The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

Dattleiields OF Fair Oaks and Lookout
mountain and Charlottesville, and
though single life has been honored by
the fact that the three grandest men OF
the bible-John and Paul and Christ
were celibates
Let the ungrateful world sheer at the
maiden aunt. but God has a throne bur-
nished FOR her arrival, and on one side Of
mat throne In heaven there Is a vase
containing two jewels. the one brighter
man the Kohinoor of London tower. and
the other larger than any diamond ever
found In the districts of Golconda-the
one jewel by the lapidary of the palace
cut with the words. ''Inasmuch as We did
It to father" the other Jewel ty the lapi-
dairy OF the palace cut with the words.
lnasmuch as We did IL to mother"
over the Hills to the Poorhouse' is
the exquisite ballad Of Will Carleton,
who found an old woman who had been
turned off by her prosperous sons, but
/ thank God I may find in my text
over the hills TO the palace
Father and Son.
As If TO disgust us with unfilial conduct
the bible presents us the story OF Micah.
who stole the LOO shekels from his
mother, and the story OF Absalom. who
tried TO dethrone his father. But all his
tory is beautiful with stories Of flial
fidelity. Epaminondas. the warrior. found
his chief delight in reciting TO his parents
his victories There goes Aeneas from
burning Troy on his shoulders Anchises,
his father. The Athenians punished with
death any unfilial conduct There goes
beautiful Ruth escorting venerable Naomi
across the desert amid the bowling of
the wolves and the barking Of the
jackals. John Lawrence. burned at the
stake IN Colchester. was cheered I'm the
flames by his children, who said. 20 God,
strengthen thy servant and keep thy
promise" And Christ in the hour OF ex-
cruciatiOn provided for his old mother
Jacob kept his resolution. II will go and
see him before / die" and a little while
after we find them walking the tesselated
floor OF the palace, Jacob and Joseph, the
prime minister proud Of the shepherd
/ may say in regard 70 the most of you
that your parents have probably visited
you for the last time or will soon pay you
such a visit, and | have wondered IL they
will ever visit you in the kings palace.
oh" you say. Il am in the pit OF SIM
Joseph was in the pit. oh" you say,
Il am in the prison Of mine iniquityr'
Joseph was o:ce in prison. oh" YOU
say. Il didn't have a fair chance. was
denied maternal kindnessr' Joseph was
denied maternal attendance. oh" you
say. II am FAR away from the land OF my
nativity" Joseph was far from home.
ooh" you say. 'T have been betrayed and
eXasperatedr' Did not Josephs brethren
sell him To- a passing lshmaelitish cara
van? Yet God brought him TO that en-
blazoned residence, and If you will trust
his grace in Jesus Christ you, too, will
be empalaced.
Oh, what a day that will be when tho
old folks come from an adjoining mansion
in heaven and find you amid the alabaster
pillars of the thrOne-rOom and living with
the King! They are coming up the steps
now. and the epauleted guard Of the pal
ace PUSHES in and says. Your fathers
coming, your mothers comngr 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 a good while.
\ Glowing Picture.
But. Oh how changed the old folks will
be. Their cheek smoothed into the flesh
Of a little child. Their stopped posture
lifted into immortal symmetry. Their
foot now so feeble, then with the spright-
illness Of a bounding roe. as they shall say
TO you, "A spirit passed this way from
earth and told us that you were Maynard
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 viii say,
Mother. don't you see Joseph is yet
alive?' and mother will say, Yes, father.
Joseph it yet alive" And then they will
talk over their earthly anxieties in regard
TO YOU. ana the midnight applications in
your behalf, and they will recite TO each
other the old scripture passage with which
they used to cheer their staggering faith
Il will be a God 10 thee and thy seed af-
ter thee" Oh, the palace, the palace, the
palace, That is what Richard Baxter
called 'the saints everlasting rest" That
is what John Bunyan called the Celestial
City" That is Youngs Might Thoughts"
turned into morning Civilizations That is
Gray's "Elegy In a Churchyard" turned
to resurrection spectacle. That is the
"COtter's Saturday Night" exchanged for
the cotter's Sabbath morning. That is
the shepherd Of Salisbury plains amid the
hocks 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 cas-
tie.