The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-13

uers Anchises, his father. The Athen-
fans punished with death any unfilial
conduct. There goes beautiful Ruth es-
oorting venerable Naomi across the des-
ert amid the bowling of the wolves and
the barking of the jackals. John Law
renee, burned at the stake In Oolohes.
ter, was cheereds in the flames by his
children, who said, 30 God, strength.
en- thy servant and keep thy promised"
And Christ in the hour Of excruciation
provided for his old mother. Jacob kept
his resolution. II will go and see him
before die, and little while after
we find them walking the tessellated
floor Of the palace, Jacob and Joseph,
the prime minister proud of the shep-
herd.
l may say In regard to the most Of
you that your parents have probably
visited you for the last time or will
soon pay you such visit, and have
wondered if they will ever visit you in
the Kings palace. ooh, you say, IT
am in the pit of sinr' Joseph was in
the pit. "Oh, you say,"I am in the
prison of mine iniquityp' Joseph was
once in prison. "Oh, you say, II didn't
have fair chance. was denied ma
ternal kindnessr' Joseph was denied
maternal attendance. "Oh," you say,
II am far away from the land of my
nativity" Joseph was far from home.
"Oh, !" you say. II have been betrayed
and exasperatedp Did not Joseph's
brethren sell him to passing Ishmael-
itish caravan Yet God brought him to
that emblazoned residence, and if you
will trust his grace in Jesus Christ you,
too, will be empalaced.
Oh, what day that will be when
the old folks come from an adjoining
mansion in heaven and find you amid
the alabaster pillars of the throneroom
and living with the King! They are
coming up the steps now, and the epau-
leted guard Of the palace rushes In and
says your fathers coming! Your
mothers ooming!" And when under
the arches of precious stones and ON the
pavement of porphyry you greet each
other the scene will eclipse the meeting
ON the Goshen highway when Joseph
and Jacob fell on each others neck and
wept good while.
Immortal Symmetry.
But, oh, how changed the old folks
will bel Their cheek smoothed into the
flesh Of little child. Their stopped
posture lifted into immortal symmetry.
Their foot now SO feeble, then with the
sprightliness Of bounding roe as they
shall say to you, "A spirit passed this
way from earth and told us that you
were hayward and dissipated after we
left the world, but you have repented,
our prayer has been answered, and you
are here, and as we used to visit you on
earth before we died now we visit you
in your new home after our ascension.
And father will say, Mother, don'tyou
see Joseph is yet alive2" And mother
will say, EYES, father, Joseph is yet
alive" And then they will talk over
their earthly anxieties in regard to you,
and the midnight applications in your
behalf, and they will recite to each 9TH
er the old Scripture passage with which
they used to cheer their staggering
faith, 81 will be God to thee and thy
seed after thee" Oh, the palace, the
palace, the palace! That is what Rich
ard Baxter called ''The saints everlast-
ing rest" That is what John Bunyan
called the Celestial City" That is
Young's might Thoughts" turned into
morning Civilizations. That is Gray's
"Elegy In Churchyard" turned to res
direction spectacle That is the Got
ter's Saturday Night exchanged for
the Cotter's Sabbath morning That is
the shepherd of Salisbury plains amid
the focks on the hills Of heaven. That
is the famine struck Padanaram turned
into the rich pasture fields of Goshen.
That is Jacob visiting Joseph at the
emerald castle.