The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-22

and tell US that our Joseph-jesus is vet
alive; that He has forgiven us because we
threw Him into the pit of suffering and the
dungeon Of shame. He has risen from thence to
stsnd in palace. The Bethlehem shepherds
were awakened at midnight by the rafting Of
tn, wagons that brbaght the tidings Our
Joseph-Jesus sends US a message Of pardon,
of life, OF heaven; corn for our hunger, raj
m,'nt for our nakednesz- Joseph-Jesus IS yet
aivel
] 60 to hunt up Jesus. go to the village
Of Bethany, and say: ''Where does Mary
lisel" They say: "Yonder Mary livesn
go In. | see where she sat in the sitting
ropm. 60 out where Martha worked in
ths kitchen, but l find no Jesus. / 20 into
Pilates courtroom, and 1 find the judges
ard the p1lee and the prisoners box,
but no Jesus 1 go into the Arimsthean
cemetery; but the door is gone, and
the shroud is gone, and Jesus is gone.
BY faith look upto the Kings palace; and
behold l have found himl Joseph-Jesus is
still alivel Glorious religions religion made
net out OF deaths heads, and cross-bones,
and undertaker's screw-driver, but one
bounding with life, and sympathy and glad
ness. Joseph is yet alivel
81 know that my Redeemer lives.
what comfort this sweet sentence giveal
lie lives, He lives who once was dead
lie lives, my everything Head
BE lives 10 grant me daily breath,
lie lives, and shall conquer death
lie lives my mansion to prepare,
BE lives to bring me safely there.
& he lives. all glory to His name;
lie lives. my Jesus. still the same.
oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives,
know that my Redeemer iiyesl"
The Kings wagons will after while I'M
load, and they will turn around, and they
Will 60 back to the palace, and l really think
llst You ll9g - J ~ Lae Alng
world. The King has ordered that
we be lifted into the wagons, and that We
go over into Goshen where there shall be pas
turage for our largest flock of Joy, and then
we will drive up 10 the palace, where there
are glories awaiting US which will melt ell
the SHOW OF Egyptian marble into forgetful-
ness
/ think that the Kings wagons will take
US up TO see our lost friends. Jacobs chief
anticipation was not seeing the Nile, nor of
seeing the long coionnades Of architectural
/ beauty, nor of seeing the throne-room. There
was focus to all his journeyings, to all his
anticipations; and that was Joseph. Welltmy
] friends l do not think heaven would be
! worth much if our b her Jesus was not
/ there. If there were t. heavens, the one
with all the pomp and paraphernalia of an
eternal monarchy, but no Christ, and the
other were plain heaven, humbly matched,
with few daisies in the yard, and Christ
were there would say: "Les the Kings
wagons take me up to the old farmhouse
II Jesus were not in heaven, there would
be 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 JesusN and
Z after they had found him. with loving
violence they would take him and bear him
through the gates; and it would be the great
est day known in heaven within the memory
Of the Oldest inhabitant. Jesus never went
OF from heaven but once, and He was so
badly treated on that excursion they will
never let Him go again.
Oh, the Joy of meeting our brother. Jo-
! seph-Jesusi After we have talked about Him
for ten, or fifty, or seventy years, TO talk
with HIM, and to clasp hands with the hero
/ OF the ages; not crouching as underlings in
| His presence. but, as Jacob and Joseph, hug
/ each other. We viii 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 everiast-
] ing embrace. We VIII want some new name Of
endearment lean think of what we shalldc
through the long ages Of eternity; but
/ what we shall do the first minute | 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
! heavenl Methinks we will Just stand, and
! look, and look. and look.
The Kings wagons took Jacob up TO see his
4 lost 10y, and so really think that the Kings
] wagons viii take Us up to See our lost KIN
I bred How long IS it since Joseph went out
/ of your household! How many years is it
now last Christmas, or the fourteenth of
next month"; twas dark night when he
died, and a storrny day il was at the
burial; and the clouds wept with you, and
the winds sighed for the dad. Tse bell at
Greeli~ OOI gate fyfnss ufriy fev.-fssOsifsfFts
but your bI7-s has been tolling, tolling, ever
since You have been under a de-
fusion, Ike Jacob of old. You have
thought that Joseph was dead Yon
put his name first in the birth-record
Of the family Bible, and then you put
il in the death-recnrd of the family Bible,
and you have been deceived. Joseph is yet
alive He is more alive than you are. OF all
the sixteen thousand millions OF children that
ssatisticians say have gone into tue future
world. there IS not one Of them dead, and the
Kings wagons will take you up TO see
thera. You often think how glad you viii be
/ TO SIZE them. Have you never thought, my
I brother, my sister, how glad they viii be 70
/ see your Jacob was no more glad to see
I Joseph than Joseph was to see Jacob.
I Every time the door in Heaven opens, they
4 look to see if it IS YOU coming IN Joseph,
once staining in the palace, burst out crying
when he thought Of Jaeob-afar off. ADd
1 the heaven OF your iifrie ones VIII not ps
] ntEun Until 0u ESN AuGAD- Al NAD
1 kindnesses shown them by immortals Will not
make them forget YOU There they are,
the Radiant throngs that went out
/ from your homesi l throw a kiss to the
sweet darlings They are all well now
in the palace. The crippled child
has a sound foot now. A little
lame child says: Ma, will I be lame in
heayenr NO, my darling, you won't be
lame in heaven A little sick child says:
MA, will be sick in heaven NO, my
dear, you won't be sick IN heavenn A
little blind child says: Ma, viii be blind IN
heaIenF' No, my dear, you won't be blind
in haven They are all well there.
in my boyhood. for some time we lived
three miles from church, and on stormy days
the children staid at nome, but father and
mother always went to church; that was
habit they had On those stormy Sabbaths
when we staid at home, the absence Of our
pareats seemed very much protracted,
for the roads were very had, and they
could not get on very fast SO We
would 20 to the window at twelve
o'cl2sk 10 sec il they were coming,
and then we would 90 at balf-past twelve to
see If they were coming, and at quarter 70
one, and then at one O'Clock. After a while,
Naf-y. or David, or Dewitt would shout:
''The wagons comingn and then we would
see il winding out OF the WOODS,
and over the brook, and through
the lane, and up in front OF
the Old farmhouse and then we WOulQ
rush out, leaving the doors wide open, with
many things 70 tell them, asking them
many questions. Well, my dear breth-
rem, think we are many Of US in the Kings
wagons, and we are on the way home. The
road is very bad, and we get on slowly; but
after n while we VIII come winding out Of
the woods, and through tie brook Of death,
and up ia front OF the cd Heavenly home
stead; and our departed kindred, who have
feen waiting and watching for US, will rush
cut through the doors and over the lawn,
crying: The wagons are conlingi the Kings
wagons are comingr' Harki the bell Of the
City Hali strikes twelve Twelve O'Clock on
earth, and likewise it is high noon in heaven.
Does not the subject of to-day take the
gloom out Of the thoughts that would other
wise bs struck through with midnight We
use to think that when We died we would
have ID go afoot, sagging down in the mire,
and the hounds Of terror might get after US
andif we got throagh into Heaven at ALL We
would come in torn, and wounded, and bleed
ing. remember when my teeth chartered
and my knees knocked together when heard
anybody talk about death; but ] have come
to think that the grave will be the sOftest
bed ever slept in, and the bottom Of my
feet viii not be wet with the passage Of the
Jordan. Them that sleep in Jesus will God
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