing how
white his beard is, and how feeble his step,
looks familiar.y 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 catt toward the ASSURES of
Goshen. Let the slaves III scarlet kneel and
wash the feet of the neWly-arrived, WHIP
ing them on tine finest lEen of the palace
From vases of perfume let the newly arrived
be sprinkled and refreshed; let Ministries
come in with sandals of crimson, and thrum
the harps, and clap the cymL ais, and jingle
the tambourineS while We t down at this
great distance of time and space, and learn
the lesson of the Kings wagons.
My friends, are in a world by sin
famine struck: but the King is in constant
communication with us, his wagons coming
and going perpetually; and i'll 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 ralment We are apt to think of the
fields and the orchards as feeding Us; but
who makes the lax ssFE.'s;-su or the linen and
the wheat for the bread, and the wool on the
sleeps back: Oh, wish We could soc through
every grain field, by every sheep fold, under
the trees of every orchard. the King;s
wagons. They drive up three times n davD
morning, noon, and night. They brine fnrs
from the Arctic they bring fruits from ths
tropic, they bring bread from the
temperate zone. The King looks omt
and he says: There are tveluo
hundred millions of people to be fed
and clothed, So many pounds of meat, so |
many barrels Of flour, many Yards Of |
cloth, and linen AMI flannel so many hats |
SO many socks, SO many shoes" enough for |
all save that we who are gree ly get more |
shoes than belong to us, and others go |
barefooted. None but a God could fae1 and |
clothe the world None but a Kings corr
crib could appease the worlds fannie None
but King could tell how many WAGONS 70
SEND. and how heavily to load them ami tvbsn
Ln5y are to start Ihav 60 z'.:.e-