The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-22
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BRooKLYN DIvINEs SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject. "our Departed Still uiv.
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pupJect' Our Departed Still Iiv.
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TEXT: "dnd iuhen he sac he ,saoons
srhich Joseph had sent to carrg him. ne
spirit Of Jacob their father revived. .And
israel said. * Is enough Joseph, nlu son,
IS yet aiire. 'n-Genesis XIV, 27-2s.
The Egyptian capital was the focus of the
worlds wealth IN ships and barges there
had been brought TO It from India franklin
censei cinnamon, and ivory, and diamonds;
from the North, marble and iron; from
syria, purple and silk. from Greece some of
the finest horses OF the world, and some Of
The most brilliant chariots; and from all the
earth that which could best please the eye,
and charm the ear and crafty the taste.
there were temples aflame with red sand
stone, entered by gateways that were guarded
py pillars bewildering with hieroglyphics,
and wound with brazen serpents, and adorned
Win winged creatures-their eyes, and belks,
ana pinions glittering with precious stones.
1nere were marble columns blooming into
White nower-buds: there were pillars, at the
top bursting into the shape of the lotus when
N Illl bloom Along the avenues, lined with
sphinx, end fane and obelsk. there were
princes who came in gorgeouslv upholstered
palanQuln, carried by servants in scarlet or
elsewhere drawn by vehicles, the snow-white
hcrses. golden -bitted, and six abreast dashing
a. LDttlc were fountains from stone
wreathed vases climbing the ladders of the
light. fou would hear bolt shove, and door
OF brass would open like flash of the sun.
The surrounding gardens were saturated
with odors that mounted the terrace, and
dripped from the arbors, and burned their
-i7eense in the Egyptian HOOD. On floors of
- glories of Pharaoh were spelled
--yry. and beryl, and
qts twisted from
embossed with
fhe7t - y
ale precious stone.
fashioned out Of a
ONE. There were chairs
.sdi .atn the sleek hide Of leop-
HruR 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 sen on a summer day, and look
either way, and there are miles of breakers
white with the ocean foam, dashing shore
ward; 50 it seemed as if thesea OF the worlds
pomp and wealth in the Egyptian capital for
miles aud miles flung itself up into white
prea sers OF marble temple, mausoleum, and
obelisk.
This was the place where Joseph. the shep-
herd boy, was called TO stand next 70 Pharaoh
IN honor What n contrast between this
scene and his humble starting. and the pit
into which his brothers threw him Yet he
was not forgetfui OF his early home; he was
not ashamed of where he came from. The
Bishop Of Mentz, descended from
wheclvright, covered his house
with sFOzfs, and hammers, and
wheels; and the King Of Sicily, IN honor OF
his father, who was a potter. refused to
drink out Of anything but an earthen vessel.
10 Joseph was not ashamed Of his early sur
roundings, or Of his old-time father, or of
his brothers When they came up from the
famine strlcken land 10 get corn from
the Kings corn crib, Joseph, instead
OF Gliding them Tor the way they
IrIu1 IeH -. Al
back with wagons, which Pharaoh furnished,
laden with corn: and old Jacob, the father,
In the very same wagons, was brought back,
TINT Joseph, the son, might see him, and
give him comfortable home all the rest of
his days.
Well. I hear the wagons. the Kings wagons,
rumbiing down in front Of the palace. On
the outside Of the palace 10 see the wagons
60 or, stands HharC6h in royal robes; and
beside him Prime Minister Joseph with
chain OF gold around his neck, and on his
hand ring given by Pharaoh to him. so
thas any time he wanted TO stamp the
royal seal upon document be could do
20. Wagon after wagon rolls on down
from the palace, laden with corn
and meat, and changes of raiment and
every thing that could belp a fsmine-struck
people. One day / see aged Jacob seated in
froat OF his house. He IS possibly thinking
OF ms absent boys sons, however old they
get are never 20 Q. father any more than
boys; and while he IS seated there. he sees
dust arising, ard he hears wagons rumbing.
and Re wonders what Is coming now, for
tins whole land had been sInitten with the
famine. and IVES in silence But after
while the wagons have come near enough,
and he sees MS SONS on the wagons,
and before they come quite up, they shout
Joseph IS yet alivein The Old man faintf,
dezdaETAE. i DO not wonder at it. Thsf
Joys tel lbs silfy- r0s-Ihat the 1u1, n !
l0ng-absent Joseph, has got 70 be the hrss
man in the Egyptian palace. While they
unload the wagons. the wan and wasted
creatures IN the neigh5orhood come up and
ask for handful OF corn, and they are salts
one DAY the wagons are brought up, for
Jacob the old father, is about to 20 to see
Joseph in the Egyptian palace. You know it
Is st a verv easy thing TO transplant an old
tree, and Jacob has hard work to get away
from the place where he has lived 50 long.
He bids goodbye to the old place,
ard leaves his blessing with the
neighbors, and then his sons steady
him, while he, determined 10 help himself
gets into the wagon, stiff. old and de-
erepit Yonder they 90, Jacob and his sons,
ahd their wives, and their children, eighty
two in all. followed by herds and iocks,
which the herdsmen drive along. They are
going out from famine to luxuriance; they
aro going from plain country home to the
fiHssl paIace utsdsr the sun Joseph, the
Prime Minister, gets in his chariot,
and drives down % meet the old
man Joseph's eharioteer holds up
the horses on one side-the dust-coTered
wagons OF the emiErants 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 Il is his boy. Why,
TIE smooth brow Of childhood has
become q wriHkled brow, wrinkled
with the cares of state. and the
royalty bedinenedi But as the old man finds
cut it is actually Joseph. l see the thin lip
quiyer against the tOothless gum as he cries
nut; Nov let me die. SINE / have seen
thy face: behold joseph is yet alive" The
wagons roll up in front Of the palace. Help
ouI the grandchildren, and take Them in out
Of the hot Egyptian sun. HELD old Jacob
ont Of the wagon. Send word TO Pharaoh
that the old shepherd has come. IN tn royal
apartment Pharaoh and Jacob meet-dig-
nifty and rusticity-.hs gracefuiness Of the
curt and tho plain manners OF the
feld The King. wanting to make the
old couniryman at ease, and seeing how
white bis beard is. and how feeble his step,
looks familiarly into his face, and says TO
re aged man: -HoW old art thouf" Give
the Oil man a seat Unload the wagons;
drive out thu. cattle toward the pastures of
Va .the feet Of the neWly-arrived, wip-
Ing pa on the finest linen OF the palace
From lses Of perfume let the uswly-arriyed
ia and refreshed; let Ministries
Is OF crimson and thrum
cymhais and Jingle
esst-fOWn. at this
f--cC. and leara
fgols.
sh a world by sin
x. Uut the King is IL constant
.---dlinGnication with Us, his wagoi.s coming
and gong perpefunlly; and in the rest Of my
discourse ! viii show you what the wagons
bring and what they take back.
IN the first place, ike those that came from
The Egyptian palace, the Kings wagons now
bring Us corn and meat, and many changes
Of Tainieat We are apt to think Of the
fields and the orchards as feeding US; but
wnomakes the fax grow FOR the linen and
the wheat for the bread, and the wool on the
sleeps haeki Or, wish we could see through
every grain field, by every sheep fold, under
tne trees Of every orchard, the Kings
Wagons They drive up three times day
morning noon, and night. They bring furs
from TIC Arctic, they bring fruits from the
trof'e, they bring bread from the