The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-07-12
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
ur BRoOwLYN DuvINE's SUM-
DAY SERMON.
..,;ect: "The Rustic In the Palace" )"

r,xra II will 81 and see him before I
s"-Genesls XIV, 2s.
Jacob had long since passed tho hundred
az milestone. In those times people were
.,nguished for longevity. In the centuries
serward persons livsi to great age. Calen,
= most celebrated physician OF his time,
~ so little OF his own medicine that he
red 10 il0 years. A man ot undoubtei
sracIty on the witness stand 10 England
rore that he remembered an event $50 years
store. Lord Bacon speaks OF n countess
no had cut three sets ofteeth aud died at
~ years. Joseph Crele. OF Pennsylvania,
rei 40 years. In 1851 book was printed
nntaining the names OF thirty-ssvsn psr-
ms who lived 140 years, an | the names OF
eyen persons who lived $50 years.
Among the grand old people Of whom We
ave record was Jacob. the shepherd OF the
px, But he had had lot OF boys. They
,ere Jealous and ambitious aud every way
pprincipled. Joseph, however, seemed TO
an exception. but he had been gone many
|ears, and tho probability was that no was
eai Az sometimes now In % house you
m find kept nc the table a vacant chair. u
late. a knife. fork. for some deceased
emher OF the family, so Jacob kept in his
cart place for his beloved joseph. There
he the old man, the flock OF 1iO years In
ave tho marks OF thelr claw on forehead
mi cheek aud temple. His long beard SHOWS
own over his chest. His eyes are some
that dim. aud he can see farther when they
ne closed than when they ara open, for he
an see clear hack into the time when beauti-
ul Rachel. hiS wife. was living ami his chill
ren shook the oriental abode with their
nerrment.
The contenarian Is sitting dreaming over
ka nua IN "a "a " rtNr tt,f
0 tho front door He gets up and goes 10
he door TO see who has arrived, and his
ong absent sons from Egypt come in and
unounce 60 him that Joseph instead OF be-
ne dead IA still living In an Egyptian palace.
Fith all the investiture OF prime minister.
pM to the king in the mightiest empire OF
N the. world The news was too sudden
mi too glad for the old man, and his checks
rhten. md he has dazsd look. and his
|mr falls out OF his hand, and he would
ave dropped hal not the sons caught him
nd led him to lounge and put cold water
10 his face and famed him little.
In that half delrium the old man num-
les something about his son Joseph. He
sys "You don't mean Joseph, do you
ny dear son who has been dead so long?
You don't mean Joseph, do you?" But after
hey had fully resuscitated him and the n news
vas confirmed the tears begin their winding
vas down the crossroads OF the Wrinkles
Ind the sunken lips OF the old man quiver.
md he brings his bent fingers together as
e says s"Joseph Is vet alive. 1 will 60 and
ee him before die"
II did not take the old man great while
got ready. I warrant you. He put on the
est clothes that the Shepherds wardrobe
ould afford. He got into the wagon, and
Dough the aged are cautious and like to
ie slow the wagon did not get along fast
hough for this old man, and when the
(ngon with the old man met Joseph's charl-
coming down TO meet him, and Joseph
ot out OF the chariot aud got Into the wag-
and threw his arms around his fathers
EEK, 1t was an antlthesls OF royalty and rus
|ety, OF simplicity and pomp, OF fillal affec-
pp and paternal love, which leaves US so
uch In doubt about whether we had better
Ugh or cry that we do BOTH SO Jacob kept
resolution OF the text, ~ will go and see
u before de-"
What a strong ani unfailing thing is par
I'll attachment! Was II not almost tims
Ysacoo 10 set Josephf Ine not suns oil
by summe head blazsd on the heath the
u Sr Nile had I, ,eraowed aud receded, over
~fGed and receded again and again; the
had been sown and tho harvest reapsd ;
rose and set years OF plenty and years
famine had passed on. but the love OF
BIB for Joseph IN my text Is overwhem-
Dy dramatic. Oh, that Is cord that Is
snapped, though pulled on by many de-
Us Though when the little child expired
vparents may not have been more than
hty-hve years Of age, and now they are
bnty-nve yet the vision OF the cradle, and
nchildish face, and the first utterances OF
infantle lips ara fresh to-day. In spite OF
passage OF a half century. Joseph was
resh in jacobs memory a. ever, though
eventeen years OF age the boy had disap-
red from the old homestead. Ifouni in our